New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s highly publicized political woes are creating an economic and artistic surge for political cartoonists. Here’s a gallery of cartoons satirizing
Category: Politics
Boots on the ground, working for democracy
“The government this.” “The government that.” These are often the lead-ins for criticisms from right-winger malcontents. To them, it is as if the government
State of the Union: Progressive Blog Digest
This daily blog is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. Progressive Blog Digest
Lying: the cash crop of politics
There are women who say you know when a man is lying when he moves his lips. If only it was that simple. If
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
Chris Christie, paperback villain
I am addicted to the Chris Christie bridge scandal. In trying to figure out why this story has resonated so deeply with me, I
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
When it comes to Christie, MSNBC rises to the occasion
In April, 2013, Renee Shur wrote a wonderful piece in the Occasional Planet entitled, “Dear MSNBC: Grow up, already.” She truly nailed it with
Old-school communications might have saved Chris Christie a lot of embarrassment
It took exactly one, tersely worded email to blow the lid off Chris Christie’s “Bridge-gate” scandal. The now infamous “Time for some traffic problems
Extending unemployment payments — a matter of fairness: Progressive Blog Digest
The Senate passes unemployment payments, Obama ramps up the pressure. What will the House Repubs do? See today’s full Progressive Blog Digest here.