The State Department documents that WikiLeaks is making public expose the desire of many mainstream journalists and commentators to stand up and be counted as the dutiful water-carriers for the prerogatives of United States foreign policy. Rather than focus on the substance of the diplomatic cables, American journalists tend to either frame the story...
Tax Deal Will Normalize the Bush Era
Taken in isolation the “bipartisan” tax cut deal seems like a reasonable measure in the midst of a serious economic recession. But put in its wider political and economic context it is an unmitigated disaster. It’s a disaster because it is based on “supply-side” premises that Obama appears to have fully embraced. And it’s...
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