By Chris Satullo To note that Mitch McConnell has committed a jaw-dropping, put-his-picture-in-Webster’s-next-to-the word act of hypocrisy has become akin to saying the sun rose in the east this morning. Still, it was hard just to shrug at how the senior senator from...
It’s downright refreshing, in a sick sort of way, whenever right-wingers commit candor and confess their most deeply held belief that democracy sucks because the wrong kind of people are allowed to vote. A few weeks ago, for instance, conservative Arizona state...
The GOP and corporate America have been conjoined for so long, in a marriage of mutual interest, that any breach in the bond is almost impossible to imagine. Yet we’re seeing one now, thanks to the GOP’s decision to give free rein to its authoritarian...
We Americans tend to forget our history, even when it’s recent. So put your hands together for John Boehner, the former Republican Speaker of the House, who reminds us in his new memoir that his party was fatally infested with “crazies” and...
By Chris Satullo Over the years, I’ve organized or moderated a bunch of election forums. One thing I like to do is ask one or two offbeat questions that force the candidates to drop their prepared patter on the usual issues and reveal something authentic about...
