There is something fundamentally pro-American about much of the apparently anti-American content published in foreign newspapers. In this way, criticisms of America appeal to, and approve of, American ideals.
There is something fundamentally pro-American about much of the apparently anti-American content published in foreign newspapers. In this way, criticisms of America appeal to, and approve of, American ideals.
Republicans are squandering their supposed 2010 mandate by following an ideological agenda instead of focusing first on creating jobs, particularly when it comes to their attacks on basic women's health care.
At this point, there are only a few holdouts left on the sidelines, as most of the bigwigs (and some decidedly "smallwigs") have made their intentions known.
The Republicans repeatedly say "F you" to everyone in this country except for the elite wealthy and big corporations. The party has moved so far to the right, its core policies are far out of the American mainstream.
Now all Americans can breathe a huge sigh of relief because the Centers for Disease Control just posted instructions so we can all adequately prepare for "Zombie Armageddon."
Mitt Romney is emerging as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Unless other candidates begin raising money and building an organization, the race for the Republican nomination will be over before it starts.
By the end of this month -- with the possible exception of Sarah Palin, who could jump in at any time she wants -- the Republican field is going to look pretty close to what it will look like on Republican primary ballots next year.
Ron Paul, apparently, is not a superstitious kind of guy. Tempting fate, as it were, he announced today that he's running for president once again -- on Friday the thirteenth.
After all is said and done, what kind of damage will Trump's "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week" have on his future?
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger This week marks the final edition of the Weekly Audit. It has been a pleasure compiling the best finan...
There is an insidious fantasy afoot in this country that you, the middle class, somehow do not have the right to make the government further your ends. Don't buy it.
We were struck by how few tourists were in evidence. While selfishly pleased to practically have the place to ourselves, it seemed sad that there weren't more in attendance to appreciate such a massive milestone in mankind's history.
Trump's celebrity value is showing up loud and clear on the straw polls. But this doesn't mean he is even going to run -- and if he does, it's likely not going to get him very far.
If the goal is to have a message and platform that appeal to both base and swing voters, you can do no better than populist economics. And here's the other key thing: it is hard to unite them any other way.
Something the media largely missed in the midst of multiple budgetary battles this week was the fact that this is what bipartisanship looks like.
If Republican politicians honestly wanted to strengthen America, they would be urging dual language public schools.
Conventional wisdom about faith and politics usually (and falsely) divides "values voters" opposed to abortion and gay marriage from those focused on kitchen-table issues like jobs and taxes.
Bill Clinton's oft-quoted remark that, when choosing their candidate, "Democrats fall in love; Republicans fall in line" was a clever way to describe the nominating process for most of the last few decades. But it may be changing in 2012.
We support a plan that creates good-paying jobs rebuilding the roads and bridges that we cross going to work every day. The alternative, we're sorry to say, is a road we've been down before.
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The Republicans are poised to unveil a model budget on Tuesday that would effectively end Medicare by ...