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
kid obamacare replace
Vote Republican if you like, but don't kid yourself that a Republican president would replace Obamacare with anything at all.
given likely
The worst an ex-con is likely to do if given the right to vote is vote for a Democrat.
likes
The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted.
excess rein war
The war to rein in Wall Street excess is never over.
nor united
The United States is not, nor has ever been, anything close to a fascist country.
family four health typical
The typical family of four with employer-based health insurance is not the same as the typical family of four. It's better-off.
The thing to strive for is to get paid to talk about yourself.
achieve code problem three time wanting
The problem with wanting the tax code to be 'simpler, fairer,' and 'pro-growth' is that it's impossible to achieve all three at the same time.
eliminated somehow
The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive.
cared clinton middle retrospect
The Clinton administration cared a lot about the middle class and the poor. But it also cared a lot - too much, in retrospect - about the rich.
maximize union
The chief purpose of a union is to maximize the income of its members.
convey elaborate per printed rhythms word
Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.
democrats rule
Rule of thumb: When Democrats lose, they blame the candidate. When Republicans lose, they blame the opposition.
account mind subject taking
Republicans don't seem to mind taking inflation into account when the subject is tax rates.