All 72 articles by Theo Anderson
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Giant Green Steps
What needs to happen to pass global warming legislation?
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10 Things George W. Bush and Dennis Rodman Have in Common
Ten years after the Iraq War began, some curious similarities between the Decider and the Worm.
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The Revolution Will Be Capitalized
State-owned banks can offer low-interest credit and local investment capital. But do they have a future?
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Minimum Wage, Maximum Stimulus
There's an easy way to stimulate the economy.
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Was Hurricane Sandy God’s Judgment on Republicans?
Republicans have been busy sorting through the wreckage of Tuesday’s presidential election returns, and there&rsquo...
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The GOP’s Year of Magical Thinking
Now that the election charade is over, will the party accept reality?
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End Times for Michele Bachmann?
Hamming for the Right, without bringing home the bacon, may have put Bachmann in electoral jeopardy.
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A Third-Party Breakthrough
The Working Families Party tips a race in upstate New York.
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Progressive Star of Texas
Beto O'Rourke is on his way to shake up Congress.
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Meet ‘Me-Too’ Mitt
All Romney is saying is: Give peace a chance. And other curiosities from the last presidential debate.
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Was It Something I Said?
Obama gets peeved--and prevails over Romney--in the second presidential debate.
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VP Debate: Only the Strong Survive
Paul Ryan is wrong that "projecting strength" will solve all of America's problems. But it does win debates.
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Workers’ Rights at the Ballot Box
Labor flexes its political muscle in the Midwest.
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Obama: Forever Zung
Three (unsurprising) surprises from his first-debate zinging.
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A Good Ole Boys’ Family Feud
As Romney sinks, Republicans turn on each other, and the 'Southern strategy' implodes at last.
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5 Mysteries from the DNC
Who's afraid of Obamacare, are unions dead and other questions arising from Charlotte
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Democrats Go for The Jugular
On the first night of the DNC, the speakers hit the GOP's perceived strength: family
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The GOP Parties Like It’s 1984
The script of the Republican National Convention reads like a Rambo reboot, with Democrats as the villains.
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The GOP Goes All-In on the Tea Party
A tight Tea Party race in Indiana--and the Akin uproar--could determine control of the Senate.
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GOP’s Bad Karma Haunts Romney Campaign
Is Mitt Romney getting Swift Boated? Or do the Soptic ad--and the Ryan choice--reflect the truth about the candidate?
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Obama’s Trump Card: Ohio
Three reasons why the Buckeye State is helping the president beat the odds.
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On the Bainality of Evil
Why truth and politics don't mix.
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Kissing Your Way to the Top: The Paul Ryan Story
He's the GOP's Chosen One, but is he leading the party over a cliff?
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Power to the People
Ballot initiatives often put states ahead of the curve, politically. This year is no exception.
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Romney 2012: It’s the End of the GOP as We Know It
Women and Latinos decisively reject the party, but that isn't the worst of Republicans' problems.
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Three Takeaways from the SCOTUS Ruling on ‘Obamacare’
In a 5 - 4 ruling today, the Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act—often called ...
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Is Single-Payer Dead? Meet the Congressional Candidate Who Doesn’t Buy It
David Gill is either way behind the times or way ahead of them. It’s too soon...
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Why ‘Chicago-Style Politics’ is America’s New Normal
"Chicago-Style Politics" Is Simply Business As Usual in D.C.
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Trouble in the Heartland
Free-market fundamentalists stoke fears of a 'Warmist' conspiracy
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Other Winners and Losers from the June 5 Primaries
The gubernatorial recall election in Wisconsin has gotten most of the attention, for good reason, but there were...
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Things Turn Ugly in the ‘Land of Enchantment’s’ First District Democratic Primary
Until recently, the Democratic primary race in New Mexico’s First Congressional District followed the typical script....
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Dissecting the GOP Brain
Why can't Republicans handle the truth?
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The GOP’s Dukakis Problem
Republicans gloat that President Obama's days are numbered—but Romney could go the way of Michael Dukakis.
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Norman Solomon’s Quest for Congress
The veteran activist and writer may become one of the most progressive people on Capitol Hill.
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Lugar’s Loss in Indiana: the Death of Nuance in the GOP
It’s a truism that Richard Mourdock’s victory over Richard Lugar on Tuesday, in the...
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Why the Right Really Hates Obama
And why 'that hopey changey stuff' is the only true antidote to Tea Party cynicism.
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Citizens United and the 19th Amendment
What campaign finance reformers can learn from America's suffragettes.
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The Naked and the Dead: Mitt Romney’s Strange Saga
It must be weird beyond all telling to be Mitt Romney right now—like becoming one of...
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‘Block the Vote’ Blowback
GOP photo ID voting laws have energized African-American activists. Their anger could end up helping Democrats in November.
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Promises Broken, Promises Kept
President Obama has fulfilled many campaign promises. But that's cold comfort to progressives.
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The GOP’s Sex Addiction—and Why It Might Not Hurt the Party This Fall
What’s going on with the Republicans and sex? This month, during a flurry of activity...
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Progress in the ‘World’s Greatest Deliberative Body’?
The prospects for Democrats in the Senate are looking better, but progressives' gains will be modest in November.
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Will Catholic Bishops Be GOP Pawns?
The Church and evangelicals are finding common ground.
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Catholics and the Culture War Abroad
Access to contraception has recently emerged as an issue in American politics, but in the Philippines, a culture...
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After Kucinich Defeat, Will Progressive Mantle Fall?
When Dennis Kucinich’s political career came to an abrupt end this week, the progressive movement lost...
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How Do You Like It Now, Republicans?
Rush Limbaugh's depravity is the endpoint of conservatism's long journey into the heart of darkness.
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Why Gary Johnson Should Terrify the Democrats
The Libertarian's presidential candidacy poses a problem for Barack Obama.
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After Santorum’s Big Wins, Are We Closer to War With Iran?
Rick Santorum’s sweep of the races in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Tuesday didn’t...
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A Puritan’s Dilemma
Religion, politics and the agony of David Foster Wallace.
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Why Mitt Romney Doesn’t Have a Prayer
The GOP frontrunner has a Mormon problem. But not the one that you think.
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