The Big Con
Atlanta: Finishing What General Sherman Started
June 21st, 2008
An utterly avoidable drought in Atlanta shows the quiet havoc conservative ideology is wracking upon our nation's infrastructure.
The Meaning of Box 722
June 5th, 2008
For at least six months now I've been planning, and putting off, this post. The imminent occasion of the first African American major-party nominee forces my hand. It's time for me to help give a sense of just how far we have come. read more »
On the Presence of the Past
June 4th, 2008
"Do Americans not hate each other enough to fantasize about killing one another, in cold blood, over political and cultural disagreements?" I wrote in "Nixonland." "It would be hard to argue they do not." In a review of my book, Elizabeth Drew responded, "Well, I, for one, don't find it so hard." Between the time she wrote those words and the time they were published, Senator Edward M. Kennedy's brain tumor was announced. ... read more »
Where's the Love for Our Veterans?
February 14th, 2008
Bill O’Reilly’s unconscionable denials of the problems of homeless veterans are being brought into sharp, visceral focus. ... read more »
What Ailes Us
May 30th, 2008
In interviews during my book tour, I was delighted to be constantly asked about something I thought everyone already knew about: Roger Ailes' work, long before he went on to found Fox News, as bamboozler-in-chief for Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, specifically his role in inventing the fake candidate "town meeting" staged for TV but closed to the press. read more »
The Case
Facts & Resources
Eating Dangerously
Tomatoes are just the beginning. As the U.S. imports more of its food from overseas, it is reducing its ability to ensure the safety and quality of these foreign foods. Conflicting government agency oversight, inefficient food inspections, and lax food safety standards in exporting countries has compromised the safety of American food imports. read more »
The Stress Test
n/aThe News
Paulson Calls for Stronger Regulators
July 3rd, 2008
Pentagon's Top Inspector Resigns
July 3rd, 2008
The Voices
The Dummies' Guide to Stupid Leaders and Misleading Numbers
In case you didn't know, the loss of 20,000 American jobs in April is actually good news. You see, economists had predicted 73,000 jobs would be lost last month, so thank God we dodged that bullet, right?!read more »
Plastics!
Thank you, Washington Independent: read more »
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jul
3
2008
Hundreds Tell Fox: "Stop The Attacks"
More than 600 people from all over the country have responded in the first 48 hours of our call to tell Fox News to stop branding progressives as unpatriotic, and instead contribute to a respectful debate about the future direction of the country. read more »
jul
2
2008
McContainers
Contest: caption this photograph...
Here's my entry: In a bid for Midwestern voters devastated by runaway manufacturing jobs, John McCain and Joe Lieberman pose with shipping containers in Third World country seeking free trade deal.
jul
1
2008
And now...the rest of the story
Here's the rest of my answer to my friend who asked me to explain why conservatives are in disarray. Nothing that will be new to longtime readers, who—newbies, too!—are invited to contribute their own reflection in the comments: read more »
jul
1
2008
Bills Come Due
A friend recently asked me to summarize why conservatives seem to be in such disarray these days. I listed four reasons, in separate paragraphs; "BIlls come due," was how I began the fourth: read more »
jul
1
2008
Don't Let Anyone Question Your Patriotism
Our political disagreements over the direction of the country and who is best qualified to lead it in the right direction should never be used as a weapon to question our love for this country. In fact, the willingness to be intensely engaged in the struggle to being this nation closer to its ideals is the very mark of a patriot. That's why we're telling Fox News and the right in general: Stop attacking patriotic Americans simply because you don't agree with them.read more »
jun
30
2008
Cheney's Greatest Hits!
Earlier this afternoon I wrote about how "tactically speaking the party of conservatism is more the heir to Watergate than it is to Goldwater." Here's a little tidbit from the archives dug up by Sean Wilentz in his new book read more »
