For the first time in decades -- perhaps since his father denounced Ronald Reagan's voodoo economics in the 1980 primaries -- the old Republican playbook has run its course. In the chaos of today's GOP, Jeb Bush can actually write his own script.

If we won't let our children lie or BS us and get away with it, surely Republicans should be held to the same standard. Cow dung has good uses, but not in political campaigns. Cut the CRAP.

The problem is not, as David Brooks postulates, that "Republicans like Romney often rely on an economic language that seems corporate and alien to people who do not define themselves in economic terms." The problem is that the GOP now represents those who embrace ignorance as a badge of honor.

Do Americans want a government of the people by the people for the people? Or do Americans want a government of the corporations by the corporations for the corporations, one dedicated to the proposition that the rich are better than everyone else?

Trickle-down economics has become the mother's milk of the GOP and has indeed been "a curse" on Americans.

Whether it's the bronze bull encountered by those occupying Wall Street, the fixation with a Chris Christie presidency not to be, or the ex post facto...

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of B-movie actor-turned-conservative president, Ronal...

American students currently rank 25th in math among advanced nations. The Republican "Pledge to America" will further lower that ranking.

Why do the Democrats keep using the wording the "Bush tax cuts" -- a nomenclature coined by -- and favored by -- the Republicans. It's a trap the Democrats keep falling into.

It appears conservatives today are quite enamored with the notion that during times of economic growth, deficits really don't matter and fiscal recklessness feeds the all-powerful private market.

On the PBS News Hour, February 5, 2010, David Stockman, Budget Director for President Ronald Reagan, speaking of the age-old Republican scheme of "...

The financial crisis has caused a seismic shift -- not only has it brought down the house of cards known as Reaganomics but it may also bring down some of voodoo economics' high priests.