
Ten of the worst things said in 2012
Sometimes the quotes are bad because they are stupid, sometimes because they are wicked, and sometimes because they are just incomprehensible.

Fiscal cliff or soaring inequality: Which is scarier?
In the early aftermath of World War II, the Truman administration was hell bent on reversing U.S. foreign policy from wartime cooperation to unrestrained hostility.

Job growth the key to avoiding fiscal disaster
The media is absorbed now with trying to decide how close President Obama and House Republicans are to a deal that would avoid the "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year.

Ten certainties for the next four years
No one has a crystal ball to predict the exact course of the next four years. But it is useful to start with what we actually know.

Mitt Romney: the empty suit clueless about the empty chair
Billy Koehler died on March 7, 2009, for lack of health insurance. Mitt Romney said on Oct. 10, 2012, that's impossible.

Smiling, Romney stuck a dagger in your heart
That about sums up Mitt Romney's performance in Wednesday night's debate.

Republicans lie about "Support our troops"
For a decade, Republicans have been screaming at Americans to "support our troops." But their actions sing a different tune.

Mitt, you take personal responsibility!
Few could have missed what are likely the most contemptible words ever uttered by a candidate for the presidency of the United States - words that show just how unqualified he is to aspire to that office.

GOP willing to sabotage economy to win “last stand” election
Mitt Romney and his fellow Republicans are a cynical and calculating bunch. They are extremists the likes of which we have never seen in American politics.

The Romney-Ryan “white skin strategy”
An integral part of the Romney-Ryan election strategy is to exploit the racial misconceptions of white workers.

