Stories by Mike Lofgren

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Is War Good for the Economy?

Posted on: May 1, 2013, Source: Huffington Post

Many mainstream economists argue that deaths, destruction, and expense they entailed, have a perverse silver lining.

Former Republican: How the GOP Turned Into a Racket Ripping Off Vulnerable Americans

Posted on: Feb 17, 2013, Source: Huffington Post

How a party degenerated into a scam.

GOP Insider: How Religion Destroyed My Party

Posted on: Aug 7, 2012, Source: Viking Press

In the new book, "The Party Is Over," veteran Republican Mike Lofgren writes about the rise of politicized religious fundamentalism and how the GOP devolved into anti-intellectual nuts.

A Conservative Explains Why Right-Wingers Have No Compassion

Posted on: Feb 17, 2012, Source: TruthOut.org

A former Republican Senate Congressional staffer on why right-wingers think people without insurance deserve to die.

Have the Super Wealthy Already Seceded from the United States?

Posted on: Jan 11, 2012, Source: TruthOut.org

Our plutocracy now lives like the British in colonial India: in the place and ruling it, but not of it.

Confessions of a GOP Operative Who Left "the Cult": 3 Things Everyone Must Know About the Lunatic-Filled Republican Party

Posted on: Sep 5, 2011, Source: TruthOut.org

Former GOPer: "If you think Paul Ryan and his Ayn Rand-worshipping colleagues aren't after your Social Security and Medicare, I am here to disabuse you of your naiveté."