Ana Marie Cox is political columnist for the Guardian US. The founding editor of the blog Wonkette, she has written about Washington and national politics for a variety of outlets, including Playboy, GQ, Time, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Ana is also a regular guest commentator on MSNBC and NPR, and is the author of the satirical novel Dog Days. She lives in Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota
-
-
5 things the US can actually do instead of complaining about the new Iraq warAna Marie Cox: The price of constant war is constant investigation. The American strikes are happening – now let’s hold Obama and his military accountable -
We don't know how to throw the bums out of Congress, so they keep winningAna Marie Cox: Lamar Alexander is not alone – 2014 is the year incumbents can’t lose, and that says more about American despair than Tea Party rage -
Will the green goop in Toledo's water be the end of GOP anti-environmentalism?Ana Marie Cox: Maybe ... but Republicans first have to acknowledge that there’s a problem to be solved -
Obama's plan to get out the vote by mocking the GOP totally works … on Republican voters, not DemocratsAna Marie Cox: But if the goal of his second term was broad, lasting policy changes, it’s disappointing to everyone except liberal fundraisers
-
The problem with the Koch brothers isn't their politics. It's their copycatsAna Marie Cox: Billionaire mega-donors care less about funding parties than enacting policies. Others are following suit
-
Politicians: they're not like us. But some folks sure like to eat photo-op corn dogs