Rush Limbaugh has been Topic A in the political world, with Republicans debating his influence on their party and Democrats trying to elevate the conservative radio host to the GOP's de facto spokesman. ...more

March 8, 2009

How sour is the public mood? An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found about half of people believe 2008 was one of the worst years in American history. At times, Abraham Lincoln's lament has seemed apt, "We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read." ...more

January 3, 2009

One thing the Republican Party has usually been able to depend on is the support of well-off capitalists: From Calvin Coolidge's declaration that 'the chief business of the American people is business' to George Bush's generous tax cuts, it has always been pretty clear to wealth-creators which side their bread is buttered on. ...more

October 29, 2007