Meet the new boss, cheaper than the old boss

Corporate America, Paving A Downward Economic Slide - Washington Post

Conservatives mysteriously balk at making their abstractions concrete

House of Professors - Washington Post

GOP is vowing to do what it does best: making someone miserable

"Republicans benefit from the fact that memories are short and statutes of limitations shorter.... [Now they] are back in control of the House, ready to run interference for the rich as recklessly and belligerently as ever."

Get Ready for a G.O.P. Rerun - The New York Times

LATE ADDITION: The Corporate House - The New York Times

Where 'sickening' isn't just a metaphor

Equality, a True Soul Food - The New York Times

More bang for less bucks

The Big (Military) Taboo - The New York Times

Well, it used to be the happiest place on Earth

Who Killed the Disneyland Dream? - The New York Times

More magical thinking

The New Voodoo - The New York Times

Catapulting the propaganda

The Humbug Express - The New York Times

Maybe it was a Jesus sweater

75 years of wrong

Opposition to Health Law Is Steeped in Tradition - The New York Times

Zombie economics has eaten conservatives' brains

When Zombies Win - The New York Times

Labels aren't the problem

The Trouble With 'No Labelers' - Washington Post

The Bipartisanship Racket - The New York Times

When power confronts the facts, the facts lose

Wall Street Whitewash - The New York Times

What will happen to an America in which optimism becomes nostalgia?

Reading America's Tea Leaves - The American Interest

LATE ADDITION: The Data and the Reality - The New York Times

Jesus said we only have to love those who deserve it

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we've got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition, and then admit that we just don't want to do it."

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It doesn't matter if you have the money

Class and Social Security - The New York Times

No news here

Study Finds Fox News Viewers Are The Most Misinformed - TPM

The word "principles" means something different in Rightworld

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LATE ADDITION: What do you know -- sometimes shame works. Senate Passes 9/11 Health Bill as Republicans Back Down - The New York Times

With the eyes of oxen: irrationality is the new American zeitgeist

When we hear about an alleged culture war, we tend to think of it in political terms like gay marriage or abortion. The truth goes deeper. ...[O]ur real battle is for a critical thinking. It is about our fundamental approach to the universe, and is nothing less than a line in the sand between the logical and delusional.

America's Addiction to Belief - The Humanist

A tale of two Christmases

Economic Recovery Leaving Some Behind This Christmas - Washington Post