The best thing about Chris Christie’s George Washington Bridge scandal is that it was all for spite.
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Daily Meme: Scandalous Bridges in History
The George Washington Bridge (because the reason for its traffic jams can be summed up as “it’s in New Jersey”) The Bridge to Nowhere (because it suffered from a heady cocktail of pork, Palin, and populationlessness) Bridge to Nowhere, a 1986 New Zealand film (because it features a psychotic cattle rancher and teenagers in very […]
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The Doomed Wars
Bob Gates’ new memoir reveals that Barack Obama doesn’t think our effort in Afghanistan can succeed. Why should he?
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The Flying News
Boeing compels its workers to cut their pensions, while NYU teaching assistants find a new way to organize.
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The Government Guide to Screwing Poor Homeowners
The expiration of federal mortgage-debt forgiveness at the end of last year means that struggling homeowners now owe unbearable amounts in taxes.
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Daily Meme: Foretelling Yellen
Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Janet Yellen as Ben Bernanke’s replacement as the head of the Federal Reserve, with a vote of 56-25-a lackluster show of support that beat Bernanke’s former distinction as the most-opposed Fed chair in history. The vote could have been even closer if not for the Polar Vortex. Yellen’s predecessor gave her […]
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The Moral Calculus Underlying the Debate Over Unemployment Insurance
What makes you angrier: someone getting a benefit they don’t deserve, or someone not getting the help they need?
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We Haven’t Heard the Last of Liz Cheney
… even if the foreign-policy doctrine she espouses is on the way out.
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New York’s Pot Legalization Is Still Kinda Square
Cuomo’s proposal is more about burnishing his political bona fides and less about helping people who actually need the drug for medicinal use.
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Daily Meme: Midterms 2—The Search for More Money
Dark money may have been outed as not the most fool-proof weapon to have in your arsenal during the 2012 presidential elections, but let’s not forget-the smaller the election, the greater the impact of a big money drop. Which is why midterms are a donor’s best friend. Recall, if you will, 2010. As our own […]
