Ideas we can do without

From the factory that brought you the Contract with America and push-polling, here’s the latest product from the American Right.No longer content with wheedling NASCAR dads into resenting poor people on an individual basis, the Republican Right’s brain...

When bad pundits go good

David Brock, the one-time character assassin for the U.S. far right (and that’s a generous way of putting it compared to his own self-assessment), has resurfaced.In his book Blinded by the RightBrock came clean a few years ago about his role in tarring Anita...

Some of the whole

Hats off to Paul Wells for finally doing the math and figuring out that the Conservative Party is actually kind of a, well, flop.I know how odd that sounds. Aren’t the Conservatives riding high, buoyed in the polls and nipping at the Liberals’ heels?...

Kevin Krueger and the physics of mud

Flinging dirt at an opponent is a time-honored political tradition. And when that opponent is a former friend whose allegiance has recently changed, well, that can really boost the power of your throwing arm.But flinging mud without getting your hands dirty takes a...
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