PostPartisan Archive: Meyerson

Overpaid economists

If there were any question that mainstream economists will end up in the same circle of hell as Wall Street’s wizards, today’s “Breaking Views” column in the New York Times should dispel any lingering doubts. In the column, in...

Bad night for billionaires

Republicans can claim shouting rights in Virginia and New Jersey, and the Democrats have picked up that furiously contested House seat in northern New York state (which gives the Democrats 49 House members and the Republicans two in America’s...

Where's Our Nobel?

You will recall that Time magazine has occasionally given its “Person of the Year” award not to individuals but to collectives: Smart, Well-Coiffed Young People; Financiers With Conscience (given collectively because no individual financiers with conscience could actually be...

Those Socialist Americans

A quarter of the American people (26 percent, to be exact), according to Friday morning’s New York Times/CBS News poll, believe that the health-care reform bills floating around Congress will create governmental death panels, while just 23 percent say...

Against Radicalism

It was the speech he needed to give. Three months ago, absolutely, but better late -- a lot better late -- than never. In speaking to Congress and the American people Wednesday night, President Obama made the case he...

The Republican Rankin File

Jeannette Rankin, the remarkable suffragist, civil libertarian and pacifist who represented Montana in the House of Representatives in 1917-1919 and again in 1941-1942, was one of 50 House members who voted against the declaration of war on Germany in...

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The Worst CEO, Marisa Katz , December 8, 2008

Election Analysis From My Mother, Marisa Katz , November 5, 2008

The Final Debate: Angry White Man, Marisa Katz , October 16, 2008

The Town Hall Debate: Old John, Autumn Brewington , October 7, 2008

The VP Debate: Sarah the Speedy, Marisa Katz , October 3, 2008

The Debate: Budget Balancing?, Marisa Katz , September 27, 2008

A Corner Office for Palin, Marisa Katz , September 11, 2008

Not 100 Years -- Just 9, Marisa Katz , September 9, 2008

Cribbing From John Edwards , Autumn Brewington , September 4, 2008

Tarnished Oldies, Marisa Katz , September 3, 2008

Dual Loyalties?, Marisa Katz , September 2, 2008

Elephants and Rockers, Marisa Katz , September 1, 2008

Gustav ex Machina, Autumn Brewington , August 31, 2008

Working-Class Heroine? , Marisa Katz , August 29, 2008

Divided in Denver?, Marisa Katz , August 28, 2008

Hillary the Happy Warrior, Marisa Katz , August 26, 2008

What to Expect From Tonight's Kennedy Catharsis, Marisa Katz , August 25, 2008