Jackson Williams, 11.14.2009
Austin-based writer
Peter Galbraith, son of the famed economist, is in line to reap $100 million dollars -- maybe more -- from contracts between a Norwegian oil company and the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 11.11.2009
Political Analyst and Social Issues Commentator
What difference could it possibly make whether Michelle Obama's approval rating plunged over 10 percent in the past couple of months, or that she even...
Chris Weigant, 11.05.2009
Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)
What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.
Rick Horowitz, 11.04.2009
Satirist and syndicated columnist
If you look before you leap / And worry that you're in too deep / If flag-draped coffins cost you sleep / You're "dithering."
Mark Joseph, 11.02.2009
Mark Joseph is a producer, author, talk show host and editor of Bullypulpit.com
For years liberals and conservatives have argued back and forth about a press biased against their side. President Obama is now leading a crusade agai...
David A. Love, 10.29.2009
Writer and human rights advocate based in Philadelphia
Throughout history we have witnessed the ways in which societies compromise their legal systems to oppress the many, benefit the few, and sanction the unconscionable.
Robert J. Elisberg, 10.29.2009
Columnist and screenwriter
Conservatives are topping even themselves, as they actually complain about the President calling for Americans to volunteer. If this keeps up, they are going to put The Onion out of business.
Katie Halper, 10.28.2009
Co-Founder of Laughing Liberally, a political comedy group
Wear a fancy suit with a top hat and a cane. Stuff yourself with pillow so you look as bloated as possible. Wear a dollar sign around your neck (you can make it out of tin foil.) You're... Too big to fail.
David A. Love, 10.24.2009
Writer and human rights advocate based in Philadelphia
Cameron Todd Willingham is now a free man, but unfortunately it took death to release him from the confines of his prison bars.
Ben Berkon, 10.21.2009
Comedy Writer/Blogger, SomethingYouShouldRead.com
In White House news, upon hearing about the six-year old boy from Colorado who flew away in his parent's helium balloon, President Obama decided to es...
Tom Sullivan, 10.20.2009
Tom Sullivan also blogs for Campaign for America's Future.
Conservatives -- or "Real Americans" -- are easily threatened, and view those outside their tribe with suspicion. Those outside their tribe don't deserve a lot: especially not the right to vote.
Brian Ross, 10.20.2009
Writer, Journalist, Political Satirist, and Senior Editor of MLNSports.com
George W. Bush was a pro-media president. You wouldn't think so, from the way that he head-locked the press, cherry-picked crowds for public events, ...
Robert J. Elisberg, 10.15.2009
Columnist and screenwriter
I'm glad to know that Reps. Harman and Sanchez have joined the growing call for a public option. But for the life of me, I do not understand what took Jane Harman so long.
Ray Hanania, 10.19.2009
Chicagoland political columnist, author, standup comedian and radio talk show host
So let me get this straight. President Barack Obama makes a clarion call to reform healthcare so that the 30 million Americans (not including the 12 m...
Chris Weigant, 10.14.2009
Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)
The plan isn't going into effect until 2013. Think you're tired of TV ads and screaming folks at town hall meetings now? Picture a more local version of that for the next four years -- not a pretty sight.
Jackson Williams, 10.12.2009
Austin-based writer
Some critics have claimed the prize should be the "culmination of a career." Says who? Not Alfred Nobel, and he ought to know.
Cenk Uygur, 10.09.2009
Host of The Young Turks
I think they gave this Nobel Peace Prize to Obama less because of what he's done so far and more for not being Bush. And it's well deserved.
Dr. Robert Epstein, 10.10.2009
Author, editor, radio talk-show host, and longtime psychology researcher
We're witnessing what research psychologists call a "contrast" effect, occurring in a grand way in an unlikely place -- the Nobel Prize Committee.
Paul Abrams, 10.07.2009
Physician, entrepreneur, biotechnology, law, economics, politics, professional iconoclast
We should all be damned if we allow a group of cowards to cheerlead other peoples' children to their deaths or permanent injuries again without first putting themselves in the thick of battle.
Jackson Williams, 10.05.2009
Austin-based writer
You know we're in trouble when a major political party openly roots for its own country to lose, as Republicans did for President Obama's bid to win the 2016 Olympics for Chicago.
Paul Slansky, 09.25.2009
Andy Richter is way smarter than Wolf Blitzer, Kirk Cameron wants you to know that Charles Darwin was not a good guy, and Tom DeLay is not afraid to seem gay.