Back in the dark days of 2004, John Powers wrote an excellent book about the curious psychology of the American right called “Sore Winners.” His argument, in a nutshell, was that Republicans today are simply never happy. No matter whether they have billions of dollars, control of the government, or, at worst, a cushy wingnut [...]
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Is anyone besides me completely unsurprised that Facebook’s absurdly over-hyped IPO ended in predictable disaster? As the investigations and lawsuits roll in, I think it’s useful to consider that everyone involved appears to be afflicted with Alzheimers. Nostalgia for the heady days of HomeGrocer.com and the latest (now defunct) telecom continues to addle the minds [...]
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Today a conservative caller who naturally identified himself as a Democrat called Thom Hartmann’s show to harshly criticize Obama’s Mission Accomplished, the Sequel, because it failed to praise effusively enough the genius of George Bush and the “success of the surge.” This in itself wasn’t surprising, given that the round-the-clock devotion to the Legacy [...]