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A Little Love for Big Oil
May 1st, 2008
As gas prices head towards $4 a barrel, some politicians, as Rev. Jeremiah Wright would say, "do what politicians do" and propose a gas-tax holiday. Only there's one small problem with this tax cut: The oil companies are likely to pocket most of it. We've seen it happen before.... more »
NotSo! — and a new request
April 28th, 2008
The response was spectacular to my first call for your own your own favorite conservative NotSo's: oft-repeated conservative clichés that in fact are patently false. There are several new utterances of the NotSo! description every day, and I've got a new request for Big Con readers.... more »
Axis of Um, Um: Where Do We Go Frum Here?
April 24th, 2008
Conservatism is on the ropes; if my dialogue below with David Frum suggests anything, it's that. So what would you say that would make a conservative go "um, um" by refuting the big lies they tell?... more »
No Golden Rule For Conservatives
April 22nd, 2008
I was heartened when George Stephanopoulos, for all the heat he has taken over the ABC debate, asked John McCain a question on This Week this past Sunday that I have been waiting to hear for a long time now. To paraphrase, he wondered why if government health care has been good enough for John McCain to receive his entire life, why it is not good enough for the rest of us? more »
Rand To The Rescue
By Digby
April 14th, 2008
Paul Krugman points to an article that should send chills down the backs of good progressives everywhere: more »
Bitter? Of Course. Here's Why
April 13th, 2008
Honest discussion about the roots of working-class angst and how to address it has gotten seriously burned in the firestorm of controversy fanned around comments by Sen. Barack Obama that working-class people are "bitter" about the economy and government. ... more »
Bringing the White Working Class Into the Progressive Majority
April 10th, 2008
The heart of the Roosevelt coalition in the 1930s became the.heart of the conservative coalition that dominated our politics over the last 30 years. Progressives now have to make the case to these voters that government can work.... more »
Two Kinds of Americans, Part II: From "Us versus Them" to "We the People"
April 8th, 2008
When we reckon the toll of the conservatives' reckless "culture war" on America, we can no longer deny that the their inbred compulsion to create and fight external demons has weakened us militarily, economically, environmentally and culturally. Our survival depends on finding an alternative. Fortunately, there is one.... more »
Latest From Our Bloggers
may
11
2008
Recognizing the Race Chasm
The issue of race makes a lot of folks uncomfortable - and that's especially true right now when the nation is closer than ever to electing the first black President of the United States. more »
may
11
2008
George Will Reviews NIXONLAND: Quick Thoughts
1) Will says the most important thing to know is that I'm a condescending liberal. For me the fascinating thing is that I think I'm a better critic of liberal condescension in the 1960s and '70s than he is. more »
may
10
2008
Learning from Gerson
For any student of contemporary conservative rhetoric,a recent column by Michael Gerson provides a fine specimen. Bush's chief speech writer until 2006, Gerson now roosts in the Washington Posts' op-ed section. His Wednesday column is a choice piece of revisionism. more »
may
10
2008
Parting thought
I hereby decree PERLSTEIN'S LAW:
In an online argument, the badder a wingnut gets his butt beat, the more likely they are to excoriate the butt-beater for using bad words.
may
10
2008
Reclaiming Mother's Day
Progressives have always loved holidays, which may be why we've created so many of them. There are Saturdays, of course, brought to us with no small help from the early 20th century unions. And May Day. And Labor Day.
And Mother's Day, which started out as the first and perhaps greatest progressive holiday of all. more »
may
9
2008
Weekend Watchdog
Will Carly Fiorina be asked to defend "right-shoring?" Will Sen. Harry Reid be pressed on FISA? Will John Edwards be asked a question about poverty?more »
may
9
2008
NIXONLAND News
This weekend I leave for a two week tour to promote my new book, the product of seven years' labor. I'll be blogging here sporadically if at all. more »
may
9
2008
Complacent Conservatism
A new study says conservatives are generally happier than liberals. Being happy is a cinch, if you can rationalize not caring much about injustice and inequality.more »
may
8
2008
Blast from the Past: That Sinking Feeling
Longtime fans of this blog who recall my epic 67-part series on sinkholes and their relation to conservative failure may wonder why I haven't yet weighed in on the 600-foot gargantua that has been opening up in more »
may
8
2008
These are Our Debating Partners
I'll be writing more in weeks to come on the conservative response to my book. more »
