I'm not sure how many times the NYT will invite him to write the same asinine column with similar basic errors and misunderstandings. And, yes, there's no actual evidence whatsoever that the mythical deal Obama made to kill the public option actually happened. Although since...
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There's a been a bit of buzz across the blogosphere in the last 24 hours supporting Hendrik Hertzberg's call for an Alexander Hamilton movie. Of all the Founders’ lives, Hamilton’s.
I gave an interview to a newspaper journalist the other day who wanted some information about Occupy Wall Street in the context of the history of American social movements. One question she asked was about how technology makes this movement different. And it struck me...
This Times piece on Republican Senate candidates floundering seems awfully hopeful to me, but given that the Republicans blew three pickup opportunities in 2010 thanks to nominating extremist candidates (DE,.
Great to know that the hilarity of blackface remains popular at some of our nation's finer sororities and fraternities! And I thought we lived in a post-racial society! In all.
Simon Lazurus and Dahlia Lithwick note that as part of the 5 1/2 hours of oral argument the Supreme Court is holding over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act the Supreme Court will be entertaining an argument even more radical than the claim that...
The Catholic Church has taken up a new strategy to fight against abortion and gay rights--talking about "religious liberty" to reject equal rights for gays and the right of women.
Jason Scott Smith gives us a primer of how the federal government once created a huge number of jobs in a short time and suggests the potential for this again.
According to my Facebook feed, Spencer Ackerman's responded to Farley's recent post on Iran. Since they both know what they're talking about, I've very confused. But since I've only punched one of them in the stomach as hard as my feeble muscles allow, I know...
. . . then The Terrorists will have won. Remember when people were freaking out over the Patriot Act and Homeland Security and all this other conveniently ready-to-go post-9/11 police.