George W. Bush

Quakers and Shakers: Giuliani and Paterson Unlikely Bedfellows in the Axis of Anxiety

Adam Hanft | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York


Adam Hanft

Tough-guy Rudy Giuliani and touchy-feely David Paterson are in unlikely and violent agreement: making Manhattan Ground Zero for the Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial is a very bad idea.

Imagine if the Today's Right-Wing Were Around for Nuremberg

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

The right-wing radicals, unanimous in their agreement that KSM should not be tried in the U.S. courts, aren't just crazy, they're un-American. We don't take people out and shoot them without trials.

Mr. President, 'Change' Is Your 'New Frontier'

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


John R. Bohrer

The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.

The Inevitable Fluke That Is Sarah Palin

William Bradley | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media


William Bradley

Five minutes into yesterday's Oprah extravaganza with Sarah Palin, I messaged Steve Schmidt, John McCain's presidential campaign manager: "So how did you know Bristol was pregnant before it was announced?"

President Obama's Entrepreneurial Mindset

Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


Don McNay

I have not seen much evidence of Obama being in touch with small-town Kentucky, but after reading David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win, I have become convinced that he knows what it takes to run a business.

The Importance of 'Democracy Promotion'

J. Brian Atwood | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


J. Brian Atwood

The overly enthusiastic embrace of "democracy promotion" by the Bush administration could have smothered that phrase for years to come. But fortunately, Obama has resisted temptations to abandon it.

Lower Manhattan is the Proper Place to Try Khalid Sheikh Mohmammed

Julie Menin | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


Julie Menin

it should indeed be a jury of New Yorkers, the community who was most adversely impacted by the horrific events of September 11th, who decide Mohammed's fate.

Medicare Paid $47 Billion In Suspect Claims, According To HHS

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home


WASHINGTON — The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a ...

Civilian Trials for Terrorists Highlight Differences Between Presidents

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics


Brian Levin, J.D.

For Obama, the ability to showcase our justice system in a case involving one of the world's most reviled accused terrorists represents an important opportunity to define America before history and the world.

Bush: 'I Went Against My Free-Market Instincts'

George's Bottom Line | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


"I went against my free-market instincts." That's what former President Bush said today in explaining why he signed off on the bailout for Wall Stree...

Iranian Memoir By Freed Prisoner Haleh Esfandiari

The New York Review of Books | Claire Messud | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books


In Emin Prison Claire Messud The New York Review of Books "My Prison, My Home: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran" by Haleh Esfandiari. Ecco, ...

You Are Not a "Great American," Sean Hannity

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media


Andy Ostroy

If Sean Hannity truly wants to be the "great American" he claims to be, he can start by being truthful to his listeners and by not rooting for his supposedly beloved America to fail under the current leadership.

Jason Linkins

On Bush's Watch, U.S. Suffered Its "Electronic Pearl Harbor"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media


Sunday's 60 Minutes featured a pretty terrifying report on the potential threat the United States faces from cyberterrorism. It's territory that the ...

Obama Worse Than Bush On Endangered Species Protection

The Examiner | Jean Williams | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar's appointment by President Obama has been controversial from the beginning. His record on environmental and wildlif...

Good Reason for Muslims to Fear Ft. Hood Backlash

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The pack of shrill rightist bloggers and talk radio chatterers jumped all over the shooting and gleefully fanned anti-Muslim passions. It didn't take much to get the anti-Muslim hate juices flowing.

Mike Britt, Former Colorado GOP Chair, Payed National Republican Party For Voter Information: Report

9News | Adam Schrager | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver


KUSA -The former executive director of the Colorado Republican Party authorized the downloading of a massive e-mail list from the Republican National ...

Jason Linkins

In Japan, Bush Expresses Regrets... For Baseball Decisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media


Over at Foreign Policy's blog, Joshua Keating reports that President George W. Bush was in Japan yesterday, throwing out the first pitch at game three...

Pentagon Pursues Investigation Into Bush Propaganda Program

The Raw Story | Brad Jacobson | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics


The Pentagon's Office of Inspector General is conducting a new investigation into a covert Bush administration Defense Department program that used re...

GOP Is Withering About His Dithering

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

If you look before you leap / And worry that you're in too deep / If flag-draped coffins cost you sleep / You're "dithering."

Admit It: We Don't Really Think About the Troops

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Douglas MacKinnon

For us, the troops are invisible. They don't exist. They don't count. For the folks I speak with from the military, it really has come down to, "Let us go big or let us come home."

What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Russ Baker

We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.

Clinton, Bush To Debate At Radio City Music Hall

Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


An entirely different kind of presidential debate is coming to Radio City Music Hall. Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will take the...

Too Soon To Tell? Judging A President's Progress

The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books


The New York Review of Books Huffington Post: At the anniversary of the election of Barack Obama, we're taking a close look at how he's done and what...

One Year Later: A Return to Normalcy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

Th Obama normalcy is a welcome relief from eight years of the Bush administration, but it is only a start. If Obama builds on this start with true reforms, much of the hope will come back.

Obama State Secrets Privilege Affidavit Sounds Just Like Bush

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics


When Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the "state secrets" privilege to quash a lawsuit alleging illegal National Security Agency spying last Frida...