Alaska Governor Snubs the President and the Troops
In what Alaskans hope is not becoming a longstanding tradition, the new governor just dissed the President of the United States.
In what Alaskans hope is not becoming a longstanding tradition, the new governor just dissed the President of the United States.
Julie Farby | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media
While Sarah's juicy, soon-to-be-released memoir (do I smell Pulitzer?) may be soaring up the bestseller lists, her success on the lecture circuit hasn't exactly fared as well.
Politico | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
Top Republicans and Democrats across Alaska are quietly lining up to run for governor amid growing speculation that Sarah Palin will not seek reelecti...
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics
For the first time since she has been in the public spotlight, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was able to talk her way into an issue that really resonated with the masses.
Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
If Palin hopes to lead the GOP out of its rut, she will first and foremost need to transcend her current role as the character children see on the front of a GOP cereal box.
Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Bob Poe, an erstwhile state commissioner and former president of the Anchorage Economic Development Corp., has announced his run for the Alaska Democr...
AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
DENVER — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin describes herself as a "hard-core pro-lifer" and expresses confidence that in spite ...
MSNBC | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
Governor Sarah Palin used her state law-enforcement agency's twin-engine plane to travel around Alaska, accounting for about 20 percent of its flying ...
The New York Times | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
These days, Gov. Sarah Palin seems like a candidate trying to wriggle free of her handlers. On Sunday night, she twice took questions from reporters,...
Mother Jones | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
By using at least one private email account for state business, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has virtually guaranteed that most of the emails she sent...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics
Sarah Palin's not some damned beauty queen whose vacuousness we're supposed to tolerate through the question-and-answer part of the pageant simply because we love her in a bathing suit.
Tom Alderman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
Thursday night's a biggie. There's a decent chance Biden and Palin will get bigger viewer numbers than the Presidential top dogs did last Friday. This...
Paul Slansky | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
Knowing his parents as we do, what seems the likeliest inspiration for infant Trig's name?
Erik Ose | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
Why the secrecy? Why try so hard to cover up your e-mail trail? What exactly is Gov. Palin trying to hide?
Erik Ose | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
A strange hacking incident earlier today tied up another loose end for Gov. Sarah Palin. Overnight, one of Palin's Yahoo e-mail accounts was compromi...
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home
My nine year-old daughter asked why I am afraid of Sarah Palin. I answered, "Because she doesn't stand for anything that's good for women, for little girls or for any Americans." "But what does she stand for?" my wide-eyed daughter asked.
Lee Camp | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Tony Sachs | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics
If Joe Biden had said this on national TV, the election would be over. But if Sarah doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is, well, my goodness, neither do a lot of hardworking, God-fearing hockey moms.
Erik Ose | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics
I got a fascinating e-mail from a Wasilla, Alaska resident who was witness to Sarah Palin's tenure as mayor. Except for a New York Times article this...
Trish Wend | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics
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Lee Camp | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Sean Carman | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
What does all of this mean? The friendly, apparently all-American demeanor? The rabid support of radical right-wing fundamentalists? The dogged, inexplicable hatred of trooper Wooten?
Sean Carman | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
Palin appears to have turned herself into a Barbie doll to advance her political career. Which, of course, will make feminists everywhere line up to vote for her. Especially Hilary supporters.
Jeffrey Jena | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics
For all of my enlightened progressive friends out there in cyberland who are just atwitter and twitching about Gov. Palin let me give you a little history lesson.
Alex Leo | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics
Of course, many of these people are not Republicans. But if you're compromising everywhere else, why not on party affiliation?
Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics