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Krugman Decries Romney Stump Speach LiesI mean, is there anything at all in Romney’s stump speech that’s true? It’s all based on attacking Obama for apologizing for America, which he didn’t, on making deep cuts in defense, which he also didn’t, and on being a radical redistributionist wh …
- Rick Santorum: We Can't Live With a Nuclear Iran Because They're a Theocracy
GREGORY: Senator Santorum, I want to ask you about Iran. It's been a big issue in the course of this campaign so far.
- Bain Capital tied to bankruptcy, closing of KC steel plant - KansasCity.com
Bain Capital, a company once operated by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was involved in the 2001 bankruptcy and closing of one of Kansas City’s oldest manufacturing plants.
- 'Pity The Billionaire': The Right's Unlikely Comeback : NPR
Frank, whose previous books include What's the Matter with Kansas?, writes that the recent revival of the right is just as extraordinary as "if the public had demanded dozens of new nuclear power plants in the days after the Three Mile Island disaster." "Before 2009," Fra …
- Mitt Romney and 'America the Beautiful': When Reach Exceeds Grasp - NYTimes.com
If, over time, this turns out to be his rebuttal to the president’s new campaign theme of reducing economic inequality, he will have to do better than “America the Beautiful,” because that is not at all what the song was originally about.
Bain Capital tied to bankruptcy, closing of KC steel plant - KansasCity.com
Seeded on Sat Jan 7, 2012 9:16 AM EST (The Kansas City Star)
Bain Capital, a company once operated by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was involved in the 2001 bankruptcy and closing of one of Kansas City’s oldest manufacturing plants.
'Pity The Billionaire': The Right's Unlikely Comeback : NPR
Seeded on Sat Jan 7, 2012 9:06 AM EST (NPR)
Frank, whose previous books include What's the Matter with Kansas?, writes that the recent revival of the right is just as extraordinary as "if the public had demanded dozens of new nuclear power plants in the days after the Three Mile Island disaster." "Before 2009," Fra …
Mitt Romney and 'America the Beautiful': When Reach Exceeds Grasp - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 8:52 PM EST (The New York Times)
If, over time, this turns out to be his rebuttal to the president’s new campaign theme of reducing economic inequality, he will have to do better than “America the Beautiful,” because that is not at all what the song was originally about.
Drafting My Fantasy Picks & Tackling Nobel Trends : NPR
Seeded on Wed Oct 5, 2011 9:24 AM EDT (NPR)
On Monday, me and some dudes are gonna tailgate outside the Kellogg School of Management before the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is announced. You should totally come. It's gonna be ill. My pick to click this year is N. Gregory Mankiw.
It's starting to look like the tea party's in the bag | NJ.com
Seeded on Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:05 PM EDT (NJ.com)
...caused the tea partiers to boil over, particularly Gene Hoyas, a former Lonegan supporter who used to show up at rallies wearing a Revolutionary War outfit and going by the name “Manly Rash.” He’s now a blogger allied with the Bayshore crowd.
Fears of far-right rise in crisis-hit Greece - CTV News
Seeded on Tue Aug 2, 2011 1:01 PM EDT (CTV News)
They descended by the hundreds -- black-shirted, bat-wielding youths chasing down dark-skinned immigrants through the streets of Athens and beating them senseless in an unprecedented show of force by Greece's far-right extremists. In Greece, alarm is rising that the twin …
Opinion: Debt ceiling rhetoric by GOP misleads and endangers the nation | NJ.com
Seeded on Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:00 AM EDT (NJ.com)
...strategy of manipulating people by inculcating them with “invalid truths” perfectly mirrors the rhetoric of congressional Republicans, who are at the center of the ongoing press to neither raise the national debt ceiling nor increase taxes on the wealthiest Americ …
The Worst Time to Slow the Economy - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sun Jul 10, 2011 11:09 AM EDT (The New York Times)
There has never been any evidence that the federal debt is primarily responsible for the persistent joblessness that began with the 2008 recession.
Casey Anthony Trial Proves a Tourist Draw - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:49 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Never mind Walt Disney World or the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Ms.
Is The End Nigh? We'll Know Soon Enough : NPR
Seeded on Fri May 13, 2011 12:26 PM EDT (NPR)
On May 21, "starting in the Pacific Rim at around the 6 p.m. local time hour, in each time zone, there will be a great earthquake, such as has never been in the history of the Earth," he says.
Trump Airlines - Top 10 Donald Trump Failures - TIME
Seeded on Mon May 2, 2011 7:57 AM EDT (TIME)
Donald Trump is very proud of himself for forcing President Obama to release his birth certificate, ending the debate over whether he was legally fit to lead the country. But not everything the Donald has put his name behind has succeeded.
Trump's Son-In-Law (Who Is NOT Obama) Bought His Way Into Harvard
Seeded on Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:21 AM EDT (Wonkette ยป top)
While Donald Trump’s team of gumshoes are now travelling the globe trying to find evidence of how President Obama got into Harvard Law School even thoughhe is one of the blacks, it turns out his very own son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is one of those ri …
What Have the Poor Ever Done for Us?
Seeded on Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:58 AM EDT (The Pragmatic Progressive)
So what have the poor done for us? Why should they have any share of the pie?
NJ Move on Health Plan May Cost Towns But Help Power Broker
Seeded on Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:51 PM EDT (The New York Times)
"Mr. Sweeney, a Democrat from Gloucester County, is a close ally and a childhood friend of George E. Norcross 3rd, perhaps the most influential Democratic boss in New Jersey. Mr.
Questions Raised About Charter Schools Performance
Seeded on Fri Apr 1, 2011 2:07 PM EDT (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
A new study of the nonprofit charter-school chain KIPP, which has won support from some of the country's leading philanthropists, contends the organization's strong academic results are based in part on selective admissions and low retention of poorly performing students....
Equality, the True Soul Food
Seeded on Sun Jan 2, 2011 9:05 AM EST (The New York Times)
"There's growing evidence that the toll of our stunning inequality is not just economic but also is a melancholy of the soul. The upshot appears to be high rates of violent crime, high narcotics use, high teenage birthrates and even high rates of heart disease...
Liberal Washington Group Launches Campaign Criticizing Christie's Whereabouts
Seeded on Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:37 PM EST (NJ.com)
"The "Where in the World is Gov.
Reality Check
Seeded on Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:34 AM EST (The New York Times)
At a time of nearly 10 percent unemployment in America, we have the Israelis and the Palestinians sitting over there with their arms folded, waiting for more U.S. assurances or money to persuade them to do what is manifestly in their own interest: negotiate a two-state deal.
Justice Stevens and the Death Penalty
Seeded on Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:28 AM EST (The New York Times)
In the current "New York Review of Books," the retired Justice John Paul Stevens makes a compelling argument for abolishing the death penalty.
Secretive Banking Elite Rules Trading in Derivatives
Seeded on Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:17 AM EST (The New York Times)
Drawn from giants like JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the bankers form a powerful committee that helps oversee trading in derivatives, instruments which, like insurance, are used to hedge risk.
Matthews to Obama - "What will be your monument?"
Seeded on Sat Nov 6, 2010 9:50 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
"Why can't we build railroads - rapid-railroads to unite this country instead of making the vast continent between New York and L.A.
The Grizzly Manifesto
Seeded on Sat Nov 6, 2010 9:14 AM EDT (The New York Times)
"It's time to take back the Mama Grizzly."
Meg Whitman vs the Little People
Seeded on Thu Oct 7, 2010 10:55 PM EDT (Politifi)
Meg Whitman tells undocumented honor student that she does not deserve her place in college.
Researchers help define what makes a political conservative
Seeded on Sun Oct 3, 2010 3:18 PM EDT (UC Berkeley News)
An old article filled with some great insights into conservatives with relevance to tea party politics.
The Very Useful Idiocy of Christine O'Donnell
Seeded on Sun Oct 3, 2010 9:18 AM EDT (The New York Times)
"By latching on to O'Donnell's growing presence, the Rove-Boehner-McConnell establishment can claim it represents struggling middle-class Tea Partiers rather than Wall Street potentates and corporate titans.
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