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- The Myth of the Fairer Sex http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_myth_of_the_fairer_sex 8 comments
- How the GOP Plans to Cut Affordable Housing (Again) http://www.prospect.org/article/how-gop-plans-cut-affordable-housing-again 4 comments politics
- Indulging the Lunatics on the Right: "Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Guard to monitor federal military exercises in Texas after some citizens have lit up the Internet saying the maneuvers are actually the prelude to martial law." https://www.prospect.org/waldman/indulging-lunatics-right 36 comments politics
- Robert Reich: Why America's Economy Is an Utter Disaster https://www.prospect.org/article/political-roots-widening-inequality 21 comments politics
- It's not too surprising that after two years of ranting about fascism, Rush and the Right can't recognize the real thing http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/adam_serwer_archive?month=02&year=2011&base_name=limbaughs_tribalism 3 comments politics
- Class act: Russ Feingold, the one Senator who voted against the PATRIOT Act, won't run negative ads. And it's going to cost him his job. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=11&year=2010&base_name=negative_ads_get_results 42 comments politics
- What are your thoughts on Rand Paul? http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=05&year=2010&base_name=is_rand_paul_good_for_civil_li 11 comments politics
- So the telecoms provide mediocre broadband at high prices, and actively try to prevent anyone from getting anything better -- and they wonder why people hate them. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=05&year=2010&base_name=no_broadband_for_you_next 6 comments technology
- "I had arrested a 19-year-old, a young man who was in possession of marijuana, not a saleable amount, in his own home. But given the circumstances, I kicked in his door, I chased him to his toilet, I scooped up a handful of soggy seeds and stems and a few leaves. And I took him to jail." http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_fake_weed_fight 3 comments politics
- Why have so many people fallen for the myth that there's a problem with Social Security right now? It's perfectly fine (well, relatively speaking). http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=02&year=2010&base_name=more_failed_airthmetic_at_the 22 comments politics
- Who wrote the dumbest paragraph you'll ever read about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell?" Bush/Cheney's #1 chickenhawk -- Bill Kristol http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=02&year=2010&base_name=the_dumbest_paragraph_youll_re 3 comments politics
- Torture lawyer Yoo outmaneuvered Jon Stewart last night http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=01&year=2010&base_name=when_jon_stewart_fails 4 comments politics
- Warning to "Conserva-Dems". Play to the republican base, lose your seats. Support your voting base, stay in office. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=11&year=2009&base_name=responsible_pragamatism_peter 4 comments politics
- Tail attempts to wag dog again. Israeli cabinet minister proposes sanctions on the U. S. because Obama won't condone expanding illegal settlements http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=06&year=2009&base_name=tail_attempts_to_wag_dog 3 comments politics
- Why is Alexia Kelley, a woman who has made it clear she intends to "reduce access to abortions" being hired by President Obama to work in the Office of Faith based Initiatives? http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=06&year=2009&base_name=abortion_foe_to_lead_hhs_faith 3 comments reddit.com
- "When Steele has a black audience, Obama's victory is "a testament to struggle, perseverance, and opportunity." When Steele has a white audience, he thinks Obama is a "magic negro" who just won because of liberal white guilt." http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=05&year=2009&base_name=michael_steele_tells_black_peo#115229 5 comments politics
- Americans are in the odd position of fervently believing in upward mobility while not actually having very much of it. Europeans, conversely, don't really believe in economic mobility but have plenty of it. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=05&year=2009&base_name=is_europe_really_have_less_upw 3 comments politics
- "There is a large number of people committed to preventing consenting adults from having sex or getting married because of their sexual orientation who nevertheless think it's okay to beat or waterboard people and shove them in tiny boxes." http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=04&year=2009&base_name=the_blueness_of_a_wound_clense#114825 3 comments politics
- Had he lost re-election during WWI, President Wilson intended to appoint his opponent Secretary of State. Wilson and his VP would then resign so he could assume office. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=12&year=2008&base_name=wilsonian_transitions 14 comments politics
- "We don't have the money." No longer a feasible Republican excuse to deny social safety net programs http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=12&year=2008&base_name=there_is_money_for_health_care 3 comments politics
- Did Obama head-fake McCain into wasting money in PA? It sure looks like it! http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=10&year=2008&base_name=is_mccain_getting_played 16 comments politics
- Why Economists Keep Getting It Wrong http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=10&year=2008&base_name=citing_the_biggest_losers_post#110308 56 comments business
- If you bomb an abortion clinic, you're not a terrorist? http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=10&year=2008&base_name=sarah_palin_bill_ayers_terrori 12 comments politics
- To Senator McCain and rest of the GOP, You created this problem. Stop playing politics and solve it. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=09&year=2008&base_name=mccains_bailout_caper_politics 3 comments politics
- Media darling Rachel Maddow is rewriting the "Rules" of Cable News...Maddow has broken the broadcasting mold...has succeeded as an avowed liberal on television http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=channel_changer_08 5 comments politics
- Bush admin: meat packers not allowed to test their meat for Mad Cow http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=08&year=2008&base_name=illegal_mad_cow_testing_where 3 comments politics
- Okay, I'll write this slowly so that even Ben Stein can follow it. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=08&year=2008&base_name=explaining_windfalls_to_ben_st 3 comments business
- Actually Nouriel Roubini and I have both estimated the amount of bad debt in the financial system will exceed $1 trillion. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=03&year=2008&base_name=how_much_bad_debt_the_economis 4 comments business
- Is Hillary recycling Walter Mondale's campaign? Compare her Red Phone ad to his. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=02&year=2008&base_name=its_3am_and_my_ad_is_stupid 4 comments politics
- What Does It Mean To Be the Pro-Israel Candidate? | The American Prospect http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=what_does_it_mean_to_be_the_proisrael_candidate 29 comments reddit.com
- Hard-Liners for Jesus: How is the party of "moral values" also the party of torture and xenophobia? http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=hardliners_for_jesus 6 comments politics
- As Circuit City's stock tanks, executives receive $1 million in bonuses. Each one of these bonuses represents 35 years' salary for one of the fired salespeople. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=12&year=2007&base_name=sanata_claus_comes_for_failed& 35 comments reddit.com
- The problem is not that the public is stupid, it;s that the media does a horrible job reporting on the budget and they refuse to change even when there are simple and obvious ways to do better. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=12&year=2007&base_name=really_awful_budget_reporting 4 comments politics
- Did Hillary really invoke the gender card? Or is the press in a feeding frenzy? http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=11&year=2007&base_name=is_clinton_playing_the_gender#037125 8 comments politics
- FCC plans to further consolidate media ownership. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=10&year=2007&base_name=meanwhile_at_the_federal_commu 6 comments politics
- Antigua Threatens the United States with Free Trade http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=08&year=2007&base_name=antigua_threatens_the_united_s 19 comments reddit.com
- Why Americans don't vacation like the French http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=why_we_dont_vacation_like_the_french 231 comments reddit.com
- USA Today reported the results of a survey of employers' hiring plans' but managed to misrepresent the results of its own survey. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=07&year=2007&base_name=bad_labor_market_news_slips_by 2 comments reddit.com
- Forget Obama and Hillary. How about Bill Richardson? http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=viewweb&articleid=12502 2 comments reddit.com
- Concise summary of what's very wrong with the NSA call tracking program http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2006/05/post_351.html 5 comments reddit.com