To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Peace And Prosperity
An Officer And A Gentleman
BY SUSAN ESTRICH Something very wrong has just gone down. It’s played out so much like a soap opera, for those following the twists and turns of who sent whom a shirtless photo, but at its core, it is very simple. America has just lost the much-needed services of one of the most brilliant military […]
Rediscovering The Art Of Governance
Mitt Romney’s Sneering Farewell To The ‘47%’
BY JOE CONASON Trying to explain away his decisive, sweeping and very expensive rout to his disappointed supporters – those 1% Republicans – Mitt Romney offered a new version of the discredited “47%” argument that was so ruinous in its original form. In a Wednesday afternoon conference call, the defeated Republican nominee told donors and […]
They Led Us To The Cliff But Can’t Make Us Jump
BY FROMA HARROP The Tea Party now has its own news site. Based at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, the Tea Party News Network describes itself as “the only trusted news source.” It focuses on such right-wing heroes as Michele Bachmann and Allen West, who just lost an election for a House seat in […]