View image | gettyimages.com As we discussed last week, conspiracy theorists in Texas are convinced that a multi-state training exercise the military is soon to conduct called Jade Helm is actually preparation for the declaration of martial law across the Southwest, with all manner of ungodly consequences to follow, including the confiscation of people’s guns […]
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Drafting the Script of Campaigns: Reporters Define Candidates’ Flaws, Real or Imagined
Republicans are surely hoping that reporters will lock in a frame in which Hillary Clinton is presumed to be dishonest, and reporters appear poised to oblige.
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When Reporters Decide a Candidate’s Supposed Character Flaw ‘Raises Questions,’ Watch Out
View image | gettyimages.com Which of Hillary Clinton’s character flaws do you find most troubling? If you’re a Republican, you may not have quite decided yet, since there are any number of things about her you can’t stand. But if you’re hoping to defeat her, you’d do well to home in on whatever journalists think […]
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Photo of the Day, Socialism On the March Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, speaking to the press after announcing his candidacy for president. Here’s something I wrote about him earlier today.
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Sheldon Adelson Will Not Be Ignored
View image | gettyimages.com Sheldon Adelson has never struck me as a brilliant guy, but I admit I don’t have much to go on in making that judgment. Maybe it’s the spectacularly ridiculous dyed-red combover that makes him seem like such a comical figure, but who knows. What we do know is that all-or almost […]
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Obama’s Trade Deals: A Test for Hillary Clinton
Controversy over the TPP may force Hillary to get more specific on trade.Â
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A Test for Hillary Clinton: Obama’s Trade Deals
Opposition to granting the president fast-track authority is growing among Democrats. The former secretary of state could seize the moment.
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Finding Meaning In Campaign Coverage
View image | gettyimages.com I have a confession to make: When the presidential campaign begins, I not only feel some excitement, as you might expect from someone interested enough in politics to write about it every day, but I also get a feeling you might call relief. For the following 18 months, I know that […]
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The Political Roots of Widening Inequality
The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn’t technology or globalization. It’s the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.
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Why Hillary Clinton Is Getting a Bum Rap On the Uranium Deal
View image | gettyimages.com I’ll give Peter Schweizer this: Not since the Swift Boat veterans has someone gotten as much press coverage for their critical book about a presidential candidate. And though his book, Clinton Cash, hasn’t come out yet, and it may well contain stories that really do point to malfeasance on Hillary Clinton’s […]
