That Whiff of Hypocrisy

That Whiff of Hypocrisy

Baseball has spring training, football’s got its training camps. But for a political junkie like me, nothing compares with the opening of the presidential primary season. Some 19 candidates, give or take, recently swarmed a Republican forum in New Hampshire in...
The Road to Ruin

The Road to Ruin

That harsh whine you hear in the background — like a buzzsaw getting ready for a log to come down the chute — is the vast right-wing conspiracy revving its engines. America Rising, an opposition research Super PAC that lives to trash the Clintons, dashed off a press...
A Thumping Cruz-a-palooza

A Thumping Cruz-a-palooza

Senator Ted Cruz’s recent announcement of his presidential candidacy was a real Cruz-a-palooza. It was part Ronald Reagan, part Elmer Gantry, part John Lennon, and part Jerry Falwell — yet it was totally Ted Cruz, full of blather and bloat. Cruz thumped the word...
Shining a Light on Corporate ‘Dark Money’

Shining a Light on Corporate ‘Dark Money’

If 2014 was the “Year of Dark Money” in elections, then 2016 is likely to be the “Year of Way, Way More Dark Money” — that is, unless something big changes soon. One of the most troubling aspects of the explosion of big money in politics in...