Paul Waldman: Republicans Are Vilifying America’s Schools. When Will Democrats Fight Back?
Paul Waldman is an opinion columnist for The Washington Post. In this article, he criticizes Democrats for failing to stand up to Republican slanders and...
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One Year Later, the Rightwing Zealots Are Fighting Each Other
Most of us are familiar with left wing sectarianism, the tendency to organize into a circular firing squad. In the 1930s, the U.S left splintered...
Dana Milbank: Who Is Worse? Paul Gosar or Kevin McCarthy?
Dana Milbank writes about politics for the Washington Post. Whenever I read his column, I find myself vigorously agreeing. This one is right on. Milbank...
Harold Meyerson: Manchin and Simena are not “Moderates”
“Moderates Hinder Efforts to Negotiate Drug Prices,” says a front-page headline in today’s Washington Post. Certain Democrats are indeed blocking those efforts, but is the media right...
Anti-CRT Stance Helps Republicans Win School Board Races
After the election, I posted an article from the Charlotte News-Observer/AP that suggested that attacks on critical race theory was not a decisive factor in...
McConnell Threatens “Scorched Earth” in Senate if Democrats Eliminate the Filibuster
I recently starting subscribing to a blog by Robert Hubbell because it has interesting takes on the day’s news. This post from yesterday puts the...
Politico: Give Bernie Sanders’ Credit for Pushing Biden Relief Bill
Politico writes that Senator Bernie Sanders deserves credit for key features of the $1.9 trillion Biden plan and for encouraging Biden not to compromise with...
New York City: Andrew Yang Panders to Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Community
Politicians in New York City and New York State eagerly seek the endorsement of the ultra-orthodox Hasidic community because it tends to vote as a...
David Bentley Hart: What’s Wrong with Socialism?
Writing in Commonweal, David Bentley Hart debunks the myths about socialism. I graduated high school in 1956 and was politically aware during high school and...
How Many Justices Should Be on the Supreme Court?
Joe Scarborough, the host of “Morning Joe” and a former Republican Congressman, wrote this provocative article for The Washington Post, where he is a columnist....