A Tale of Two Technocracies: The Diverging Paths of Europe?s Basket Cases
Though the continent's collected prime ministers will no doubt again pledge to do all that's within their powers to preserve the grandeur of the European Union when they meet today in Brussels, the continent's fate ultimately rests on the quiet,more
Team Newt: Meet the Men Who Actually Run the Gingrich Campaign
Since the better part of Newt Gingrich?s staff jumped ship back in June, when he jetted off to Greece, the campaign has been a bare-bones operation. Even as the Gingrich campaign was flying highest at the polls, it was still beset with ineptitudes likemore
Competing for Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA ?Mitt Romney took a note from the Gingrich playbook Friday afternoon when he visited Florida's Space Coast. Beyond the photo-op in front of a space module that once went up on one of the now retired space shuttles though, Romneymore
Mom-and-Pop Bain Capital
Mitt Romney casts himself as a small-business owner on the stump in Florida. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper ORLANDO, FLORIDA?Mitt Romney just can't drop his phony everyman act, and he added a new spin on it Friday night: the struggling youngmore
The Many Uses of "America the Beautiful"
Mitt Romney seems to discover new hidden meanings in the song at each campaign stop. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA?Presidential campaigns are often rote affairs. This fact is shielded from the majority of the voters, whomore
Arianna On Al Jazeera: I Don't See American Politcs As A Left-Right Game
On an episode of 'Talk to Al Jazeera,' Arianna Huffington talks about the erosion of the American dream, the Occupy movement, the 'Arab Awakening' and who she's planning to vote for in the 2012 election. Arianna expressed dismay about politicalmore
Arianna Huffington On Al Jazeera: Moving Beyond Left And Right
On an episode of 'Talk to Al Jazeera,' Arianna Huffington talks about the erosion of the American dream, the Occupy movement, the 'Arab Awakening' and who she's planning to vote for in the 2012 election. Arianna expressed dismay about political discoursemore
Obama vs. Colleges: It?s About Time!
On Tuesday night this past week, alarm bells suddenly began ringing at 1 Dupont Circle, the Washington, DC headquarters of the powerful higher education lobby. The trigger was the surprise ultimatum that President Obama leveled in his State of the Unionmore
The Have-Nots and the Have-Lots
The Wall Street Journal reports that Mitt Romney is in the top .0025% of American income earners. That makes him poorer than Warren Buffett, George Soros, Sheldon Adelson, probably even than Jon Huntsman, the father of the junior Jon Huntsman, who,more
Where did Haiti's aid go?
Two years after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Haiti killing hundreds of thousands, more than a half-million Haitians are still sleeping under tarps, often in camps without enough water or toilets. As another hurricane season approaches, many peoplemore
Missing the Arab Awakening
Fears of radical Islam and a depleted budget may keep the U.S. from shepherding a Middle Eastern transition to democracy. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper On January 25, Egyptians marked the one-year anniversary of their revolution with anothermore
Couture's Chinese Culture Shock
Chinese luxury consumers are becoming an important market but fashion's racial stereotypes persist. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper We?re witnessing a remarkable shift in China?s relationship to global fashion: once ?the world?s factory,?more
Why Gingrich Lost His Groove
Today's Ringside Seat: Space, the final straw for the Gingrich campaign? Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper Has Newt Gingrich floundered in Florida because he doesn?t understand his own appeal to GOP voters? In South Carolina, the former housemore
State of Disunion
Newt Gingrich rode to victory in South Carolina on a wave of anti-minority, anti-media, and anti-Obama sentiment.more
State of Disunion
Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an e-mail at voxandfriends@prospect.org ! In this week?s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, guest Pema Levy (of Talking Points Memo) discuss the State of the Union, the Republicanmore
Friday Miscellany
It's Friday! Time for a little bit of this, a little bit of that: Barney Frank is engaged! How sweet is that? Chris Geidner at MetroWeekly put up this : The two have been together since the spring of 2007, according to Frank's office.more
Gay Marriage Moving Forward Around the Country
It's not just Washington state. Maryland, Maine and New Jersey are also home to new initiatives for gay marriage. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper It's been a good week for gay-rights advocates. Washington state gained the crucial 25th vote neededmore
Why the Republicans Won't Benefit From Being the War Party
Their thirst for war with Iran won't do them any favors. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper If there was a single moment in this campaign in which a candidate declared, "Here's a position that almost every American will find completely insane, butmore
Newt's Final Frontier
The Republican presidential contenders brough Gingrich's space dreams tumbling back to earth at the 19th debate. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA?I'm an avowed space nerd who would love nothing more than to see a human landmore
The Ghost of Health Care Passed
Mitt Romney may have fended off Newt Gingrich last night, but his defense of Massachusetts' individual mandate will haunt him throughout the campaign. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA?Last night's GOP debate was a smashingmore
Hemming and Hawing on Blind Trusts
Not every Republican buys Mitt Romney's know-nothing defense of his ads and investments. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA?The candidates declined easy chances to attack one another with a surprising frequency during lastmore
The Winner Is...Romney's Debate Coach
The GOP frontrunner finally gets in some digs at Newt Gingrich. Donate Email Print Send to Instapaper We learned so many things during Thursday night?s GOP debate in Jacksonville. Callista Gingrich would be a swell first lady because she plays themore
In Defense of Drones: A Historical Argument
Once upon a time, American military might was symbolized by the heavy boots of the Marine Corps, stomping ashore to reestablish order in unruly parts of the world. Today, increasingly, it is symbolized by unmanned drone aircraft, controlled frommore
Why Newt Supporters Think He's Electable
Just when hardcore conservatives had seemed prepared to settle for Mitt Romney to avoid further exposure of intraparty divisions, Newt Gingrich?s unlikely recovery has brought those divisions sharply and publicly into view. As Politico reportedmore