Bryan Farrell

Bryan Farrell

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Bryan Farrell is a researcher for Rolling Stone and an independent journalist in New York, whose work has appeared in many publications, including The Nation. He can be contacted at www.bryanfarrell.com.

Blog Entries by Bryan Farrell

Penn State's Frightening Defense

Posted April 30, 2008 | 01:00 PM (EST)


Standing in the student section of Penn State's Beaver Stadium during football season always felt like witnessing a war unfold before your eyes. First the band would enter, marching in military-like formation and literally drumming up support from the crowd, while the cheerleaders would start up the most boastfully imposing...

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Obama's Shortsighted Vision of Unity

Posted March 19, 2008 | 11:27 PM (EST)


Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" speech appears to have raised Obamania to new heights with its so-called frank discussion of race relations and politics in America. Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic could barely contain his excitement, calling it "searing, nuanced, gut-wrenching, loyal, and deeply, deeply Christian," as well...

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The End of Big Politics

Posted October 19, 2007 | 02:50 PM (EST)


When news of a new high profile candidate entering the presidential race broke Wednesday, it must have been a little disappointing for all those Al Gore fans to find out it was only Stephen Colbert raising the stakes of his comedic attack on politics. But before anyone nervously heads back...

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Taking Back the Election

Posted October 16, 2007 | 04:40 PM (EST)


In a letter addressed to "the Ron Paul Faithful" posted last week on CNBC.com, managing editor Allen Wastler defended his decision to pull a post-debate poll that asked readers who they thought had won. He believed the poll had either been "hacked or the target of a campaign" because after...

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What Would Paris Do?

Posted June 15, 2007 | 05:56 PM (EST)


While the latest Paris Hilton news may seem like a headline ripped straight from The Onion, it was in fact Barbara Walters who reported that America's favorite gossip page star has found God during her stay in jail and is now reading The Bible.

As expected, the media...

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