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Progressives versus The New York Times
I’ve been following a bunch of people on Twitter, people who proclaim themselves to be “progressives.” (Whatever that means. My definition of it has been shifting quite a bit lately.) These are rational, highly intelligent and experienced people who’ve worked … Continue reading
Posted in How I Learned The Facts of Life, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged First Amendment, free press, New York Times, progressives, Putin, Trump, Washington Post
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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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