Yesterday Thomas Friedman proclaimed that a viable third party presidential candidate will emerge in 2012. Friedman has made similar proclamations several times before.
Posted 09.12.2011
The massive Ryugyong Hotel, which towers over the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, has long been symbolic for all the wrong reasons. Built from 1987...
Russell Bishop | Posted 09.03.2011
My experience suggests that most people who proclaim independence are living an illusion and actually wind up denying themselves the very freedom they are seeking.
The Independent | Posted 08.14.2011
It was "any time soon" that pushed me over the edge. No. No time soon. Or ever. Just get rid of it. It is not a different way of saying "soon", just a...
The Independent | Posted 06.09.2011
It certainly is not Avatar. Sumptuous costumes, golden keys opening doors to reveal orgies in imperial China and plenty of erotic action in lurid 3D -...
Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011
Lieberman's last two years in the Senate will define his legacy. And we can only hope that they will bring out the best for all of the residents of Connecticut and the country.
Michael N. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011
People will always be more passionate about their kids (or neighbors) playing a game than they will about test scores. It's just more fun.
Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 05.25.2011
Our representatives are the first class passengers on the sinking boat called America. They are still drinking champagne and listening to music because they have access to the life rafts. Not surprising.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Tea Party candidates suffered defeats in yesterday's primaries in Indiana, Ohio, and North Carolina, but are enjoying varying degrees of success in Florida, Kentucky, and Utah. It's going to be an interesting election season to watch.
Abe Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011
I still may submit to some festivals. The exposure certainly wouldn't hurt. They're just not the main route to travel down with this project now. At least, that's what my gut's telling me.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Just hours after Gov. Charlie Crist announced he would run for the U.S. Senate as an independent, the Florida GOP hastened t...
Posted 05.25.2011
A hefty 28 percent of all Americans identify themselves as supporters of the grass-roots Tea Party movement, according to a new Gallup poll released M...
Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011
In Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, those depicted as being fully themselves tend to convene or live outside, amid the vividly rendered trees, mushrooms, and wild things.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm not saying the Tea Party wackadoodles shouldn't be exposed by the Left, to show the lunacy and nastiness being openly displayed by some Tea Partiers. But it doesn't mean the movement itself is solely comprised of such gadflies.
New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ | Posted 05.25.2011
Alexander Lebedev, a Russian billionaire who was once a KGB agent stationed in London, on Thursday struck a long-awaited deal to buy The Independent n...
Erik Sanner | Posted 05.25.2011
What perturbs me about art fairs is the lack of new media art -- some art fairs exhibit a smattering, others none at all. Are there really so few notable practicing new media artists?
Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011
Bayh masked his craven capitulation to corporate lobbyists with a veneer of bipartisanship and moderation. If he sold out to enough special interests, he could claim that he was on both sides.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
There has been an interesting alignment which has slowly happened over the past year, between two groups not normally in agreement -- inside-the-Beltw...
Pollster | Charles Franklin | Posted 05.25.2011
...support for Obama has not plummeted among independents, and that needs to be clarified before it becomes erroneous conventional wisdom. It especial...
The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011
John Lichfield | The Independent The new French culture minister, Frédéric Mitterrand, is fighting to save his brief ministerial career after opp...
Liz Glover | Posted 05.25.2011
The Independent | Kim Sengupta and Ben Lynfield | Posted 05.25.2011
Israel's ground offensive is reaching a critical stage where its forces may soon have to face Hamas fighters on their chosen killing ground, the narro...
Kamala Lopez | Posted 05.25.2011
I feel very very ashamed of what we, as Americans, have come to accept as "all's fair" in this craven fight to win.
Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011
If both candidates have voted overwhelmingly with their party do you want the one who voted with Bush 90% of the time or the one who voted against Bush 96% of the time?
Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011
Now comes the true test for the progressive movement. Will progressives who vehemently oppose Nancy Pelosi's failed Congressional leadership come forward to help Cindy Sheehan challenge Pelosi for her seat in San Francisco's 8th Congressional District? I know I will.
Brendan Nyhan | Posted 09.24.2011