Brian Beutler, on the tension between the two seemingly incompatible arguments — more fiscally responsibility and less austerity — that both Obama and Romney are making. If you’re looking for a conceptual framework for the budget debate, this is a good place to start.
Afraid of needles? Scientists at MIT have developed a new kind of injection just for you.
SEC reportedly decides against any enforcement action against former executives of Lehman Brothers for the collapse that precipitated the 2008 financial crisis.
Grover Norquist: Hey, lay off! I was comparing Chuck Schumer to Weimar Germany, not Nazi Germany.
NJ Mayor and 22 year old son arrested for hacking an email account and website being used to organize a recall effort against him.
Chuck Schumer, on conservatives defending Facebook’s Eduardo Saverin: “In the name of low taxes for the wealthy, they have lionized an inherently unpatriotic person.”
If you’re going to endorse a hardcore anti-Muslim candidate, do it on letterhead from one of George Wallace’s presidential campaigns.
Are other TPM Readers in Wisconsin having the same experience as TPM Reader DS …
Maybe you’re already hearing this from other sources, but it is 2 weeks from an historic recall election and the virtual silence in the air is really palpable around here. If you’re not watching TV (where I have to assume there are ads running by the thousands) you wouldn’t even know an election was happening.