To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
America The Clueless
BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN The American people have spoken, but it’s impossible to decode their incoherent message. Drunk with their capture of the House of Representatives, the Republicans thunder that the verdict of ballot boxes from Maine to Hawaii is clarion-clear: The ultimate evil in America is government, specifically government as led by President Barack Obama. […]
From Geek To Geezer
BY FROMA HARROP It’s a fair generality that the young are more technologically up-to-date than the old. There comes a time when one concludes that the wizards of invention have gone far enough. There’s no point in cluttering one’s mind with new gadgets and their instructions. A 96-year-old of my acquaintance was a Navy radioman […]
The Final Days
BY SUSAN ESTRICH For half of the candidates on Tuesday’s ballot, these are the days you remember. If you win, you remember what comes next. But if you lose, you always second-guess what came before. You have years – decades, even – to Monday morning quarterback your campaign, to revisit what you should have thought, […]
Hail The American Work Ethic
BY FROMA HARROP Whenever I visit Italy, France or elsewhere in dolce vita Europe, I go: “Oooh! Aren’t these cheeses wonderful? Ahh! Look how fit and well dressed everyone is. Oh! If only America would protect its downtowns the way these Europeans preserve their ancient village centers.” But on the return, something interesting happens when […]
The Rise Of Sewer Money
BY JOE CONASON In New York, there is a traditional name for the kind of anonymous cash now cascading into the American electoral process. It’s called sewer money. Political observers in the Empire State know that sewer money is generally nonpartisan, but in the national midterm contest, the largest amount by far is going toward […]
