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Sunday Feb 11, 2007
Some more thoughts on my Conservative Correctness post from Blue Mass Group, Low and Left, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo and Too Sense. Mick LaSalle also weighs in, while mentioning he's begun reading Wait! Don't Move To Canada!. Undercover Blue is...
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emailSaturday Jan 6, 2007
This Sunday at 8 AM ET (repeating at 11 PM PT), I'll be discussing the new Congress, the rise of the blogosphere and Wait! Don't Move To Canada! on Left Jab, heard on XM Satellite Radio Ch. 133....
Tuesday Dec 19, 2006
Online shoppers: if you've been thinking about Wait! Don't Move To Canada! as a Christmas stocking stuffer or Hanukkah gift, you may want to click over to Amazon or Barnes & Noble today, to make sure the book arrives in...
Wednesday Dec 6, 2006
Street Prophets was kind enough to post a review of Wait! Don't Move To Canada!, with some high praise along with constructive criticism for the "second edition." And Jesus' General put together a gift list for "the Frenchmen and Frenchnotmen...
Sunday Dec 3, 2006
We just wrapped up the FireDogLake Book Salon, which was full of thoughtful questions, observations and action ideas. Click here to check out the conversation....
Friday Dec 1, 2006
Book Tour Happenings This Weekend
Forgive me for taking Friday off. On a day when Dubya assured us that there wouldn't be "some kind of graceful exit out of Iraq," what else is there to say? But I did want to let you know about...
Wednesday Nov 29, 2006
Tonight at 7 PM ET I'll be talking about Wait! Don't Move To Canada! on Midweek Politics, which airs on Northampton, MA's Valley Free Radio, 103.3 FM. You can find Pacifica Radio affiliates that air the show here....
Wednesday Nov 22, 2006
At 9 AM ET today, I'll be discussing Wait! Don't Move To Canada! on "The Morning Newswatch Extra With Bill Dwight", heard on Western Massachusetts' WHMP-AM. Podcasts of the show are available here....
Monday Nov 20, 2006
Air America in the Morning, Talking Liberally Tonight
This morning, I'll be on The Sam Seder Show at 10:30 AM ET. Click here to listen online or find a station near you. And tonight at 9:30 PM ET, come on out to "Talking Liberally" at New York's 45th...
Friday Nov 17, 2006
I've returned home after five solid weeks on the road, but I still have a few more book tour appearances for Wait! Don't Move to Canada! coming up in New York City, the first being this Monday: *** Monday, Nov...
Thursday Nov 16, 2006
Harry Reid: Trapped In The GOP Tax Frame
Over at Hullabaloo, Digby laments incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's embrace of tax cuts, and calls for liberals to "challenge the conservative consensus" of low taxes "with new language and new ways of thinking about government". Digby also kindly...
Monday Nov 13, 2006
How can we fortify the Democratic Party, broaden its mandate, and ensure that last week will not amount to a fluke election? Seattle readers, come on out to discuss Wait! Don't Move To Canada! this week: Monday 11/13 Seattle, WA,...
Sunday Nov 12, 2006
"Wait! Don't Move To Canada!" -- Sermonized
PastorDan of Street Prophets bestowed the honor of including excerpts from Wait! Don't Move To Canada! in his weekly sermon, which you can read here....
Friday Nov 10, 2006
What The Heck Is Jim Wallis Talking About?
That's my question over at The Huffington Post, after Wallis called the midterm results a defeat for the "secular Left." In Wait! Don't Move To Canada!, I talk about how we can and need to build a coalition of the...
Tuesday Oct 31, 2006
Book Tour in Pasadena Tonight, SF Tomorrow
Tonight at 7:30 PM PT, I'll be discussing Wait! Don't Move To Canada! with the Pasadena chapter of Drinking Liberally, which meets at Madeleine's Wine Bistro, 1030 E Green Street, between Wilson and Catalina. Tomorrow at 7:30 PM PT, I'll...
Tuesday Oct 31, 2006
Pandagon and Tapped weigh in about my bloggingheads.tv discussion with Jonah Goldberg, and he offers additional thoughts here....
Monday Oct 30, 2006
I recently was interviewed by Michelle Malkin for her conservative Internet broadcast network Hot Air. An edited version of our discussion is available here. As we note at the start, Michelle and I are old friends from Oberlin College. Life...
Monday Oct 30, 2006
Book Tour Hits San Diego Tonight
I'll be speaking to the San Diego chapter of Drinking Liberally tonight at 7:30 PM PT. It takes place at Nunu's Cocktail Lounge at 3537 5th Avenue. The tour heads to Pasadena Tuesday and San Francisco Wednesday. Full schedule is...
Sunday Oct 29, 2006
Political Animal and The Sideshow kindly rally to my aid. Also, Jonah Goldberg had claimed during the discussion that Rep. Charlie Rangel pledged to repeal all the Bush tax cuts if Dems win and he became House Ways & Means...
Saturday Oct 28, 2006
Following our bloggingheads.tv discussion, Jonah Goldberg offers some additional thoughts over at National Review's The Corner: What I found most interesting was Scher's insistence about what liberalism is rather than what it should be ... Scher seems to really believe...
Saturday Oct 28, 2006
Apologies for the belated shoutouts to all the fine folks that have helped out and turned out for the last few book tour gigs. Capitol Hill Drinking Liberally Alexandria, VA Drinking Liberally Oakland Drinking Liberally Thanks to Micha in DC,...
Saturday Oct 28, 2006
On Saturday at 9 AM ET, I'll be talking about Wait! Don't Move To Canada! on "Where's The Outrage?", heard on 880 AM in Asheville, NC. You can stream the program live here, and archived podcasts are here. On Sunday...
Friday Oct 27, 2006
Jonah & Me on Bloggingheads.tv
The National Review's Jonah Goldberg and I met over at Bloggingheads.tv, where we talked about the strategic objectives in Iraq, the merits of permanent bases, the nature of neocons, midterms and mandates. You can watch it here....
Friday Oct 27, 2006
Led by Feministing, several blogs are discussing my recent PoliticsTV clip about how to talk about abortion in a principled fashion, including Abstact Nonsense and Appletree. (UPDATE: Basket of Puppies too.) That clip is just a summary of what I...
Friday Oct 27, 2006
Book Tour All Over California Next Week
Just a heads up for California readers: I have three book tour appearances in three cities next week. Here's the details: Monday 10/30, 7:30 PM, San Diego, CA San Diego chapter of Drinking Liberally Nunu's Cocktail Lounge 3537 5th Ave...
Wednesday Oct 25, 2006
PoliticsTV: Liberalism and the Democratic Party
The third installment of my interview by PoliticsTV.com is up, which talks about the need for the Democratic Party to embrace its ideological foundation of liberalism, if it is to consistently win elections with mandates to move our country in...
Wednesday Oct 25, 2006
Today at 6 PM PT, I'll be at the Oakland, CA chapter of Drinking Liberally, which meets at Luka's Taproom & Lounge, 2221 Broadway. Hope to see you there! Full book tour schedule is here....
Tuesday Oct 24, 2006
PoliticsTV: The Politics of Abortion
The second installment of my interview with PoliticsTV is up, this one about how to best articulate our position on abortion rights. Watch it here....
Monday Oct 23, 2006
PoliticsTV: The Politics of Protest
While in DC, I taped an interview for PoliticsTV.com regarding Wait! Don't Move To Canada!, which will be posted in stages. The first clip covers Chapter 9, "How To Be a Savvy Protester." Watch it here....
Saturday Oct 21, 2006
LiberalOasis on XM Satellite Radio
Earlier this week, I taped an interview with XM Satellite Radio's XMPR, channel 133, about Wait! Don't Move To Canada!, which I believe will air tonight at 7 PM ET....
Tuesday Oct 17, 2006
As I indicated earlier, Paul of Brainshrub interviewed me for his show, "Tips for Political Bloggers," which airs on Asheville's WPVM-FM. You can listen to the interview here....
Monday Oct 16, 2006
Wednesday at 7 PM, I'll be talking about Wait! Don't Move To Canada! at the Capitol Hill chapter of Drinking Liberally which meets at the 18th Amendment, 613 Pennsylvania Ave., SE. And Thursday at 7 PM, I'll be with the...
Monday Oct 16, 2006
I just finished a three-day swing across North Carolina, where I had the pleasure of meeting several impressive people working to bring about positive change. First, on Thursday night, was Asheville's chapter of Drinking Liberally. Special thanks to Screwy Hoolie...
Friday Oct 13, 2006
Book Tour Hits Raleigh & Durham
Tonight at 7, I'll be speaking at Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Avenue in Raleigh, NC. And Saturday at 7, I'll be at The Regulator, 720 Ninth Street in Durham, NC. Hope to see you there! Full book...
Friday Oct 13, 2006
firedoglake announced it will be hosting Wait! Don't Move To Canada! at the FDL Book Salon on Dec. 3. I just visited FDL's Christy Hardin Smith and her adorable daughter in West Virginia this week, and cute snaps can be...
Thursday Oct 12, 2006
Tonight I'll be speaking at the Asheville, NC chapter of Drinking Liberally, 7 PM at the Asheville Brewing Company, 77 Coxe Avenue. Hope to see you there!...
Thursday Oct 12, 2006
Big News in Valley Advocate & Hartford Advocate
Both the Valley Advocate and Hartford Advocate alt-weeklies ran a fantastic article about Wait! Don't Move To Canada! for their current editions. The piece was written by Alan Bisbort, who has his own fascinating book out, "When You Read This...
Wednesday Oct 11, 2006
I'm currently posting from Chez Atrios in Philly, as Mr. Black is kindly putting me up for the evening as I make my way to North Carolina. Thanks to him and everyone at the Philly Drinking Liberally for their warm...
Monday Oct 9, 2006
Blogger Reviews Keep Coming In
Lean Left was a little worried at first, but eventually came to love Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: ...the promo material that came with my review copy read as if this was going to be another stupid framing book. Whatever...
Monday Oct 9, 2006
Tonight, I'll be reading from Wait! Don't Move To Canada! in my hometown of Northampton, MA. The event, co-sponsored by Broadside Bookshop, takes place at The First Churches, 129 Main St., at 7 PM. (And there are rumors of an...
Friday Oct 6, 2006
Mary at Pacific Views has some very nice words for Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: ...wow, what a great book ... For too long the conventional wisdom has been people know what the Republicans stand for: small government, low taxes...
Friday Oct 6, 2006
Both The Sideshow and Mahablog are disgusted at Beltway pundits counseling Dems to better define themselves by caving in to conservatives. And both find some solace on page 13 of Wait! Don't Move To Canada!, which reads: Win or lose,...
Friday Oct 6, 2006
Princeton's Drinking Liberally provided a warm welcome yesterday for the Wait! Don't Move To Canada! book tour. Special thanks to Juan Melli of Blue Jersey (seated on my right) for putting a great event together. UPDATE: DBK from Blanton's and...
Thursday Oct 5, 2006
Next Book Tour Stop: Princeton, NJ
Tonight at 7 PM, I'll be talking about Wait! Don't Move To Canada! with the Princeton chapter of Drinking Liberally. The group meets at the Ivy Inn, 248 Nassau Street. Hope to see you there!...
Tuesday Oct 3, 2006
I'll be discussing Wait! Don't Move To Canada! tonight on The Rachel Maddow Show around 7:30 PM ET, and tomorrow morning on The Mark Riley Show (with guest host Bill Crowley) around 5:15 AM ET....
Monday Oct 2, 2006
The Midterm Dynamic (or, What Mark Halperin Doesn't Understand About America)
Republicans have done everything possible in the last two years to sabotage their chances of keeping Congress. They lost control of Iraq. They lost New Orleans altogether. They believed Social Security privatization was a political winner. They rallied around the...
Monday Oct 2, 2006
During the book tour, which is scheduled to run through mid-November, I'm not going to be able to continue offering the Sunday Talkshow Breakdown. The feature will return once the tour is over. Apologies for any inconvenience....
Saturday Sep 30, 2006
The Mahablog, after pointedly noting that "Canada Probably Doesn't Want Us, Anyway," urges her readers to fight on with the help of Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: ...if you think it's too late to fight, then please step out of...
Saturday Sep 30, 2006
Thanks to the Boston and Cambridge chapters of Drinking Liberally and Democracy for America, as well as BlueMassGroup, for hosting a great Wait! Don't Move To Canada! event on Thursday. Let it be known that you don't need to serve...
Friday Sep 29, 2006
In case you missed it, here's video -- broken up into four parts -- of yesterday segment on MSNBC's "Tucker" featuring Andrew Wilkow and myself. Transcript is available here....
Thursday Sep 28, 2006
Book Tour Continues, With A Stop At MSNBC
Barring last-minute changes, I'm scheduled to be on MSNBC's "Tucker" today, which airs 4 PM ET/1 PM PT (and reruns 6 PM ET/3 PM PT). I'll be paired with Sirius Satellite Radio host Andrew Wilkow. And tonight at 7 PM,...
Thursday Sep 28, 2006
Why the Intelligence Community Might Like My Book
The National Intelligence Estimate on trends in global terrorism is so damning to the Right's entire foreign policy vision, they have no choice but to pushback on it now that is has surfaced. But they are so caught off-guard, they...
Wednesday Sep 27, 2006
We kicked off the Wait! Don't Move To Canada! tour with the Hanover, NH chapter of Drinking Liberally yesterday. Spirits were roused, beer was drunk, the cause was advanced. Not pictured is Laura Clawson (she had to leave early). She...
Wednesday Sep 27, 2006
More Blog Reaction To "Wait! Don't Move To Canada!"
Suburban Guerrilla had just the kind of reaction to Wait! Don't Move To Canada! I'm hoping for: I didn't think there was anything Bill Scher ... could say in his new book that would make me feel any better, especially...
Monday Sep 25, 2006
My book tour in support of Wait! Don't Move To Canada! begins this week, kicks into high-gear in mid-October, and runs through mid-November. This week, Tuesday 7 PM, I'll be at the Hanover, NH chapter of Drinking Liberally, which meets...
Monday Sep 25, 2006
Amanda of Pandagon offers a very positive, yet candid, take on Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: Scher's book is a really great how-to manual for everyday liberals who are feeling helpless to take some control of the situation. Most of...
Friday Sep 22, 2006
mcjoan from Daily Kos offers an early take on Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: "I've only managed thus far to page through, and found it engaging, informative, and funny. For the time-impaired like me, it has fantastic little checklists at...
Thursday Sep 21, 2006
Matt from Emboldened posts a full-fledged book review today. Fortunately, he likes it! Though Wait! Don't Move to Canada! is a relatively quick read, Scher economical style conveys a great many points of action and frames for liberals to use...
Thursday Sep 21, 2006
Digby at Hullabaloo calls Wait! Don't Move To Canada!, "a great guide for those who are looking for common sense arguments to use as an activist and in your every day life," and offers a little taste of Chapter 2....
Thursday Sep 21, 2006
LiberalOasis on Air America-Eugene, OR
Thursday, 6:20 AM PT, I'll be on KOPT 1600 AM in Eugene, OR, talking with host Nancy Stapp about Wait! Don't Move To Canada!. Click here to listen online....
Thursday Sep 21, 2006
Calling Out Democracy Hypocrisy
Chapter 4 of Wait! Don't Move To Canada! is titled "Reject Republican Democracy Hypocrisy," and once again, we are witnessing that hypocrisy. As today's W. Post reports, the White House is sitting quietly as a democratically elected leader is ousted,...
Wednesday Sep 20, 2006
The Talking Dog has posted an interview with me about Wait! Don't Move To Canada!. And Taylor Marsh discussed the book on her daily radio show yesterday, which can be streamed here....
Tuesday Sep 19, 2006
Fellow bloggers have been offering kind praise for Wait! Don't Move To Canada!. Faithful Progressive: It's extremely well written and fun to read. The essential theme is inescapable: in politics, as in life, people respect people who have prinicples. Instead...
Tuesday Sep 19, 2006
In support of Wait! Don't Move To Canada!, I'll be embarking on a book tour starting next week. Below is the current schedule, much of it thanks to the great folks at Drinking Liberally. I'll periodically update this post and...
Tuesday Sep 19, 2006
(Note: the following was posted at The Huffington Post earlier today) I'm afraid of what might happen after the midterms, November 7. If Democrats fail to earn control of one or both houses, I fear grassroots Democrats and liberals may...
Tuesday Sep 19, 2006
LiberalOasis on Air America Today
I'll be on "The Sam Seder Show" at 11:15 AM ET, talking about today's release of Wait! Don't Move To Canada!. Click here to listen online or find a station near you....
Tuesday Sep 19, 2006
Big thanks to all who came out for Monday's book release party, especially to all the great bloggers in the house: Bob Geiger, The Smirking Chimp, Feministing, Feministe, Is There No Sin In It, Lawyers Guns and Money, Emboldened, Opinions...
Monday Sep 18, 2006
Celebrate the Release of "Wait! Don't Move To Canada!"
Tomorrow is the official release of my debut book Wait! Don't Move To Canada! -- A Stay-and-Fight Strategy To Win Back America, published by Rodale. I'll have more to say about the book tomorrow. But tonight, we'll be celebrating the...
