Republican deficit insincerity will save Social Security
It's probably a good thing that the president is the only person in Washington who actually cares about the deficit
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 8:38 PM UTC 17Politics Politics, Federal Deficit
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Only liberals still bothering with Paul Ryan’s silly budgets
Beltway media now too distracted with popes and soda to treat Paul Ryan with the reverence he used to receive
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 8:43 PM UTC 21Politics Politics, Paul Ryan
The competitive advantage of deficit hacks
People who think we need to cut retirement benefits have no problem repeating themselves over and over and over ...
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 8:13 PM UTC 30Politics Politics, Paul Krugman
The undead, unnecessary, unhelpful Grand Bargain
Begging Republicans to let us cut Social Security and Medicare is insane (no matter how much pundits lust after it)
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 51Politics Politics, national debt
Salon limerick contest
Readers rhyme the news
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 3:00 PM UTCLife salon limerick contest, Poetry
Can Victoria Jackson return from the fringe?
After blasting gays, Muslims and Obama, can SNL vet Victoria Jackson really return to Hollywood? She hopes so VIDEO
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 176Entertainment Video, Tea Party
Are Hugo Chávez and Rand Paul anti-imperialist BFFs?
The Venezuelan socialist and the Kentucky Tea Partyer, semi-united in kooky resistance to American hegemony
Saturday, Mar 9, 2013 5:30 PM UTC 61Entertainment Politics, U.S. Politics
Celebrated author, speechwriter and columnist Peggy Noonan: Obama made Pittsburgh depressing because he did not pass a stimulus bill
An airport and an airport hotel make America's finest columnist worry about America's "spirit of guts"
Friday, Mar 8, 2013 6:56 PM UTC 133Politics Politics, Peggy Noonan
McCain and Graham rush to defend drones from mean Rand Paul
Senate's hawkiest hawks so outraged that a fellow Republican was mean to drones that they now support Brennan
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 8:55 PM UTCPolitics Politics, Rand Paul, U.S. Senate
Memo to would-be candidates: Don’t write books
Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney show how hard it is to write a campaign book that won't be a political headache
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 8:46 PM UTC 13Politics Politics, Political Books
Politicians think Americans are super-conservative
A survey of thousands shows candidates from both parties think the electorate is way more right-wing than it is
Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 9:43 PM UTC 26Politics Politics, Republican Party
Bob Woodward demands law-ignoring, mind-controlling presidential leadership
Washington's most respected reporter is embarrassing himself in his sequester showdown comments
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 8:37 PM UTC 136Politics Politics, Bob Woodward
Media controversy of the day: Washington Post reporter pro-gay
Reporter says he's biased in favor of gay rights, conservatives demand "objectivity"
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 9:55 PM UTC 22Politics Politics, LGBT Rights
Rich donors yell at Ken Cuccinelli for being too nutty
The likely Republican nominee for Virginia governor has a tense meeting with the money people
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 8:42 PM UTCPolitics Politics, Ken Cuccinelli
Watching the Sunday shows so you don’t have to
Today, some centrist pundits and legislators solved the sequester by demanding "balance" and "leadership"
Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 7:45 PM UTC 22Politics Politics, Media Criticism
No, BuzzFeed, no one seriously compared anything to slavery
Ed Markey brought the case up, but he's not the one constantly "equating" stuff with Dred Scott
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 10:55 PM UTC 28Politics Politics, slavery, Ed Markey
Should dark money groups be allowed to fund political ads?
A new lawsuit says the IRS should bar social welfare nonprofits from donating to campaigns
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 5:03 PM UTCPolitics ProPublica, IRS, Campaign Finance
Mitt Romney to resurface at CPAC
Man who spent six years failing to get elected president to address major conservative convention
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 9:02 PM UTC 19Politics Politics, Mitt Romney, CPAC
David Cameron defies Smiths ex-guitarist, Johnny Marr
The rocker refuses to allow the British prime minister to declare his devotion to the Smiths VIDEO
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 2:09 PM UTC 16Entertainment Video, David Cameron
Simpson and Bowles release lame “Simpson-Bowles” sequel
Politico loves it, but the new Simpson-Bowles plan is just a waste of everyone's time
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 8:39 PM UTC 10Politics Politics, Federal Deficit
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