Nothing New Under the Wingnut Sun: Reckless Spending Cuts Nothing New Under the Wingnut Sun: Reckless Spending Cuts
Calling the sequester bluff was par for the course for a party that hates popular government programs.
Mar 4, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Hannity’s Brand: Slap Ellison, Defend Woodward and Always Mislead Hannity’s Brand: Slap Ellison, Defend Woodward and Always Mislead
Desperate to seem relevant again, the Fox host has been trying his best to manufacture news.
Mar 1, 2013 / Blog / Leslie Savan
More Than the Sequester Clock Is Ticking More Than the Sequester Clock Is Ticking
Groupthink has misled us to belive that austerity will bring economic growth. What suggestion will finally alert us to the ticking of so many other issues that we've blocked ou...
Feb 22, 2013 / Blog / Leslie Savan
‘I Can’t Keep My Mind on the Show’ ‘I Can’t Keep My Mind on the Show’
The political press doesn't understand just how differently the right thinks—it's scientifically proven.
Feb 21, 2013 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Moderate Republican Mugged By Reality Moderate Republican Mugged By Reality
A smart young college student tried to find a place for himself in the modern Republican Party—and ended up running screaming in the other direction.
Feb 21, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Stacking the Deck: The Phony ‘Fix the Debt’ Campaign Stacking the Deck: The Phony ‘Fix the Debt’ Campaign
Pete Peterson’s $60 million push to sell corporate America’s ruthless austerity agenda.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / The Editors
The Austerity Agenda: An Electoral Loser The Austerity Agenda: An Electoral Loser
Candidates who ran on slashing Medicare and Social Security lost big in November. But that doesn’t stop Pete Peterson from pushing the fantasy that voters’ biggest conc...
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / John Nichols
Pete Peterson’s Puppet Populists Pete Peterson’s Puppet Populists
The “Fix the Debt” campaign is pure astroturf: corporate cash machinery masquerading as a grassroots uprising.
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Mary Bottari
Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math Fix the Debt’s Fuzzy Math
Dire warnings about the deficit don’t add up mathematically. But then, Fix the Debt is not really about the economy, it’s about gutting Medicare, Social Security and ot...
Feb 20, 2013 / Feature / Dean Baker
Happy Birthday, Mr. Fortieth President! Happy Birthday, Mr. Fortieth President!
In a belated birthday wish, a reminder of how morally obtuse Ronald Reagan could be.
Feb 19, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein