Timothy Noah
Timothy Noah
Timothy Robert Noah is an American journalist and author. He is currently the labor policy editor for Politico. Previously he was a contributing writer at MSNBC.com, and before that he was senior editor of The New Republic, where he wrote the "TRB From Washington" column, and a senior writer at Slate, where for a decade he wrote the "Chatterbox" column. In April 2012 Noah published a book, The Great Divergence, about income inequality in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
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The idea that the business world's needs get ignored in Washington is perpetuated by business so it can fulfill even more of its needs, real or imagined.
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The argument most commonly made in the filibuster's favor is crudely partisan: 'Our side may be in the majority now, but someday it will be in the minority, and when that happens we'll want to block the other side's extremist agenda.'
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Some liberals think that describing any role that education gaps play in creating income inequality is some sort of sellout - that, in essence, you're telling the middle class, 'Tough luck; you should have stayed in college.'
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One of my lifelong hobbies has been to collect 'aptronyms' - the newspaper columnist Franklin P. Adams's term for people whose names were curiously appropriate to, or provided ironic comment on, their occupations.
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With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation.
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Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding.
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When Democrats lose, they're pathetic. When Republicans lose, they're bitter and mean.
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When a conservative praises a liberal as 'morally serious,' he means that person is less liberal than most.
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What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war.
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What I've come to believe is that psychological advice isn't worth much if it isn't rooted in personal experience.
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We Americans love our Constitution so much that we can't bear to change even the stupid parts.
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Washington is a place where politics and economics often aren't on speaking terms.
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Washington culture has always had a difficult time acknowledging untruth.
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Was President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage crassly political? God, I hope so.