This kind of thing portends the kind of petty mudslinging that will make this next presidential campaign one of the most acrimonious in US History Mitt Romney’s misfire on the national anthem Posted by Glenn Kessler at 06… more »

Watched this am Bill Moyers & Co. and he had former Citigroup chair John Reed and Sen. Byron Dorgan on the breakdown of the banking system and the economic meltdown. What is amazing in their narratives is the fact that all this destruction of the ec… more »

Listened this am to Warren Buffett talking about paying his fair share of taxes, something Romney obviously does not think a good idea. When asked if he understood why so many billionaire/millionaires call the revising of the tax code 'class warfare,' h… more »

As for the Tea Party voters, they are supposed to be looking for an outsider á la Ron Paul, not a man who has spent decades in Washington, first as a politician and then profiting from politics. So what is going on? Simple. Gingrich does not share the… more »

On holiday in Puerto Escondido, incredible beauty of the sea, the flawless ceaseless dimension of it, the power of the surf, the vast expanses of it give a lift one needs after too much inland time. The sea is an entirety that does not collapse except i… more »

STRETCHED INTEGRITY   So many images flying about. So much that staked a wizardry inclusive of our trying to find something remarkable. Not enough of all this to go around. Or too much, too much that flies off. Just wield your stretched integrity… more »

Krugman again talks of this endlessly overemphasized debt problem the right keeps foisting on the American populace. The point he makes is that the problems the economy faces are not debt-driven, and the budget deficit is not the primary issue political… more »

  When so many good things have happened as the result of health care reform, I hate to end this year with a rebuttal to a viral lie about the Affordable Care Act. However, this one seems to come from a credible source but is so wrong tha… more »