Paul Krugman put this funny up on his weblog the other day:

A little while back I learned from various sources that the reason I criticize Barack Obama is that my son works for Hillary. This was news to me, since I wasn’t aware that I have any children.
Now I learn that it’s important that I [...]

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Solonor shows you why you should vote for Barack Obama. XKCD
tells you why, including a discussion of Obama’s record on some key issues. I’m not going to do much else except say that I agree.

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One of the alternate-universe experiences I’ve had is from reading extended passages of Jonah Goldberg’s new book Liberal Fascism. In this book, Goldberg furthers the neo-conservative “I’m rubber and you’re glue” message by arguing that fascism is not (as is commonly believed) a conservative political theory but a liberal one instead. Liberals are the ideological [...]

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This post is a little short on citations so you’ll have to bear with me. Citations will come as I think about this some more.
I while back, a colleague of mine were talking politics and I brought up the concept of a social safety net. “I don’t believe in welfare,” he said, “because I don’t [...]

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