Month: November 2014

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-would-that-look-like The success that the right has had in stoking and nurturing white, male grievance is pretty well documented.  It is the basic function of Fox News to provide...

“(T)he biggest single under-discussed aspect of contemporary national politics is the consistent disparity in turnout patterns between presidential and non-presidential elections, which at the moment happen to align almost...

I think Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey befuddles political commentators because he doesn’t neatly fit into preconceived boxes. He can’t be buttonholed as a “liberal” or a “black” politician,...

Or give the “cheap labor” capitalists an inch and they’ll find a way to steal a mile. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) was groundbreaking.  Among its provisions were 1) forty hour work week 2)...

U.S. Senate seats come with six-year terms, which makes it preferable to have almost any Democrat in them than a Republican, but I don’t think Mary Landrieu could have made any easier to say goodbye to her seat. Sure, the...