Speed up. Slow down. Block. Assuming that the above five words are nothing more than a description of Super Bowl tactics would be incorrect.
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In the NFL, players have to talk. Owners don’t.
The 2014 Super Bowl is over, and some of the names that were repeatedly bounced our way may never be heard again. A year from
How Chris Christie ruined the Port Authority
The New York Port Authority got its start as a Progressive Era project–an agency that would work for the overall benefit of the very
The old GOP folks at home: Light-bulb wars
After Mitt Romney’s humiliating defeat in 2012, many pundits explicitly or implicitly agreed with bloger Ted Frier who wrote that the GOP had deteriorated
Cheerio, GMOs!
2013 was a mixed year for advocates of labeling GMO ingredients in our food. On the plus side, the movement gained visibility and succeeded
Resurging interest in Teddy Roosevelt’s Progressive Movement
Biographer and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has written biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Lyndon Baines Johnson. As she looked to a
Why corporations blackmail government–because they can
If Boeing wants to build the 777X jetliner in the state of Missouri, the state will have to shell out $1.7 trillion, and St.
Climate Counts: Rating companies by their environmental impact
Consumers of the world, unite! You know you’re going to buy stuff, so why not use your buying power to send a message to
Internet sales tax: A dilemma of logic for Republicans
Republican tax-reform dogma is under fire. On what has become known as “Cyber Monday,” the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling
Obama talks about inequality: Progressive Blog Digest
The best speech Obama has given on the economy, plus other items posted on progressive blogs today. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/04/the-best-speech-obama-has-given-on-the-economy/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/12/04/inequality-is-the-defining-issue-of-our-time/ http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/income-inequality-riskier-you-think http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/12/president-obama-makes-his-pitch-fighting-income-inequality Really