Whom the Gods will destroy, they first make mad. Here, from P. 16 of yesterdays’ Times, is Tara Evans. Mad as hell and scared of health care. God save her. And us. “Around the Oval at the Pasta Loft, Tara Evans, 25, the manager, said she had been worried about the health proposals because if … Read more
Phil Angelides, the head of the current investigation into the corruption orgy on Wall St. began in strong style this week. He said, “It sounds to me like selling a car with faulty brakes and then buying an insurance policy on the buyer.”
Thursday’s Supreme Court decision striking down limits on corporate spending in elections marks the latest in a remarkable string of victories for a Republican lawyer in Terre Haute, Indiana. James Bopp Jr. did not argue Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission before the high court, but the case was entirely his brainchild. Bopp, the longtime … Read more
Scott Brown, tea-party Republican (who comes, it seems, from the same factory that makes Romneys and Thunes) now leads in the Massachusetts Senate race for the Kennedy seat on Tuesday. More famous for his Cosmopolitan sexy-guy nude spread than his hard right opinions, he’s in serious danger of coaxing voters from poor Martha Coakley, who … Read more
