I didn't plan my trip to London to overlap with President Bush's, but that's how it worked out. My reception has been decidedly less chilly than the one afforded Bush. Read More
TIME Wants You to Ask Me a Question Time Magazine has asked me to take part in its 10 Questions feature. It would be fun to see how many of the questions Time picks are from HuffPosters. Read More
John McCain: The Second Coming of Bob Dole If McCain continues to embrace the GOP message, he's going to meet the same fate as Bob Dole. On the bright side, I'm sure those Viagra commercials paid pretty well. Read More
London Calling: the 24/7 Guardian, the BBC Empire, and Blogging with a British Accent
In a double sleight of hand, not only does new legislation passed yesterday by the House say unmonitored surveillance of American citizens is permitted, it blocks any opportunity to test the premise in the courts.
Obama is raising more money via the Internet in small donations than any candidate in history. Hooray! But it is just as true that he is raising more money from fat cat donations than any candidate in history.
A horrible truth has emerged: It turns out that Spc. Kamisha Block was actually murdered, and the killer, another soldier, Staff Sgt. Brandon Norris, then turned the gun on himself.
If she lets her husband campaign in the family airplane or has complicated financial and personal dealings, I think that's fair game. As for her drug problem, I have great wariness.
Banks of all sizes are taking big hits to their capital which will restrain their ability to make loans for the foreseeable future. That, in turn, will add to an already slow economic environment.
Investigation confirms torture at U.S. bases in Afghanistan, Michael Reagan calls for murder of anti-war activists, Gingrich claims Supreme Court decision will "cost us a city" and $23 billion in lost Iraq funds.
While Obama's latest ad speaks to the deep economic uncertainty gripping America, it's also a way for him to show that he's not as different as his exotic background makes him appear.
Vitter's not saying that the Gulf of Mexico isn't a fragile ecosystem, or that we shouldn't honor the earth and water, and guard them as a holy trust. He's just saying once gas gets to five bucks, screw it. It's every plant and animal for himself.
Cease-fire or no cease-fire, neither side is turning its swords into plowshares. Nonetheless, the truce between Hamas and Israel is a very good thing.
Nancy Pelosi, Stenny Hoyer and the blue dogs they lie down with have been rewarded with the same herpetic embrace that is turning John McCain into a Republican cootie incubator.
William Saletan, the Slate columnist whose made a career of claiming to be pro-choice while justifying attacks on reproductive rights, has had yet another epiphany.
Now that it's time for the general election, and the right is desperate to smear Barack Obama, the GOP has rediscovered OBL.
