Why are we the Tea Party’s Hostages?
Our deficit is manageable if we’re smart about it.
Finally, Obama Leads on the Deficit
In 1993, President Bill Clinton and a Democratic Congress raised taxes and lowered the deficit, at which point the economy took off and produced a budget surplus for the final four years of his presidency.
Gubernatorial Goofiness in Maine
Gov. LePage’s rampage includes busting unions, rolling back child labor laws, gutting programs for the middle class and poor, and raising the retirement age for the state’s workers
Who’s Buyin’ Ryan? Only the Rich Can Afford To…
Under the guise of debt reduction, the chairman of the House Budget Committee’s budget proposal would take from the already poor, give to the already rich.
Sarah Palin and the Dozen Dwarfs
The tea party effect: no Republican who can win the general election in 2012 can be nominated.
Newt Fakes It
Gingrich has been posing as a possible candidate for a decade now, using the attention he gets to promote his books, speeches, lobbying business, and other hustles.
The Road to Budget Sanity
Cutting military spending would make us leaner and meaner; stronger, not weaker.
An Unprecedented Attack from Polluters
The House has passed a devastating budget plan that would destroy bedrock safeguards that have protected our health and environment for decades.
Out-of-Whack Budget Whackers
Washington’s ferocious ax-wielders are sparing assorted corporate subsidies.
Scapegoating Social Spending
Congress is about to slaughter social spending but leave a lot of sacred cows alone.
My Favorite Republican
Eisenhower’s farewell address sounds like a speech not merely from another era but from another planet.
Our Corporate Courts
In its effort to scuttle President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, the right wing has gone court shopping.
Taxes Worth Fighting For
Great lumps of cash and property will now pass tax-free from expired rich geezers, who may or may not have earned them, to their kids–who surely didn’t.
Why Egypt Will Not Turn Into Another Iran
The protests in Egypt will produce a democracy, not a theocracy.
American History Requires Study, not Plastic Surgery
The Constitution, like Huckleberry Finn, is in many ways a reflection of its time.