Sarah Palin's Secret Dictionary

Barry Bortnick, 07.29.2010

Journalist

As luck would have it, some friends of mine at Wikileak came upon an unpublished version of Ms. Palin's soon-to-be-best-seller: Sarah's Secret Dictionary of Important New Words.

Dan Hoyle Breathes New Life Into Real Americans

George Heymont, 07.28.2010

San Francisco-based arts critic

Watching what seems like a slight and sweet young man with a naturally athletic body morph into 20+ characters of varying ages, wisdom, genders, and enthusiasm is an experience you won't want to miss.

Medicare at 45: Health Reform Means New Benefits for Seniors

Barbara J. Easterling, 07.28.2010

President, Alliance for Retired Americans

This year is an especially happy birthday for Medicare because the new health reform law makes it easier for seniors to afford to see a doctor, fill a prescription, and receive free preventive screenings for serious diseases.

Top Vacation Spots Where You Won't Run Into Sarah Palin

Shadia Garrison, 07.27.2010

Responsible travel enthusiast

I thought I'd do a public service and let you in on some vacation secrets. The following is a list of places I deem least likely for you to run into Sarah Palin this year.

There's a Republican for That...

Howie Klein, 07.27.2010

Adjunct Professor, McGill University

It's too easy to dismiss John Boehner, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, David Vitter, Virginia Foxx and even Rand Paul and Sharron Angle as merely a gaggle of crackpots and misanthropes unworthy of being taken seriously.

Kate Gosselin, Sarah Palin & 8 Kids Go Camping -- in Alaska

The Stir, 07.27.2010

For an upcoming episode of Kate Plus 8, Kate Gosselin and her brood will be hauling it to the woods for a camping trip with none other than Sarah Palin.

America's Evita? Sarah Palin

Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, 07.27.2010

Assistant Professor, Political Science at Northwestern University

While Peron and Palin's political rise and ideological persuasions are as different as the North and South Poles, their similarities as leaders are striking. Their styles are populist, plain and simple.

Palin's Progress

Brenda Peterson, 07.26.2010

Author, I Want to Be Left Behind

As much as I dislike Palin's appalling lack of curiosity and her contempt for nature, I have to credit her lineage: the fundamentalist church women of my childhood who rose up from spiritual slavery. We liberals need to understand Sarah Palin's appeal, especially to women, instead of dismissing her. As a Christian soldier battling secularism, Palin speaks to the Religious Right's need for patriotism, for a tribal sense of belonging.

Stop Bashing Kate Gosselin's Mommying: I Want to Be One of Her Kids! Don't You?

Bonnie Fuller, 07.26.2010

President & Editor-in-Chief, HollywoodLife.com

Stop, stop the bad mom attacks on poor Kate Gosselin. There are far worse mothers in America, I can assure you, than the infamous mom of eight.

Ramblings of a 'Fake American'

Dorian de Wind, 07.26.2010

Ret. U.S. Air Force Major

When Republicans question Democrats' patriotism, they are discrediting themselves and demeaning and dangerously dividing the Real America they profess to honor and love.

Guns, Divisive Rhetoric to "Honor" Lincoln and King?

Paul Helmke, 07.26.2010

President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

There's a sad irony in all of these people at the podium, with their supporters, celebrating their worship of guns while invoking the legacies of two great Americans whose magnificent lives were cruelly cut short by bullets.

The 'Fascinating Fascism' of Sarah Palin

Ariel Gonzalez, 07.26.2010

English professor, Miami Dade College

Sarah Palin lacks optimism and humor, two of Reagan's strongest traits. If she runs, it'll be on a platform of grievance. And her speeches will drip with bilious sarcasm.

A Love Affair Gone Wrong: Liberals Abandon Their Beloved Obama

Michelle Kraus, 07.27.2010

Veteran of the political blogging community

We liberals should be mad as hell at the opposition -- Breitbart and Fox News -- not Obama or his administration that fell over itself in the Shirley Sherrod affair.

Carly Fiorina: Runs to the Tea Party, Away From the Truth

Robert Greenwald, 07.25.2010

Filmmaker, Brave New Films

The fact of the matter is that Fiorina has sought to align herself with the Tea Party. She believes in what they stand for and what role they've played in the political dialogue. We believe she should denounce them.

I Understand Shirley Sherrod

James Zogby, 07.24.2010

President of the Arab American Institute, Author of Arab Voices (Palgrave Macmillan 10/10)

Something is fundamentally rotten in our political culture -- where groups seeking political advantage can so easily make victims of innocents and cowards will let good people pay a price rather than defend their rights to a fair hearing.

Why Does Anyone Take Andrew Breitbart Seriously?

Peter Dreier, 07.25.2010

E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics at Occidental College

By now it's clear what Breitbart is selling. The real question is why the mainstream media and Democratic politicians bought it. Breitbart is a con artist, but con artists only succeed if consumers don't know they are being conned -- or don't care.

Amanda Palmer, Radiohead & Ukuleles

Lee Stranahan, 07.21.2010

Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer

The next logical step for Amanda Palmer was to release an album of Radiohead covers performed on the ukulele and sell it online through a donation-based model. Plus a vinyl version.

In Defensity of Sarah Palin

Dylan Brody, 07.22.2010

I think it is time we all stop unliking Ms. Palin for her lack of acumenity and her enthuseistic abracing of folksiness that presigns as stupidity. She is, after all, only doing what her party asks of her, only being what her supporters want her to be.

Say Yes to a Mosque at Ground Zero

Kelly Caldwell, 07.21.2010

Writer

Sarah Palin heated up a local zoning debate over the weekend with one tweet. She was writing about a plan to build a mosque in lower Manhattan, a few blocks from Ground Zero.

Ground Zero Religious Freedom

Michael Carmichael, 07.21.2010

Senior political consultant, historian, author and broadcaster

The United States of America rightly prides herself on her constitutional tradition for the Constitution clearly and starkly defines individual freedo...

Mama Mia

Sam Greenfield, 07.22.2010

Radio Host, Lecturer, Writer, Comedian

Sarah, you can't keep bragging about your momhood and also bail out of your daughter's wedding. C'mon Sarah, do the right thing and refudiate your ill will towards Levi.