To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Intellectual Impoverishment: Why Paul Ryan Is Rebranding That Old ‘Compassionate Conservatism’
BY JOE CONASON Nobody in Washington talks much about the poor in America these days, even though they are more and more with us in the economic aftermath of the Great Recession. Perhaps that is why the Washington Post welcomed Paul Ryan’s recent declaration that he wants to fight poverty “with kinder, gentler policies to […]
Reining In The Gods Of The Fed
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Here’s a story that reads like the script of an old B-grade monster movie – and it would be comic, were it not so serious. The monster is named “The Fed,” a hydra-headed creature with enormous and destructive power, which it exercises from within the misty confines of a marble cavern that […]
GOP Upheaval Brings New Dread
BY FROMA HARROP Yogi Berra is no longer around, but one of his witticisms – “It’s deja vu all over again” – has never been more apt. This time, though, it’s not at all funny. All over again, the hard right is threatening a government shutdown. All over again, the American people face the prospect […]
Taxes Are ‘Greek’ To Mitt
BY JOE CONASON When Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters on Tuesday that Mitt Romney’s foreign investment accounts don’t trouble him because “it’s really American to avoid paying taxes,” he must not have realized that he was calling his party’s nominee-to-be a liar. “As long as it was legal, I’m OK with it,” said the South […]
Who Are The Real Sexual Predators? There’s A List
Of all the big lies that Republican officials and media personalities have deployed for partisan advantage over the past several years, the most sickening by far is their current campaign to depict Democrats as “groomers” – meaning that they are sexual predators who recruit underage victims. For years this sort of smear was weaponized against […]
