Mark Steyn

WATCH: Fox News Guest Defends Bill Maher

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 12.28.2011

Did a guest on Fox News just make one of the smartest points about comedy this year? On December 24, Bill Maher sent out a tweet that read: "Wow, J...

Pundits Call Obama 'Ghetto Crackhead' and Newt 'Car Bomber'

Posted 02.22.2012

A Fox News guest said that some people might want to describe President Obama as a "skinny, ghetto crackhead" Thursday night. The Conservative Medi...

Think Again: Blame Gitmo

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Alterman

Conservative temperatures rose shortly after Christmas when reports surfaced that members of a group that took "credit" for the failed "underpants" attack had previously been detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

Right-Wing Media Respond To Fort Hood Shooting By Attacking Muslims

Media Matters | B.C.O. | Posted 05.25.2011

Right-wing media figures have used the shooting at Fort Hood as an excuse to attack Islam and American Muslims in particular, with Debbie Schlussel, f...

Denouncing Obama's Desire for Dijon is Downright Dangerous

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Sandy Goodman

Democrats are elitist, right-wingers insist, even if they are needy enough to receive not just college, but high school scholarships. In this case, the proof of Obama's elitism was his request for Dijon.

Pete Seeger, "Folk Music" and the Left

Jesse Larner | Posted 05.25.2011

Jesse Larner

As someone on the left who loves folk music, I understand that I'm supposed to feel mystically uplifted by the dean of activist folkies. But I never could stand Pete.

Obama Shows the World's Muslims a New American Face

Rob Asghar | Posted 05.25.2011

Rob Asghar

Obama's ability to identify ethnically and emotionally with the Islamic world, along with his ability to articulate American tolerance that goes back to the founding fathers, means that we're on our way.

Thomas B. Edsall

Some Conservatives Air Concerns Over Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

The McCain campaign's desperate gamble on Sarah Palin, aimed at reversing the Arizona senator's downward spiral, has met with decidedly mixed reaction...