The Confidence Gap Between Democrats And Republicans
Republicans have a well-oiled propaganda machine to facilitate the fantasy of strength and popularity. The message is always the same -- whether the GOP wins or loses, it always wins.
Republicans have a well-oiled propaganda machine to facilitate the fantasy of strength and popularity. The message is always the same -- whether the GOP wins or loses, it always wins.
Robert Naiman | Posted 11.13.2009 | World
Is it just me, or is the pontification of Western leaders about corruption in Afghanistan growing rather tiresome? There is something very Captain R...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.
Ari Melber | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media
Previously, Twitter essentially held the market on recommending users, through its official list of suggested users. But it just launched a tool enabling users to create their own lists on the site.
Posted 10.22.2009 | Media
An alternative, liberal judgment of Sarah Palin's legacy will appear in book stores on November 17, the same day Palin's own autobiography, "Going Rog...
Eric E. Burns | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media
The White House has exposed Fox News for what it is: not a news organization, but a partisan political entity that is waging a war against the Obama administration and its progressive agenda.
Fernanda Diaz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
When her father's campaign ended, her own kept going in an ambiguous and overexposed direction.
Lea Lane | Posted 11.14.2009 | Comedy
The hate flu seems to thrive in the southern United States, with pockets found throughout the country, especially in rural areas.
Ben Wyskida | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
There is a much broader movement out there towards food democracy: the effort to ensure healthy food for everyone.
Lindsay Beyerstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
The White House has given up on Republican gangster Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY). They finally got the hint when Enzi told a radio listeners that Democrats wanted to kill the elderly.
Alice Waters | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
What's missing from the national conversation about school lunch reform is the opportunity to use food to teach values that are central to democracy.
The Media Consortium | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business
Why is the Bernanke reappointment a mistake? Put simply, Bernanke is completely culpable for allowing an economic crisis to foment.
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
We should be inspired to honor and fight for the cause of Senator Kennedy's life. The Senate's fighting liberal would not place the fate of affordable health insurance back in the hands of the private sector.
The Media Consortium | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
If the Democrats want healthcare reform, they are going to have to go it alone. Let's hope they pass a bill that would make Sen. Kennedy proud.
The Media Consortium | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
The U.S. economy may finally be bottoming out. But while conditions may improve in a dry, statistical sense, the foundation for a productive economy has been decimated over the past three decades.
The Media Consortium | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
The White House is sorely mistaken if it thinks that the public option belongs in the "nice but not necessary" category. Without it, there's little hope of containing costs or reigning in the power of insurance companies.
Abby L. Ferber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
Discussions of race are not merely a distraction from more important matters; they are essential to understanding political mobilization around many of the significant policy issues facing us today.
The Media Consortium | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
Obama must have been disappointed when the non-partisan CBO announced last week that the Dem's healthcare bills won't cut spending, as he won't sign a bill that doesn't contain cost cuts.
The Media Consortium | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business
Congress should be writing regulations to curb risk in the financial system as fast as bankers are paying themselves bonuses. They're our representatives, after all, and it's our money.
Julia Moulden | Posted 07.14.2009 | Living
Did you read Nicholas D. Kristof's "Bullets Over Beijing," his account of being in Tiananmen Square on that fateful night twenty years ago? Uniformed...
Christian Avard | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment
Dennis Perrin: I would like to see more direct action but I knew early on in the Obama administration that it was just not going to happen.
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.21.2009 | World
I believe the more responsible and effective strategy moving forward is to take US-led military escalation off the table, begin to withdraw US troops and support a regional diplomatic solution.
James Warren | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media
Katha Pollitt has had about enough of the amateur psychoanalyzing of Michelle Obama, as well as those who seem somehow threatened, even by her bare arms.
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
Barack Obama's pledged to make his administration "the most open and transparent in history." This week we are launching a new project to continue that effort: "Ask the President."
Ari Melber | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
After watching this absurdity playing out in the stimulus debate, people are calling on Sen. Reid to make the Republicans follow through and actually filibuster legislation and show this spectacle to the public.
Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics