We pretend that billionaires like Donald Sterling care about fines, just like we pretend they’re displaying great character when they give away some money.
Paul Waldman
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The Conflicted Voter
Democrats are leading on issues, while Republicans are still likely to win in the fall. This is why we have to suffer through campaigns.
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Words, Ideas, Actions, and the Tangle of Race
As people from Cliven Bundy to Donald Sterling to Paul Ryan are finding out, sometimes language isn’t really the problem.
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In Defense of Mitch McConnell–Sort Of
Maybe if we stopped expecting every candidate to promise us that they’ll singlehandedly change Washington and politics and America, they’d stop doing it. McConnell may be onto something.
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Walmart Does Something Good
By getting into money transfers, they’ll offer low-income people a service with (slightly) more reasonable fees. Now why doesn’t the Postal Service turn around and do the same thing?
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With Cliven Bundy, the Right Is Reaping What It Sows
They may try to distance themselves from his racist comments, but they can’t escape responsibility for him and people like him.
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The Religion of Unreason
Liberals are exasperated with conservatives’ unwillingness to acknowledge fact about health care, and other things. But they’d better get used to it.
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Today In American Exceptionalism
Almost nowhere else is there such a tight link between class and opinions about cutting government.
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Future of Television at Stake at Supreme Court Today
OK, that’s a slight exaggeration. But the case of the scrappy, disruptive startup Aereo could alter the cable landscape.
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Manly Men Condemn Obama’s Lack of Manliness
Here’s what they ought to be asked next time they make this ridiculous argument.
