Tag Archives: GOP

You Can’t Spell “MITT ROMNEY” Without M-O-N-E-Y

Poverty is at all all-time high, income inequality is the worst in half a century, there’s 8 percent unemployment…and the Republicans are running The Unlikable Rich Guy. Greg Olear gives his two cents. Continue reading

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Who Is John Galt, and Why Does Paul Ryan Think He’s So Wonderful?

Greg Olear on Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, and Mitt Romney’s fatal error. Continue reading

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Fetal Attraction

Typically, Republicans want to off everything with a heartbeat, be it an adorable animal, an enemy combatant, or a behoodied teen on his way to buy Skittles. Why, Stacie Adams wonders, should the unborn be exempt? Continue reading

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Ode to Sex Ed, or, Miss Teen Mom USA Probably Lives in Mississippi

Teen pregnancy rates are at their lowest in thirty years, the lowest they’ve been since 1940 when the CDC started keeping count. So why does the GOP keep pushing “Abstinence-Only” education? Elissa Schappell investigates. Continue reading

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