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By Michael Tomasky, on June 19th, 2013 On immigration, Republicans face a choice between the present and the future, says Michael Tomasky.
Continue reading Today’s GOP vs. Tomorrow’s GOP
By Lloyd Grove, on June 19th, 2013 Is this outright hypocrisy from this deficit hawk—or just business as usual in Washington? By Lloyd Grove.
Continue reading John Cornyn, Triple Dipper
By Eleanor Clift, on June 19th, 2013 Jim DeMint’s new hard-right outfit is threatening any Republican considering a ‘yes.’ By Eleanor Clift.
Continue reading Heritage Widens Immigration Split
By Blake Gopnik, on June 18th, 2013 The Daily Pic: Arlene Shechet reveals the inner workings of Meissen.
Continue reading Precious Porcelain Turned Inside Out
By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview and called them transparent — even though they are authorised in secret. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading President Obama says NSA secret data gathering is ‘transparent’
By Blake Gopnik, on June 17th, 2013 The Daily Pic: David Horvitz shows sunset and sunrise from opposite points on the globe.
Continue reading A Gift to Galileo
By Eleanor Clift, on June 16th, 2013 With the House about to take up the farm bill, the Republican Party’s ascendant libertarian wing is taking aim at the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Eleanor Clift on whether food stamps will survive.
Continue reading Food Stamps Under Threat
By Jamelle Bouie, on June 14th, 2013 Jamelle Bouie on how homophobic remarks from Sen. Flake’s son are a reflection of today’s Republican Party.
Continue reading The GOP in Isolation
By Blake Gopnik, on June 13th, 2013 The Daily Pic (Venice Biennale Edition): The Chinese dissident sculpts his own (six) Stations of the Cross.
Continue reading Ai Weiwei Meets Madame Tussauds
By , on June 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Porous borders, corruption and the chance of riches have helped draw illegal gold miners to Ghana from as far away as China, prompting a crackdown that has so far netted over 150 Chinese, experts say. The continent’s second-largest producer of gold and a beacon of stability in turbulent west Africa, Ghana has been struggling with the impact of small-scale mining, which is illegal for foreigners and damages the environment. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Easy riches draw illegal Chinese miners to Ghana
By Blake Gopnik, on June 11th, 2013 The Daily Pic (Venice Biennale Edition): Rudolf Stingel’s wall-to-wall points Venice back toward its roots.
Continue reading East Meets West Meets Walls
By Blake Gopnik, on June 10th, 2013 The Daily Pic (Venice Biennale Edition): The Prada Foundation shows how Richard Serra’s heavy metals once seemed vanishingly conceptual.
Continue reading Transmuting Lead into Thoughts
By Michael Tomasky, on June 10th, 2013 Edward Snowden’s actions will ultimately tear apart the GOP, says Michael Tomasky.
Continue reading The Leaker and the Right
By Lloyd Green, on June 9th, 2013 Republicans problem with young voters isn’t about stray stupid comments, writes Lloyd Green, but its retrograde approach to technology, culture and modernity.
Continue reading The GOP’s Modernity Gap
By Nisha Gopalan, on June 7th, 2013 In 2010, Geoffrey Fletcher won an Oscar for scripting Precious, which made us squirm by showing us abuse and incest. His follow-up, Violet & Daisy (in theaters today), which he wrote and directed, is almost as provocative. The bloody dark comedy stars former Gilmore Girl turned Man Men temptress Alexis … More »
Continue reading Watch Alexis Bledel Give a Wet Willy in Her New Movie Violet & Daisy
By Joe Coscarelli, on June 7th, 2013 The good news for fallen journo-star Jonah Lehrer: He sold his redemption book about love and lying to Simon & Schuster, which read the proposal "in as unbiased a way as possible." The bad news: The proposal includes some possible plagiarism. … More »
Continue reading Jonah Lehrer Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
By Jamelle Bouie, on June 7th, 2013 A bill in South Carolina that would effectively nullify the Affordable Care Act is the latest sign of the modern Republican Party’s drift from the ideas that animated its creation, writes Jamelle Bouie.
Continue reading The GOP’s Tyranny of the Minority
By The Daily Beast, on June 6th, 2013 With Blake Gopnik lamenting in Newsweek the current state of modern art, and criticizing the way in which whether something is good art or not is decided, we thought we would post this hilarious spoof of modern art we stumbled upon.
Continue reading Is This Really Art?
By Peter Beinart, on June 5th, 2013 It’s clear that Obama no longer cares what the GOP thinks about his foreign policy, says Peter Beinart.
Continue reading Obama Unbound
By Eleanor Clift, on June 5th, 2013 Senator Chuck Grassley wants to reduce the number of judges on the powerful DC Circuit–just as the president aims to fill its vacant seats. Eleanor Clift reports.
Continue reading GOP Plays Politics In Court Fight
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President Obama says NSA secret data gathering is ‘transparent’
<!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview and called them transparent — even though they are authorised in secret. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading President Obama says NSA secret data gathering is ‘transparent’
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