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And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Money And Education
Bullying, Congressional-Style
Measuring GOP Extremism
BY JOE CONASON It is becoming increasingly plain that the most formidable obstacle to national progress and global security is the Republican Party – and specifically the extremist factions that currently dominate the GOP. Now Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg and political strategist James Carville have announced what they plan to do about that pressing problem: […]
We Don’t Need Political Mini-Royals
BY FROMA HARROP Can Huma save Anthony Weiner? Why Huma “stands by her man.” What is Huma thinking? These and other pseudo questions top our political news these days. One appreciates the enormous entertainment value of the repetitiously lewd former Rep. Anthony Weiner, as of this writing still a candidate for New York City mayor. […]