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Falling Into the Economic Chasm – NYTimes.com

“The tragedy here is that if voters do turn on Democrats, they will in effect be voting to make things even worse.” —Paul Krugman
via Falling Into the Economic Chasm – NYTimes.com.

Why The Tea Party Elections On November 2, 2010 Will Ultimately Make No Difference

John Dean, former counsel to President Nixon, makes some cogent and, I hope, prescient points in an article he wrote for his FindLaw blog:
“Progressives, however, find the Tea Party’s populism to be faux:  ‘Tea Party populism is driven by anger at our government and at our country. Real populism fights for all Americans, while Tea [...]

Gene Weingarten – Goodbye, cruel words: English. It’s dead to me.

“Once the most popular major at the nation’s leading colleges and universities, it now often trails more pragmatic disciplines, such as economics, politics, government, and, ironically, “communications,” which increasingly involves learning to write mobile-device-friendly ads for products like Cheez Doodles.”
via Gene Weingarten – Goodbye, cruel words: English. It’s dead to me..

Paul Krugman: The Third Depression – NYTimes.com

More classic Krugman:
“It is … the victory of an orthodoxy that has little to do with rational analysis, whose main tenet is that imposing suffering on other people is how you show leadership in tough times.”
via Op-Ed Columnist – The Third Depression – NYTimes.com.

How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? – NYTimes.com

How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? – NYTimes.com.
This article is long, but worth the read. It’s a year old, but prescient. Paul Krugman gives a lesson in how economists think and why they missed the boat in predicting the current recession. Fascinating. He quotes John Cochrane saying that high unemployment is good: “We should [...]

The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker

Here’s the article, “Covert Operations,” that’s stirring up so much angst. Democracy depends on a watchdog press. Thank god for Jane Mayer and the New Yorker’s courage.
The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker.

Rachel Maddow: Republicans disdainful of unemployed Americans

If you take those unemployment benefits you paid for, woe unto you! You will be called a hobo, a druggie, spoiled and worse.

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Rachel Maddow: Republicans disdainful of unemployed Americans

Avian Dissonance Correspondent Kent Jones on Sue Lowden

I could not get this video code to work, but in case you missed this hilarious take on Jon Ralston’s biting interview with Republican candidate for Senate, here’s the link:
http://bit.ly/dCjTLA

Rachel Maddow: Rand Paul on civil, federal and business rights

In case you missed the interview that stirred up a helluva brouhaha:

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Rachel Maddow: Rand Paul on civil, federal and business rights.

Doll test results haven’t changed since Jim Crow era – KansasCity.com

By JENEÉ OSTERHELDT

The Kansas City Star

“Most of the white children chose white kids for positive attributes. But honestly, I don’t think it’s a bad thing when kids are asked to point to the good child or the smart child and they pick the kid who looks most like them.However, it’s painful to watch so many [...]