Denny Carter

It's not often you get a heaping, stinking load of political bad faith delivered to your doorstep. But that's what I found last week: Campaign pamphlets for a range of Maryland's right-wing candidates running in the 2022 midterms, including Dan Cox, the Republican gubernatorial

We all laughed when Donald Trump babbled incoherently about his big, beautiful judges. We smirked and said this is just how a showman talks about his accomplishments. These are legal experts. They do not belong to Trump. It turns out those big, beautiful judges understood perfectly well their assignment when

Joe Biden, who came of age in an era of relative bipartisan comity and spent three decades bragging about his conservative record in the U.S. Senate, walked right up to the truth-telling line last week. He recently called Trump-style Republicans – also known as all Republicans – "semi-fascist." This

Sometimes those who don't need or deserve government help – the rich, the privileged – are going to get assistance if people who truly need the help – workers living paycheck to paycheck – are going to see a modicum of relief. That's the sobering, teeth-clenching reality of effective political

Only in the United States could doing one's job be considered quitting. That's how it's been defined by a corporate and managerial class livid about the shred of leverage workers have gained in an unusually strong labor market. Proliferating this week to every corner