This Just In, McCarthyism Watch

Banned in Tucson »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 19, 2012

By banning Mexican American Studies, the Tucson Unified School District taught the students an object lesson in cowardice and racism and censorship.read more

Ron Paul’s flaws show up in the fish bowl »

By Fred McKissack Jr., December 26, 2011

Paul may be the most entertainingly embarrassing candidate to receive airtime since George Wallace in 1968. Like Wallace, Paul’s base consists of millions of disaffected whites who see Paul as their savior.read more

Gov. Walker Uses “Vanna White Veto” to Rob New Public Sector Workers »

By Matthew Rothschild, July 6, 2011

By crossing out 116 consecutive words and then drastically altering the meaning of the subsequent clause, Walker made it so that state employees are no longer vested in the pension system until they have worked for the state for five years.read more

Bachmann Thumps Bible in Iowa »

By Matthew Rothschild, July 5, 2011

How lovely to put our nation’s fate in the hands of a God who is so ready to bring about mass death!read more

Get Over Ourselves on July 4 »

By Matthew Rothschild, July 4, 2011

On this Independence Day and for many a year, we’ve lost any clue about what it means to be independent: to be self-governing, and free from repressive rule.read more

Minn. Republicans Ruin July 4 Weekend »

By Matthew Rothschild, July 1, 2011

Republicans in Minnesota, who, like Republicans all around the country, seem perfectly willing to create chaos and damage the economy just to get their way. And their way is the way of the rich.read more

Obama Tries and Fails to Brush Off War Powers Problem at Press Conference »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 29, 2011

His insistence that we send “a unified message” is the same undemocratic claptrap that we hear from every war President who wants the Congress and the citizenry to shut up.read more

Prosser Should Resign from Wisconsin Supreme Court »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 27, 2011

From angrily putting his hands around the neck of Justice Ann Walsh Bradley to calling Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson a “total bitch,” Prosser has more than amply demonstrated that he does not have the judicial temperament to be a justice on the Wisconsin supreme court.read more

Supreme Court Puts Another Nail in the Coffin of Fair Elections »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 27, 2011

It’s hard to figure out how leveling the playing field and letting more candidates compete actually “inhibits debate,” but this Court is perfectly capable of saying two plus two equals five.read more

Walker Booed at Devil’s Lake »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 25, 2011

“We felt it was important that Walker not have his phony photo-op,” said one of the protest organizers.read more

Gay Marriage in NY a Landmark »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 25, 2011

This is one of the greatest revolutions and quickest evolutions of our time.read more

Ron Johnson Rakes It In »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 24, 2011

He spent half of his net worth to beat Feingold, but now he’s been made whole again, and then some.read more

Obama: Three More Years of War in Afghanistan »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 23, 2011

The president’s rhetoric was hideous. “The tide of war is receding,” he said. But war is not a fact of nature, like an ocean. It is a rash act of rulers.read more

Flooding in Nebraska Threatens Nuclear Power Plants »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 22, 2011

“There’s always the possibility of the situation escalating, especially when we don’t control all the variables. That’s what happened in Japan.”read more

Don’t Rely on a Rigged Judiciary »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 21, 2011

The strategy of relying on the courts for progressive change needs to be shelved—at least for the time being.read more

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