The scariest man on television is obsessed with cakes. Ron Ben-Israel, the host of Food Network’s bizarre culinary competition series "Sweet Geni...
Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney | Posted 08.22.2011
Does the agricultural use of antibiotics contribute to their diminishing effectiveness in people? The debate over Big Agriculture's use of antibiotics is becoming a culture war of facts.
David D. Burstein | Posted 06.15.2011
I took a gap year and it actually changed my life. Although, I initially resisted the idea, wanting to stay "on track," I soon realized that this wouldn't "set me back" at all.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011
A belief in god is the ultimate proof that the believer is not comfortable with not knowing: faced with uncertainty, instead of saying "I don't know," believers make up answers like "It's god's will."
Simon Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011
When the age of Mencken passed, many felt that the column would be followed by nothing but news. But today, given the millions of words of columns, billions of blogs and tweets, opinion is riding high.
Jason Pollock | Posted 05.25.2011
The Huffington Post has been dramatically ahead of the curve in modifying their site to fit with the latest social trends. Last night they were rewarded handsomely for their brilliance.
Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011
When the voices on the op-ed pages aren't reflecting the diversity of our country, it becomes just a small percentage of the population who is feeding the national (and global) conversation.
Posted 05.25.2011
Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal Wednesday attacking Liz Cheney's "Al-Qaida 7" logic as "shoddy ...
Posted 05.25.2011
Rachel Maddow took aim at Sen. Orrin Hatch Tuesday for lying about health care reform and reconciliation in an op-ed written by the senator and publis...
Rob Warmowski | Posted 05.25.2011
For my entire adult life, I have watched free-market fundamentalists do their thing. They demonize government, run for government, capture government, then dismantle and privatize government.
Susan Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011
Today's digital-media-enabled contests, perhaps even the most familiar reality-TV, American Idol-type kind, are popular because they promise a rags-to-riches success for at least one contestant.
Chloe Angyal | Posted 05.25.2011
Given the profound under-representation of women in major newspapers' op-ed pages, it was not surprising to see the Washington Post name yet another man as America's Next Great Pundit.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Newspapers seem to be clinging to blandness as a viable business model in an exciting new world of opinions available to their potential customers -- to their detriment. And then they wonder why they're failing.
Jesse Berney | Posted 05.25.2011
Sarah Palin published an op-ed in the Washington Post today. I received a package this morning, wrapped in plain brown paper with no return address, i...
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011
Their warning of the "grave harm" that will ensue if gays and lesbians are allowed to serve openly in our all-volunteer military was essentially that volunteers will leave in droves.
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011
There have been mixed reviews around the world following the G-20 economic summit in London Thursday. While op-eds and editorials in some papers laud...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011
You would think that those who created the financial mess would have some humility. But you would be wrong. DeSantis's letter is just one example.
Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011
5. Obliged to lend his tootsies, at will, to any charitable Foot Fetish Galas (expected to show up in formal leather choker, spiked armlets and chain-link leash).
Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 05.25.2011
I see editorial writing in U.S. mainstream media, with a very few exceptions, as propaganda deprived of intellectual reflection. The public senses this as well, distrusts the media instinctively.
CBS | Posted 05.25.2011
As part of his continuing quest to sell lawmakers and the American people on his stimulus plan, President Obama penned an op-ed for the Washington Pos...
Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week, the New York Times published an op-ed by Muammar el-Qaddafi, leader of Libya. Perhaps soon we will read Times op-eds penned by Blagojevich, Madoff, and Ahmadinejad.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011
Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...
Lester Feder | Posted 05.25.2011
The whole point of McCain's rejected op-ed, published Tuesday in the New York Post, is that he doesn't think it is wise to offer the kind of Iraq statement that would satisfy the Times.
Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.25.2011
What would you do differently in Iraq? Say it up top and be specific. Get readers and morning commuters to spill their coffee, what I call the "shock and awe" lede. Ok, maybe a bad pun.
Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011
In 2001, David Bianco was at the pinnacle of his career in GLBT journalism. Then he started reinventing his personal history, giving up sex with men and moving towards Orthodox Judaism.
The Daily Beast | Posted 04.26.2012