Therese Poletti on Groupon, Anthony Lane on the Leveson report, Paul Krugman on class war, Ana Marie Cox on #Obama, and Ruth Marcus on Susan Rice.
Mitt Romney held three big-tickets fundraisers in New York's fancy Hamptons this weekend, providing some of his richest donors the chance to parody themselves in front of eager political reporters.
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Mitt Romney seems like a smart and careful guy, so why does he keep saying ridiculous things -- like Sunday's comment, "I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners" -- that only worsen the perception that he's a wealthy buffoon who doesn't understand the rest of us? We have four theories.
When it comes to being a class warrior, Elizabeth Warren is merely a studio gangster.
Rick Perry should have remembered that rich people -- even the ones that give money to politicians -- are really sensitive before he started talking about "vulture capitalism."
For the new class warriors of the Republican primary, the politics of resentment comes not so much from resentment of other people's wealth as much as resentment of other people's poll rankings.
The New York Times has the lowdown on the latest in over-the-top, "I'm richer than you" real estate amenity— the ability park to your car on the same floor as your penthouse apartment.
Those complaining about Obama may not new policies, they need shrinks
Michelle Obama's caught wearing diamond jewlery worth $42,000
A controversial ranking of MFA programs reveals deeper divisions
Unpacking Romney's shots at Obama's education
Pundits saw him as a dad, a dick, a grown-up, a surly teen, a class warrior
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