Tag Archives: The Daily Beast

Some surprises in the first New Hampshire GOP debate—Mitt Romney avoided taking fire as the front-runner and Michele Bachmann exceeded (admittedly low) expectations. While GOP field is united on fiscal issues and predictably quick to declare President Obama a “failure,” … Continue reading →

It was an inspiring sight: a protest rally 3,000 strong in the heart of Harlem. Students, parents, and teachers wielding signs and slogans, all standing up for their right to pursue a quality public-school education. But the target of their … Continue reading →

Blood is flowing on the dirt roads of Abyei. Airstrikes and artillery fire have compounded the body count. The surviving population has been driven out, their town looted and burned. Sudan now faces the real prospect of a reignited civil … Continue reading →

Tim Pawlenty unveiled his presidential campaign Monday with a message centered on fiscal discipline and being the self-styled truth-teller in the 2012 race. It was only a matter of hours before his state’s previous Republican governor, Arne Carlson , unveiled … Continue reading →

Doomsday cults have a lousy track record. You’d think that alone would make it more difficult to dupe new recruits. But devotees of the Family Radio network have been taking to the streets and subways of New York, handing out … Continue reading →

The cycle of over-reach and backlash is in over-drive these days—with significant implications for the 2012 presidential election. In pivotal swing-states where voters narrowly elected Republican governors in 2010—like Florida and Ohio (with 47 electoral votes between them)—evidence of buyer’s … Continue reading →

Conspiracy entrepreneurs are, by definition, shameless. Nonetheless, it was impressive to see so many professional polarizers be forced to face facts—namely that the president was indeed born in the United States—and still find a way to weasel out of accountability. … Continue reading →

It looks like Ron Paul is running for president again—and libertarians everywhere have reason to cheer. After the big government conservatism of the George W. Bush era, their ideas seem finally ascendant—and now they have two standard-bearers competing for the … Continue reading →

New York is on the verge of becoming the nation’s largest state to legalize same sex marriage via its legislature. Supporters are hopeful that this historic civil rights measure will be brought to a vote in the state senate by … Continue reading →

Call off the coronation—the media’s caught on to the slow motion implosion of Sarah Palin’s popularity, and with it her prospective presidential campaign. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll found that Palin’s approval ratings among Republicans had declined by double … Continue reading →