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Bad things should happen to bad people!
Richard H. Smith
We feel better when politicians, athletes and others we despise fail — and celebrating that helps makes us human
Is the bully pulpit dead?
Jonathan Bernstein
Barack Obama keeps giving speeches and the result is predictably the same. Here’s why he should keep trying
Does George Zimmerman’s car hero story add up?
Alex Seitz-Wald
These conspiracy theorists are convinced Trayvon Martin's killer staged a car crash to boost his beleaguered image
The day the right lost the economic argument
Michael Lind
President Obama's speech clinched the case against Norquist-style austerity — and won over the likes of USA Today
Al Franken’s final punchline
Alex Seitz-Wald
A brash, rowdy comic becomes a senator — and sheds his old, funny persona. Is "serious Al Franken" for real?
Poll: Republicans like Zimmerman more than they do President Obama
Alex Seitz-Wald
A new poll finds the man who killed Trayvon Martin is more popular than the president among GOP voters
Beltway hacks Cillizza and Milbank solve the economy!
Alex Pareene
Post punditry experts Chris Cillizza and Dana Milbank demand bold new ideas from the president, like debt reduction
Student loan deal likely to pass in the House
Philip Elliott
The Senate has approved a compromise to reduce student loan rates, which doubled after congressional inaction
We used to care about killing people
Mugambi Jouet
Democrats once were anti-death penalty. Then Michael Dukakis's misfortune began a downward spiral toward immorality
Obama: Washington has “taken its eye off the ball” on the economy
Darlene Superville
On Wednesday, the president blamed "phony scandals" for distracting government from the plight of the middle class
Michelle Obama shifts from obesity to guns
Darlene Superville
The First Lady made a speech emphasizing the need to protect kids from gun violence
Hannity’s Zimmerman obsession: What’s really behind it
Jordan Chariton
Why has the Fox News host become the killer’s passionate defender? To use the case as a cudgel against Obama
Tavis Smiley gets President Obama all wrong
Brittney Cooper
The host ripped the president's race speech for "lacking leadership." But it's Smiley who's out of touch here
Mr. President: Don’t forget the working class
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
In 2010, you vowed to prod private companies into improving wages and benefits. What's the holdup?
Rand Paul’s white supremacy double game
Joan Walsh
Jack Hunter says he’s leaving to protect Paul and clear his own name, but his Charleston editor isn’t buying it
GOP base shifts even farther to the right
Charles Babington
And House Republicans are moving with it
My so-called celebrity affair
January Lang
He was a married football star, and I was his mistress. I expected a lavish fantasy, but I got reality instead
Obama praises Helen Thomas as “true pioneer” in journalism
Associated Press
White House correspondent Helen Thomas died Saturday at 92
Ted Cruz could beat Hillary
Jonathan Bernstein
He may be a right-wing nut, but the Texas senator can beat a Democrat in a general election. Here's why
The time Obama was mistaken for a waiter
Alex Seitz-Wald
Just a year before he became a household name, the future president was asked to fetch a drink
Nastiest conservative responses to Obama’s Trayvon speech
Alex Halperin
UPDATED: President Obama gave an unannounced speech on the Trayvon Martin case. The right responded quickly
Listen now: Obama ad from 2000 rails against racial profiling
Edward McClelland
The president's statement today about the plight of African American males reflects a deep personal history(Update)
Everything is “trolling” now
Daniel D'Addario
Now that we slap the word "trolling" on anything that annoys us, the word may have lost all meaning
Elephant tusks are the new blood diamonds
Tristan McConnell
African insurgencies are now using illegal ivory to fund their activities across the continent
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