Tag: frank rich
Wiretap: Trump is all over the map on immigration while Dreamers...
As it becomes increasingly less clear what exactly the president is willing to sign in a bipartisan bill to address the plight of the...
Wiretap: Big box and totally gay; arctic drilling; clawing back FEMA...
If you want to understand where America is now on LGBT issues, look to Walmart, which has now become a leading voice against discrimination...
Wiretap: French vote to recognize Palestinian state, hope to nudge Israel
The French National Assembly voted to recognize a Palestinian state on Tuesday. The move comes after similar votes in Britain and Spain, according to...
Wiretap: To their opponents, Bill and Hillary forever sexy
"It apparently hasn’t occurred to these outraged moral arbiters that the projection of sex scandals onto a couple campaigning as beloved national grandparents will strike many as ludicrous."
Frank Rich: the internet as a ‘workaround’
Prominent New York Times columnist Frank Rich this Sunday wrote about Americans' fickle interest in international news. As political and social events unfold everywhere but here, we don't recognize the players and we know almost nothing beyond what we can see happening before our eyes. The protesters are on the bridge! The protesters are still on the bridge! Rich laments the near-blackout of cable news station Al Jazeera English due to U.S. Islamophobia. He's right about all that and right to be mad as hell about it, too. Then he starts talking about the internet.
The Tea Party’s country on a T-shirt
One of the slogans that has dominated the year in politics comes from the Tea Parties and has crossed over to the GOP. "Take...