Month: May 2016

Why has the mainstream media continued to ignore the <a href=""http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/03/3774582/record-heat-india/”it’s happening now” climate change crisis during this election...

I always enjoy a good juxtaposition. And this one can’t be beat. Here’s Ted Cruz giving his frank assessment of Donald Trump’s character: “I’m going to tell you what I really think of Donald Trump. This man is...

Part of this job involves looking for things to write about two, three, four or thirteen times a day (if you’re Ed Kilgore), and sometimes you have to settle for something a little less than intellectually titillating....

Billmon has a Twitter essay.     Billmon ‏@billmon1 29m29 minutes ago     1) Leaving aside political stupidity of excluding indies from major party primaries, the practice relies on a myth — one...

Paul Krugman has had enough of Bernie Sanders, and quite frankly, so have I. In his latest opinion piece for the N.Y. Times, Krugman makes the charge that Sanders has overstayed his welcome, and is turning a once noble and...