Friday Talking Points [93] -- Lies, Lies And Propaganda
Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.
Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.
Dean Baker | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
No one in the health care debate is arguing for ending the enormous role that the government plays in the provision of care. They are talking about restructuring this role, so the big government story makes no sense.
Stephen Ducat | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
No paranoid fantasy seems too bizarre, too implausible, or too disconnected from consensual reality to find a credulous audience among right wing true believers.
Huff Radio | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
Today's show is helmed by Bob Scheer, who, amazingly, describes himself as a "libertarian" !! It's a big think show on the subject of Big Government. ...
Tom Sullivan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
One suspects, however, that behind much of the "Don't Tread On Me" rhetoric directed at Obama is a spluttering "... but, but, but, you're black!"
Michael J. Elston | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
A recent health care reform debate with a friend got so heated I was nearly arrested for disorderly conduct in my own home! How can you protect yourself from becoming part of an ugly, national incident?
John W. Whitehead | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics
Critics who refer to Obama's proposed public health plan as socialism have got it all wrong. The menace we face is the triumph of corporatism; the corporate state wedded to the government.
Thomas Frank | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
Government fails constantly when conservatives run it because making it work would be, for many of those conservatives, to traduce the very laws of nature.
Dan Agin | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
The din of fat cats yodeling in the square about the evils of big government will follow us into 12 percent unemployment and beyond. It won't stop, wi...
Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics
In light of the tremendous challenges facing our country, I am grateful for a government big enough to help us weather the financial storm.
William Galston | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics
On the critical issue of government's role, Democrats do not have a mandate. Rather, they have a chance to make their case.
Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --Bob Barr's campaign for president would be funny if it weren't so serious. Whereas McCain rallies draw thousands, and Obama rall...
Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business
This year, it seemed certain that liberalism would show up at the Halloween block party wearing the costume of a self-loathing American: a terrorist-loving, non-flag-pin-lapel-wearing lefty.
Disgrasian | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
"...two-thirds of Vietnamese Americans said they support Mr. McCain." What?
Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
The Bush presidency will go down as providing by far the poorest quality of governance in the modern period of big government, pushing the federal government toward fiscal insolvency.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics