Dick Polman
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Fear not, Trump will still crash and burn in the ’16 primaries
Month after month, the GOP’s execrable bullhorn artist remains perched atop the polls, and there’s growing concern that the g ...
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Let’s take a dip in Donald Trump’s cesspool
Demagogues love to market the Big Lie. When Donald Trump insists that “thousands and thousands” in Jersey City’s “ ...
9 years ago
Reality check on refugee panic: Suspected terrorists in America are free to buy guns
Now that congressional Republicans and roughly 50 cowered Democratic colleagues have passed a panicky bill to impede the entry of Syrian ...
9 years ago
Ben Carson and the comedic farce of Iotagate
The revelation this week that Ben Carson knows squat about foreign policy was about as shocking as the news that Charlie Sheen is HIV pos ...
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The Syrian refugee crisis: Is history repeating itself?
Permit me to paraphrase a song lyric from Prince: Americans who want to slam the door on Syrian refugees are partying like it̵ ...
9 years ago
Republican Islamophobia is back with a vengeance
Gee, what a surprise. In the aftermath of Paris, Republicans have rediscovered one of their favorite illnesses, Islamophobia. Painting wi ...
9 years ago
Paris, Hillary, and the 3 a.m. phone call
If Hillary Clinton hopes to sell herself as a foreign policy whiz and credible commander-in-chief, she’ll need to perform better th ...
9 years ago
Starbucks cups and the Internet idiocracy
Isn’t it nice to know that even in a time of international crisis – ISIS, Syria, Putin – some Americans still make time ...
9 years ago
The key economic question Republican candidates refuse to answer
On Tuesday night, the debate moderators asked a lot of lickspittle questions — just the way Republican candidates like ’em — bu ...
9 years ago
The fourth Republican debate: Ignorance and arrogance
If success is measured in ignorance and arrogance, then the winner of the ...
9 years ago
David Vitter’s jitters: A ‘family values’ Republican confronts his sex scandal
Thanks to Louisiana, our ’15 election season isn’t over yet. Voters will choose a new governor 11 days from now ...
9 years ago
Exclusive! Ben Carson’s newest lies!
Look ahead. Start the countdown. Here are this week’s Top 10 Ben Carson counterfactuals: 10. “A disci ...
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