Thomas Frank

Thomas Frank: Conservatives Treating Health Insurers Like 'Panda Bears' That Need 'Our Nurturing'

wsj.com | THOMAS FRANK | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


In June 2008, I used this space to call on then-Sen. Barack Obama to add economist James K. Galbraith's book, "The Predator State," to his reading lis...

Jason Linkins

WSJ's Thomas Frank Assails WaPo's Coverage Of Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


In today's Wall Street Journal, columnist Thomas Frank calls out the Washington Post at length for its fawning, frolicsome coverage of the way lobbyists infect every single corner of Capitol Hill like a lycanthropic plague.

Heckuva Job, Brownie

David Sirota | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

Mike Brown is still a self-described conservative. But at least he was able to be honest and have an intellectually forthright discussion with me -- something refreshing in today's political era.

Jason Linkins

Thomas Frank On WaPo Salons: 'A Moment Of Rare, Piquant Hypocrisy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media


Over at the Wall Street Journal, Thomas Frank has weighed in on the way the Washington Post attempted to launch a massive "Hey, Lobbyists, Let's All G...

Which Side Are You on Specter?

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Stewart Acuff

Labor is re-energized by Specter's decision. Grassroots union activity -- already at a fever pitch -- is escalating even more.

Sam Stein

EFCA Backers Step Up Efforts, Begin Calling Out Democrats, Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


Whether out of despair, frustration, or the political calculus that more sheer aggression is needed, labor officials and progressives are taking a far...

It's Time to Give Voters the Liberalism They Want

Thomas Frank | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


Thomas Frank

It is possible, I suppose, that the pundits are right and the public didn't really mean it when it elected a liberal Democrat president and gave Democrats even larger majorities in both houses of Congress.

The Morning After

Jan Herman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media


Jan Herman

It is the Journal, in a column this morning by Thomas Frank, an addition to the Journal's opinion pages to balance all the resident right-wingers, that puts Obama's victory in proper perspective.

Rudy Giuliani in Lipstick

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


Barry Yourgrau

Palin's tone was so negative, divisive, bullying and demeaning, it befits an ugly high school student council election. Reese Witherspoon crossed with Bob Dole?

John McCain as a Hood Ornament

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


Bella DePaulo

The New York Times has William Kristol on its opinion page, and the Wall Street Journal now has Thomas Frank. What Kristol writes could be called scho...

McCain the McMaverick, a 'Hood Ornament'

Jan Herman | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


Jan Herman

I've been calling him the Gasbag, but Thomas Frank has come up with another description for him -- the best I've read anywhere: John McCain is "a hood ornament on a hit-and-run machine."

WSJ Redesign: More Politics, More Opinion, More Liberals

Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media


Stealth attack! While we've been on high alert for changes to The Wall Street Journal's Marketplace section, Rupert Murdoch has gone and revamped sect...

Sam Stein

Thomas Frank On Obama: Not That Controversial

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics


Thomas Frank, the author who redefined the perception of the red state/blue state divide in America, says he doesn't find Sen. Barack Obama's comments...