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Krugman and the American Prospect claim that an increase in shady donations to Democrats of 115 percent is a 9 percent drop! Try to imagine this scene taking place in the ivied halls of Princeton University. Economics professor Paul Krugman — who happens also to be America’s looniest liberal pundit — has decided it’s time to ask for a raise. So he marches into the office of Princeton president Shirley M. Tilghman and makes his demand. “I was hired in September, 2000,” Krugman says. “I’ve been making $250,000 a year for six years. It’s time for a raise." Tilghman says,...

Former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and actor Danny Glover rallied hundreds of people in support of 1.3 million hotel workers, most of who remain below the poverty line, as 18 cities prepare to collectively negotiate contracts with multi-national hotel chains such as the Grand Hyatt and the Hilton. Edwards said that hotel workers, along with people in other industries in the country, often remain beneath the poverty line. "One of the great disgraces of our country is that a vast new impoverished population has developed in our midst," he wrote. "These are the Americans who work extremely hard, yet they...