The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power.

Obama is defining himself in a way that will destroy him.

I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion.

For Obama to save himself, he should be thinking about the example of an unlikely Republican predecessor: Richard Nixon.

Over the next decade, cities and states across America will be compelled to tighten their belts as the really big bills - the pension bills they cannot afford - come due. They'll have to go after existing contracts with current workers.

I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop.

Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.