Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 19, 2012
It’s all Obama’s fault that the public appears at times to be waking up from a stupor generated by 30 years of class warfare, says the confused rich guy in a high-rise in the neighborhood you can’t afford to spit in. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 14, 2012
As American communities crumble under the weight of corporate capitalism, leaders attempt to convince their fellow citizens that the magical quality of “vibrancy” dwelling in arts districts—not universal health care, financial regulation or public works projects—will get their towns back on their feet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 19, 2012
Thomas Frank, one of the country’s leading elegists of American representative democracy and a columnist for Harper’s Magazine, has spent his career chronicling the nation’s descent into plutocracy. This week he sang against the forces of free-market dominion on Bill Moyers’ television show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 21, 2012
With the revival of The Baffler, former WSJ columnist and current Harper’s Magazine contributor Thomas Frank reveals that success in Washington and big business has everything to do with belonging to the right pack, especially if that pack was dead wrong about the economy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Thomas Frank, TomDispatchJan 8, 2012
Dear Tea Party Movement: You should get behind Mitt Romney, the charging Massachusetts RINO, because—in a certain paradoxical way—he may turn out to be the truest of all the candidates to the spirit of your movement. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 29, 2011
“Pity the Billionaire,” the new book by Harper’s Magazine columnist Thomas Frank, surveys the politics of the last three years to determine why the American right survived and thrived after an economic crash caused by a 30-year love affair with the so-called free-market that it procured. Salon speaks to Frank by phone. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 26, 2011
From his seat in Congress, House Speaker John Boehner announced in mid-September that American business owners would continue to hold the nation's wealth (and thus the public welfare) hostage until government granted them the “low-tax, deregulated world they wanted,” writes journalist and author Thomas Frank in Harper’s online. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 31, 2011
Coffee mugs, bumper stickers and posters displayed at political rallies nationwide bear the clumsy distortions of remarks made by thoughtful people throughout the ages. The question of their popularity and endurance has been the subject of a number of recent essays. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2011
Dissident lefties, rejoice! After a long hiatus resulting from an office fire and a host of other problems, Thomas Frank's fearless cultural journal, The Baffler, is due to return this summer online and in print in all of its caustic, critical glory. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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