The 9 biggest conservative lies about taxes and public spending: Here are the things the corporate media won't tell you about the tax-cut rhetoric in Washington. Little Ayn Rand laboratories: How Republican governors are balancing state budgets at the expense of everyone but the rich. Republicans are poised to declare war on welfare state. Tea Partiers see a global conspiracy in local planning efforts. Texas Textbook Massacre: Ultraconservatives approve radical changes to state education curriculum. Sarah Posner on the religious “right” to denounce homosexuality. How Billy Graham brought us the Tea Party — ad lo, there were Pentecostals in Southern California. A review of City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era by Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner. More on Daniel K. Williams’s God’s Own Party. How Democrats gave up on religious voters. The best thing that ever happened to the right: Just two years ago, conservatism seemed destined for history's dustbin — then Barack Obama was sworn in. Here are 5 insane Barack Obama comic books you won't believe are real. Is President Obama still a Marxist if he cuts taxes? (and a response) The philosopher president: Alan Brinkley reviews Reading Obama by James T. Kloppenberg. Why is Obama leaving the grass roots on the sidelines? From NYRB, Michael Tomasky on Obama’s second act; and where do we go from here? If progressives want to rebound, they’ll have to fight.
