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A Lesson to Learn
We are faced by difficult choices we are challenged to confront over a range of foreign and domestic policy concerns. We must decide whether to stand firm on principle …
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Paul Krugman | Standing Up for Liberal Principles
Now it's clear that no matter what you do, short of destroying the entire legacy of the New Deal, the mere fact of being a Democrat will bring accusations …
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Democrat Youth Wing Fires Members Who Criticized Israel’s Child Killings
This strain of fascism seems to be migrating from Israel, where students and employees have been punished and fired for expressing sympathy for Gaza on social media.
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Poor Polls and Obama’s Missed Opportunity
What if President Obama had rejected conventional political advice and pushed for a new New Deal? What if an effective nonaligned left had pushed for such a program, economist …
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Hillary’s Candid Motto for Democratic Party: “Represent Banks”
It was a minor controversy that Hillary Clinton had represented a shifty S&L. Today's Democratic elite evince inextricable ties to far more powerful interests.
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Why Elections Still Matter, Except When They Don’t
Why bother with an electoral process that's compromised from top to bottom, a maze full of dead ends, trap doors, toll booths, and rules that change at the whim …
The Shifting, Double-edged Sword called ‘Populism’
Hell or high water, the protean, populist clamor sets disparate ordinary people against variously infamous foes.
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One Party Is United, the Other, Divided
The Democratic coalition isn't fragile, while the Republican coalition is.
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DC Press Corps Part of Incestuous Culture That Worships Power
In DC, being a celebrity empowers you with the status of being able to influence people and also - if you are in the media - to raise the …
Repugnant Republicans – An Analysis
No doubt there are Republicans who are both racist and politically unprincipled in their attitudes to President Obama.