BY FROMA HARROP You can’t blame Chris Christie for not running. Monied Republicans had been urging the popular New Jersey governor to seek their party’s nomination for president. But by deciding against it, Christie spared himself the ordeal through which all Republican moderates must go: the Night on Bald Mountain. You remember the last segment […]

BY JOE CONASON The young [and not-so-young] protesters who came to Occupy Wall Street – and have stayed despite mass arrests – deserve thanks from the “99%” of Americans they claim to represent. Without articulating a clear set of demands, they have nevertheless voiced the frustration felt by millions of ordinary people who have lost […]

BY CLAUDIA SWISHER Teachers have unwittingly contributed to the recent attacks on our profession by not becoming political, not being active and involved. These attacks...

BY JIM HIGHTOWER To paraphrase one of Bob Dylan’s songs of youthful protest, “Something’s happening here, and you don’t know what it is, do you Ms. Bellafante?” A New York Times writer, Ginia Bellafante, is but one of many establishment reporters and pundits who’ve been covering the fledgling “Occupy Wall Street ” movement – but […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH It’s not that easy to find good news these days, at least for Democrats. You pick up the paper in the morning [or read it online the night before], and it’s gloom and doom. Sure, the president always looks better when he’s out of Washington, talking to real people, reminding us of […]