Obama’s campaign for class resentment
WASHINGTON — In the first month of his presidency, Barack Obama averred that if in three years he hadn't alleviated the nation's economic pain, he'd be a "one-term proposition." When...
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Buckle down: Mitt vs. Newt?
— It's Iowa minus one month, and barring yet another resurrection, or something of similar improbability, it's Mitt Romney versus Newt Gingrich. In a match race, here's the scorecard: Romney...
The Grover Norquist myth
WASHINGTON — Democrats are unanimous in charging that the debt-reduction supercommittee collapsed because Republicans refused to raise taxes. Apparently, Republicans are in the thrall of one Grover Norquist, the anti-tax...
Obama’s great pipeline sellout
WASHINGTON — In 2008, the slogan was "Yes We Can." For 2011-12, it's "We Can't Wait." What happened in between? Candidate Obama, the vessel into which myriad dreams were poured,...
How Obama lost the war
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama was a principled opponent of the Iraq War from its beginning. But when he became president in January 2009, he was handed a war that was...
How Obama lost the war
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama was a principled opponent of the Iraq War from its beginning. But when he became president in January 2009, he was handed a war that was...
To all you dictators: Pay close attention
WASHINGTON — You've got your Mexican standoff, your Russian roulette, your Chinese water torture. And now, your Libyan crossfire. That's when a pistol is applied to the head and a...
Republicans deliver smackdowns in the desert
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday night, seismologists at the Las Vegas Oceanographic Institute reported the first recorded movement of a hair on Mitt Romney's head. Although it was only one follicle,...
Gone in 60 nanoseconds
"We don't allow faster-than-light neutrinos in here," says the bartender. A neutrino walks into a bar. — Joke circulating on the Internet — The world as we know it is...
Return of the real, soak-the-rich, class warrior Obama
In a 2008 debate, former ABC News broadcaster Charlie Gibson asked Barack Obama about his support for raising capital gains taxes, given the historical record of government losing net revenue...