Sunday Mornings With Rush

Stu Kreisman, 11.02.2009

Emmy award winning writer-producer and author.

Sunday mornings just aren't the same anymore. The days of spending hours leisurely reading the Sunday paper and watching the network news shows are a ...

Halloween Costumes Ripped From The Headlines

Glynnis MacNicol, 10.31.2009

Senior Editor, Mediaite.com

So it's the morning of Halloween, and you don't have a costume. You were going to be Kanye West, but the friend you were counting on to be your Taylor...

Campbell Brown Smears MSNBC

Matt Osborne, 10.30.2009

Blogs at osborneink.com.

Fox News is all slant, all the time, while MSNBC is absolutely not a liberal mirror-image. The slant is not equal, nor do the two channels offset like penalties in a football game.

Fat Lazy Neighborhoods?

Peter A. Ubel, 10.26.2009

Physician and Behavioral Scientist at the University of Michigan

Human behavior is ultimately the main cause of diabetes. But no person's behavior is completely under their own control. A number of social forces are at play, too.

Can You Really Get the "News" From Watching TV?

John W. Whitehead, 10.24.2009

Attorney and author who has written, debated and practiced widely

Truth is often lost when we fail to distinguish between opinion and fact, and that is the danger we now face as a society.

News

Norman Horowitz, 10.22.2009

Senior executive with almost 50 years of diverse media experience

News as defined by dictionary.com is the presentation of a report on recent or new events [intelligence; information] in a newspaper or other periodi...

Punishing the Health Insurance Cartel for Extortion and Fraud

Bob Cesca, 10.15.2009

Political Writer, Blogger, and New Media Producer

If there was any lingering doubt about the ethical bankruptcy of the health care cartel, we now have incontrovertible evidence in the form of a new report commissioned by the health insurance lobby.

What Civilized Country Operates Like This?

Tom Sullivan, 10.13.2009

Tom Sullivan also blogs for Campaign for America's Future.

What civilized country operates like this? In case God-and-country defenders of the status quo need reminding, America's for-profit health insurance system serves neither.

It's Hug a Conservative Week

Robert J. Elisberg, 10.14.2009

Columnist and screenwriter

It's not like President Obama gave an award to himself. The Nobel committee felt the U.S. president was deserving. And it's their football. In the end, it honors the man. It honors the nation.

Health Care Reform, Climate Change, and the Evasion of Our Mortality

Robert D. Stolorow, 10.12.2009

Author of "Trauma and Human Existence"

Much of the right-wing rhetoric about health care reform -- focusing on such non-issues as socialism, government control, and higher taxes -- has been obscuring what health care reform is really about: our mortality!

The Obama Presidency Is Finished

Dan Sweeney, 10.09.2009

I tore my hair and beat my breast when I first heard the news.

Brazil Beats America And Wins Olympic Gold; Republicans Dance In The Streets

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.

Democrat Alan Grayson Calls Republicans "Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthals" on CNN. Was He Right? You Bet!

Ronald B. Robinson, 10.16.2009

Political and Media Analyst

Being progressives and promoting a positive agenda of Socio-Spiritual Liberation and Joyful Justice doesn't mean being wimpy.

Arianna Defends Alan Grayson, Discusses Urgent Need For Health Reform On "Countdown" (VIDEO)

Huff TV, 09.30.2009

Arianna was a guest on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" tonight and she defended the remarks made by Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson (FL) ...

Celebrate Saturday Night Live's 35th Season With 35 Great SNL News Spoofs

Glynnis MacNicol, 09.27.2009

Senior Editor, Mediaite.com

Long before The Daily Show, long before The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live was making fun of the news in a way that no one had ever seen before.

'Capitalism' as Comedy and Tragedy Now Playing in NY and L.A.

Michael Moore, 09.26.2009

Oscar and Emmy-winning director

My new film is going to make some of you angry; but it's going to give most of you a new sense of hope that we are going to turn around the sick and twisted mess made by the last president. Oh, and you're going to have a good laugh too.

Foiled eBay Bidder Challenges Palin to $100,000 'On the Record' Dinner for Veterans' Charities

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"), 09.22.2009

Proprietor of The Mudflats Blog

Former banker Ken Morris will donate $100,000 to veterans' charities for a dinner with Sarah Palin and guests, on-the-record and taped so as to minimize misrepresentations.

Fox and MSNBC Reporters at Values Voters: Rude, Disruptive, Lazy

Chip Berlet, 09.20.2009

Researcher and author covering civil rights and civil liberties.

While liberals and leftists keep laughing at them, the Christian Right will be busy trying to craft a last laugh -- and their track record is nothing to sneer at.

Nerd Alert: 5 Vintage Eyeglass Frame Makeovers

Karen Dalton-Beninato, 11.14.2009

NewOrleans.com Contributor

Here are some recommendations for eyeglass makeovers, because from Keith Olbermann to Rachel Maddow, who doesn't love a new look?

The UR1HTR Virus ("Hate Flu"): Stop the Epidemic!

Lea Lane, 11.14.2009

Author, six books; editor, sololady.com

The hate flu seems to thrive in the southern United States, with pockets found throughout the country, especially in rural areas.

My Problem With MSNBC

Stephen C. Rose, 11.10.2009

Founder of prize-winning magazine 'Renewal'

A while back I thought the network had real potential. Now I think it is on its way down.