Teddy Roosevelt Would Recess Appoint Cordray as Wall St. Watchdog Teddy Roosevelt Would Recess Appoint Cordray as Wall St. Watchdog
A majority of senators want the former Ohio attorney general to head the Consumer Financial Products Bureau. The president should use a recess appointment to make it so.
Dec 8, 2011 / John Nichols
Republican Ads Get Personal Republican Ads Get Personal
New TV ads from Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have tossed aside any policy discussion in favor of touting their personal religiosity.
Dec 8, 2011 / Ben Adler
How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist
After Obama cited Roosevelt in his Kansas speech, Fox News has decided that TR peddled “socialistic nationalism.”
Dec 7, 2011 / John Nichols
Conservatives for Jon Huntsman? Conservatives for Jon Huntsman?
Conservative intellectuals are realizing Huntsman is actually a good candidate for them. Too bad GOP voters don’t care about facts.
Dec 6, 2011 / Ben Adler
Bring Them Home—Now Bring Them Home—Now
On Afghanistan withdrawal, Congress may be catching up with the American people—though not fast enough.
Dec 5, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Newt Gingrich’s Tea Party Problem Newt Gingrich’s Tea Party Problem
His rhetoric appeals to the Tea Party, but his past record doesn’t.
Dec 5, 2011 / Ben Adler
Bishops vs. Women: Which Side Is Obama On? Bishops vs. Women: Which Side Is Obama On?
The president must decide what is more important: pandering to the Catholic hierarchy or protecting women's health.
Nov 30, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Myth of the Self-Loathing Liberal The Myth of the Self-Loathing Liberal
Jonathan Chait has it backwards: Progressives' problem has been too much loyalty to the President, not too little.
Nov 30, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich Why Conservatives Like Newt Gingrich
It’s more than just their distaste for Mitt Romney. Gingrich appeals to conservatives with his extreme denunciations of liberals.
Nov 29, 2011 / Ben Adler
Gingrich and Romney Endorsements Are Based on False Assumptions Gingrich and Romney Endorsements Are Based on False Assumptions
Newspaper editorial boards from Wall Street to Manchester, NH, have started backing leading Republicans—but their underlying facts are wrong.
Nov 28, 2011 / Ben Adler