The animosity between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry at Tuesday’s debate might have surprised a few viewers, but their their dislike for each other is well known among reporters who follow the candidates. Both The New York Times and the Washington Post ran articles after the debate which highlighted that history. Here’s how WaPo describes […]
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The NYPD: A Movement’s Best Friend
Occupy Wall Street’s confrontations with police and politicians have only fueled the protest’s growth.
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Looking at Gadhadi
After Osama bin Laden was killed, I wrote a somewhat contrarian piece arguing that the government should release a photo of his body. I then went on NPR’s On the Media to talk about it, alongside the New Yorker‘s Philip Gourevitch, who was rather contemptuous of my position (audio here, transcript here), but I stuck […]
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Will Blackness Be the Thing that Gets You?
Danroy Henry’s needless death shows just how much race matters—even if you do everything right.
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The GOP’s Anti-Romney Majority
If there’s anything to pay attention to in the Associated Press’ most recent poll of the Republican presidential primary, it’s not the exact distribution of votes among the candidates. That story is familiar: Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney leads the pack with 30 percent support, followed by Herman Cain with 26 percent, Rick Perry at […]
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Herman Cain is Pro-Choice!
The other day, I sorted through Herman Cain‘s recent muddled comments on abortion and concluded that he was just unaware that this is an issue that involves laws, both current and potential, that affect what people can and can’t do. Every time he got asked about abortion, he would answer as if he were advising […]
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Must-See OWS Clip
This you gotta see. Really. …in which Alec Baldwin very nicely talks with an Occupy Wall Street whacko and explains that what we really need is an active SEC, not one that’s in the pocket of the banks.
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In Defense of Rachel Maddow
After Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, D.C., last year, Rachel Maddow convinced Stewart to sit down with her for over an hour to discuss politics and the media. She dedicated her entire show that night to the interview. I don’t see how anyone could have come away from that interview thinking Maddow […]
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One out of Five Ain’t Bad
Rick Perry didn’t lose last night’s debate, which for him, counts as a win.
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More Reagan than Reagan
Even the Gipper thought the rich should pay their fair share.
