Month: June 2011

Glenn Beck poisons our national discourse with an unending stream of lies and paranoia. That’s why he has to travel with a security team. That’s why he and his family are not welcome in Bryant Park in New York City....

I think you can imagine how a major bank/investment firm like Goldman Sachs can gain access to power. They obviously can make or withhold campaign contributions. They can throw money into political action committees that go...

The following post was originally published by Alex Sandell (here and here). Republished with permission of the author — Steven D My best friend is a pharmacist in small-town Minnesota. She’s also a lifelong...

Everybody wants to emulate Saul Alinsky. First we had Markos updating Alinsky’s work for the digital age. Then we had Dick Friggin’ Armey teaching Alinksy to the nutty teabaggers. Pennsylvania, a perennial swing...

How many more people would have jobs if employers could legally pay them almost nothing? That’s an interesting question. But I’d like the answer to a different question. Pollsters should go around to small business...