The Koch Brothers, ALEC and the Savage Assault on Democracy The Koch Brothers, ALEC and the Savage Assault on Democracy
Progressives will march Saturday from the Koch brothers’ headquarters to the UN to demand an end to the attack on voting rights in America.
Dec 9, 2011 / John Nichols
Government-Sponsored Sinner Government-Sponsored Sinner
The driving faith of the GOP has become the notion that the toxic mixture of moral hypocrisy and unfettered greed is a formula for victory.
Dec 8, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Republican Ads Get Personal Republican Ads Get Personal
New TV ads from Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have tossed aside any policy discussion in favor of touting their personal religiosity.
Dec 8, 2011 / Ben Adler
Newt Gingrich (Serial Adulterer) Rises as Herman Cain (Alleged Adulterer) Falls Newt Gingrich (Serial Adulterer) Rises as Herman Cain (Alleged Adulterer) Falls
It’s insane that an affair—and not his cockamamie ideas—finished Cain.
Dec 7, 2011 / JoAnn Wypijewski
‘The Proud Liar Mitt Romney Claimed Today’… ‘The Proud Liar Mitt Romney Claimed Today’…
The MSM’s addiction to false equivalence continues to distort our political debate.
Dec 7, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
What’s Race Got to Do With Herman Cain? What’s Race Got to Do With Herman Cain?
His rise and fall are instructive about the way race, sex and class operate in presidential campaigns.
Dec 7, 2011 / Column / Gary Younge
How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist
After Obama cited Roosevelt in his Kansas speech, Fox News has decided that TR peddled “socialistic nationalism.”
Dec 7, 2011 / John Nichols
Conservatives for Jon Huntsman? Conservatives for Jon Huntsman?
Conservative intellectuals are realizing Huntsman is actually a good candidate for them. Too bad GOP voters don’t care about facts.
Dec 6, 2011 / Ben Adler
A Republican Chooses Not to be Ridiculous: Ron Paul Trumps Trump A Republican Chooses Not to be Ridiculous: Ron Paul Trumps Trump
The congressman from Texas has taken a stand for something the rest of his party seems to reject: seriousness about the presidential race.
Dec 5, 2011 / John Nichols
A Republican Chooses Not to be Ridiculous: Ron Paul Trumps Trump A Republican Chooses Not to be Ridiculous: Ron Paul Trumps Trump
The congressman from Texas has taken a stand for something the rest of his party seems to reject: seriousness about the presidential race.
Dec 5, 2011 / John Nichols