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This Tribal Nation – NYTimes.com. “Digby sends us to Chris Mooney on how conservatives become less willing to look at the facts, more committed to the views of their tribe, as they become better-educated:…” For Republicans, having a college degree … Continue reading →

  European Crisis Realities – NYTimes.com.

          GOP Tax Cuts In One Chart.

Paying For Health Reform – NYTimes.com. In spite of what you might have heard from your favorite news source (especially, Fox News), the Obama’s health reform is paid for — fully and year-by-year.

Death By Hawkery – NYTimes.com. What the world needed in this global deleveraging crisis was deficit spending and higher inflation targets. What it got was fiscal austerity and obsessive concern with inflation risks that weren’t real. Hence the catastrophe now … Continue reading →

Reagan and Revenues – NYTimes.com.

DAVID FRUM: It’s Time We Republicans Finally Admitted That Paul Krugman Might Be Right.

          Austerity USA – NYTimes.com.

Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout.