Weighing in on “net neutrality”

The battle for “net neutrality” is heating up, and just like in the health care debate, the misinformation campaign on the right is beginning as well.  The FCC has proposed regulations that will preserve the open architecture of the Internet, guaranteeing that all content providers are created equal in terms of access.  Not surprisingly, the [...]

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And so it begins

Election Day is not quite over here in California.  Yes we did.  It has truly been an historic day.  The highest turnout since the first election in which women got to vote.  That alone makes the day a success.  People are engaged in the process.  And both candidates were gracious in their speeches. 
I’ve been voting [...]

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A nice dinner for two

… $121.  Depending on where you live and whether you’ve bumped your tip up to 20%, that $121 might not even cover a nice dinner.  But $121 is the total added annual federal tax burden for people making between $250,000 and $603,400 a year.  Somehow, I don’t think that extra $121 is going to be a hardship on people [...]

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Words have power

Or perhaps this post should be titled “No racist intent?”  The graphics described below are highly offensive, but a Google search will turn them up. 

First came the Obama Waffles sold, supposedly as a gag, at the Values Voters Summit
Next, there was the Virginia GOP mailer clearly designed to link Sen. Obama with terrorism
And the admonition to [...]

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The change is a-coming

Pardon me if my head’s spinning a bit this morning, and I don’t think it’s due to my cold.  The G7 finance ministers held a brief day-break meeting in Washington this morning.  It’s not clear from the reports here, here and here, just how long the meeting was intended to last, but when you begin at [...]

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