Open Salon

  • Home
  • Blogs
  • Topics
  • Help
  • Sign in
 
  • Editor's Pick
  • Top Rated
  • Most Viewed
  • Most Commented
  • Most Recent
  • animals
  • belief/religion
  • books
  • business
  • comedy
  • design
  • economy
  • environment
  • family
  • fashion
  • feminism
  • fiction
  • food/drink
  • for sale
  • gay/lesbian
  • gossip
  • health
  • movies
  • music
  • news
  • open call
  • photography
  • poetry
  • politics
  • science
  • sports
  • technology
  • television
  • travel
  • video
Posted by
    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2904 Views
    • 23 Comments
    User picture.

    Conservative Political Correctness

    JANUARY 8, 2013 5:17PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: republican party, president obama, wall street journal, rupert murdoch, fox news, reality based communities, george w. bush, speech codes, college officials, liberals, totalitarianism, censorship, racial harassment, notre dame, kkk, right wing bubble, epistemic closure, right wing double standards, hypocrisy, traditions of civility, culture, minorities, freedom of speech, multi-culturalism, campaign finance, political correctness, conservative movement, bruce bartlett, george f will, conservatism, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 12122 Views
    • 40 Comments
    User picture.

    Mitt Romney’s $100M IRA: Gaming the System at Bain

    JULY 26, 2012 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: bain capital, personal integrity as a measure of fitness to lead, ann romney, mitt romney’s fortune, wall street journal, mark maremont, “bain gave staff way to swell iras by investing in deals”, tax avoidance run amok, tax code abuse, $100 million ira, 2012 presidential election, finance, mitt romney, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1641 Views
    • 8 Comments
    User picture.

    Democrats expected to do GOP's dirty work for it

    MAY 29, 2012 6:24AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, democratic party, president obama, mitt romney, politifact, pants on fire liar, fedeal spending, tea party, deficits, joan walsh, american enterprise institute, ann coulter, wall street journal, david frum, fiscal austerity, economic crisis, herbert hoover, great depression, paul krugman, fiscal stimulus, conservative principles

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4163 Views
    • 35 Comments
    User picture.

    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1212 Views
    • 17 Comments
    User picture.

    Hope in 2011 for the Unemployed?

    JANUARY 4, 2011 2:21PM

    By Rebecca Sarwate


    Topics: trickle down economics, wall street journal, internet job listings, wall street, daily finance

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2421 Views
    • 29 Comments
    User picture.

    Assault on Public Employees Begins

    DECEMBER 29, 2010 8:51AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: balancing budgets on the backs of public workers, public employee unions, economy, pension crisis, unions, union-bashing, assault on public employees, daniel patrick moynihan, pension crisis, public employee pensions, public employees, pants-on-fire rating, fact checking, truth-o-meter, wall street journal, tim pawlenty, bill adair, st. petersburg times, politifact, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 2490 Views
    • 52 Comments
    User picture.

    Food Stamps Soar, Jobs Offshore

    NOVEMBER 11, 2010 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: muckrock food stamp article, economy, finance, recession, economic meltdown, food stamps, snap, supplmentary nutrition assistance program, growth in food stamps, polaris, offshoring, manufacturing, recovery, hunger in america, whirlpool, dell, pipestone wind turbine plant, suzlon, minneapolis star tribune, “the old world”, india, china, brazil, atvs, u.s. manufacturing in mexico, economic policy institute, massey energy, job-based economy, ted c. fishman, “polaris exec defends plan to shift some manufacturing to mexico”, “numbers on food stamps are soaring”, “in u.s., 14% rely on food stamps”, “these families shop when aid arrives”, new york times, wall street journal

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 7753 Views
    • 118 Comments
    User picture.

    When Krystollites Attack -- The Sad End of Helen Thomas

    JUNE 7, 2010 3:55PM

    By teresa


    Topics: wall street journal, jonah goldberg, aipac, white house, journalism, news, politics, helen thomas, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 5828 Views
    • 14 Comments
    User picture.

    James Franco: Soap Opera's First Meta-Actor

    DECEMBER 22, 2009 12:10PM

    By Scott Christian


    Topics: carter, wall street journal, post modernism, avant guard, performance art, david foster wallace, meta, fiction, art, general hospital, james franco

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 2970 Views
    • 73 Comments
    User picture.

    Working my ass off, and still getting the blame...

    NOVEMBER 23, 2009 2:23AM

    By MsThirteen


    Topics: grants, teachers unions, children, high stakes testing, education policy, ford foundation, wall street journal, elementary school, bay area, teacher

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 1283 Views
    • 22 Comments
    User picture.

    NY Fed Chair Resigns - About Time

    MAY 7, 2009 6:47PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: goldman sachs, banks, banking, stephen friedman, federal reserve, new york fed, wsj, wall street journal

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2212 Views
    • 17 Comments
    User picture.

    WSJ: Chrysler Heads for Bankruptcy, Or Fiat, Or Not, Or...?

    APRIL 24, 2009 5:44AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: i attend the church of the new york times, is bailout one word or two?, economy, background, anonymity, journalism, g.m., fiat, chrysler bankruptcy, chrysler, wsj, wall street journal, beep beep

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 3246 Views
    • 59 Comments
    User picture.

    It Is Not 1970 in the Midwest

    APRIL 18, 2009 6:25PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: nyc, i attend the church of the new york times, kansas, economics, politics, wall street journal, wsj, peggy noonan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 48 Ratings
    • 4117 Views
    • 60 Comments
    User picture.

    Hypergreedtension

    APRIL 9, 2009 12:55AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: car czar, treasury, bank of america, wall street journal, fiat, detroit, chrysler, automakers, beep beep, is bailout one word or two?, banking, j.p. morgan chase

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 3321 Views
    • 28 Comments
    User picture.

    "As if the dollar didn't have enough problems..."

    MARCH 27, 2009 2:10AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: dollar, currency, sdr, imf, tim geithner, timothy f. geithner, geithner, cfr, council on foreign relations, wall street journal, wsj, china, economics, finance, financial crisis, is bailout one word or two?, politics, treasury

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 805 Views
    • 3 Comments
    User picture.

    Journalism does not need to be saved, newspapers do

    FEBRUARY 12, 2009 11:29PM

    By Henryk A. Kowalczyk


    Topics: media news, news, world wide web, websites, washington post, walter isaacson, wall street journal, trivia, tribune company, the internet, television, technology, saving journalism, reporting, political writing, political debates, op-ed, old media vs. new media, old media death watch, old media, newspapers, new york times, micropayments, magazines, los angeles times, journalism, editorials, economy, death of newspapers, chicago tribune bankruptcy, chicago tribune

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 2790 Views
    • 14 Comments
    User picture.

    WSJ: No slips = "women have forsaken underwear"

    JULY 24, 2008 3:07PM

    By Madame Bitch


    Topics: women, slips, underwear, wall street journal, wsj, modesty

  • Open Salon
  • About
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Advertising

Salon.com

© 2013 Salon Media Group, Inc.