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11 years ago

If Congress somehow pulls back from the brink of lunacy (as rumored today), if it forges a deal to reopen the government an ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Confederate flag at a tea party rally? Perfect

If you’re still wondering why tea-party conservatives are so far removed from the American mainstream, if you want to ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Republicans, losers again, begin to sue for peace

Last March, GOP leaders autopsied their ’12 electoral loss and warned in a 100-page report that the party is “d ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Big business bails on the extremists

The ripping noise you just heard was the rending of the Republican fabric. Waking up to reality (finally), and reali ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Grieving military families: The GOP’s collateral damage

Let’s put a human face on this destructive shutdown. To fully appreciate the havoc being wreaked by the GOP’s right-wing radi ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Shutdown hurts GOP in key state (big surprise)

Wasn’t it obvious from the outset that the shutdown ginned up by Republican saboteurs would hurt the party? (Of cours ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Health care hitches and glitches: What a mess!

Oh man. Check out these media reports about the start-up headaches in the new health coverage program: “A pred ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Global reaction to shutdown: USA looks dumb and dumber

It’s an article of faith among most U.S. conservatives that this nation is Number One in the world, that non-American ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Shutdown solution is so close, so far away

The numbers tell the tale. House Speaker John Boehner can shed his shackles any time he wants, and stage a vote to reopen t ...

11 years ago

National Interest

Jim DeMint, backstage maestro of mayhem

When Jim DeMint, poster child for U.S. Senate dysfunction and one-man wrecking crew, unexpectedly quit his seat last December, even many ...

11 years ago

National Interest

‘Lemmings in suicide vests’ and other truths

And so it begins, the tea-party reign of error. Future historians will surely marvel that only three dozen House fanatics — delu ...

11 years ago

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