Monthly Archives: December 2011

On Friday night, Salon published a piece I wrote about a few webcasts hosted by Newt Gingrich, his for-profit quasi-lobbying firm, and several health IT companies. The comments headlined by Salon related to Gingrich’s private praise for much of health … Continue reading →

As we all focus our attention to President Obama’s reelection chances and the GOP nomination circus, a quiet challenge that threatens to completely shake up the 2012 race continues to grow day by day. Americans Elect, a third party effort … Continue reading →

The Beltway media tells itself that Newt Gingrich can’t possibly appeal to the GOP base, a group dominated by Christian conservatives, because of his history of cheating on his former wives. The Washington Post’s left of center policy blogger Ezra … Continue reading →

Lobbyists rule DC, and one of the ways they do it is by offering an array of free food, vacations, and travel through invitations to convention and trade association meetings. At ThinkProgess, I wrote about this dynamic a few times. … Continue reading →

Larry Lessig appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night to promote his book and talk about the problem of money in politics. It was a good talk, and for fans of Lessig, it was an abridged version … Continue reading →

A band of loud OccupyDC protesters held one of its largest actions yet against the Democratic Party and big money politics last week, picketing outside of a fundraiser for the committee charged with raising cash for House Democrats. Like most … Continue reading →

Rick Perry’s ‘Christians are victims’ ad, the one he released a few days ago in which he said, “I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian, but you don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know … Continue reading →

I really can’t understand why any progressive would support PROTECT-IP/SOPA, the sprawling Internet censorship bill advancing quickly through Congress. Here’s another reason the proposed law, which allows “the attorney general to create a blacklist of sites to be blocked by … Continue reading →

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In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt faced his first reelection. Roosevelt began the year sliding in the polls, facing an increasingly hostile media, a still sluggish economy, and the big business-friendly Supreme Court had recently knocked down an array of New … Continue reading →