Sadly, the 40-year campaign by conservatives to take over the political dialogue (and the political system itself) has been a success. Right-wing messaging is
Category: Democrats
Memoirs may be the best thing that Barack Obama can give us now
The presidency seems to becoming more and more of a burden for Barack Obama, even though we are only halfway into the first year
Call me a bleeding-heart liberal
When I scanned an article listing the compensation of CEOs in 2012, I noted that Gregory Boyce of Peabody Coal received $9.5 million. Even
So-called scandals are too nuanced to be investigated by Republicans
How many times have we heard the phrase, “this is too important to be left to politics?” Yes, when we’re discussing foreign policy or
Frank Rich and Joe Stiglitz on income inequality
On a recent segment of the Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel interviewed two guests at one time, something she rarely does. The guests, Frank Rich
How liberals and conservatives deal differently with new information
The differences in the mental gymnastics that go on inside the minds of liberals and conservatives when they are presented with new information can
Activate your BS detector: You’re gonna need it for the immigration-reform debate
Right-wing politicians, their media allies—and probably somebody at work or in your family—are peddling a lot of bull about immigration reform, a topic that
Jeffrey Sachs: “We have a corrupt politics to the core”
In a recent talk at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve at a conference titled “Fixing the Banking system for Good,” Jeffrey Sachs, economist, Columbia University
Are Democrats more open-minded than Republicans?
How many times have you heard a progressive say about conservatives, “They just don’t get it.” Or perhaps, “How can they possibly think that
Robert Reich: Don’t accept Obama’s chained CPI
The chained CPI is a cut to Social Security benefits that would hurt most seniors—it’s an idea not befitting a Democratic president. If Obama