| Sep 24, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyWhen I watched Mitt Romney on a candidates forum on Univision, the country’s largest Spanish-language TV network, something about him looked different. He actually looked browner. At first I figured it was my imagination, but soon everyone from Washington Post...
| | Rights / DemocracyI feel sorry for Mitt Romney. By now, he has offended just about every American group, except billionaires, morons, and robots. To stand a chance on Election Day, he must get his act together right now. Pundits and experts can argue over whether Mitt’s problem...
| Sep 17, 2012 | Economy / BusinessIf you listen to the experts, the presidential election comes down to one thing: the economy. The job market is awful, and both of the major party candidates talk a lot about what they propose to do to strengthen the middle class. But what about the poor? Forty-six...
| | Rights / DemocracyTo borrow from President Lyndon Johnson’s colorful analysis of a Nixon speech, “I may not know much, but I know chicken [poop] from chicken salad.” Paul Ryan, the GOP’s current vice-presidential nominee, has spent his career in government...