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Why Big Money Still Won in 2012

Jonathan Backer | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
Jonathan Backer

“We got way too excited over money in the 2012 elections,” Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein argued at a conference on money in politic...

Ezra Klein Debunks Obamacare Bombshell

washingtonpost.com | Posted 04.25.2013 | Politics

There's no effort to "exempt" Congress from Obamacare. No matter how this shakes out, Congress will have to follow the law, just like everyone else do...

Gun Safety, Gridlock, and the Demise of Congress

Bruce Lesley | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Bruce Lesley

The fact is that Congress does not need some sort of invitation from the White House in order to do their job. To take affirmative action toward addressing our nation's problems, Congress should put aside its letterhead and stop writing letters to the President and federal agencies asking them to take action.

Obama's Lip Service to the Poor

Mark Cassello | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics
Mark Cassello

Inciting a partisan brawl over the minimum wage is clearly political posturing on the part of the Democrats rather than a sincere attempt to solve a deepening problem.

The Audacity of Jobs

Ed Crego, George MuƱoz and Frank Islam | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics
Ed Crego, George MuƱoz and Frank Islam

Some pundits assert that in doing so he was taking his eye off the ball. We would argue quite the contrary. Putting jobs and wages in the direct line of sight is exactly what needs to be done to move the economy forward in a manner that benefits the middle class and average Americans.

Media to President: You're a Liberal!

Dan Kennedy | Posted 04.15.2013 | Media
Dan Kennedy

Since winning reelection, Obama has appeared more confident and upbeat than at any time since his 2008 campaign, and media coverage has reflected that. The president's second honeymoon is likely to continue a little while longer. But such interludes never last.

The Awkwardest Interview Ever?

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 02.12.2013 | Media

Washington Post writer/Bloomberg columnist/MSNBC contributor Ezra Klein is one of the stars of the media world — but that doesn't mean that being pr...

President Obama Shuns Washington Post, Except Ezra Klein

Michael Calderone | Posted 04.13.2013 | Media
Michael Calderone

The Washington Post reports that President Obama shuns reporters from newspapers such as the Post. But the president is more likely to speak with liberal columnists, including one at the Post.

History of Political Idiots

Jag Bhalla | Posted 02.16.2013 | Politics
Jag Bhalla

Idios in Ancient Greek meant private, and only someone not in their right mind would choose to ignore the fact that all private interests depend on the public good. We are idiots if we ignore this, or vote for politicians that do.

Why Raising Medicare's Age Is Not The Fiscal Cliff Solution

The New Republic | Posted 12.10.2012 | Politics

President Obama hasn’t proposed increasing the eligibility age for Medicare. But would he agree to do so, in order to secure a broader agreement tha...

Wealthy Should Give Thanks for Their Welfare Benefits

Jag Bhalla | Posted 01.21.2013 | Politics
Jag Bhalla

American capitalism requires workers. Workers, young and old, require health care. We can't allow them to be treated like inhuman resources, that can be consumed, and the residue conveniently and cheaply disposed of.

New Documentary Illuminates Perils of U.S. China Policy

Michael Sigman | Posted 01.13.2013 | Entertainment
Michael Sigman

The connection between the irresistibility of cheap Chinese-made products and the loss of America's manufacturing base -- along with the threat to peace on earth -- is at the heart of Death by China.

Vote As If Your Life Depends on It... Or At Least As If Mine Does

Scott Schoettes | Posted 01.02.2013 | Politics
Scott Schoettes

If you are on the fence about who to vote for in this election, I would ask you to think long and hard about the people who will suffer and die down the road, because we let healthcare reform die in the Election of 2012.

RNC Obamacare Ad Features Prominent Health Care Defender

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 10.25.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A new Republican National Committee ad that began airing in Ohio Thursday criticizes Obamacare, but oddly features one of the law's bigg...

This Is Not Your Mother's Medicare: Part 1

Ed Crego, George MuƱoz and Frank Islam | Posted 11.05.2012 | Politics
Ed Crego, George MuƱoz and Frank Islam

We agree with Paul Ryan that we need a debate to determine how Medicare can be improved. What we do not need, however, is much of what passes for debate these days -- diatribes, finger-pointing, ad hominem attacks, and systematic presentations of misinformation.

The Panic In The Romney Team

Eric Zuesse | Posted 10.16.2012 | Politics
Eric Zuesse

Reporters don't get admission into the innermost important workings of a presidential campaign until the historians do -- if ever -- but on some rare ...

Paul Ryan's Radical Economic Regime: Why His House Budget Legacy Is a Lesson in Elitism

Michael Shank | Posted 10.13.2012 | Politics
Michael Shank

Do Americans realize that under a Ryan economic regime, tens of millions of our poor neighbors would be dropped categorically and coldly to the curb, with no support whatsoever from the very system that our forefathers and mothers set up to ensure that America would prosper?

What's Next for Obamacare?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 09.01.2012 | Politics
Linda Bergthold

The public, as ignorant of the specifics of the Affordable Care Act as ever, can be forgiven for believing Republicans that this decision is "the biggest tax hike in history." But that is actually an outright lie.

Michael Calderone

Liberal D.C. Magazine Raises Enough To Stay Alive

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 06.20.2012 | Media

The American Prospect, the liberal politics and policy magazine that was on the verge of shutting down last month, has exceeded its fundraising goal a...

Why Republicans Oppose The Individual Mandate

The New Yorker | Posted 06.18.2012 | Politics

On March 23, 2010, the day that President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, fourteen state attorneys general filed suit against the law...

Michael Calderone

Influential Liberal Magazine May Close

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.01.2012 | Media

The American Prospect, an influential liberal politics and policy magazine, could shut its doors at the end of May unless the nonprofit publication ra...

Both Sides: Watch the Track, Not the Horse Race: Gas, Health, Afghanistan

HuffPost Radio | Posted 03.18.2012 | Politics
HuffPost Radio

2011-11-29-20111107bothsidesnow.jpgReagan and Matalin skip who's up-down in the GOP contest to debate spurting gas prices, the constitutionality of "Obamacare" and our exit strategy from Afghanistan post- massacre. Then: do presidential speeches ever matter, Mr. Reagan?

The 35.9 Percent

The Daily Princetonian | Posted 05.08.2012 | College
The Daily Princetonian

The fact that the subject of Ivy League students entering finance arouses curiosity reveals some of the prejudices of the curious. If we agreed that Wall Street were a great place to begin a career, the question wouldn't be worth thinking about.

Media Power Couples: Who's The Ultimate Media Duo? (PHOTOS)

Posted 02.14.2012 | Media

Power couples are everywhere in the media -- from TV reporters and anchors to executives, all the way through to newspaper and magazine writers. We're...

Republican Politics and the Unemployment Conundrum

David Coates | Posted 03.18.2012 | Politics
David Coates

Instead of judging the job plans of any of the leading Republican candidates against a mythology of their own making, let's instead examine them against the real causes of American job loss since 2008.