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D. L. MacKenzie is an amateur historian, economist, logician, political junkie, and inveterate smartass who has undergone on a decades-long metamorphosis from Republican caterpillar to stark raving liberal, and now seeks to atone for having squandered his first Presidential vote on Ronald Reagan. He begs your forgiveness, and in restitution, skewers as much right-wing rumor, innuendo, fallacious reasoning, false facts, fuzzy math, and outright lies as time will allow. When he's not banging on a computer, D. L. hikes, cavorts, and listens to obscure music with his lovely wife.
Paul Ryan: A One-Man Fiscal Cliff?
Does Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate signal his campaign is tacking to the right again, or is Ryan tacking left? It seems the first casualty…
Shocker: Right Wing News Editor Seriously Misinformed About Breast Health
A right wing news editor celebrates Komen's political attack on Planned Parenthood while simultaneously denying it was political.…
Incontinent Marines Are Unintentional Anti-Heroes
While we cannot excuse deplorable behavior, we ought not to delude ourselves that the urinating Marines are unusual. Rather, it is symptomatic.…
Buddy Roemer: The Best Republican Presidential Candidate You’ve Never Heard Of
He's a former governor and U. S. Congressman, and—unlike his competitors for the Republican Presidential nomination—an eminently sensible man. Chances are good you may never have heard of him,…
Ron Paul in One Lesson: A Primer on Libertarianism
Quadrennial asterisk Ron Paul is once again displaying his Libertarian Wolf Boy exhibit at the Republican freak show, again prompting puzzled onlookers to remark "oh yeah, I remember that guy,"…
Why I’m Rooting for Newt Gingrich To Be The Republican Nominee
Newt Gingrich is smug, bombastic, undisciplined, abrasive, and completely unsuited to the office of President, but hey, nobody's perfect!…
House Republicans Hit A New Low By Passing The Year’s Dumbest Bill
The Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 passed by the House this week is the most profoundly inane piece of feel-dumb legislation in a generation.…
Chapter 11: The New Shape of Solar?
The demise of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra has been touted by Republicans as emblematic of Obama's wrongheaded green jobs proposals, but it actually illustrates a deeper and more disturbing problem.…
Shift The Power: The American Dream Movement Is No “Left-Wing Tea Party”
Van Jones' American Dream Movement has been called a "left-wing Tea Party," but the strikingly different movements defy such facile comparison---and completely confound right wing critics.…
Warren Buffett Stinks up the Billionaires’ Garden Party
Billionaire Warren Buffett has been preaching higher taxes for billionaires for more than a decade, but his recent remarks have touched a nerve like never before.…
Dancing with the Devil: Obama’s Perilous Pragmatism
President Obama wrapped up his three-day Jobs Tour by walking another Tea Party batter: promising to put more people out of work.…
Snooki Kabuki: Comedy, Tragedy, and Tea Party Stupidity
The Deficit Ceiling drama currently playing out in Washington has been likened to a game of chicken, but the Japanese kabuki theater is a far more apt metaphor.…
Tea Party Zombies Push The GOP into Boston Harbor
In a historic case of the tail wagging the dog, Tea Party reactionaries are pushing the Republican Party so far to the right on the debt battle that moderate voters…
Going Postal: Darrell Issa’s War on the USPS
Small government spending hawk Darrell Issa wants to fix the Postal Service... by creating two new bureaucracies and raising the Postal Service's debt ceiling.…
Michele Bachmann Equals Sincere Ignorance Plus Conscientious Stupidity
Michele Bachmann might be prone to gaffes in her offhand remarks, but what makes her dangerous is her most strongly held convictions--and those of her supporters.…
Will Budget Reality Finally Topple Right Wing Dogma?
The recent debate over ethanol subsidies exposed cracks in the GOP, and illustrated the limit of ultraconservative Tea Party influence.…
The Right’s Social Security Strategy: Lie Big And Lie Often
In their ongoing campaign to dismantle and privatize Social Security, Dick Armey and his right-wing minions persist in lying about Social Security.…
Rand Paul Declares A General Strike on Reality
In his cynical campaign to pass the National Right to Work Act, Rand Paul has declared war on labor unions. As usual, the first casualty is the truth. …
Orrin Hatch Chides Struggling Americans While Defending Big Oil
When asked why he robbed banks, the legendary outlaw Willie Sutton reputedly quipped, “that’s where the money is.” In those days, people had what we call “horse sense,” which is…
Picking The Lock Boxes At Social Security And Medicare
The ongoing right wing assault on Social Security and Medicare is sustained by fuzzy math and misinformation masquerading as hard-headed fiscal realism.…
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