The Week In Headlines

Katie Halper, 11.09.2009

Co-Founder of Laughing Liberally, a political comedy group

This Preposterous Week In Review!

Paul Slansky, 11.25.2009

Andy Richter is way smarter than Wolf Blitzer, Kirk Cameron wants you to know that Charles Darwin was not a good guy, and Tom DeLay is not afraid to seem gay.

This Preposterous Week in Review: Bachmann, Baucus, Birth Control And More!

Paul Slansky, 11.18.2009

Max Baucus achieves the impossible, Jimmy Carter gets grief for pointing out the obvious, and the FCC is stuck in 2004.

This Preposterous Week In Review!

Paul Slansky, 10.21.2009

Glenn Beck can't stop embarrassing himself, Pat Buchanan can't stop defending Hitler, and Chris Wallace can't stop sucking up to Dick Cheney.

This Preposterous Week In Review

Paul Slansky, 09.28.2009

Mischa Barton says she wound up in the loony bin because her teeth hurt, Dick Cheney says Obama is -- get this -- politicizing the Justice Department, and Maureen Dowd says bloggers can be so mean.

This Preposterous Week In Review

Paul Slansky, 09.21.2009

More lunacy from Michele Bachmann, Tom DeLay wants to see Obama's "gift certificate," and Senator Ensign wants you to know he didn't do anything "legally wrong."

This Preposterous Week in Review

Paul Slansky, 09.14.2009

Michele Bachmann doesn't want to be "Palinized." Rod Blagojevich impersonates Elvis. Miley Cyrus impersonates Britney Spears. And John Edwards ... well, you knew it all along.

This Preposterous Week in Review

Paul Slansky, 09.07.2009

The racist cop is suing the Boston Police Department and demanding compensation for everything he's had to endure, Fox News has no idea where Iraq is, and Glenn Beck says, "Don't kill anyone."

This Preposterous Week in Review

Paul Slansky, 08.31.2009

A cop explains that he's "not a racist," an imbecile calls Obama "a racist," and more than you ever wanted to hear about beer.

This Preposterous Week in Review

Paul Slansky, 08.24.2009

Crazy birthers acting out, Neil Cavuto calling Obama's choice for Surgeon General "fat," Lou Dobbs becoming unhinged, racist emails being forwarded, and so much more.

This Preposterous Week in Review: Bachmann, Beck, Brooks, And More!

Paul Slansky, 08.17.2009

Here's my look at this wild week: An index of people, places, things and why you should care about them.

This Preposterous Week in Review: Sarah Palin, Michael Jackson, And More!

Paul Slansky, 08.10.2009

Here's my look at this wild week: An index of people, places, things and why you should care about them.

This Preposterous Week In Review: Farrah, Bachmann, Burqas And More!

Paul Slansky, 07.27.2009

Here's my look at this wild week: An index of people, places, things and why you should care about them.

This Preposterous Week In Review: Michele Bachmann, Mel Gibson, And Chickens!

Paul Slansky, 07.20.2009

Here's my look at this wild week: An index of people, places, things and why you should care about them.

This Preposterous Week In Review: Glenn Beck, Mady Gosselin, And Cow Burps

Paul Slansky, 07.13.2009

Here's my look at the most preposterous events of the past week -- index-style.

Will Obama Move Supreme Court Rightward?

Jeff Cohen, 06.19.2009

Author and Media Critic

The reality is that unless Obama restrains his compulsion toward centrist consensus and appoints real progressives to replace not only Souter but Ginsburg and Stevens, our right-wing court may get even more conservative.

The Incestuous Merkins Produce Ethically Murky Doings at the New York Times

Roger Smith, 04.29.2009

Entertainment industry, writer/commentator on the media industry

The Times thought it fitting to allow the sister of Erza Merkin who steered $2.4 billion to Madoff to be prominently featured, and allowed her to get away with the barest sort of disclosure.

AIG and the Undeserving Rich

Joseph A. Palermo, 04.23.2009

Author/Associate Professor of History

For years unbridled capitalism has beat down and bloodied the working middle class in this country. Those chickens are now coming home to roost.

Whistling Past the Afghan Graveyard

Tom Engelhardt, 03.08.2009

Editor of TomDispatch.com

It is now a commonplace -- as a lead article in the New York Times's Week in Review pointed out recently -- that Afghanistan is "the graveyard of empi...

Week One

August J. Pollak, 02.27.2009

Who Cares About Playing Nice -- Play Real Instead

Dr. Susan Corso, 02.12.2009

Omnifaith spiritual expert

If our federal elected community wants to play nice, they will. If they don't, they won't. Call it reflexive partisanship, call it cantankerous cronyism, call it Ishmael. Really, who cares?