Negative advertising can raise legitimate questions about candidates and are actually good for democracy
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Cartoons of the Week
May 19–25, 2012
Facebook face-plants, plus other editorial cartoons from the week. -
Historic TIME Letters
The nation wants a business-friendly pep talk, not austerity plans. Whether the President can deliver before November is in question
Facebook gets rich, while Greece falls apart
When it comes to school reform, both candidates have a party-base problem
The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their biweekly face-off about Election 2012
If, instead of the “Buffett Rule,” we just decided to make it optional for millionaires and billionaires to give more, then why would we ever raise taxes?
Romney embraced a budget plan that can never work. It’s a joke — or a cynical sham.
The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their biweekly face-off about Election 2012
Pornography? Gas prices? Nuclear bombs? Why Republicans are being driven to such rhetorical extremes
The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their biweekly face-off about Election 2012
A posthumous smear attempt is what’s anti-American—not the beliefs of Professor Derrick Bell
The President’s remarks reveal he’s reached new heights in psychological maturity
Obama invoked a parallel between the presidential race and the NFL championships. But can he be a winning quarterback?
The President has long been plagued by obsessive bipartisan disorder, but recent signs suggest he’s had an important epiphany
An analysis of the Republican psyche
