Every once in a while, Richard Kirsch, does a “happy dance” article celebrating his own Health Care for America Now campaign for health care reform, whose outcome of course was the wonderful bill legislated by the Congress last Spring. Kirsch, who is now a Senior Fellow at The Roosevelt Institute, posted his latest happy dance at The Nation, whose “liberal media bias” was nowhere in evidence near his article.

I have only a few comments to make on his description of the process of bringing this “progressive victory” to us all, since, no doubt, Kirsch is the leading expert on this process. However, I will say something about an aspect of the process which he’s neglected to describe and then go on to talk about the results of his noble efforts.

The New York Times posted a very interesting map of Afghanistan’s recent election.

In defense of rejoicing over a flawed bill.

Last Thursday Sarah Palin was asked by an Anchorage right-wing AM radio host to define a “Palin Doctrine.” Here’s my transcript.

They have gone Tom Paine and we will gladly welcome them to join our cause for social democracy! Now let us all join hands and work together for the Paine Platform for Progress and Prosperity