There is a huge hullabaloo brewing on Capitol Hill over the resignation of the House chaplain, Father Pat Conroy, who claimed he was forced to resign by Speaker Paul Ryan. Democrats are outraged by Ryan's unprecedented decision, and believe it was because the Jesuit priest ...read more
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced on Wednesday he’s leaving Congress and will not seek reelection in 2019. As a decent American, his decision is welcome news to me because it means a horrible human being will be removed from power. And reflectively, it’s important to view ...read more
The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's greatest gift to American society is his sustained attack on right wing fantasy economics and unashamed advocacy of liberalism. Krugman isn't just a polemicist, he is a Nobel Prize winning economist, so whether or not you agree with ...read more
Ever since Paul Ryan unveiled his monstrous healthcare bill, dubbed "Trumpcare", people have been struggling to explain just how insanely bad it is. Paul Krugman called it "a dog's breakfast" and that was pretty close to expressing the loathing any rational person would have for ...read more
If anyone took Libertarian candidate for president Gary Johnson seriously, his failure to name a single foreign leader during an interview earlier this week would have almost certainly been the end of campaign. Luckily, no one took Gary Johnson seriously before he made the ...read more
Barack Obama has been busy cozying up to big business in the wake of his electoral victory in November, trying to mend fractured relations that saw Wall St and big industry put most of their money into Mitt Romney's campaign. “I am passionately rooting for your success,” Obama ...read more
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, answering questions while campaigning in New Hampshire in 2008. (Photo credit: Bbsrock)By Robert Parry: Rep. Ron Paul, an icon to the libertarian Right and to some on the anti-war Left, gave a farewell address to Congress that expressed his neo-Confederate ...read more
Paul Krugman makes a good point:Ask yourself: when was the last time a Republican leader made a point of praising hard-working, ordinary families — as opposed to “job creators”? Think about what happened on Labor Day: on a day dedicated to celebrating workers, House majority ...read more
Mitt Romney's choice for his VP running mate really tells you all you need to know about the choice this year for the Presidency. Paul Ryan is about as far right as you can possibly get on the economic spectrum - a hardcore Ayn Rand ideologue who's policy proposals consist of ...read more
By Bob Cesca: Yesterday, I covered the new Reuters/Ipsos poll showing the infuriatingly contradictory views on the Affordable Care Act. But what I didn't note was that Republicans, naturally, are the most infuriatingly contradictory of bunch. Okay, I know. Duh, right? They're ...read more
By Bob Cesca: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the disconnect among senior citizens regarding the healthcare law and who they're intending to support in the election. Once again, seniors are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act more than any other demographic group ...read more
This is a transcript of a discussion between Occupy Wall St supporters Mikal Kamil and Ian Escuela and Professor Noam Chomsky:Professor Chomsky, the Occupy movement is in its second phase. Three of our main goals are to: 1) occupy the mainstream and transition from the tents and ...read more
Exclusive: Work-place and college-campus slaughters have become a regular feature of America’s harsh economic landscape the past few decades, as Ayn Rand-style policies sharply divide the nation into a few heroic “winners” and many hapless “losers,” a factor Mark Ames examines in ...read more