This Isn’t What Democracy Looks Like

This Isn’t What Democracy Looks Like

Wisconsin Republicans have finally stopped pretending to uphold the sanctity of the political process. Instead of allowing the will of the Wisconsin electorate to determine the fate of six Republican state senators facing recall elections, Republican Party leaders...
The GOP’s Honeymoon Is So Over

The GOP’s Honeymoon Is So Over

Republicans swept last year’s elections. The GOP captured more than 675 state legislative seats, flipped 10 governor’s mansions, gained control of over 20 state legislative chambers, and won more than 60 seats in Congress previously occupied by Democrats....
Loose American Screws

Loose American Screws

My feeling continues to grow that somewhere deep in the psyche of the American people there is a screw loose. We entered the 21st century as the most powerful nation on earth. There was nobody second. We had our problems, certainly, but we also had a budget surplus, a...
Sideshow Candidate

Sideshow Candidate

I recently wrote a column suggesting that my “lamestream media” colleagues give Michele Bachmann more love. As the most Republican of the Republican candidates, she deserved more attention, I said. They took me seriously. In the recent New Hampshire GOP...
The GOP’s Medicare Lies

The GOP’s Medicare Lies

In an astonishing observation, Rep. Paul Ryan recently declared: “Washington has not been honest with you.” Gosh, Paul, that possibility never occurred to us! What makes the Wisconsin lawmaker’s observation astonishing is the fact that he is...