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Thomas Frank

Why is Obama Championing Bush's Financial Wrecking Crew?

William K. Black | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Thomas Frank, Economy, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Wrecking Crew, Business News
William K. Black

Obama promoted the architects of the financial disaster and demands that we hail them as heroes because they, and Wall Street, only wrecked the economy -- they haven't (yet) utterly destroyed it.

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

wsj.com | THOMAS FRANK | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Predator State, Thomas Frank, Chuck Grassley, James Galbraith, Health Insurers, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Care, Health Insurance Panda Bears, GOP Panda Bears, Grassley Panda Bears, Thomas Frank Health Care Reform, Politics News

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...

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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Heckuva Job, Brownie

David Sirota | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Jason Linkins

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

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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...

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Which Side Are You on Specter?

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Afl-Cio, Stewart Acuff, Thomas Frank, Labor Movement, Employee Free Choice Act, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

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

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Webb Efca, Thomas Frank, Obama Andy Stern, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Law Obama, Labor Efca, Efca, Jim Webb, Obama, Democrats, Blanche Lincoln, Diane Feinstein, Stern Obama, Politics News

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

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It's Time to Give Voters the Liberalism They Want

Thomas Frank | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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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.

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The Morning After

Jan Herman | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

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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.

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Rudy Giuliani in Lipstick

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Frank, Karl Rove, Giuliani, Speech, Christian Fascism, Bob Dole, Pit Bull, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
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?

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John McCain as a Hood Ornament

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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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...

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McCain the McMaverick, a 'Hood Ornament'

Jan Herman | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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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."

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WSJ Redesign: More Politics, More Opinion, More Liberals

Portfolio.com | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media

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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...

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Sam Stein

Thomas Frank On Obama: Not That Controversial

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

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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...

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