Dick Polman
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Cruz control and the rising odds of Republican chaos
How screwed up are the Republicans? Just read the Wisconsin primary exit polls. It doesn’t bode well for November when a huge chunk ...
9 years ago
Bernie Sanders’ desperately oily smear
How desperate is Bernie Sanders? Dire enough to smear Hillary Clinton as a tool of fossil fuel. This kind of thing typically happe ...
9 years ago
What hypocrisy! Obama, foe of transparency, tells journalists to ‘dig deeper’
In practice, Barack Obama has been the antithesis of openness — which is why it was so galling, last week, when he lectured a roomful o ...
9 years ago
Three cheers for capitalism, foe of homophobia
Who says the news is always bad? The corporate revolt against state-sanctioned homophobia is our feel-good story of the week. Put ...
9 years ago
Trump, winging it, widens his war on women
What’s important to remember is that our aspiring tinpot despot is wildly winging it. He’s the star of his own seriocomedy im ...
9 years ago
The new balance of power: Scalia dies, unions win
Today I’m quoting myself. Last month, when Senate Republicans hatched their scheme to stonewall President Obama’s high court ...
9 years ago
Bernie’s bitter-enders will need to face reality
In the annals of ’16 silliness, this one ranks high: According to a national ...
9 years ago
March madness: Trump and Cruz weaponize the wives
Remember how the Republicans went bat-crazy because Barack Obama spent 55 seconds dancing the tango instead of rushing home to Do Somethi ...
9 years ago
Put your hands together for the Mormons!
Isn’t it ironic? Every time I try to take Donald Trump seriously as a threat to win the White House, various Republicans raise thei ...
9 years ago
Has Bill Clinton lost his magic mojo?
When I see Bill Clinton these days, I can’t help but think about Willie Mays. Mays was arguably the greatest ballplayer of h ...
9 years ago
The politics of terror in a climate of fear
Every terrorist attack threatens to put Donald Trump one step closer to the White House. Hey, I could be wrong. Hillary Clinton fa ...
9 years ago
Most Republicans are ’embarrassed’ by their campaign. Here’s the embarrassment.
It’s a landslide verdict: A whopping 60 percent of Republican voters nationwide ...
9 years ago