Enzi is blocking Solis' nomination for Labor Secretary (Update X2)
I've discovered that the hold for Solis' has been placed by Mike Enzi, WY. Thereisnospoon diaried about this yesterday. After I found out who it was I posted my "discovery" on that thread, but it got...
View ArticleHow to get a job: what's missing from resumes I'm reviewing Update X2
I'm in the really weird position of having job openings at my non-profit for which we are recruiting and hiring. We are deluged with resumes and I thought it might be helpful to share a few...
View ArticleSee, Insurance Company wanted its money back: COB and a rallying cry for...
I know that we are supposedly giving up on a single-payer system. The "compromise" seems to be that at least we'll get a public option. But IMHO, one of the largest money-sucks in the current system...
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A Portrait of Eunice
As we all have heard, Eunice Kennedy Shriver died this morning, August 11, at the age of 88. What you might not know is that Kennedy Shriver is the first portrait commissioned by the gallery that was...
View ArticleMy friend, on Badger Care, is against Reform
I am so upset right now I can't even see straight. I hate this. The mother of a friend of my kids who just dropped him off is One of Them. The wing-nuts. The it's Socialism. The Government-is-Bad....
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How Economies Grow and Why Health Care Doesn't Help
I'm an economic development professional. And I'd like to tell you how and why the health care industry contributes mightily to the economic crisis. To understand will take a little background on how...
View ArticleMy position on the Presidential Address
I live in Shorewood, Wisconsin, a city that voted 74% for Obama. It seems one email from one right-winger got the superintendent in a snit, and we won't be airing the presidential address. I found...
View ArticleI (we) took on the School system and won!
We did it! In Shorewood, WI, with the mighty help from some like-minded parents and the inter-tubes and social media and ideas from DKos, we were able to get the Presidental Address broadcast on a...
View ArticleBREAKING: Safire dead at 79
More as details unfold. Safire, known for the "On Language" and for his editorial post at the New York Times, has died at age 79.From the NY TimesWilliam Safire, Nixon Speechwriter and Times...
View ArticleAction: Wingnuts "Cripple the Census"
Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Senator Bob Bennett (R-UT) have proposed an amendment (S.AMDT 2644) to the FY10 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill (H.R. 2847), which includes funds for the...
View ArticleWhat's Wrong with Nate Silver's Rankings
Nate Silver and New York Magazine have posted a neighborhood ranking article and interactive widget that make some misguided assumptions and miss a huge opportunity. Kos referred us to it in his...
View ArticleData Science is Killing Us
Almost a week after the election and I am still in shock. It's the kind of trauma, like a death or divorce, where you wake up and the world is OK until you remember that THAT has happened. That the...
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