Category Archives: Republican Hostage-Taking

Navigating the New Normal

Teenage boys and eccentric old men like science fiction. The rest of us have enough to deal with in the real world – we don’t have time for fanciful alternatives. What Gene Roddenberry dreamed up in his Star Trek franchise … Continue reading

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No Shooting Now

Only totally mad Francophiles remember the 1960 François Truffaut film Shoot the Piano Player – with Charles Aznavour as the brilliant concert pianist who chooses to play pop junk in a Paris dive bar where no one knows who he really … Continue reading

Posted in Debt Limit, Letting the Republicans Destroy Themselves, Republican Hostage-Taking, Republicans Fold on the Debt Limit | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment