Thomas Frank

Raymond Frank: Veteran, policeman valued service

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Civic duty and service to country were commitments proudly honored by Raymond Frank, a former Detroit police officer and World War II veteran.

Trainwreck

Wet Casements (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Thomas Frank on Sarah Palin: “But Ms. Palin’s life is meant to be an inspiration. Maybe I should follow her example. The opinion-page equivalent of the Palinesque style is easy enough to imagine: I would use this space to recite the indignities the world forced on me over the course of the week—an effete-looking young person [...]

Reply to "The Family" behind Draconian Uganda Anti-gay legislation

U.S. Politics and the World (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

mikelly63 posted a reply: More on the book "The Family" www.jeffsharlet.com/ “Of all the important studies of the American right, The Family is undoubtedly the most eloquent. It is also quite possibly the most terrifying.” –Thomas Frank, New York Times bestselling author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? A journalist’s penetrating look at the untold...

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

[Welcome Barbara Ehrenreich , and Host Thomas Frank - bev] Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America When I lived in Chicago in the Nineties, I used to listen to an AM radio station that broadcast nothing but recordings of motivational speakers all day long. The idea, as I understood it, was to provide a sort of service to the itinerant salesman,...

The Persecution of Sarah Palin

clusterflock (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Brilliant review of Going Rogue by Thomas Frank: It is her mastery of the lament that explained former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s appeal last year, and now her knack for self-pity is on full display in her book, “Going Rogue.” This is the memoir as prolonged, keening wail, larded with petty vindictiveness. With an [...]

'Going Rogue,' in 70 Words or Less

The Plank (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Thomas Frank nails it in the WSJ : The opinion-page equivalent of the Palinesque style is easy enough to imagine: I would use this space to recite the indignities the world forced on me over the course of the week—an effete-looking young person ignored me the other day—plus glimpses of heartland authenticity—I sure do like pot roast—before concluding, darkly,...

• "Personal responsibility" and other rightist shibboleths - Crunchy Con

"Personal responsibility" and other rightist shibboleths

Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Sarah Palin's book has a lot of political score-settling, which is not surprising, and a fair amount of grievance-peddling against those she believes wronged her. Frankly, I wouldn't blame her for wanting to waterboard Andrew Sullivan over the disgraceful Trig Truther garbage he peddled. I don't begrudge her a fair number of grudges, but the thing one notices about all this is how Sarah is...

Gates names former officials to review shooting

USA Today (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Togo West2007 AP photoVernon Clark2005 USA TODAY photoBy Thomas Frank, USA TODAYWASHINGTON — Congress opened its inquiry into the Fort Hood shootings Thursday as lawmakers quickly branded the murder of 13 people Nov. 5 a terrorist act, drawing parallels to the Sept. 11 attacks.Defense Secretary Robert Gates named two former top military commanders to investigate "gaps and deficiencies"...