Month: April 2012

I don’t dispute that we’re seeing a conservative revolution in this country, although calling it a coup d’etat is hyperbole. To take just the example of the undemocratic practices of the U.S. Senate, it must be...

“Macau!!!???” you may well ask. “What the hell does an ex-Portugese colony now under Chinese rule have to do with U.S. politics?” I got two woids fer ya, Bunky, and they ain’t “Happy...

When Rick Santorum falsely claims that the University of California system doesn’t offer courses in American history he doesn’t mean what you think he means. What he is saying is that those universities teach a...

You can tell someone is being a useful idiot if they’re asking you why you’re talking about this and not talking about that, even when what they really mean is “will you please shut up now?” And...

Steve Benen found something that has been rattling around on the borders of my consciousness for the last couple of weeks. In 1954, President Eisenhower wrote a letter to his brother. “Should any political party attempt to...