"Jane, you ignorant slut."

We all laughed when Dan Aykroyd tossed that insult at Jane Curtin on Saturday Night Live's spoof of 60 Minutes, knowing that political debate would never sink to that level. How wrong we were. That insult seems mild today, compared to the steady stream of vitriol...

As first reported by the Huffington Post, on Tuesday, April 6, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs blasted radio talk show host and CNN contributor Erick Erickson for telling listeners he would greet any census worker at his door with a shotgun.

Gibbs was responding to my question:...

After years of keeping it alive on life-support, investors have finally pulled the plug on Air America. What difference will that make on progressive talk radio nationwide? Zero.

The truth is that Air America, which launched on March 31, 2004, died at least twice before. First, when it declared for...

You've heard of "banned in Boston?" But did you ever hear of being banned from the U.S. Capitol by Al-Jazeera? That's what's happened to me.

Early last Spring, I applied to the Congressional Radio-Television Galleries for a congressional pass. As I explained to their Executive Committee, the reason was straightforward....

Notre Dame, South Bend...

It wasn't exactly the miracle of the wedding feast of Cana. President Obama did not change water into wine.

But he almost did. Instead, Obama changed what protesters tried to make an ugly scene about abortion into a triumphant message about faith-based politics.

Here, in the...

Say it isn't so!

After all the controversy surrounding a Senate appointment in Illinois, here comes another smelly deal -- in New Hampshire.

This one isn't about money. It's about party. But it still stinks.

President Obama has decided he wants Republican Senator Judd Gregg as his new Commerce Secretary....

America loves a political scoundrel. And we've seen a lot of them.

James Michael Curley ruled Boston as Mayor, from his prison cell. Wilbur Mills had his Ways and Means with stripper Fannie Fox. And James Traficant chanted "Beam me up, Mr. Speaker" - all the way to...

Who says there's no difference between Democrats and Republicans?

When Republicans take power, they band together and fight Democrats. When Democrats take power, they split apart and eat their own.

Just look what's happening with Roland Burris. It is monumentally stupid, and political suicide, for Democrats to deny him his...

Two candidates walked on stage Saturday night. One of them walked off looking like the next President of the United States. And it wasn't John McCain.

American voters could not have been given a clearer choice. As this season's first presidential debate clearly demonstrated, John McCain is hot; Barack Obama...

It takes a village...

That's what Hillary Clinton said, of course. But it applies to Barack Obama, too. And what I'm wondering is: Where's the village that should be out there, defending him from attacks by John McCain?

Just look at what happened last week: McCain accused Obama of caring...

"I have great admiration and respect for Senator Obama."

If so, McCain has a funny way of showing it. All we've seen and heard from him for the last month is a string of personal attacks, culminating in yesterday's ad smearing Obama as "the biggest celebrity in the...

On this site, Arianna Huffington was the first to warn Barack Obama that he would disappoint a lot of his enthusiastic supporters, and not necessarily gain any new ones, by moving too fast to the center. Apparently, he wasn't listening.

He started out safely enough: renouncing a pledge to...

You may remember. A couple of years ago, I wrote a book about how the Republicans stole religion -- and how Democrats should steal it back.

Well, Hallelujah! Barack Obama is doing just that -- by standing up to the religious right.

When James Dobson, speaking for many evangelists, says...

He came, he spoke, he conquered.

Pope Benedict XVI is back in Rome, after his razzle-dazzle visit to the United States -- where he impressed everybody with his apologetic comments about the priest pedophile scandal.

Well, ALMOST everybody. He didn't impress me, because -- even though, for the first time,...

Here we go again. Another radio talk show host in hot water. This time, my friend Randi Rhodes.

First of all, let me say, I'm a big fan. I listen to Randi whenever I can. She's a great broadcaster, and a passionate liberal. Day in and day out,...

What happened to the Democratic Party?

I'm a lifelong Democrat. I've volunteered in countless Democratic campaigns. I've managed campaigns for Democrats. I was a Democratic candidate for statewide office in California. For three years, I was Chair of the California Democratic Party. But I don't recognize the Democratic Party today.

Here's one thing I'll never understand: Why do such smart men do such dumb things?

Or maybe we should ask: Why don't smart men use their brain instead of some other part of their anatomy?

It's a bipartisan malady. Mark Foley and Larry Craig. Gary Hart and Bill...

Just when you thought there was no way Democrats could lose this election...

Here we go again...

Ralph Nader decides to run, as an independent candidate, for the third time.

Let me tell you, I used to be a big Ralph Nader fan. And, in his heyday, he was a...

Meet the man in the middle. MSNBC's David Shuster was suspended for a question about Chelsea Clinton he asked -- me!

Appearing as a guest on Tucker last Thursday, with Shuster sitting in as guest host, I was puzzled when he brought up Chelsea's increasingly prominent role in the...