Perrspectives: In the News

In the News

Perrspectives articles and content have been mentioned in, linked to and referenced from the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Salon, Slate, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, The Hill, Politico and other leading publications. Here's a sample of the work of Jon Perr in the news:

Perrspectives in the News

		"The 9 Biggest Conservative Lies About Taxes and Public Spending" AlterNet December 19, 2010 "Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, claimed that “Every major tax cut we've had in history has created more revenue," and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY said earlier this year that the myth represented “the view of virtually every Republican on that subject. It's also complete nonsense..."
		"In Defense of Alan Simpson" Salon September 4, 2010 "One of the most significant developments in the U.S. is the rapidly and severely increasing rich-poor gap. A middle class standard of living is being suffocated and even slowly eliminated, as budget cuts cause an elimination of services that are hallmarks of first-world living..."
		"Every Picture Tells a Story, Don't It? (Part II)" Philadelphia Daily News August 23, 2010 "The Bush tax cuts in pictures. Very well done, and very alarming..."
		"Why Has the Post Series Created So Little Reaction?" Salon July 23, 2010 "This is an extraordinary graph, showing the explosion in the rich-poor gap in the U.S. over the last 30 years, by illustrating what has happened to the average household income for the Top 1% versus those in the middle 60% and bottom 20%. Several more equally glaring charts and facts are here..."
		"RT @Perrspectives" Roger Ebert July 19, 2010 "RT @Perrspectives: Cut @SarahPalinUSA a break for saying "refudiate." It's just her self-defecating humor..."
		"Mid-Day Round Up" The Hill July 22, 2010 "Bush lawyers escape justice. Again. - Jon Perr, Crooks & Liars."
		"Day's End Round Up" The Hill July 7, 2010 "Thanks to GOP, doomsday arrives for state budgets - John Perr, Crooks & Liars."
		"For Republicans, Impeachment Isn't a Joke" Salon May 28, 2010 "As the point man for Republican attacks on the Obama presidency, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is a laughable character. His billing of the deflated Sestak affair as "Obama's Watergate," replete with insinuations of "witness tampering," sounds like partisan hysteria..."
		"Undermining Trust in Government: A Cynical, But Winning, Strategy" People for the American Way April 20, 2010 "John Perr wrote what I consider a must-read post over at Crooks and Liars about how Republicans, when in power, fail miserably at governing and seem to do their best art destroying our country. The results of their policies -- economic or otherwise -- inevitably force them out of office, but last long enough that they are able to pin the woes on their democratic successors and make "Government" the scapegoat for all the nation's problems, with particular anger being directed at the then-incumbents: Democrats..."
		"Remainders: Chutzpah" Politico February 3, 2010 "Sarah Palin picks up political correctness..."
		"The Degrading Effects of Terrorism Fears" Salon January 2, 2010 "Republican leaders have spent the decade preaching that only Government-provided Safety, not the Constitution, matters. All in response to this week's single failed terrorist attack, there are -- as always -- hysterical calls that we start more wars, initiate racial profiling, imprison innocent people indefinitely, and torture even more indiscriminately..."
		"Why Health Care (and Reality) Will Defer the Republican Dream" Esquire December 22, 2009 "This fantasy world doesn't mean Republicans are hypocrites who spend just as much as Democrats do, although they are — Ronald Reagan doubled the national debt and George W. Bush raised the budget from Clinton's $1.9 trillion to $3.1 trillion, — a $1.2 trillion increase that outpaces Obama's by more than double (his budget was $3.45 trillion) without the threat of a global economic collapse to justify it..."
		"Crooks and Liars" The Hill December 18, 2009 "It's odd for Alan Greenspan to complain about budget deficits now after having been relatively quiet about their dangers during the Bush administration, Jon Perr notes at Crooks and Liars..."
		"Chart of the Day" The Atlantic December 13, 2009 "Building off the Dish's discussion of war-time taxes this week, Jon Perr provides the above chart and re-quotes Palin..."
		"Palin Thinks WWII was Entirely Funded by Sale of War Bonds" Rockford Register Star December 10, 2009 "Palin’s point, of course, was that we didn’t need any big tax increases to pay for World War II — and we don’t need taxes to pay for our current wars. Jon Perr sets the matter straight HERE..."
		"The Surprisingly Exciting Life of Medicare's Chief Actuary" Washington Post November 17, 2009 "The CMS report that's caused House Democrats some trouble this week was authored by Richard Foster, the chief actuary of Medicare. But this isn't the first time he's prepared a troubling report on a major new program...Thanks to Jon Perr for reminding me of Foster's history..."
		"Health Reform's Senior Moment" Slate November 16, 2009 "Bloggers John Perr and Ezra Klein note that Foster was the guy whom Medicare administrator Tom Scully threatened to fire in 2003 if Foster made public his report predicting the new Medicare drug benefit then before Congress would cost $156 billion more than advertised by the Bush administration..."
		"The Southern Health Conundrum" CBS News November 16, 2009 "Here's how Jon Perr for noticing first that nine of the top 10 healthiest states supported Barack Obama for president during the 2008 elections. Meanwhile, 9 of the 10 of the states ranked with the worst health scores backed John McCain. Perr also noted that "four years earlier, the 15 unhealthiest states voted for George W. Bush for President..."
		"The 2009 Nobel Prizes for Conservatives" Rockford Register Star October 12, 2009 "Literature: Sarah Palin. Medicine: Mitch McConnell, George Bush, Tom Delay and Paul Broun..."
		"Liberals and Taxes: The Big Question" American Thinker October 11, 2009 "Like many Americans who watched their savings nosedive in the market crash of '08, I've had to retrench, rethink and re-strategize my retirement plans. One course I've considered is to spend less and save more. The second is, somehow, to get a nickel for every time some Liberal said or wrote something like this..."
		"Huckobsessed" Arkansas News October 6, 2009 "Thanks to Cato for pointing me to a website of a scholar devoted to cataloguing Mike Huckabee’s extremism. It’s not light work to keep up with Huckawhoppers. Much of it’s familiar: His approval of discrimination against gay people; his calls for the U.S. to leave the UN and abolish the IRS. I’d missed this one..."
		"Tea Baggers Want to Bring 1909 Back" The Examiner September 16, 2009 "As Jon Perr notes, The Bush tax cuts delivered a third of their total benefits to the wealthiest 1% of Americans. And the staggering $2 trillion price tag for Bush's giveaway to the richest needing it least dwarfs the estimated $900 billion cost over 10 years of President Obama's health care proposals..."
		"Sanford Invokes God, and Sarah Palin" The Atlantic September 3, 2009 "Citing the line about fooling 'some of the people, all of the time' often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, John Perr on Crooks and Liars sarcastically suggested Sanford was seeking to draw support from the famous president by turning his 'my greatest concern is to be on God's side' maxim 'on its head' ..."
		"The Rundown " The Washington Post July 27, 2009 "One critic noted the irony that a governor of Alaska -- which arguably benefits from federal help more than any other state -- would warn against taking "government largesse" ..."
		"The Republican Ten-Point Plan for Health Care " Truthout July 25, 2009 "Of course, the Republican plan as in 1993 is to stop health care reform at all costs to prevent an enduring Democratic majority. Bill Kristol, who told Republicans 16 years ago that there was 'no crisis' justifying health care reform then, now simply calls on his party to 'kill it' ..."
		"Top 10 Reasons Sarah Palin's 'Outrage' is a Misplaced and a Little Late " Huffington Post June 15, 2009 "'Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.'--John McCain, Sarah Palin's running mate. Should McCain apologize to every young woman in America?..."
		"Another Club Gitmo Guest Kills Himself " Salon June 2, 2009 "Some of the most cartoonish pseudo-tough-guy, play-acting-warrior-low-lifes of the Right -- Rush Limbaugh, The Weekly Standard, National Review's Andy McCarthy -- have long referred to Guantanamo as "Club Gitmo." Many leading national Republican politicians have (as usual) followed suit..."
		"More About the Unbearable Lightness of Abortion Polls " Five Thirty Eight May 15, 2009 "It's an article of faith among right-to-lifers, of course, that a 'health exception' makes a mockery of any abortion restrictions. And that's why in a famous moment in one of the presidential debates last year, John McCain sneered and held up 'quote marks' when referring to a 'health exception'..."
		"The Big Hole in the 'Pro-Life' Tilt " The Democratic Strategist May 13, 2009 "The public reaction to John McCain's mocking reference to the "health exception" in a 2008 debate with Barack Obama was quite negative..."
		"Sharing Tea Bags with Right-Wing Extremists " Huffington Post April 15, 2009 "Whatever happened to Rush Limbaugh's maxim: 'Our civil liberties are worthless if we are dead!' Or Senator Big John Cornyn's words of wisdom: 'None of your civil liberties matter much after you're dead'.."
		"Memo to Jeb Bush: Your Brother's Administration Blamed Clinton for 9/11 and the Economic Crisis " ThinkProgress April 10, 2009 "The Bush administration loved to blame the Clinton administration for the 2001 recession. Bush did so up until his last days in office..."
		"What If the Press Did Context?" Media Matters February 17, 2009 "Over at Crook and Liars, Jon Perr adds more context to the 1993 vote: As it turns out, Obama wasn't the first Democrat to learn the hard way that bipartisanship is a one-way street for the GOP when it comes to the economy. In 1993, Bill Clinton's $496 billion stimulus and deficit-cutting program passed without a single Republican vote..."
		"Obama and the Dow: A Boom on the Horizon" Vanity Fair November 5, 2008 "See also this page and this study (pdf) for proof that GDP, employment, and corporate profits are all higher under Democratic leadership..."
		"If You're John McCain, You Might Be a Rich Guy " Huffington Post August 22, 2008 "If your annual expenses for servants are five times the median income per person in America, you might be a rich guy..."
		"Rep. Darrell Issa Politicizes Tim Russert's Death " ThinkProgress June 17, 2008 "Flashback: Issa said 9/11 was 'simply' a plane crash. John Perr documents Issa's Hall of Shame..."
		"The Missing African-American Republican Presidential Candidate " The American Conservative June 6, 2008 "Sounds to me that not unlike the case of Obama, Allen could have chosen to call himself an African-American and would have been 'accused' of being a Jew. And if one considers his southern pride, he could have been seen as the first African-American/Jewish/Redneck candidate..."
		"Debating History " National Journal May 28, 2008 Crooks and Liars' Jon Perr: "When it comes to Pastor John Hagee, John McCain and Joe Lieberman have a lot in common. Both men addressed the 2007 convention of Hagee's organization, Christians United for Israel (CUFI). McCain and Lieberman each voiced support for a pre-emptive strike against Iran. But while John McCain aggressively sought Hagee's endorsement, only Joe Lieberman compared the Texas pastor to Moses. And judging by his agreement to speak at CUFI's upcoming 2008 conference, Joe Lieberman still believes it..."
		"Cindy McCain: Like Hubby, Not So Charitable" Harper's May 26, 2008 "Last Friday, wife Cindy — heiress to Hensley & Co. and a major Anheuser-Busch distributor—whose net worth is approximately $100 million — “cav[ed] to overwhelming pressure…and finally released a two page summary of her 2006 tax return,” reports perrspectives.com. “A quick glance at the filing explains her hesitation to let her tax returns see the light of day. As it turns out, Mrs. McCain gave only 1% of her $6 million income to charity in 2006..."
		"Barack Obama's Gary Hart Moment?" Los Angeles Times April 14, 2008 "With that race in mind, blogger Jon Perr offers an interesting historical precedent on Barack Obama's San Francisco comments on small-town Pennsylvanians. In his Perrspectives blog, Perr likens Obama's remarks to something Hart said about Pennsylvania's neighboring state, New Jersey..."
		"Roots of the Embassy Attack " New York Times February 21, 2008 "John Perr at Perrspectives blames the current White House occupant. The real warning signs that Bush knew little – and cared less – about the impact of Kosovo’s looming declaration of independence came last June during his visit to neighboring Albania..."
		"Compare and Contrast " The Atlantic February 17, 2008 "I should note that Huckabee isn't the first to joke about waterboarding. Giuliani made similar statements when he was still running..."
		"'Til Tuesday" Slate February 4, 2008 "Occam's Razor, the notion that the simplest explanation is the usually the best one, would suggest that Hillary Clinton actually was emotional about her return the Yale Child Study Center where she worked during law school in the 1970's..."
		"What's On Your Mind? You've Got Five Minutes" The Oregonian January 26, 2008 "The next one — it happens that Feb. 5 is Super Tuesday. Jon Perr, who worked on Gary Hart’s campaign in 1984, is giving a talk on politics as theater. It’s apropos for the night..."
		"Mitt Romney's Pursuit of Tyrannical Power, Literally " Salon December 23, 2007 "'Our most basic civil liberty is the right to be kept alive.' Romney recited that cowardly platitude -- what has now become the shameful flagship of the Republican Party -- in response to being asked whether the President has the power to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants even in the face of a law that makes it a crime to do so..."
		"The FundamentaList (Vol. 14): Huck-a-Muck Edition" The American Prospect December 19, 2007 "John Perr compiles a top-ten (actually a bit more than ten) list of Huckabee's wingnuttery..."
		"What's Good for Romney" The New York Times August 8, 2007 "The responses, while predictable, have been pretty amusing: “Mitt Romney, as you’ll recall, avoided combat duty in the rice fields of Vietnam by getting multiple deferments to perform his Mormon mission in the vineyards of France,” writes Jon Perr, at his Perrspectives blog..."
		"Did Blog Comments Lead Feds to Raid Ex-Justice Lawyer in NSA Spy Leak Investigation?" Wired August 6, 2007 "Jon Perr has a great left-right rundown, and I particularly love the link to AJ Strata's post which leads the reader through a couple of internet searches and then deep into a rabbit hole of Soros-funded conspiracies tied together with the last name Tamm..."
		"Democrats' Plans for Universal Health Care Helps Red States Most " Mother Jones June 21, 2007 "That's right -- a new study shows that the red states (mostly in the South) consistently rate at the bottom of the country in terms of health care for residents. The Commonwealth Fund report ranked states according to 32 indicators of health care access, quality, outcomes, and hospital use. Consider the political leanings of the top ten and the bottom ten..."
		"Culture War 2.0" The Los Angeles Times February 14, 2007 "Romney's religious beliefs, however, haven't caused as much of a stir as his brand-new rightward views on abortion and gay rights. It's tempting to say his views have evolved since Romney's Bay State heyday, but we want to give equal time to the theory that it was intelligent design..."
		"Pat Roberts, Bedwetter " Reason May 16, 2006 "This would be one thing if Roberts was flustered and winging it to defend the nominee. But he's said the same thing multiple times this year. He said it on March 26 and February 3. Senators Jeff Sessions and John 'I miss Harriet Miers' Cornyn have used the same line of, uh, argumentation, but Roberts alone thinks it's clever enough to keep repeating..."
		"Banana Republicans" The Randi Rhodes Show April 4, 2006 "The list of Republican miscreants below is by no means complete. But it should provide plenty of ammunition for Democrats running on platform of clean government and ethics reform in Washington, in the states, and on K Street..."
		"Reviews: BlueOregon and Perrspectives" Crashing the Gate Book Site April 4, 2006 "Markos and Jerome see a party beset by a three-headed beast that keeps the Democrats out of the majority..."
		"Required Reading: GM and the War on Labor" Harvard University Economics 1812: The U.S. Labor Market February 22, 2006 "You can learn a lot about the state of class warfare in America just by reviewing the reaction to General Motors' recent announcement that it will lay off 30,000 workers and shutter a dozen plants in North America..."
		"Liberty and the Culture of Living" The Oregonian March 28, 2005 "Ours is -- or should be -- a culture that sees preserving individual autonomy as vital to liberty. Call it "the culture of living." It is a culture that values the privacy, personal freedom and unique path to happiness of each American. A woman's body and the decisions she and her partner make regarding their reproductive choices are no one's business but their own, and certainly not the government's. A society that values personal autonomy sees in emerging stem cell technologies the potential to free its members from the prospect of currently incurable diseases. As Oregonians have insisted, a "culture of living" does not condemn the terminally ill to the enslavement of their own bodies. And that culture certainly should respect the decision a woman freely made as to how and whether her life, no longer free, shall be continued."
		"The Poor? They're Inconvenient" The Philadelphia Daily News February 15, 2005 "No wonder Jon Perr, a Democratic activist, has dubbed it the "Opt Out Society," in which the healthy and wealthy are not only allowed, but encouraged, to make their own side deals. If you already have enough assets for your retirement, you aren't worried about possibly losing guaranteed Social Security benefits in the stock market - and might make a profit."
		"Google for President" Slate October 13, 2004 "Google apparently has a policy that bans ads that include "language that advocates against an individual, group or organization"—so attack ads won't fly. But the Google advertising department assured me that the kind of issue ads we're talking about here wouldn't violate their standard guidelines."
		"Google's Haphazard Ad Policy" The Nation August 12, 2004 "One of the latest sites to fall victim to Google's advertising hatchet is the progressive website PERRspectives, which features political commentary and satire. Its ads were pulled in June; a Google representative told the owner that his site contains "unacceptable content." All three cases suggest that Google, in a move seemingly designed to placate potential corporate clients, has implemented a policy that goes too far in keeping advertisers from reaching the consumers who have made Google the most popular search engine on the Internet."