- The United States is not a meritocracy http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_10/the_united_states_is_not_a_mer052545.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+washingtonmonthly%2Frss+%28political+animal+at+washington+monthly%29 15 comments politics
- Why Gun Makers and the NRA are Driving the Militarization of the Police Even More Than the Pentagon http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2014/08/why_gun_makers_and_the_nra_are051818.php 50 comments politics
- Special Deal: The shadowy cartel of doctors that controls Medicare http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july_august_2013/features/special_deal045641.php?page=all 4 comments economy
- Basically, the greater the difference between rich and poor in a society, the harder it is to become rich if you’re born poor. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/social_class_the_next_affirmat.php 3 comments politics
- The Bus Whose Passengers Don’t Mind Running Off the Road: Tea Party Dominates the GOP http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_05/the_bus_whose_passengers_dont044482.php 4 comments politics
- Lincoln Died for Our Sins - 'The greatest impediment to achieving racial equality is the narcotic belief that we already have.' http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/january_february_2013/features/lincoln_died_for_our_sins042041.php 4 comments politics
- If Elected, Moderate Mitt Will Disappear - The Republican Party will demand that Romney be conservative, Very Conservative http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2012/10/if_elected_moderate_mitt_will040757.php 8 comments politics
- A GOP Gaffe - '“The demographics race we’re losing badly,” said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.). “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.” http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2012/10/a_gop_gaffe_and_the_hack_gap040535.php 3 comments politics
- Do Presidential Debates Really Matter? http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/septemberoctober_2012/ten_miles_square/do_presidential_debates_really039413.php 3 comments politics
- Romney Already Paying Price For Hard Line On Paulites http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_09/romney_already_paying_price_fo039909.php 4 comments politics
- Money Corrupts Politics Even More Than You Thought http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2012/07/money_corrupts_politics_even_m038841.php 3 comments politics
- The Abiding Majority for Health Care Reform: 77% Want Health Care Reform .. But Somehow Don't Like the ACA, just Parts of It http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_06/the_abiding_majority_for_healt038056.php 3 comments politics
- Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) is introducing legislation to limit the amount of federal funds for-profit colleges can derive from veterans. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/dick_durbin_vs_forprofit_colle.php 4 comments politics
- SOPA has been shelved! http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2012_01/putting_sopa_on_a_shelf034765.php 223 comments politics
- Mitt Romney makes the case that Obama is deliberately sabotaging the country for political gain http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_12/turning_the_sabotage_question034152.php 9 comments politics
- News flash: Congressional Republicans want to raise your taxes. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_08/congressional_republicans_want031691.php 4 comments politics
- That there’s still even “debate” over whether the United States should engage in torture is a national embarrassment http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_11/republicans_return_to_the_tort033457.php 646 comments politics
- Psssst. Obamacare is working. The law Republicans hate is already lowering Medicare costs. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2011/08/psssst_obamacare_is_working031600.php# 319 comments politics
- Get the Energy Sector Off The Dole http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2011/1101.leonard-2.html 4 comments politics
- FINALLY corporate America has a voice in Washington D.C.. Thank you, Tea Party! http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2011_01/027366.php 6 comments politics
- Don't repeat failure and expect success - or - exploding the myth that tax cuts for the very rich create jobs http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_11/026700.php 3 comments politics
- Unemployment insurance keeps millions out of poverty -- no wonder the right wing hates http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_09/025700.php 11 comments politics
- No wonder Fox News viewers are so confused -- serving contradictory Republican talking points one after another may lead to mild delusions and/or nausea http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_07/024806.php 32 comments politics
- We have, instead, asymmetrical polarization. Put simply: More than 70 percent of Republicans in the electorate identify themselves as conservative or very conservative, while only 40 percent of rank-and-file Democrats call themselves liberal or very liberal. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_05/023827.php 16 comments politics
- Now Don't be Too Shocked -- Boehner Takes Credit For Democratic Health Care Advances -- Yeah, He Shouted "Hell No" Trying to Stop the Bill http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_04/023581.php 4 comments politics
- If It's Sunday, It's John McCain... McCain is to appear yet again on MTP tomorrow - this time in a Meet the Press "Exclusive!" What is David Gregory thinking? McCain lost. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_01/022060.php 6 comments politics
- Rachel Maddow dismembers the GOP in ten carefully documented minutes. Give a listen. If you're with her, it's great fun. If you're still with them, maybe some light will seep in. None of this is secret. The GOP no longer stands for anything, http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_02/022333.php 42 comments politics
- Put simply, I'd like Democratic leaders to think about what Republicans would do if the situations were completely reversed. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_01/022154.php 10 comments politics
- Religious Right Livid Over Transgender Appointee http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_01/021762.php 3 comments politics
- Beck Faces Backlash -- FromThe Right. "You cannot preach hatred," Scarborough. Conservative columnists Kathleen Parker and David Brooks "Beck is "baiting" and "empowering" racists." http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_09/020105.php 6 comments politics
- Republicans are from the right, yet they are CONsistently wrong,wrong, wrong http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_03/017205.php 5 comments politics
- Republicans back up criticism of stimulus plan by citing fictional report http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_01/016586.php 47 comments politics
- Not reading your Orwell? You're not alone. See Hannity's "Enemy of the State" segment & McMansion's campaign calls their anti-Dem media outlet the "Ministry of Truth". http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_08/014416.php 30 comments politics
- Too Weird for The Wire: How black Baltimore drug dealers are using white supremacist legal theories to confound the Feds http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0805.carey.html?UnderLaw 3 comments law
- Too Weird for The Wire: How black Baltimore drug dealers are using white supremacist legal theories to confound the Feds http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0805.carey.html 13 comments reddit.com
- The thing that shocks me is that the liberal blogosphere has been deadly silent about the massive bailout of bankers that is taking place with taxpayer money, and fueling the collapse of the dollar. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_03/013339.php 18 comments politics
- Proof that voters are irrational, don't think. Can I say stupid? http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_01/012872.php 3 comments politics
- Where Did All The Money Go? Chances Are, You've Been Robbed By A Billionaire http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_12/012733.php 19 comments politics
- Your White House press secretary: "I really don't know about... the Cuban Missile Crisis... it had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure." http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_12/012673.php 3 comments politics
- Why Is Libby Lying? http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_02/010740.php 4 comments reddit.com