Tammy Baldwin, formerly one of the most liberal members of the House of Representatives, is sworn in as the newest Senator from Wisconsin -- she'll undoubtedly be one of the most liberal members of that chamber as well. If you did a little dance when Russ Feingold lost his seat, you should be crying now. Some measure of sanity has been restored to the universe.
This absolutely a must read: Kevin Drum reports on how environmentalism -- in the form of restrictions on lead -- created a dramatic drop in crime rates, how "tough on crime" types took credit for it, and how a bit more concentration on lead removal from our environment could reduce crime more.
If faith is sticking to a belief despite all evidence to the contrary, then 2012 was the year when climate denialism officially became a religion.
Opposition to what's laughingly being referred to as "filibuster reform" grows.
The International Moentary Fund (IMF) admits that European austerity isn't working at all close to as well as they'd hoped. Keynesians respond with, "Duh!"
Joe Biden seems to really have enjoyed greeting members of the new congress today.
The House GOP's "lawyer stimulus."
Remember how John Boehner promised that Hurricane Sandy relief would be the big priority for the new congress? Yeah, about that...
However, Boehner has been shamed into a vote for relief Friday.
Adventures in lazy and thoughtless newspaper editing.
Finally, the looming debt limit fiasco is already looking as stupid and math-challenged as the fiscal cliff fiasco.
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