Left-Leaning Columns

Facts get in the way

GOP’s Medicare attacks don’t match reality.

Paul Ryan’s ‘tell’

Hiding behind “wonky-ness” to dodge questions.

Reining in Medicare

Liberal experts have new answers.

A toxic running mate

How Paul Ryan threatens the GOP.

Republicans’ economic revisionism

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Robert Shapiro

Romney’s advisers get it wrong on Obama’s policies.

The Plum Line

Happy Hour Roundup

Greg Sargent

Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.

Interviews with Colorado undecideds should give both candidates pause

Greg Sargent

Mitt Romney’s `just trust me’ campaign

Greg Sargent

Why Republicans want Artur Davis to speak at the GOP convention

Jamelle Bouie

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Left-Leaning Contributors

Obama backtracks on Guantanamo

Obama backtracks on Guantanamo

Baher Azmy

New rules limit attorney-client access.

Obama’s three big mistakes

Obama’s three big mistakes

Drew Westen

How he let the Republicans take over.

Climate change brings the heat

Climate change brings the heat

James E. Hansen

Indeed, it is worse than we thought.

Why gun control isn’t a lost cause

Why gun control isn’t a lost cause

Matt Bennett and Jonathan Cowan

Even in Washington, things change.

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