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Iraq-Afghanistan Surge Analogies Mask Risks Of Afghanistan

New York Times | DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics


In fact, Iraq analogies have been flying back and forth so furiously in recent days that Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, the only holdover from ...

Anatomy of the Tea Party Movement: RecessRally.com

Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics


Alex Brant-Zawadzki

Most of the August Tea Party activity was coordinated on RecessRally.com, which Odom began working on right after the April Tax Day Tea Parties.

Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York


Len Berman

There will never be another feel good football story out of Hofstra like wide receiver Wayne Chrebet overcoming all odds to make the Jets. Hofstra has eliminated football.

Hell No on Bernanke!

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

Is Ben Bernanke the change we voted for? How can anyone believe that? What is the matter with Obama? Picking the same guy as Bush, and the same exact guy who was at the helm when the economy crashed.

The Business

Steven Weber | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Steven Weber

Right or Left, Lib or Con, the tenure of President Obama is starting to smack of the cosmic letdown, something akin to the post-Thanksgiving afterburn. And it's not even his fault.

White House Chanukah Blues

Ira Forman | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Ira Forman

It's time to focus on what one GOP operative told me is the most important issue of the year for any Jewish organization in Washington, DC ... who gets to watch the lighting of the chanukia at the Obama's.

Jon Stewart: Obama Is Channeling Bush (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dan Abramson | Posted 12.03.2009 | Comedy


The speech given by President Obama in which he ordered 30,000 troops to Afghanistan has faced much criticism from the media. What struck Jon Stewart ...

Bush Speech Profit: Former President And First Lady Ramp Up Speech Schedule

ABC News | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


After years of living on a paltry presidential salary, former President George W. Bush and wife Laura are finally getting paid market rates for their ...

Obama's Afghanistan Strategy: Blogs From New York Review

The New York Review of Books | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books


Pakistani author and journalist Ahmed Rashid writes in the New York Review of Books about Obama's "missing strategy" in Afghanistan. After all the ta...

Rumsfeld Rebuffed By Admiral Mullen, Teased By Gibbs After Disputing Obama Speech (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics


Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's response to a line in President Obama's speech on Aghanistan is drawing a sharp response from both the Whit...

Obama's Unavoidable Cure for the Afghanistan Cancer

Bob Cesca | Posted 12.03.2009 | World


Bob Cesca

Are we willing to allow eight years of mistakes and mismanagement to go unmitigated, or do we risk more lives trying to at least clean up some of the mess before we bug out?

Is Mike Huckabee Culpable?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

Four police officers are dead because Huckabee (the not-so-covert Reconstructionist) takes every word of the Bible more seriously than the advice of prosecutors and victim rights groups.

Echoes of Bush in Obama's Speech

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

There were moments during the speech last night when if you closed your eyes, imagined the grammar a little mangled and a few words mispronounced, you could have easily been listening to President Bush.

Time for Strategic Stamina

Will Marshall | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Will Marshall

President Obama now has a difficult sales job to perform. In essence, his message will be: we need to get in deeper to get out of Afghanistan sooner. He's right.

The NBC Strategy to Save America

David Kronke | Posted 12.01.2009 | Comedy


David Kronke

In the past decade, NBC has transformed from industry leader to laughingstock. Coincidentally, the US has followed a similar course. Has NBC informed governmental policy?

Rep. Hinchey: Bush Administration 'Intentionally Let bin Laden Get Away' In Order To Justify Iraq War

Posted 11.30.2009 | New York


On Monday afternoon, Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-New York) told MSNBC host David Shuster that the Bush administration "intentionally let bin Laden get awa...

What Was He Thinking?

James Zogby | Posted 11.30.2009 | World


James Zogby

it is important to acknowledge that when Obama won the election last November he was not handed a magic wand. Instead, he was handed the shovel his predecessor had used to dig deep holes in many parts of the world.

Liberalism Revived: Jacob Weisberg On "Obama's Brilliant First Year"

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media


Michael J.W. Stickings

There is obviously a lot more Obama could have done, and perhaps should have done, but Jacob Weisberg is right that he has actually accomplished a great deal.

An Open Letter To President Obama On Afghanistan

Michael Moore | Posted 11.30.2009 | World


Michael Moore

When we elected Obama we didn't expect miracles. We didn't even expect much change. But we expected some. We thought he would stop the madness -- the killing and the insanity.

Senate Report: Bin Laden Was 'Within Our Grasp' In 2001

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 11.29.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made th...

Is Obama About to Make a Huge Mistake Over Afghanistan Troop Surge?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Andy Ostroy

Instead of trying to play the "let's try to make everybody happy and ultimately make no one happy" game again, Obama could do what many believe he truly wants to, and end the war.

Deficit & Debt: The Republican Legacy

Donnie Fowler | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


Donnie Fowler

The lies that we are getting from the Republicans, supported too often by the mainstream media, have put the entire federal deficit and debt onto Barack Obama's shoulders. Well, here's the truth about it.

Tony Blair's Cautionary Tale For Obama

William Bradley | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


William Bradley

Under Blair, Britain "modernized" as "Cool Britannia," and indicators on the economy, the environment, and crime improved. Then came Iraq, the war too far.

'Tis The Season To Replace Love With Material Possessions

Lee Camp | Posted 11.24.2009 | Comedy


Lee Camp

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State Dinner Menus of Eras Past: Aspic, Hot Dogs, and Boiled Mutton

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.24.2009 | Style


Lesley M. M. Blume

It's fascinating to see how presentation and palates have evolved over the years, and how historical context and presidential personality all influence this facet of American showmanship. The Kennedys tout the virtues of aspic, the Franklin Roosevelts scandalized the polite world with an entrée, and George Washington gave new meaning to the phrase "no frills."