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Politics & Media
Nov 06, 2009, 09:42AM
Christopher Hitchens not at all a fan of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
Apparently it's The Daily Show and The Colbert Report that are cheapening our national political dialogue. Uh... huh.
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Politics & Media
Nov 05, 2009, 12:52PM
Relive the thrilling capture of Adolf Eichmann
From his daring escape from the Allies to the Nuremberg trial and his execution in Israel. A tale that spans 17 years.
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Politics & Media
Nov 05, 2009, 09:48AM
Killing Palestine
In light of the Obama administration's recent decision to be a pushover on further Israeli settlement building, Lawrence Wright examines the Mid-East Process, and how we've gone wrong at every turn.
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Politics & Media
Nov 03, 2009, 04:39PM
"A Vote for Irrationality"
Can we tell between diagnosis and causation?
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Politics & Media
Nov 03, 2009, 12:54PM
Ah, the Patriot Act
The case of Arar and the shameful conduct of the 2nd Court.
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Politics & Media
Nov 03, 2009, 11:22AM
Things get heated in the newsroom
Fistfight at the Washington Post.
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Politics & Media
Nov 02, 2009, 02:03PM
Truth to power
Mahmoud Vahidnia and the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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Politics & Media
Nov 02, 2009, 09:42AM
It looks like we've all lost it
Frank Rich and "The Paranoid Center."
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Politics & Media
Oct 30, 2009, 04:00PM
More scary statistics for you
68% of Americans believe angels and demons are active in the world.
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Politics & Media
Oct 29, 2009, 09:57AM
Well, you're not even trying to hide it, are you?
Schwarzenegger's not-so-secret message to the Assembly: "Fuck You."
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Politics & Media
Oct 28, 2009, 10:23AM
Who will carry on the Bush legacy?
I mean, you know... in a good way.
George P. Bush ships off to war.
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Politics & Media
Oct 27, 2009, 12:46PM
Prices are soaring
The prescription drug racket.
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Politics & Media
Oct 26, 2009, 12:45PM
So white's the color
The model mid-level cities: What happens when red state/blue state distinctions are taken out of the equation?
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Politics & Media
Oct 23, 2009, 04:11PM
Working through the budget woes
A big old Thank You for solid legislative action.
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Politics & Media
Oct 23, 2009, 10:12AM
Silenced by the Daily Beast
Douglas Rushkoff's latest piece on drone strikes and civilian casualties has been pulled from the Daily Beast. Here's a transcript.
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Politics & Media
Oct 21, 2009, 11:32AM
"Congress completely crushed" with phone calls demanding health care reform
The OFA has more than met it's goal. Keep up the pressure.
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Politics & Media
Oct 20, 2009, 01:53PM
Get off your high horse
The banality of Christopher Hitchens.
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Politics & Media
Nov 05, 2009, 11:05AM
The Right Hand Doesn't Know What the Far-Right Hand is Doing
The Republican Party establishment is letting its rump base hijack elections and force moderates to the sidelines.
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Politics & Media
Nov 04, 2009, 09:39AM
The Banality of Yesterday's Elections
VA's up for grabs, NJ's still without dignity, NY-23 proves that conservative populism has its limits, and Bloomberg's not the despot he imagines. Now how about some important topics?
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Politics & Media
Nov 02, 2009, 10:11AM
Buckley's Revenge in NY-23
Political neophyte Doug Hoffman is poised for an upset in New York's 23rd Congressional District.
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Politics & Media
Nov 02, 2009, 09:56AM
What it Means When a City Loses its Paper
Quite simply: job losses, and increasingly unwatched local government, and rising cultural illiteracy.
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Politics & Media
Oct 27, 2009, 10:14AM
Under One Roof
The difference in Indian family structure highlights a trip to a small Indian village.
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Politics & Media
Oct 26, 2009, 10:44AM
The Slow Death of Capital Punishment
Legislative measures having failed, Gov. O'Malley has put the death penalty on indefinite hold through technicalities.
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Politics & Media
Oct 26, 2009, 09:42AM
Thomas Frank Can't See the Forest For the Loons
The Journal's resident liberal populist sees conspiracies everywhere. He ought to have a drink with The New Republic's Leon Wieseltier for a dose of reality.
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Politics & Media
Oct 19, 2009, 10:33AM
Michael Steele's National Sideshow
The former MD GOP leader brings his questionable rhetorical style to a greater, equally unimpressed, national audience.
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Politics & Media
Oct 15, 2009, 11:11AM
Witness to the Asian Century
A five-month internship in New Delhi offers a firsthand look at the fastest-growing continent on earth.
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Politics & Media
Oct 12, 2009, 10:20AM
The Best Figurehead $125K Can Buy
The State Comptroller enjoys a cool salary, incredible perks, and considerable power for doing basically nothing.
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Politics & Media
Oct 09, 2009, 11:16AM
Politico Hits a New Sensationalist Bottom
Did you know that Obama pals around with people who pal around with child rapists?
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Politics & Media
Oct 05, 2009, 09:45AM
Waffling on the Right
Bob Ehrlich does the Maryland GOP no favors by waiting to decide about a reelection campaign.
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Politics & Media
Oct 02, 2009, 02:14PM
There's Nothing More to Learn From John Edwards
Even Michael Wolff's insistence on the Edwards affair's greater relevance makes the whole thing seem even more petty.
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Politics & Media
Sep 30, 2009, 02:06PM
Op-Eds With Dry Wit
British journalists consistently trump their American counterparts in terms of sheer personality.
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Politics & Media
Nov 05, 2009, 03:29PM
Live from Guantanamo: Voices from the Inside
Justice Denied is part of a new campaign by the ACLU to raise awareness of torture, unlawful extradition, and detention without due process in American military prisons.
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Politics & Media
Nov 04, 2009, 12:37PM
Impaler
Documentary on Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey, a self-proclaimed vampire who threw his hat into the ring for Governor of Minnesota a couple years back.
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Politics & Media
Nov 03, 2009, 03:52PM
Just when I think it couldn't get any better
The Onion goes and does something like this: "Victim in Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck."
Video after the jump.
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Politics & Media
Oct 28, 2009, 10:18AM
Dan Savage puts us in our place
Roughly 2:40 in. Now if you can only keep the politics out of your columns.
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Politics & Media
Oct 22, 2009, 12:02PM
You're about to witness some serious ass-handing
Rep. Alan Grayson on Bills of Attainder and the ACORN frenzy.
The real question, does Grayson have a solid case here?
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Politics & Media
Oct 20, 2009, 03:10PM
Remembering Ludovic Kennedy
The legendary British journalist and broadcaster has passed away at the age of 89.
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Politics & Media
Oct 19, 2009, 02:21PM
Blogging the religions
"52 weeks, 52 religions." Below, a visit with the Pagan Church at Greensong Grove.
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Politics & Media
Oct 16, 2009, 11:03AM
So... you faked it basically?
Balloon boys says, "We did this for a show."
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Politics & Media
Oct 12, 2009, 12:07PM
Rep. Al Franken shows Senators how to be Senators
In case you haven't been following the whole Jamie Leigh Jones case.
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Politics & Media
Oct 05, 2009, 01:17PM
Well, that's great...
No, no. We're not a nation divided.
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Politics & Media
Oct 01, 2009, 04:02PM
Rep. Alan Grayson... Taking Names and Kicking Ass
Next, watch his "apology."
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Politics & Media
Sep 24, 2009, 12:49PM
Glenn Beck finally loses his god damn mind
That was it. That was the last tether breaking loose.
Or... was it? An update.
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Politics & Media
Sep 22, 2009, 01:35PM
Rick Sanchez is a little angry at Fox News
For... well, some pretty damn good reasons.
"Fair and Balanced" falls apart in our nation's capital.
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Politics & Media
Sep 22, 2009, 09:55AM
Kanye interrupts the news
God, he's a jackass.
