The makers of Swing Vote have pulled off a rare double play, producing a smart political satire that is also heartfelt and moving. It's also a film that turns out to be remarkably relevant to the 2008 race.
With all the breathlessness over the minute movements in the irrelevant national polls, the one thing no one seems to be noticing is that the electoral map is still trending very poorly for McCain.
Now, Toby Keith has trained his sights on Barack Obama, attacking him in language that startled even the notoriously reactionary radio jock Glenn Beck.
The jellyfish explosion is worldwide. Scientists blame a number of factors including overfishing, but most importantly a rise in seawater temperature caused by global warming.
A writer makes something of circumstances. What strikes me most forcibly about Solzhenitsyn is that he had a particular life to work with -- his own.
This debate over oil and energy policy disgusts me because both Obama and McCain are trying to force short term, knee jerk responses to a major policy challenge for the nation.
Among the 18 million Americans who supported Hillary's presidential bid, none will be more important to a November win than women. So what's with us?
At a public ceremony with President Clinton that included a number of Liberian politicians, the President announced a new Clinton Foundation sponsored anti-Malaria program for the country.
Obama was observing that coastal drilling would save us so little oil and so little money even twenty years from now, that you can actually save more money immediately by doing "simple things."
Since 2003 Iraq has experienced over 50 suicide bombings carried out by women. It is no longer justifiable for the media to act aghast when another woman turns up with blood on her hands.
With a new doctor's warning that cell phone use could pose a serious health risk, many jerks and douchebags are considering changing their ways.
While Washington Post columnist Chris Cillizza has positioned Bayh at the top of the heap for a few weeks now, after getting tips and making some logical conclusions the choice is obvious. Why?
