Glenn Beck

A spring awash with Etch A Sketch conservatives, camera-wielding GOP con men and a bogus deficit reduction budget from House Republicans shows that for the right, wrong is justified when it achieves the desired results.

A perfect example of this political philosophy is the work of James E. more »

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Five years ago, a 47-year-old Missouri woman began a duplicitous on-line courtship through MySpace with a 13-year-old neighbor who once had been friends with the woman’s daughter. more »

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This Labor Day feels gloomy. It’s a celebration of work when there is not enough of it, a day off when too many desperately seek a day on.

America has commemorated two Labor Days since this brutal recession began near the end of George Bush’s presidency in December of 2007. more »

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Glenn Beck made it official on Fox News last week: He’s seeking the office of 21^st Century Marie Antoinette.

The queen of France, beheaded during the revolution, attained infamy for insensitivity toward hungry peasants. more »

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Who is Glenn Beck, anyway? Thanks to a new book by Alexander Zaitchik, we are beginning to get a better sense of the man—a precocious former Top-40 deejay-turned-Mormon convert with a longstanding drug problem, no discernible book learning, and a mean streak a mile deep. We know he's the hottest host on cable TV, and soon, if all goes according to "The Plan," he'll be America's next great spiritual leader, stepping boldly forward to guide the Tea Party faithful in a complete remaking of this nation. It's high time somebody took a critical look at the full arc of Beck's character and career and understand what we're really up against.

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Here are the words they used for health care reform (or the buzzwords their consultants told them to use): "Secret"! "Backroom"! "Behind closed doors"! "Dealing"! Or, as one especially unsubtle pol put it, "secret backroom dealing"!

These right-wing politicians and activists had a zeal for open government when they demanded that the House and Senate reconcile their health-care reform bills in public. Let's hope they show the same dedication to transparency now that financial reform's on the table. The House and Senate negotiations should be broadcast on live television, and conservatives should join the call to demand it.

Maybe we'll even get Glenn Beck to join us. (Hey, it could happen.)

This is a critical time: Bank are spending big bucks to influence the outcome of the House/Senate conference. As the head of the American Bankers Association put it, “We are going to have to try and clean up as much of this as we can" during the conference process. And if there's one thing banks know how to do, it's "clean up" - at your expense. more »

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There's a lot of buzz in health care circles about an editorial in today's Washington Post entitled "If Democrats ignore health-care polls, midterms will be costly." That could be dangerous: the author's conclusions are contradicted, not supported, by the available facts. more »

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Without the Koch money and buses,The Tea Partiers were able to muster about 30 people to rail against things. The Billionaires for Wealthcare joined the Tea Partiers in what was otherwise a disappointing day for them. more »

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