Glen Beck

The 112th Congress -- How Not to Do Government

Joe Moreno | Posted 02.21.2012

Joe Moreno

Cheri Bustos would be an exciting candidate in any election cycle, but the current state of affairs in Congress elevates her candidacy (and many others) to more than exciting; it makes it important.

The Irony Of The Tea Party

Tim Suttle | Posted 11.30.2011

Tim Suttle

Liberty is only a virtue when held in tandem with the common good. Societies do not achieve liberty by pursuing liberty alone. Liberty is the byproduct of a just society.

Jack Mirkinson

Glenn Beck's Last Fox News Show: LIVE Updates

HuffingtonPost.com | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 08.30.2011

Glenn Beck stepped down from his Fox News show on Thursday after two and a half tumultuous, controversial years at the network. He kept the chalkbo...

Take it Inside: Could The News Survive Without Celebrity Fights?

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 07.13.2011

Dr. Cheryl Pappas

Would people stop reading or watching television news if John McCain's threat to beat up Glen Beck was a private matter, rather than appearing in a headline?

Sarah in Blunderland or the Mad Hater's Tea Party

Robert Brustein | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Brustein

(A table set under a tree. Starched Hair and the Mad Hater throwing teacups at each other. Enter Sarah, dressed as Alice.) THE MAD HATER Who...

Victims and Imposters

Richard Klass | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Klass

It is important to keep clear the distinction between personal guilt and contributing factors, no matter how small. But it is necessary to have the conversation. If not now, when?

The Paranoid Style in American Politics: Its Past, Present and Future

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Miles Mogulescu

Now that a few days have passed since the Arizona shootings, perhaps it's time to place the analysis of political violence in America in a broader historical perspective.

Fox Slams "Rudolph/Reindeer" Song for Promoting Social Justice

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Abrams

In an emergency Christmas Eve memo, a Fox News executive producer instructed his anchors not to include "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" among the victims in the war on Christmas.

Non-Breaking News: GOP Opposition to DREAM ACT Is About Race

Gabe Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Gabe Gonzalez

The immigration debate is not about law, not about fairness, not about justice. It's about race. Plain and simple. It's about the fear of more brown people coming into our society, our culture.

Boehner's Dilemma: Decency vs. Depravity

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Lorelei Kelly

Now that Republicans in the House are the object of their own campaign ire (they're now "the government"), they need to reject the malevolent commentators on the sidelines and stand up for our institutions of civil governance.

The Republican War on Reality

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Loeb

Today's Republicans are far from their predecessors. Beyond political differences with Obama and the Democrats, they've been making war on reality itself, which should be a major issue of the campaign's final days.

The Top Ten Reasons the So-Called "Liberal" Media Loves the Tea Party

Tori Arthur | Posted 05.25.2011

Tori Arthur

In the past year, the Tea Party movement has captivated American audiences with its particular brand of spit-fire politics. Protest rallies, (dare I ...

Amanda Terkel

POLL: Fewer Than 1 In 5 Americans View Glenn Beck As A Religious Leader

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

When Fox News host Glenn Beck held his Aug. 28 Restoring Honor rally on the National Mall, many observers noted that it seemed more religious than pol...

A tale of two rallies: Sarah Palin drops in on Wasilla crowd and Anchorage honks in protest

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 05.25.2011

AlaskaDispatch.com

In Wasilla on Saturday, some 300 conservatives gathered to remember the 9/11 attacks. GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller was getting the attention. But t...

God Interview II: Sarah Palin Gets Equal Time With God and Explains Tea Party

Molly Secours | Posted 05.25.2011

Molly Secours

After granting an exclusive interview with Katie Couric last week and then being accused of pandering to the liberal media, God accepted an invitation by Rupert Murdoch to give equal time to Fox News.

The Tea Party's Worst Nightmare: Ike

Toby Barlow | Posted 05.25.2011

Toby Barlow

We know what Glenn and Sarah hate. We know what all the Tea Party candidates hate. They hate taxes. They hate Big Government. They want to see our gre...

Me and Face the Grayson for September 2, 2010

Stephanie Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Stephanie Miller

Me and Face the Grayson for August 19, 2010 According to Alan Grayson you only have three friends in this life: "God, your mama and the Democratic ...

Glenn Beck Rally Attendance: How Many Attended 'Restoring Honor'?

Posted 05.25.2011

Tens of thousands of people were in attendance for the Glenn Beck rally "Restoring Honor" this past weekend in Washington, D.C., which largely deliver...

Take Back the Streets From Beck, Palin, Fox News, The Koch Brothers, and the Tea Party

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Miles Mogulescu

Republicans who vote down unemployment insurance and try to pass more tax cuts for the rich should be scared to show up in public. It's time for progressives to rediscover their history of mass protests.

The Daily Show Needs Some Upgrades

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Mann

I record The Daily Showevery day. But I don't always watch it now. Not long ago, I wouldn't miss it. But enough, already, with the constant d*ck jokes and the third-rate second bananas.

Glenn Beck Compares Obama's America To 'Planet Of The Apes' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Glenn Beck compared Obama's America to "the damn Planet of the Apes," Thursday during a rant against the president's praise for the AFL-CIO. Beck ma...

Is Jon Stewart the Walter Cronkite of This Generation?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Rosenbaum

Jon Stewart isn't a newsman, a reporter, or a correspondent. But he is an honest broker of ideas in a time when it's needed to separate the PR noise from the daily news, and that he does better than anyone else in the media.

Is Technology Turning Up The Terror?

Cassandra M. Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011

Cassandra M. Bellantoni

The loudest voices spreading negativity never offer real solutions that might calm their followers' anxiety. Instead, they're using sound bites and scary headlines to drum up more fear.

Thomas Merton, Rock Stars, and the Enablers that Serve Them

Mark Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Shaw

Let's see who the enablers are, and who those are who stand up and condemn their words.

Stop Covering Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, Inflating Their Stature

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Abrams

Sarah Palin, Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh have figured out what progressive media have not. If only heard and commented upon by their own audiences, like Fox and their radio stations and Facebook page, they would not amount to very much.