Leslie Savan

Leslie Savan, author of Slam Dunks and No-Brainers and The Sponsored Life, writes for The Nation about media and politics.

The Tea Party Leads a Revolution Against Itself The Tea Party Leads a Revolution Against Itself

Tea Party–backed House freshmen pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars from the same Wall Street firms they once railed against.

May 26, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Why the Bad Grandpas—Newt, Arnold, Trump, Strauss-Kahn—Are Falling Down Why the Bad Grandpas—Newt, Arnold, Trump, Strauss-Kahn—Are Falling Down

Emotionally stuck pols of a certain age are dropping left and right.

May 20, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Lawrence O’Donnell Trumps Pundits Lawrence O’Donnell Trumps Pundits

MSNBC host knows the difference between hype and real politics.

May 17, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Chris Christie: GOP White Knight or White Elephant?

Chris Christie: GOP White Knight or White Elephant? Chris Christie: GOP White Knight or White Elephant?

Iowa conservatives are begging the NJ governor to run for president, but they seem unaware of his falling poll numbers—and his Xanadu problem.

May 11, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Torturism, the New Birtherism Torturism, the New Birtherism

Whether or not torture procured any clues leading to bin Laden’s death, Trump's birther base can obsess over it, magnifying every rumor out of all proportion.

May 5, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Republican Run-ins Republican Run-ins

Name Game: GOP edition

Apr 18, 2011 / Leslie Savan

MSM Mirrors GOP’s Line on Paul Ryan’s Medicare-Killing Budget Plan: Don’t Hurt His Feelings! MSM Mirrors GOP’s Line on Paul Ryan’s Medicare-Killing Budget Plan: Don’t Hurt His Feelings!

Even the non-Fox mainstream media is reporting more on Obama’s criticism of Ryan than on what Ryan’s plan would do to the poor and middle-class.

Apr 18, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Glenn Beck’s Own End Times Foretold Glenn Beck’s Own End Times Foretold

Keeping Beck on might have complicated the Fox-GOP industrial complex’s ability to use government power on behalf of the moneyed interests.

Apr 8, 2011 / Leslie Savan

I Want to See Trump’s IQ Tests!: Birtherism Traps Trump, Gobbles GOP I Want to See Trump’s IQ Tests!: Birtherism Traps Trump, Gobbles GOP

The deeper purpose behind the pandering is to encourage us all to relax into the stupid.

Apr 1, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Burying Our Heads in Radioactive Sand Burying Our Heads in Radioactive Sand

Is Earth becoming Easter Island?

Mar 15, 2011 / Leslie Savan

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