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A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 2) A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 2)

Your humble cartoonist goes crazy trying to catalog a year's worth of crazy.

Dec 17, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow

A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 1) A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 1)

This week: from Rick Santorum's "blah people" to Todd Akin's "legitimate rape." Next week: more crazy!

Dec 17, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow

House Republicans’ Three Big Lies About the Volcker Rule

House Republicans’ Three Big Lies About the Volcker Rule House Republicans’ Three Big Lies About the Volcker Rule

It’s past time for the rule to stop banks from making making risky bets with consumers’ money. But a House committee hearing devoted itself to stalling and lying about ...

Dec 17, 2012 / Alexis Goldstein

Crisis in Syria: Obama vs. the Neocons

Crisis in Syria: Obama vs. the Neocons Crisis in Syria: Obama vs. the Neocons

Republican war hawks are pressing for military engagement in Syria. Here’s hoping the president ignores them.

Dec 13, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

The GOP’s ‘Botox Solution’

The GOP’s ‘Botox Solution’ The GOP’s ‘Botox Solution’

The formerly Grand Old Party’s cosmetic changes won’t win them the next election.

Dec 13, 2012 / Jeremiah Goulka

The GOP’s Absurd Fear of All Things UN

The GOP’s Absurd Fear of All Things UN The GOP’s Absurd Fear of All Things UN

Congress has struck down an international treaty to protect the rights of people with disabilities, thanks to Rick Santorum and his band of UN-bashers.

Dec 11, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The GOP’s New Voter Suppression Strategy: Gerrymander the Electoral College The GOP’s New Voter Suppression Strategy: Gerrymander the Electoral College

Republicans are supporting a change to the Electoral College that would’ve put Mitt Romney in the White House.

Dec 10, 2012 / Ari Berman

Dear Conservatives: Your Opposition to Family Planning Comes with a Huge Price Tag

Dear Conservatives: Your Opposition to Family Planning Comes with a Huge Price Tag Dear Conservatives: Your Opposition to Family Planning Comes with a Huge Price Tag

You can save the babies or you can save the budget, but you can’t do both.

Dec 10, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Katrina vanden Heuvel: On the Irrelevance of Jim DeMint and the Heritage Foundation Katrina vanden Heuvel: On the Irrelevance of Jim DeMint and the Heritage Foundation

Jim DeMint’s move to the Heritage Foundation represents the combination of two nationally descredited brands.

Dec 7, 2012 / Press Room

Go to Your Womb, Ross Douthat

Go to Your Womb, Ross Douthat Go to Your Womb, Ross Douthat

The New York Times columnist is so obsessed with women’s fertility, it’s too bad he can’t get pregnant himself.

Dec 5, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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