by Terrance Heath | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week two major right-wing crusades that started out with pretty big bangs -- the Oregon Standoff and the Planned Parenthood sting -- ended with disappointing (for wingnuts) whimpers. Almost Over In Oregon It wasn’t supposed to end this way. The standoff at...
by Bill Scher | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Politico Magazine asked me and 11 others if Trump has "killed the GOP." My answer? Not yet: Before the Republican establishment concludes that its party is being consumed by a hostile takeover, it should first let its people cast some votes. So many conclusions are...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The Donald was missing and missed last night in the Fox News Republican debate. Without the bawdy showman, the entire cast seemed smaller, the divisive questions of the Fox moderators more petulant, and the debate endless. The most stunning revelations of the debate...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Washington Post editorial board sniped at Senator Bernie Sanders Thursday morning for pretending to be “an uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader.” But no shocking revelations followed. The editors didn't unveil previously hidden Sanders ties to the...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Thursday's Washington Post editorial, "Bernie Sanders’s fiction-filled campaign," is kind of fun. Sanders "is playing the role of uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader." But actually he "is not a brave truth-teller. He is a politician selling his own brand of...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog, Education
It's that time of year when National School Choice Week is staged by – well, we really don't know who – to elevate "education options," primarily charter schools and vouchers, for K-12 students. This year's NSCW apparently includes a record number of events around the...
