Ancient History
IN JULY OF last year, Paul Krugman finally figured out Barack Obama, a man who had vexed and infuriated him since the beginning of Obama’s campaign for the presidency. He is a “moderate Republican,” Krugman declared. His ideology resembled that of GOP centrists of the early 1990s, and seemed left-of-center only by comparison to the intransigent far right of the current Republican Party. READ MORE >>
Let’s give Mitt Romney the benefit of the doubt: He didn’t really mean it when he said, “I’m not concerned about the very poor.” Or, let’s just say he cares about them no less than he cares about the rest of us. Only 41 percent of respondents in a recent poll said that Romney “cares about people like me,” so if the wisdom of crowds is any guide, the very poor are hardly unique as objects of his indifference. READ MORE >>
The Wrong Way to Fix Citizens United
Finally, Republicans Find Their New Welfare Queens
Why Republicans Don’t Mind Newt’s Brazen Flip-Flops
Let’s Get Real, No One’s Eliminating Any Cabinet Departments
Rick Perry’s “Oops” on Wednesday joined the small canon of legendary phrases from presidential debates, right up there with “You’re no Jack Kennedy.” His inability to remember one of the three government agencies he would promise to eliminate as president, together with his smirking indifference to whether it even mattered, was probably the final moment of a candidacy that was already doomed by his lack of preparation for the national stage. READ MORE >>
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 99 Percent
Why Did Liberals Embrace ‘Occupy Wall Street’? (Hint: They’re Obsessed With the Tea Party.)
When the “Occupy Wall Street” protests began to attract notice last week, the initial reaction was to scoff at the “Trustafarian nitwits” who lacked leaders, spokespeople, a policy agenda, or even much of a philosophy beyond anarchy, its cousin minarchy, and drum circles. READ MORE >>
