Yes, Democrats can prove that America pays more for health care than other countries; yes, they have won the dispute that private… — Thomas Frank America Copy Share Image
Above all else stands the burning question of bipartisanship. Whatever else the politicians might say they're about, our news analysts know that… — Thomas Frank Always Copy Share Image
The Obama administration's plan is to have the Federal Reserve regulate banks that might pose a 'systemic risk' if they were to… — Thomas Frank Administration Copy Share Image
One of the things I keep coming back to in my writing is that society doesn't work on this mirror principle -… — Thomas Frank Coming back Copy Share Image
“In truth, however, nothing is inevitable and very little is new. And tech is no more the root of the problem than… — Thomas Frank Technology Copy Share Image
What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now… — Thomas Frank Care Copy Share Image
“In 1991, though, began an uprising that would propel those reptilian Republicans from a tiny splinter group into the state’s dominant political… — Thomas Frank Kindlehighlight Copy Share Image
In the last James Bond movie, the villain was a culture captain, a tycoon of culture, a Murdoch figure. It's not as… — Thomas Frank Bond movie Copy Share Image
There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to come from… — Thomas Frank Approach Copy Share Image
“When you have rejected all the accepted social science methods for understanding the way things work, when you can’t talk straight about… — Thomas Frank History Copy Share Image
Whereas all liberals are thought to erupt self-righteously whenever they feel like it, conservatives believe that they themselves are never permitted to… — Thomas Frank Believe Copy Share Image
Mr. Obama still has time to reverse course. A great deal depends on it. To fail on health care yet again might… — Thomas Frank Again Copy Share Image
“For decades, Americans have experienced a populist uprising that only benefits the people it is supposed to be targeting.... The angry workers,… — Thomas Frank Revolution Copy Share Image
Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad. — Thomas Frank Bad government Copy Share Image
Financial regulation is the next item on the political horizon, and it doesn't have to be the deathly dull wonk-battle that it… — Thomas Frank Battle Copy Share Image
Apparently, there is no bad economic turn a conservative cannot do unto his buddy in the working class, as long as cultural… — Thomas Frank Beer Copy Share Image
The revival of the Right is as extraordinary as it would be if the public had demanded dozens of new nuclear plants… — Thomas Frank Disaster Copy Share Image
There is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source. — Thomas Frank Claim Copy Share Image
Republicans run the machine when it's their turn, and then hand the wheel over to Democrats when the public has had enough. — Thomas Frank Computers Copy Share Image
Is Wall Street the rightful master of our economic fate? Or should we choose a broader form of sovereignty? — Thomas Frank Economic Copy Share Image
Journalism has a special, hallowed place for stories of its practitioners' persecution. — Thomas Frank Journalism Copy Share Image
“You can find dozens of examples of this kind of liberal-class virtue-quest if you try, but instead of listing them, let me… — Thomas Frank Character Copy Share Image
We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to… — Thomas Frank Abraham Copy Share Image
Liberal that I am, I support health-care reform on its merits alone. My liberal blood boils, for example, when I read that… — Thomas Frank Alone Copy Share Image
Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen. — Thomas Frank Authority Copy Share Image
