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US Elections: The Deficit Hawks Have Already Won
Austerity economics has won in Europe. But there is a mythology traveling around that the U.S., at least, has retained the Keynesian orientation that helped cut short an economy …
Tea Party Politics and the Dixiecrats of 1948
It has been said and rightly so, history has a way of repeating itself. The British philosopher Edmund Burk said, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat …
A Viewer’s Guide to Watching Tuesday’s Election Returns
Washington - Watch Virginia and West Virginia as the early election returns come in Tuesday night. Then keep an eye on South Carolina. Of states where polls close first, …
Midterm Elections and the Raven
Ravens have been the subject of myths throughout human history, sometimes pictured with wolves, sometimes just exalted by themselves as wise and mystical. Looking like five-pound crows, they are …
Zach Carter | Campaign Cash Why Conservative Attack Ads Won
Today is the first election in American history in which corporations have been allowed to spend their own money to buy political favors. This legalized corruption comes courtesy of …
Ballot Box Blues
By the time you read this, I’ll already have voted — the single most reflexive political act of my life — in the single most dispiriting election I can …
Paul Rogat Loeb | Ten Reasons Why I’m Spending This Election Day On the Phones
I admit it. 2008 was a whole lot more fun. We were riding a wave of change. We had the political momentum. We reached into states and districts we …
Michael Winship | Restore Sanity: A Report From Waaaay in the Back
Mistakes were made. “Let's face it,” a fellow rally-goer admitted. “We committed several tactical errors this morning.” As you may have heard, the worst part of Saturday's Rally to …
Debunking the Myth of the Big Spender
While I have written about this topic recently, there is a bit more to the story on how government spending has not, contrary to what you may have heard, …
House Takeover Would Give GOP Ways to Attack Health Law
Washington - If Rep. Joe Barton becomes the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee next year, the Texas Republican vows to make life miserable for Democratic defenders …