Obama's Pearl Harbor Day press conference: naive, incapable, or disingenuous?
How "realistic" is it to believe that the GOP has developed magical or superhuman immunity to public pressure?
That was terrible reporting
December 3, 2010 — Sometimes there is just no other way to put it.
Once a year, Maureen Dowd turns her column over to her brother; the device, if tired, is at least duly announced. Today, The New York Times, without disclosure, apparently turned its lead story over to Republican Party writers, with two prominent members of the Times’ Washington Bureau giving a pitch-perfect reading of the GOP’s “surrender, tax cuts for multi-millionaires are inevitable” script.
In the performance by David Herszenhorn and Jackie Calmes, it turns out that trivial matters like a vote by the House of Representatives are not “real” or worth exploring in and of themselves. And, we learn, there are some Democrats who — perversely — are still making a nuisance of themselves instead of accepting and embracing Republican triumph maturely and demurely...It is as though these reporters think that one little league team has been outscored by more than 10 runs, should take advantage of the “mercy rule,” forfeit the game, and end the embarrassment as quickly as possible.
Once a year, Maureen Dowd turns her column over to her brother; the device, if tired, is at least duly announced. Today, The New York Times, without disclosure, apparently turned its lead story over to Republican Party writers, with two prominent members of the Times’ Washington Bureau giving a pitch-perfect reading of the GOP’s “surrender, tax cuts for multi-millionaires are inevitable” script.
In the performance by David Herszenhorn and Jackie Calmes, it turns out that trivial matters like a vote by the House of Representatives are not “real” or worth exploring in and of themselves. And, we learn, there are some Democrats who — perversely — are still making a nuisance of themselves instead of accepting and embracing Republican triumph maturely and demurely...It is as though these reporters think that one little league team has been outscored by more than 10 runs, should take advantage of the “mercy rule,” forfeit the game, and end the embarrassment as quickly as possible.
The Deficit Commission's 21-percent solution
Plan leans heavily on spending cuts to balance the federal budget — a consequence of the decision to propose limits on the size of the government.
Gas tax rates down in most states over time
Adjusting 1988 data to account for inflation demonstrates that, in real terms, rates are down, in many cases by more than 20 percent.
Paying the cost for paying the costs
Can mayors make the case that they should not be recalled when they have to raise taxes or fees in order to establish or maintain basic public services?
Don't call tax cuts for wealthy 'compromise'
If one side gives up when it has maximum leverage, and the opposition says only that it will keep fighting for its original position, it's more apt to use the term 'surrender' or 'fecklessness.'
47 House Dems: Keep lower rates for rich on dividends, capital gains
In this feature, we select a story that appeared in a major news outlet and take it in for repairs. The source material this week was a Politico story that reported that nearly a fifth of House Democrats were urging the Speaker to extend reduced capital gains and dividend rates tax rates for the wealthy beyond the scheduled year-end expiration of those rates.