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Matthew Yglesias

The Koch Brothers might be just what conservative journalism needs

Last updated Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 2:04pm

WASHINGTON — Charles and David Koch are reportedly considering buying the Tribune Company (owners of the L.A. Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun, and others) prompting a great Garance Franke-Ruta piece in the Atlantic on why big city newspapers’ editorial staffs invariably lean left.

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, second from left, and others, speaks about superstorm Sandy during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Does Romney want to eliminate FEMA?

Matthew Yglesias Slate

Last updated Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 9:34am

WASHINGTON - Whenever there’s a major natural disaster, the federal government steps in to help. But that wouldn’t necessarily be the case if Mitt Romney got his way. During a 2011 GOP primary debate he said it was "immoral" for the federal government to be spending money on disaster relief when it should be focused on deficit reduction:

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Papa Johns CEO, John Schnatter. (AP Photo/Reuters Photo)

Papa John’s founder warns that Obamacare will lead to price spikes

Matthew Yglesias Slate

Last updated Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 11:48am

As a New Yorker born and raised, I can’t officially approve of national chain pizzas. But if you must order one, Papa John’s is clearly the best. And the chain’s CEO, John Schnatter, is not only raising money for Mitt Romney, he’s warning that Obamacare will cause your pizza-eating experience to suffer:

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With the Capitol in the background, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks about the Supreme Court's health care ruling, Thursday, June 28, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

If Romney wins, he can still scrap Obamacare

Matthew Yglesias Slate

Last updated Friday, June 29, 2012 - 11:12am

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to let the core elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act stand kicks the fate of the Obama administration’s signature initiative where it properly belongs — into the domain of politics — where a Romney administration would still have ample opportunity to dismantle the main elements of the law.

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The real end for America’s unions?

Matthew Yglesias Slate

Last updated Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 11:11am

The failed effort by Democrats to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker prompted much speculation about the tenuous future of American unions. But the real future of American labor is being determined right now not in a high-profile electoral fight but in an obscure legal battle in Texas. Everyone on both sides of the fight recognizes that either unions will win the right to represent more private-sector workers or else will wither and die.

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