Bill Ayers

Bill Ayers Refused Entry To Canada

Toronto Star | Debra Black | Posted 02.19.2009 | Chicago


An American education professor, one of the founders of a radical 1960s group known as the Weather Underground, which was responsible for a number of ...

Brazil Rebounds With Bossa Beat

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 02.13.2009 | World


Eric Ehrmann

In Brazil as in the US, culture plays a big role in how nations survive the slump. Known for beaches, beauties, rain forest and laid back music, Brazil's national motto is "Order and Progress."

A Superficial Take on Politically Historical Events as Perceived While Watching CNN and MSNBC

Jann Karam | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment


Jann Karam

I'm not saying that getting laid is the agenda at every political event. But when everybody's drunk on America, there's a good chance to engage salaciously with legislators or the fit security staff.

Lifetime Poll Pinpoints Negative Media Coverage of Clinton & Palin

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics


Marcia G. Yerman

Regardless of party affiliation, women saw the coverage of both Clinton and Palin as "too negative" and without adequate substance.

Jason Linkins

Bill Ayers On Hardball: Calls Accusations "Profoundly Dishonest" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media


"I don't tend to watch television news...I have three grown sons who kind of filter those things and they sent it to me." That's Bill Ayers, making a...

Bill Ayers NY Times Op-Ed: I Was "Asked To Play A Role In A Profoundly Dishonest Drama"

New York Times | Bill Ayers | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics


In the recently concluded presidential race, I was unwillingly thrust upon the stage and asked to play a role in a profoundly dishonest drama. I refus...

He's the President, Stupid

Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


Beau Friedlander

Obama's peace train is on tracks that have led to the same place since Eisenhower first told America to beware the military-industrial complex.

Ayers Says Connection To Obama 'Exaggerated'

Associated Press | Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago


Former 1960s radical William Ayers says his past relationship with President-elect Barack Obama was often exaggerated during Obama's bid for the Whit...

How The Right Wing Helped Bill Ayers

Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago


After staying silent during an election that made him into one of its central bogeymen, Bill Ayers has been making the rounds, appearing on "Good Mor...

Ayers To Speak At Northwestern Thursday

Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago


UPDATE 11/18 6:10 P.M. Bill Ayers' Northwestern speech has been postponed, a university spokesman told the Tribune. A new date has not yet been se...

The Strange Return of the Sixties Radicals

Johann Hari | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Johann Hari

There is still a distortion in our memories of the violence of the '60's. After condemning Obama for vaguely knowing Ayers, McCain boasted about his "close friendship" with Henry Kissinger -- and nobody noticed the dissonance.

Terrorism: Some Definitions

Rick Ayers | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Rick Ayers

With the election over, I wonder if we can draw down the rhetoric a bit. Let's begin with a definition of terrorism.

Ayers: Our Neighborhood "Kind Of Like Wasilla"

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Salon's Walter Shapiro talked to Bill Ayers about the election in which he played a surprisingly big part: Do you feel diminished by Obama repeatedl...

Ayers On GMA: GOP Used "Dishonest Narrative ... To Demonize Me"

ABC News | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


ABC News' "Good Morning America" featured an interview with "campaign boogeyman" William Ayers Friday, his first since the election: Ayers remained ...

Bill Ayers Calls Obama A 'Family Friend' In Updated Book

Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago


In a new afterword to his 2001 memoir, Fugitive Days, Bill Ayers refers to himself as a "family friend" of President-elect Barack Obama, according to...

Bill Ayers Going On "Good Morning America" Friday

ABC News | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics


In his first first television interview since he became the center of controversy in the Presidential race, Chicago activist Williams Ayers breaks his...

Bill Ayers Tells His Side: 'A Bit Surreal'

The Huffington Post | Ben Goldberger | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago


Bill Ayers, who stayed quiet throughout the presidential campaign even as he became its central lightning rod, finally broke his silence on Election D...

Yes We Did! But There Is a Lot More to Do

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

Obama has not hit a home run; he has merely earned the right to step into the batter's box.

Ayers Finally Speaks: I Barely Knew Obama, "They Made Me Into A Cartoon Character"

New Yorker | David Remnick | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Early this morning, the Obama family voted at the Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School, in Hyde Park. Long after they had gone, the lawn in front of the...

For GOP, Scary is as Scary Does

Monroe Anderson | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Monroe Anderson

Pity the poor right. The party faithful's fear and smear machine that has worked in the past--quicker than you could say Swift boating or Willie Horton--just doesn't possess that same old white magic.

The TV Ad Wars Conclude

William Bradley | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media


William Bradley

Despite John McCain's pledge this spring not to make Rev. Jeremiah Wright an issue in the campaign, at least one official organ of the party he now heads is running a hit spot on Wright.

Seth Colter Walls

McCain Camp Pushes New ACORN Outrage

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


McCain campaign manager Rick Davis held a conference call on Thursday to dish out some more press criticism and fan the flames of a new alleged ACORN-...

But What About Jeremiah Wright?

Etan Bednarsh | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


Etan Bednarsh

Or William Ayers. Or ACORN. Or Karl Marx. Or whoever is the next person introduced on this Obama themed episode of This is Your Life.

Palin's Pal: A Feminist of Her Own

Adele Stan | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics


Adele Stan

As a former Ms. staffer myself, I feel betrayed by Elaine Lafferty's stumping for Palin, who, taking advantage of an opening won by the efforts of feminists, would set back women's rights by decades.

TV Ad Wars: McCain Takes His Last Shot(s)

William Bradley | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media


William Bradley

For all the rumor-mongering about Obama as a "Manchurian candidate," there is no silver bullet to defeat the vampire that haunts the nightmares of the far right. Reality is dawning.