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These Giants May Fall: Deadbeat Auto Execs Jet Into Storm

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November 21st, 2008
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mayfield.co.nz — In a classic case of insensitivity two of the auto execs flew in on private jets, old habits die hard. One of the Senators in the hearing picked up on this and asked if they had considered downgrading to First Class. It was a well deserved moment of barbed sarcasm, not lost on the three, as the Senator communicated his anger and frustration...

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Study Shows "Center-Right Nation" Narrative Spiked Immediately After Election Day

By David Sirota
November 21st, 2008

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Down At The Mall, The Shopping Spree is Over

By Sara Robinson
November 21st, 2008

There's an e-mail making the rounds this week:

STORE CLOSINGS AND LAYOFFS:

By the end of Dec. 2008 as announced Circuit City Filed Bankruptcy, they promised to keep all stores open for the holiday season, but afterwards, they plan on closing 155 stores nationwide. more »

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Conservatism: The Talk Radio Problem

By Rick Perlstein
November 21st, 2008

Ever since Sara Palin's speech to the Republican National Convention, I've been struggling to express something that Nate Silver gets to with conciseness and aplomb. more »

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Conservatism: Trashing Government on Its Way Out

By Terrance Heath
November 21st, 2008

I'm beginning to wonder if there's a single agency in the United States government that conservatives haven't left in worse shape than they found it. more »

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Tuning Out the Braindead Megaphone on Health Care

By David Sirota
November 21st, 2008

I don't know about you, but to me it feels pretty 1993 of late. more »

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VIDEO: HHS Chief Daschle Says States Will Play Major Role In Health Care Reform

By David Sirota
November 20th, 2008

There's been something of a debate about whether a universal health care system will come only from Washington, D.C., or whether it will involve state governments. more »

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Wash Post Re-Floats Possibility of Lame-Duck NAFTA Expansion

By David Sirota
November 20th, 2008

Glenn Greenwald long ago taught us why we should always look skeptically at the fact-free prognostications of the Washington Post's Steve Pearlstein. more »

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New New Deal? The Literary Evidence

By Rick Perlstein
November 20th, 2008

Turns out the president-elect has been reading Jean Edward Smith's fine biography FDR. An excellent choice—and a strong suggestion that maybe Obama is thinking about this.

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Right Minded (2)

By Rick Perlstein
November 20th, 2008

Last week I shared with you the post-election reflections of a listserv I follow of conservative "scholars." I think I'll keep 'em coming. This stuff is too good not to share: more »

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