Carnival of the Liberals

The 96th Carnival of the Liberals

Tue, 09/01/2009 - 13:31

I should start this edition with some excuses. As regular readers will know I've been a bit slack during August due to conferences, work and so on, and I arranged to host this edition of CotL several weeks ago. As a result I completely forgot about this until this weekend, when I was reminded by a slightly agitated Leo. Leo, and the rest of you, I apologize for my tardiness.

Since this is the launch of the CotL's new monthly edition, and since we've had so many good entries, I'm going to ignore the "10 posts" rule and have a giant, bumper edition. Much of this focuses on two areas - healthcare reform and gay rights, so I'll divide this post into sections for those two issues and a third for miscellanea. As I go along I'll give my British perspective on the debate.

Carnival of the Liberals LXXXV

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 12:33

Welcome to this weeks slightly late Carnival of the Liberals! Obama has been in the White House for a month or so, but prisoners are still being abused in Gitmo, U.S. forces are still fighting the War-Formerly-Known-As-The-War-On-Terror, humanity is still farting CO2 from every orifice, and the economy is lower than Dolly Parton's unsupported nipples. On the plus side, Europeans now like America again, although not your plague of hamburger franchises.

The Carnival of the Liberals: Election Special!

Fri, 11/07/2008 - 13:20

Welcome to the Carnival of the Liberals, and an edition that is special for two reasons. Firstly, this marks the carnival's entry into the fourth year of its long and illustrious life, making it about ninety-six in carnival years. And secondly, it's the first edition to take place after an historic election. Yes, Labour won the Glenrothes by-election.

Apparently there was an election in America too, and a particularly significant one at that. After 43 European-American presidents, the nation has finally elected an African-American. Perhaps one day they'll elect an actual American, but I wouldn't hold your breathe.

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Thu, 07/17/2008 - 13:00

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