State of Interdependence
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Rick Santorum finally had his moment on the RNC convention stage, all b. Read Post
Money in Politics: Where Is the Outrage?
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Written with Bernard A. Weisberger. Originally published at BillMoyers.Com.
We might wish the uproar from the convention halls of both parties these busy weeks were the wholesome clamor of delegates deliberating serious visions of how we should be governed for the next four years. It rises instead from scripted TV spectacles — grown-ups doing somersaults of make-believe — that will once again distract the public’s attention from the death rattle of American democracy brought on by an overdose of campaign cash.
No serious proposal to take the money out of politics, or even reduce its tightening grip on the body politic, will emerge from Tampa or Charlotte, so the sounds of celebration and merriment are merely prelude to a funeral cortege for America as a shared experience. A radical minority of the super-rich has gained ascendency over politics, buying the policies, laws, tax breaks, subsidies, and rules that consolidate a permanent state of vast inequality by which they can further help themselves to America’s wealth and resources. Read Post
The Top 13 Lies In Modern Republican Convention History
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On Wednesday, Jonathan Cohn asked if Paul Ryan's address was "The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever?" Now that Mitt Romney had his turn, I decided to answer the question. Read Post
Progressive Breakfast
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MORNING MESSAGE: Romney and the Republican Memory Hole Read Post
Romney and the Republican Memory Hole
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Mitt Romney laid out his case to the American people last night. The speech was long, bloated with the sleep inducing poll tested patriotic treacle and banal pieties that have become inescapable on these occasions. Mitt Romney campaigns in prose, with a mind given to power point not poetry. Read Post
Takin’ It To the Suites
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When we turned on the TV to watch the Republican Convention this evening we saw what appeared to be a hyperactive GOP advance man gesticulating from the stage. But he wasn't barking out canvassing instructions to local ward heelers or scouting Holiday Inns to find the one with the best lines of sight to the podium.
So who was this guy? Read Post
High Performing Charter Schools: Beating The Odds, Or Beating The Test?
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[My guest blogger today is Rob Levine. Rob is a Minneapolis-based researcher whose writing focuses on the media, conservative philanthropy and education. His writing can be found at the Cucking Stool blog.] Read Post
The Amnesia CONvention
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This Republican convention is the convention that assumes (hopes) that everyone has amnesia and will forget ... everything. They hope you forget that the budget was balanced before they got in last time, that the economy was doing great before they got in last time and that there were jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs before the got in last time. They especially want you to forget George 'W' Bush. Read Post
Are Republicans ‘Crazy?’ Not If You Follow the Money
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Their opponents shouldn't be too quick to call Republicans "crazy." It makes more sense to employ that time-honored investigative principle: Follow the money. Sure, they've said crazy things -- in their speeches and in their official platform. But crazy? Read Post
Progressive Breakfast
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Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: Ryan Puts The Con In Conservative Read Post
