Dick Polman
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National Guard follies: A red state’s bid to keep the gay at bay
All together now, let’s sing the chorus of a famous ’40s Broadway song: OOOOHK-lahoma, ...
11 years ago
Food stamp cuts: Republican hunger games
With so much attention being lavished on Obamacare these days, it’s easy to forget that the House Republicans are still up to their ...
11 years ago
What the Clintons have in common with Springsteen
As part of their plan to take back the White House – let’s call it Operation Restoration – Bill and Hillary are ...
11 years ago
Obama’s Vatican scandal (Not!)
I always thought that Jeb Bush was supposed to be the brainy guy in that family. I now stand corrected. On Thanksgiving eve, he tw ...
11 years ago
Obamacare and mainstream American optimism
It’s widely assumed these days that the horrific Obamacare rollout will benefit the Republicans, who have long been rooting for fai ...
11 years ago
What are you doing here?! Come on, it’s a holiday. Travel safely, don’t argue politics at the family table, and ...
11 years ago
Is it religious freedom — or religious coercion?
Here’s a question for the women who are reading this post: If your boss at work — citing his personal religious beliefs — insis ...
11 years ago
Move over Hillary, it’s Warrenmania!
To borrow a phrase from Seinfeld, this is a post about nothing. There’s no better way to describe the current buzz about E ...
11 years ago
Neocon nightmare: Diplomacy with Iran
When the news broke Saturday night that we had forged a six-month deal with archenemy Iran — we agreed to ease a few sanctions, they ag ...
11 years ago
Message to Senate GOP: Elections have consequences
I didn’t believe it was biologically possible for the Senate Democrats to grow a spine, but as we saw when the Boston ...
12 years ago
Obama is right about the rollout. It’s on him.
President Obama is the guy who set the bar high. If he fails to hurdle it, his tenure may be toast – as would the fortunes of Democ ...
12 years ago
Wow, did Obama diss Gettysburg? (Laugh track)
Our debased civic dialogue doesn’t afford us many laughs, which is why yesterday’s right-wing head-detonation over Obama and ...
12 years ago