Rick Santorum’s statements regarding same-sex marriage illustrate what’s wrong with modern conservatism.
Corruption Journal issue #2, Charlie Sheen edition.
The twits on CNBC are desperately blaming this on bad news of Europe, so I’m sure it’s a totally cooincidence that this happened right after the GOP forced America to go from stimulus, to non-action, to outright harsh austerity: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) at one point fell nearly 428 points, or 3.6 percent, settling […]
An independent political analyst predicts a civil war in the Republican Party if the GOP wins control of the White House — caused by the Tea Party.
A company nobody knows anything about founded in March donates $1 million to Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign, then vanishes.
Issue #1 of the Corruption Journal.
Glenn Greewald’s contribution to a NYT debate on the Tea Party and debt ceiling deal illustrates its divisive nature within the GOP.
Bush 41 and Reagan economist Bruce Bartlett is again urging the abolition of the debt ceiling: Almost 10 years ago, I testified before the Senate Finance Committee that the debt limit should be abolished. Among the others who testified that day, including Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill, no one supported my position. [..] Unless the party […]
Joe Nocera says what everyone is thinking today, and what some people have been saying for the past couple of years, RE: the American Taliban: You know what they say: Never negotiate with terrorists. It only encourages them. Like ideologues everywhere, they scorned compromise. When John Boehner, the House speaker, tried to cut a deal with President […]
The GOP’s long run of substance-free legislative victories may call attention to how little they are actually doing for America.