http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/09/obamas-tough-choice-on-the-bush-tax-cuts/… Read more »
Sales of new homes increased 7.6 percent in May, a welcome sign that the housing market continues a steady, if slow, recovery, said Martin Crutsinger in the Associated Press. Sales jumped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000 homes, … Read more »
By MAUREEN DOWD. WASHINGTON
SO the Republican presidential contender, eager to show off more than gubernatorial experience, travels overseas to bolster his foreign policy credentials. Then, in a TV interview, he blurts out a shockingly ill-considered, if undeniably true, observation … Read more »
By Jim Hightower
Pigheaded Republicans are so focused on repealing Obamacare that they’ve failed to offer an alternative
Here’s some useful advice from an old country saying: Never try to teach table manners to a pig — it doesn’t work, … Read more »
By Charles M. Blow, The New York Times
Are too many Democratic voters sleepwalking away from our democracy this election cycle, not nearly outraged enough about Big Money’s undue influence and Republican state legislatures changing the voting rules?
It seems … Read more »
By Amy Goodman and Paul Barrett, Democracy Now!
Karl Rove, the man once known as “Bush’s Brain,” has helped found two groups that plan to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for television, radio and online attacks ads to defeat … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
A couple of weeks ago the Northeast was in the grip of a severe heat wave. As I write this, however, it’s a fairly cool day in New Jersey, considering that it’s late July. Weather is like … Read more »
Ask any magician and they’ll tell you that the secret to a successful magic trick is misdirection — distracting the crowd so they don’t realize how they’re being fooled. Get them watching your left hand while your right hand palms … Read more »
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In the Romney candidacy, the Republican party has found the apotheosis of the fact that it now represents solely the super-rich
Robin Wells
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 July 2012 16.01 BST
“Too much money” sounds like an oxymoron, especially when applied … Read more »
