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Jeff Fecke is a freelance writer who lives in Eagan, Minnesota. In addition to his own blog, Blog of the Moderate Left, he also contributes to Alas, a Blog, Minnesota Campaign Report, and AlterNet.
I’m hoping to write some on the historic enactment of health care reform in the coming days; I just got done with my first week of chemotherapy, round two, and so I’m a bit wiped out at the moment.
There are many politicians to thank for getting this done, but one stands out above all others. Continue Reading
So here’s something I don’t get: why is it that whenever people start talking about same-sex relations, members of the right instantly leap to bestiality? We all remember former Sen. Rick “Man On Dog” Santorum, R-Penn. Then there was Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and his box turtle lovin’. Now we have former Rep. J.D. Continue Reading
As we get down to the health care endgame, America is getting to learn all kinds of fun things about the joy of parliamentary procedure. Most of the learning has been on the Senate side so far — fun lessons on unanimous consent and cloture and reconciliation and the Byrd Rule that have entertained us all. Continue Reading
If I lived in New York, I’d be giving serious consideration to voting for the Republican candidate in the next gubernatorial race. Not so much because the Republican’s bound to be a great candidate, but because there’s pretty strong evidence that New York’s Democratic governors don’t so much give a damn about women.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is very good at playing the sensible conservative. He’s got that aw-shucks, Minnesota nice attitude that makes him sound like the type of conservative who isn’t actually bent on destroying anyone below the upper middle class.
This is what makes him very dangerous.
Because in his heart, Pawlenty is no moderate. Continue Reading
I don’t have a lot of time to break this down right now, but the Obama Administration’s proposed health care plan sounds pretty much right. Continue Reading
So your kid’s school district has given your kid a laptop to study on. Great idea! They can use them to work on homework, do research, and make multimedia presentations. Continue Reading
I have been disappointed by politicians far more often than I care to admit. From Bill Clinton to Jesse Ventura to even George W. Bush — who managed to do far worse than my meager expectations to him — candidates have been elected to office only to become feckless, spineless, worthless representatives, far more concerned about their own political well-being than the people they represent. Continue Reading
As you know, Tim Tebow — Florida Gators quarterback and the 2010 version of Eric Crouch — is going to star in a Super Bowl ad with his mom, in support of Focus on the Family. Continue Reading
It is fashionable in many quarters to bash the United Nations, and let’s face it, there are many good reasons to; as an organization made up of the various governments of the world, the UN operates at the level of dysfunction that one would predict. Continue Reading