In the oral argument on Tuesday at the Supreme Court in FCC vs. Fox the discussion moved to the inconsistencies of law that would ban the viewing of body parts and profanity in, say, a PBS documentary but not in, say, Schindler’s List. Seth Waxman noted that complaints about Olympics broadcasts where statues were shown … Read more
Last night Ron Paul’s speech was a self-satisfied assessment of his second place finish in New Hampshire as victory. And it was, if you see Paul as not just another Republican candidate with a hope of getting this nomination, but as a living embodiment of libertarian doctrine. As a walking symbol he is always a … Read more
Today the Occupy New Hampshire movement just got three new recruits: GOP presidential dead-enders Huntsman, Gingrich and Perry. All going absolutely nowhere, they are grasping at good solid LIBERAL arguments as to why Romney’s model of being a corporate takeover a__hole doesn’t qualify him to be head of state anywhere except perhaps Singapore. Still, when the … Read more
From a Vegas Casino Mogul to war in the Middle East and to politics here at home. That’s the amazing story of Sheldon Adelson, whom nobody elected to anything, but who is now running the table in Israel and in the US. According to a 2008 New Yorker piece by Connie Bruck, he is responsible … Read more
Newt Gingrich, who only a couple of weeks ago, stood as a mortal threat to the “inevitable” forces of Romney, soon withered under the unrelenting “Romney-free” Superpac barrage, made possible by the now better understood Citizens United ruling (allowing that the richest guy will win and by the dirtiest means). Gingrich, who held his famous … Read more
