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Which political party represents your values?
Once again, I bring you startlingly au courant political delineation from Victorian England, specifically from Anthony Trollope’s 1880 novel, The Duke’s Children. In a conversation the Duke of Omnium, né Plantagenet Palliser, has with his 22-year old heir, Lord Silverbridge, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Anthony Trollope, communism, conservatives, Duke of Omnium, liberals, radicalism, the Pallisers
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Hi, my progressive friends and relations. Some advice
I spend a lot of time with readers’ comments both in the Daily News and the New York Times. From this — as well as from opinion pieces — I’ve picked up the mood and thinking of both progressives and, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged campaign financing, capitalism, closed primaries, Daily Kos Elections, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialists, Electoral College, Jeff Merkley, liberals, Medicare for all, neo-liberals, political corruption, progressives, real politik, regressives, superdelegates, Twitter, Wall Street
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Stephen Reinhardt: Why our democracy is not the enemy
In today’s Times, Linda Greenhouse, who for many years covered the Supreme Court for the paper, wrote about Stephen Reinhardt, the federal appellate judge who sat on the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco. It is, as always with Greenhouse, … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged habeas corpus, Judge Stephen Reinhardt, liberals, Linda Greenhouse, progressives, SCOTUS, social justice, Supreme Court
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