Palin Benefits from Insatiable Narcissism, But Whe...
With Newsweek placing Sarah Palin at an estimated annual earnings of $14 million (topping all women and coming in at #6 overall) on...
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FBI Creates Terrorists to Catch Them
The sting that led a Somali-born youth to set off a fake bomb in Oregon underlines simmering questions about the FBI role in fighting...
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When Sociopaths Are In Charge
Note: This is a follow up to Joe Gandelman‘s post below. While we on this side of the pond worry about our debt crisis, things...
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The Easy, Not At All Painful Choices of American R...
This holiday season is looking more than a bit Dickensian: Even as millions of out-of-work and otherwise struggling Americans are ...
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Mitch McConnell’s “Top Priority,”...
Steve Benen: Politico reports today on Sen. Dick Lugar (R) of Indiana, who has taken a strong leadership role on New START...
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Obama Gotchya Bubble
How much reality does a President need? As Barack Obama nurses an upper lip with 12 stitches from a flying elbow in a basketball...
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Social Change Chicago Style (Guest Voice)
Social Change Chicago Style by Martha Randolph Carr The Great Recession has already brought forth a lot of change in the way...
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Richard Hofstadter on “Pseudo-Conservatives&...
I am currently reading Richard Hofstadter’s The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays, and was struck by a...
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Vindictive, Mean-Spirited, Not Presidential
So this is the Thanksgiving message Sarah Palin wrote on her Facebook page: My fellow Americans in all 57 states, the time has...
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Losing the American Mind
At 46, she had a premature senior moment the other day, referring to our “North Korean allies” on Fox TV. No big deal, but...
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