Hallelujah, It May Be Ryan!
Huntsman v. Romney, Cont'd
The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent is reporting that Jon Huntsman, Sr., father to the Republican presidential-primary candidate, has joined the chorus of conservative voices calling for Mitt Romney to release his tax returns: READ MORE >>
Huntsman v. Romney, Continued
The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent is reporting that Jon Huntsman, Sr., father to the Republican presidential-primary candidate, has joined the chorus of conservative voices calling for Mitt Romney to release his tax returns: READ MORE >>
Tampa 2012: Pas Devant Les Enfants!
Tampa 2012: Pas Devant Les Enfants!
Portman’s Shaker Problem
One of Mitt Romney’s biggest challenges as presidential candidate may be to win public acceptance of a Protestant sect that is poorly understood by a majority of the public. Its practices, historically, have differed dramatically from those of mainline denominations, particularly during the 19th century, when its members engaged in odd sexual behavior and upended the conventional family structure. Even today, other Christians are apt to regard it as a friendly but decidedly alien cult. I refer, of course, to Shakerism. READ MORE >>
Portman’s Shaker Problem
One of Mitt Romney’s biggest challenges as presidential candidate may be to win public acceptance of a Protestant sect that is poorly understood by a majority of the public. Its practices, historically, have differed dramatically from those of mainline denominations, particularly during the 19th century, when its members engaged in odd sexual behavior and upended the conventional family structure. Even today, other Christians are apt to regard it as a friendly but decidedly alien cult. READ MORE >>
How To Bar Blacks And Latinos From Voting
My latest TRB column ("Art Of War") is about how GOP voter-suppression has come out of the closet. Alec MacGillis adds an amazing twist: The GOP is now trying to sell voter suppression in Ohio as an expression of patriotic support for the military! READ MORE >>
Robert Hughes Never Mellowed
If too much of what you learned about the world in your adolescence came from Time magazine during the 1970s--as was the case with me--you encountered, in Time's pages, exactly one great writer. That was the art critic Robert Hughes, who died this week. You'd think a then-flush outfit like Time would put more than one great writer on its payroll, but for whatever reason it did not. Hughes's hiring was apparently some sort of glorious accident. READ MORE >>
Robert Hughes Never Mellowed
If too much of what you learned about the world in your adolescence came from Time magazine during the 1970s—as was the case with me—you encountered, in Time’s pages, exactly one great writer. That was the art critic Robert Hughes, who died this week. You’d think a then-flush outfit like Time would put more than one great writer on its payroll, but for whatever reason it did not. Hughes’s hiring was apparently some sort of glorious accident. READ MORE >>
