By some weird lightning strike of fate, with voting closing at 5:00 pm EST tomorrow, I am currently ahead in the voting for the Air America blogger contest.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics
Finally, Republicans have memorialized their flat-earth style of politics by demanding that their candidates stop thinking and swear a purity oath. Regardless of whether it's dumb luck at work here, Obama should be grateful.
Mike Lux | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics
I love the four other candidates in the Air America contest. They are all great bloggers and a couple of them I am delighted to call friends. This is an election, though, so here are some reasons you should consider voting for me.
Mike Lux | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
I am surprised, delighted, but mostly humbled to report the news that Air America is reporting that I am currently 3rd on their list of nominated bloggers for the ir competition. I am especially surprised given my evil DC insider status.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
The engine driving the impending train wreck for Obama and his spineless advisors is that he made promises that turned out millions of supporters. That promise was that we were going to see "change." Soon we began to see "Bush Lite."
Nicholas Brown | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
I'm probably not going to get around to joining the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps or the armed services anytime soon. I have a career to consider. So -- and I'm talking to you here government -- I want you to force me.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business
Open the phonebook and randomly pick the name of a stockbroker or a bank president. Call that person and ask them to explain to you how a synthetic or a derivative actually works.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
The organization that use to represent small business interests has morphed into a lapdog that serves a new master. That master is international mega-corporations.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media
Roger Ailes understands what other TV executives miss. He remembers that P.T. Barnum built his business around high-wire acts and circus freaks.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
Conservative political policies have been built around the manipulation of that ugly quality called victim blame. They are brilliant in that they have freed us from the responsibility of being our brother's keeper.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Napolitano can't afford to understate the seriousness of the swine flu, even though America has been abused by politically motivated scare tactics for eight years.
Bill Mann | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media
There are plenty of media dopes for Obama to deal with, to say nothing of their audiences. All these media outlets feature loudmouths with big megaphones, and a lack of decency or any allegiance to facts.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
Where do washed up celebrities go once they realize that their career is in the tank? They become celebrity spokesmen for the Republican National Committee.
Tara Stiles | Posted 09.22.2009 | Home
Dear Rachel Maddow, Thank you for bringing us the news in a fun and entertaining way. Your smarts and sensibilities have lured me and many others ...
Mike Papantonio | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media
Democrats have made progress with their leadership management skills. Here is what they have figured out: When your opposition is burning down, don't get involved.
Megan Carpentier | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media
While advertising is supposedly just a way to convince consumers to purchase products, these corporations have a history of political contributions and advocacy.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment
This being Woodstock Week, it seemed a perfect time to catch-up with this artist whose music influenced many of those who appeared at the culture-changing event.
Bill Mann | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media
Reagan is among those disgusted and appalled with Limbaugh and other poisonous talk-show ideologues referring to President Obama as a "modern-day Hitler."
Mike Papantonio | Posted 09.03.2009 | Home
Since 1935, an organization calling itself "The Family" has been able to operate unnoticed in the Beltway. But that invisibility is disappearing because of the sensational sex lives of Mark Sanford and John Ensign.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
Fringe Democrats looked ridiculous when they suggested McCain wasn't eligible to be president because he was born in Panama. The grown-ups in Democratic leadership put a quick end to that.
The Media Consortium | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business
Congress should be writing regulations to curb risk in the financial system as fast as bankers are paying themselves bonuses. They're our representatives, after all, and it's our money.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
U.S. relations with the Saudi royal family trumped the importance of 3,000 9-11 murders. That was the opinion of the U.S. State Department during the...
Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media
About an hour's drive from where I live, a miserable 60-year old man by the name of Donnie Baker murdered two Chilean college students and wounded fiv...
Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.31.2009 | Business
For months, Conservatives have been in search of an attack issue to rally around. They've also been desperately searching for someone credible to lead...
Lizz Winstead | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York
Now there were many types of fallout, but to those of us who made our living as political satirists, questioning our government was still an unwelcome programming pitch.
Mike Lux | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics