Applied Snake Oil: Bobby Jindal, GOP Govs Destroy Their States
If only Bobby Jindal had known about Plato, Louisiana might not be in this fix. Every time Plato tried to apply the basic principles of his Republic to real cities…
Steven Bannon, Ben Carson Put Their Ignorance Of Islam On Display
Interviewed on the SiriusXM satellite radio show Breitbart News Daily yesterday, token brain surgeon Ben Carson told Breitbart Executive Chairman Steven K. Bannon that devout Muslims who embrace American democracy are…
Journalist David Neiwert: American Left Not Ready For RW Terror
Responding to the title of a recent article on the militia movement, America’s best reporter on armed right wing politics says that liberal and progressive activists are unprepared for the…
Ted Cruz Says Felons Are Democrats But Pals Around With A Felon
Your eyes do not deceive you. Not only is Sen. Ted Cruz holding a Corona beer in his hand to toast deceased right wing press agent Andrew Breitbart, but the…
Is Ben Carson Just Profiteering In Conservative Politics?
Token brain surgeon Ben Carson is the current front-runner in the GOP nomination race, but Jonathan Chait wonders if his campaign isn’t just an elaborate self-promotion. Carson is doing a lot…
Patriarchy On Trial: Duggar Disgrace And The War On Women
Abortion and birth control enable women to determine their own economic futures — that is, to control their means of reproduction — better than any other technologies. This is central to the Christian patriarchy movement’s rejection…
A Debate Of Their Own: David Brooks Versus Ben Shapiro
The Democrats are supposed to be holding a presidential debate tonight, but a lively intramural argument broke out on the right this morning when conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks…
Ali Akbar’s Latest Tea Party Scam Is His Most Disturbing Yet
Among the first characters on whom we ever reported at BU, Ali Akbar is a convicted petty felon with a years-long, well-documented history of running fraudulent conservative political enterprises. In his latest…
A Supreme Conflict Of Interest
As previously reported, Kelly Rindfleisch, a former aide to Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee County Executive, was charged and convicted of illegal politicking during government time and using government…
GOP Still Protecting White Supremacist Group From The IRS
For so many reasons, you absolutely must read this Washington Spectator article recounting how the conservative movement lined up to prevent the Internal Revenue Service from regulating political dark money groups. No,…