Chris Matthews Wormhole Opens, Swallows Universe
This really happened. You will never be the same after watching it.
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Van Jones’ Hopes (And Fears) for Occupy Wall Street
A few weeks back, Oakland Police fired non-lethal projectiles and teargas into a crowd of Occupy protesters, and the former Obama Administration official Van Jones reacted with quick condemnation. “Let us be clear: there is no …
What You Missed While Not Watching the CNBC ‘Oops’ Republican Debate
0 minutes. The beat calls to mind Queen and the boom-boom-chick of “We Will Rock You.” It’s CNBC’s way of setting the mood: a deep-voiced narrator. A video montage of struggling Detroit. The grim facts of American decline. …
Sharon Bialek: The Fourth Herman Cain Accuser Has a Name and Face
Herman Cain had a bad week last week. This week, there are pictures.
On Monday, a fourth woman accused Cain of sexually inappropriate behavior during his tenure with the National Restaurant Association. Represented by …
What Herman Cain and Kim Kardashian Have in Common
Kim Kardashian got married. Now she’s getting a divorce. Lindsay Lohan went to jail. Now she is being released. Paris Hilton went to a party. Now she wants to be a DJ. We know all this because there is a whole industry built up around chronicling the lives of people who are famous for no other reason than their fame. As Daniel Boorstin …
Can Occupy Wall Street Be Used Against Obama?
The Republican National Committee seems to think the answer is yes. Here the tear gas in Oakland is shown to describe instability in Obama’s America, and the Occupy protesters are used to demonstrate dissatisfaction with Obama.
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Rebranding the Federal Reserve’s Printing Presses as Economic Rejuvenators
On Sunday, the Obama Administration’s former top economist, Christina Romer, put to paper an idea she has been bandying about for a while: The Federal Reserve, she argues, should restate its mission and commit to returning the …
Violence Gone Viral and the Lessons of Occupy Oakland
Civil disobedience is easy to embrace from a distance. Few Americans condemned the thousands who gathered peacefully in violation of the law across the Arab world this spring. But when it starts happening on your doorstep, clogging up your streets or bringing drum circles to your place of work, it’s another matter altogether. And so …
Jon Huntsman Still Seeking a Bump
“I am so ready for the Colbert Bump,” Jon Huntsman said Monday night, at the end of his awkward appearance on Comedy Central, which had involved several jokes comparing the nation of China to local Chinese takeout. “You may …
The Cain Campaign: Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
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Wait for it. And then read James Poniewozik’s take on what’s going on.
Barack Obama’s Two Visions of Hope
On the fundraising circuit these days, President Obama tells two stories. The first is his public story, the one about Republican obstruction of his proposal to inject more tax cuts and spending into the economy. It is a timeless …
What You Missed While Not Watching the Las Vegas GOP Debate
-1 minutes. There are two Anderson Coopers. The soft and fuzzy Anderson, who gets flu shots before a live studio audience during the day, and the hard charging Anderson, who gets indignant and outraged via satellite at night. Now …
Why Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party Are Comparable
My TIME colleague Ishaan Tharoor has done the interwebbing proud by writing a blog post that tries to counterspin the growing political spin–most recently from President Obama–describing the liberal Occupy Wall Street movement as similar in kind to the conservative Tea Party movement. Provocative, no doubt, and just what the moment …