In addition to the glaring factual errors, there's also his praise of the German social and economic system, which he's hoping you won't notice contradicts everything he has written before and everything he will write again.
Newt Gingrich is an embrassment to the historical profession. Not only is he corrupt, but his dissertation defended Belgian rule of the Congo, which really sums up the man. He.
As Charlie Savage and Adam Serwer point out, the Senate yesterday decided to punt on the question of whether the executive can arbitrarily and indefinitely detain American citizens simply by.
Last night, I watched the Lee Atwater documentary, Boogie Man. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it very highly. I always knew Atwater was an awful human being, but I didn't realize quite the level of his scumbaggery until I watched the movie. He was...
When I heard that Jed Rakoff had rejected the deal between Citigroup and the SEC, my initial reaction was like Black and Wheeler's -- I'd be happy to see one.
Shorter Bobo: Spain and Italy spent way too much time at the Applebee's salad bar. Seriously, I went to Spain and couldn't find a single place that charged more than.
Today we celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike. The Oakland general strike came out of the massive changes to the Bay Area during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of Americans moved to San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, and other cities to work in...
Newt clarifies his comments from last week that poor students should replace janitors in schools. They shouldn't do all the work. Just jobs like cleaning the bathrooms. And doesn't this.
Republicans aren't even trying to hide their voter suppression agenda. If it wasn't evil, I'd say it was refreshing that at least they aren't lying anymore.
Scott Walker using prison labor to decorate the Christmas tree (and in this administration, it ain't no holiday tree like here in Rhode Island) in the Wisconsin state capitol building. The use of prison labor means he didn't have to use and pay unionized state workers...
Jon Chait argues once again that anyone who sees generating massive amounts of revenue from "student"-athletes while denying them most of the benefits as exploitative must hate college sports. The.
Law schools have become addicted to federal educational loan money. Under current law, schools can charge whatever they want for tuition, and the federal government will loan 100% of that.