By Ben Cohen: A note to our readers, I will be discussing the double dip recession in the UK on the RT network at 4pm ET with Abby Martin, so please tune in if you have time. I wrote a piece yesterday about the crisis, arguing that the austerity measures passed by the ...read more
By Kim Barker: He may be in last place when it comes to delegates, but when it comes to filing expense reports with the FEC, Ron Paul beats everyone. His campaign's hyper-vigilance is notable, verging on fanatical. Every bank fee, every 22 cents at a FedEx, every $1 toll on ...read more
By Ben Cohen: Michael Scherer has a great article in Time Magazine on how much each of the Republican candidates spent vs. how many votes they have received in the primaries thus far. The breakdown: How much has the entire Romney campaign spent per vote received? $17.14, which ...read more
By Ray McGovern: When CNN interviews a U.S. Army corporal preparing for his third deployment to Afghanistan, should TV viewers be permitted to hear him out on a front-burner issue like Iran’s alleged threat to Israel? For those who might think so, watch what happens when ...read more
If you add up all the things that Ron Paul believes are unconstitutional, there would literally be no reason to have a government at all: Why on earth this man is viewed as being a serious candidate is anyone's guess, but then looking at the rest of the GOP field, it isn't that ...read more
Paul Krugman on the down side of Ron Paul's ideological consistency: Unfortunately, Mr. Paul has maintained his consistency by ignoring reality, clinging to his ideology even as the facts have demonstrated that ideology’s wrongness. And, even more unfortunately, Paulist ...read more
In a nutshell: I suspect every other Republican would launch a war against Iran. Paul wouldn't. That alone makes a vote for him worthwhile. Sullivan's overall argument is of course, far more nuanced, and it's difficult to disagree with him on many points - particularly the one ...read more
