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MORNING MESSAGE: How Many Lies Can Romney Tell In One Week? OurFuture.org's Bill Scher: "It's been one week since the debate. How many lies has Mitt Romney and his campaign told since? Let's tally it up … 1. Pre-Existing Conditions … 2. Abortion …...

Killing the Kids that Don’t Need to Die

Written with Michael Winship. Matt Sitton knew the war in Afghanistan was going badly. He knew it because he was fighting it. He could see for himself. Twenty-six years old, with a wife and child back home, Staff Sergeant Sitton was on his third combat tour there....

Pete Peterson's Magical Thinking Club

Matt Yglesias wrote an important post today about why Pete Peterson's ongoing crusade to cut the deficit is killing us. He notes that many serious liberals dismiss the (dirty hippie) idea that the focus on long term deficit reduction is wrong in itself in favor of the...

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