Advice for Obama: Confront, Then Compromise Advice for Obama: Confront, Then Compromise
By failing to thematically challenge the GOP’s budget, President Obama has made it easier for John Boehner to keep demanding larger and larger spending cuts.
Apr 8, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
What Happened to the GOP’s Social Issues Truce? What Happened to the GOP’s Social Issues Truce?
Attacks by Republicans on Planned Parenthood during the budget fight illustrate how radical social conservatives still hold the balance of power inside the GOP.
Apr 8, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Liberals and the Liberals who Hate Them Liberals and the Liberals who Hate Them
Reed Richardson comes up with questions for the Republican presidential debates.
Apr 7, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Fox: The Liars’ Network Fox: The Liars’ Network
The problem with Fox is not that it's conservative—it’s that it’s full of falsehoods.
Apr 7, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare
The threatened government shutdown was averted, but Democrats agreed to $38 billion in budget cuts. Here's what we'll see in the next negotiations.
Apr 7, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors
Reclaiming the Politics of Freedom Reclaiming the Politics of Freedom
Since the ’70s, liberals and leftists have misidentified the source of conservatism’s appeal.
Apr 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Government Shutdown? Blame GOP Heartlessness and Democratic Cowardice Government Shutdown? Blame GOP Heartlessness and Democratic Cowardice
A mixture of Republican heartlessness and Democratic cowardice has brought us to the brink of a government shutdown.
Apr 6, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
I Want to See Trump’s IQ Tests!: Birtherism Traps Trump, Gobbles GOP I Want to See Trump’s IQ Tests!: Birtherism Traps Trump, Gobbles GOP
The deeper purpose behind the pandering is to encourage us all to relax into the stupid.
Apr 1, 2011 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
I Know a Little I Know a Little
How Commentary and Israel's Six-Day War informed the neoconservative movement (or didn't).
Apr 1, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Wisconsin’s Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact Wisconsin’s Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact
Why are the Republicans going after a history professor who calls himself a “centrist”?
Mar 28, 2011 / The Notion / Jon Wiener