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Century-old cartoon of the "class-conscious worker" handed out at Obama's Madison rally yesterday.

Not handed out by the official campaign, just by some guy there: ( Enlarge. ) The sturdy, manly worker in overalls is holding a scroll marke...

It's a problem, making "political or philosophical" art when the market is "about hyper-capitalism" and the art is "poker chips for billionaires."

Nate Lowman is "bummed out" that "other people’s gambling habits change the meaning of paintings." Contemplate the pain...

Take this patriotism test.

First, watch this ad: Now, here's the question: At what point did you get chills? Within 4 seconds -- the sight of the flag. At 7 second...

Romney campaign expresses pride in Romneycare.

Surprising and good response to that powerful Obama ad that we've been talking about in this earlier post. I really think that it'...

"Oakland, the Last Refuge of Radical America."

A long NYT Magazine article. In a sense, Oakland is the last place you would expect to find the most stubbornly active outpost of the Occupy...

"When you see the greed... did you ever have a moment of doubt about capitalism?"

Phil Donahue leans forward, prodding Milton Friedman (in 1979), and Friedman responds with startling cogency and articulateness: Via Rush Li...

"Culture Does Matter," writes Mitt Romney.

In National Review , pushing back efforts to make it seem racist to say that nations prosper when their culture has certain qualities that I...

"The Dark Knight Rises" "is a bold apologia for free-market capitalism..."

"... a graphic depiction of the tyranny and violence inherent in every radical leftist movement from the French Revolution to Occupy Wa...

"Romney book: Britain is a tiny island that makes stuff nobody wants."

That's the headline in Foreign Policy , which is getting attention (according to Memeorandum ), especially after Romney supposedly said ...

"I remember when my family became pretty wealthy, and some people tried to make us feel bad about being wealthy."

Says Patti Scialfa (Mrs. Bruce Springsteen) to The New Yorker's David Remnick: "Here’s the bottom line. If your art is intact, your...

Obama takes a new tone.

Apparently, he's gotten the message that nastily attacking Romney isn't working. Here's his new ad, in which he actually seems k...

The left/right split on the question who invented the internet.

1. President Obama — in his notorious "you didn't build that" riff — said "The Internet didn't get invented on its ow...

Fighting for reelection, Obama spent $58 million — $38 million on TV ads alone.

According to this L.A. Times article, which is illustrated, for some reason, with a photograph of Sheldon Adelson — a Romney donor — gesturi...

Let's look at the latest Romney and Obama ads.

I like Romney's riff on Obama's "you didn't build that" gaffe/revelation (via Instapundit ): And then there's this...

"4 Pinocchios for an unproven Romney claim of 'crony capitalism.'"

It's the WaPo Fact Checker (which, we remember, just gave Obama 3 Pinocchios for suggesting Romney is a criminal.)

Obama is channeling Elizabeth Warren.

"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helpe...

This is the week that the election got framed as capitalism versus socialism.

Did you notice? Did you pay attention to how it happened, who made it happen, and why? Our mindsets have been subtly arranged, and what we t...

2 websites were a-merging/The fans began to howl.

"Fans Howl After Weather Site Buys Out Rival." In the eyes of Weather Underground’s ardent fans, the Weather Channel appears to re...

WaPo's Eric Wemple credits Andrea Mitchell with airing the full context of Romney's "Wawa" remark...

... and seems to accept MSNBC's refusal to give Mitchell's critics a real apology: In the unedited version, Mitt Romney comes off as...