The Real Gallerists of New York County
The New York art world is a place where egos, off-shore bank accounts, and matters of ineffable taste cohabit—where real money is paid for goods that resist commodification and everyone really does...
View ArticleWhy Paul Ryan Is A Crank On Monetary Policy
Following the rise of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to the vice-presidential slot on the Republican ticket, most of the discussion has focused on the content and consequences of the budgets he engineered for...
View ArticleRevealed: Romney Campaign’s Attempts to Deny Paul Ryan’s Insider Trading...
Over the weekend, the Richmonder blog broke what looked like a whopper of a story: that Republican vice-presidential hopeful Paul Ryan had lined his pockets from information he had obtained from a...
View Article7 Reasons Why Romney-Ryan’s Desperate Attempts to Spin Medicare Won’t Work
In May, the Romney team promised a laser-like focus on the economy . But that was then and this is now.
View ArticleSeven Tax Return Questions Mitt Romney Left Unanswered Today
Mitt Romney said on Thursday on the campaign trail that he never paid less than a 13 percent tax rate, adding that continued calls for him to release his tax returns are “ small-minded .” “I did go...
View ArticleThe Paul Ryan Insider Trading Story Won’t Die Because It’s Legitimate
Editor's note: This post is a follow-up to an article published 8/15/12 on AlterNet: " Revealed: Romney Campaign's Attempts to Deny Paul Ryan's Insider Trading Don't Add Up ." Ever since the...
View ArticleGoldbuggery Arrives On The GOP’s National Platform
Yearning for a return to the gold standard — the monetary system in which paper dollars are backed by, and can exchanged for, a fixed amount of gold — has been on the rise in the Republican Party.
View ArticleRepublicans Flip-Flop On The Fed With Extreme Party Platform
Our guest blogger is Cameron DeHart, an intern at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The Republican National Convention Platform Committee met this week to draft the party’s official policy...
View ArticleThe Sacramento Kings And Virginia Beach: A Lesson In Taxpayer Extortion
Recent reports that the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings were considering — and set to announce — an imminent move to Virginia Beach, Virginia appear premature.
View ArticleRomney Campaign Co-Chair Supports Iran War Authorization
Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Mitt Romney campaign co-chair and former Wisconsin governor Tim Pawlenty told Foreign Policy Magazine that he would support Congress authorizing war with Iran....
View ArticleRomney’s RNC Speech Spent 202 Words On Foreign Policy, Made False And...
Mitt Romney’s speech to the Republican National Convention on Thursday night was riddled with misleading claims and critical omissions . In no section was this more true than Romney’s discussion of...
View ArticleThree GOP Attorneys General Sue To Protect Bank Bailouts
The Wall Street bailouts happened in no small part because the big investment banks had America over a barrel in 2008 .
View ArticleVIEWPOINT: Why This Election Is About More Than Drones
The United States government is killing people. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia are all being pounded by missiles launched from US drones, and though the missiles are ostensibly targeted...
View ArticleSimon Maloy: Calls For Cutting FEMA Are Not Coming From Inside The White House
As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast, Breitbart.com is reporting that President Obama's "proposal for the upcoming budget sequester would cut nearly $900 million from the Federal Emergency...
View ArticleSolange Uwimana: Facts Get Lost As Conservative Media Bicker About Latino...
The battle for the future of the Republican Party has split warring factions of conservative pundits into two camps: those who clamor for expanding the base to increase diversity by appealing to...
View ArticleKevin Zieber: Fox’s Gretchen Carlson Mangles Tax Policy
Fox's Gretchen Carlson mangled the facts on tax policy to suggest it would be reasonable for people to reduce their incomes in response to a tax rate increase for the wealthiest Americans. In fact, if...
View ArticleMike Burns: WSJ Publishes One-Sided Report On Controversial Charter Schools
The Wall Street Journal presented a one-sided picture of the charter school network Knowledge Is Power Program, touting a KIPP charter school's higher test scores while ignoring criticism about KIPP...
View ArticleFox Regurgitates False Talking Points To Defend Ryan Budget
Fox News host Bill Hemmer advanced a number of false and dubious claims about Rep.
View ArticleSenator Writes Off American Justice System In One Tweet
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Friday wrote off the idea that people arrested by the police in the United States deserve to know their rights, and argued that a U.S.
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