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WATCH: Conan's Full Speech

Posted 04.28.2013 | Comedy

Conan O'Brien was the featured performer at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, and he had fun at the expense of Democrats, Repu...

Happy Birthday C-SPAN

Craig Crawford | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
Craig Crawford

Thirty-four years ago this week the unblinking eye we call C-SPAN turned on its Capitol Hill cameras for the first time -- and they've never been turned off.

2012 Manhattan Institute Social Entrepreneurship Awards Honors C-SPAN's Brian Lamb

Howard Husock | Posted 11.27.2012 | Media
Howard Husock

Brian Lamb, the founder of the C-SPAN network, is a man of the sort of deep modesty that most successful people in this era of self-promotion don't even bother to feign anymore.

If Great-Grandma Could have Blogged...

Elizabeth Fideler | Posted 01.09.2013 | Fifty
Elizabeth Fideler

If she were alive today, my mother would be saying "I told you so!" Known as Grandma Helen to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and "Dr. Frank" to her psychotherapy patients, she zeroed in on the sore points, told it like it was, and challenged authority at every turn.

What We Can Teach Our Kids About the Conventions

Meryl Ain, Ed.D. | Posted 11.05.2012 | Politics
Meryl Ain, Ed.D.

I fell in love with politics as a kid when I first heard the soaring cadence of John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech when he was nominated for President in 1960. I became a political junkie right then and there.

Elevating Ike: An Audiobook Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.29.2012 | Books
Tom Alderman

If you're a hardcore Democrat, this audiobook could turn you around about the man.

Supreme Court Scandals

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.29.2012 | Politics
Brent Budowsky

Sadly for America, there is far too much money, and far too little sunlight, in a government that most voters believe, correctly, is corrupted by money that buys democracy in the dark.

C-SPAN Is America

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.21.2012 | Media
Brent Budowsky

While our politics have become a shouting match of pander and slander, name-calling and talking points, celebrity media and instant misanalysis, C-SPAN shines as an exemplar of what a free press in a free nation should be.

C-SPAN's Founding CEO Stepping Down

AP | Posted 03.18.2012 | Media

NEW YORK -- Brian Lamb, who helped found the public-affairs cable network C-SPAN in 1978 and has been its CEO ever since, will step down at the end of...

Confessions of a Nightly News Junkie

Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen | Posted 06.06.2012 | Media
Bob Banov and Roger Ohlsen

During the last ten or twenty years, it's become tough for even the most savvy nightly news junkie to find out what he or she needs to know about the ongoing political circus in Washington.

C-SPAN Prank Callers Ask Lewd Questions About Mitt Romney

Posted 01.12.2012 | Politics

The true hazards of running live broadcasts including viewer participation were on full display this week, with multiple calls into C-SPAN leading to ...

WATCH: Obama's Awesome Handshake

Posted 10.25.2011 | Comedy

A video of President Obama doing an awesome job of shaking someone's hand has been making the rounds on sites like Buzzfeed, but no one can seem to re...

You're Either Part of the Solution or You're Part of the Problem

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.08.2011 | Green
Marcia G. Yerman

After my son was born and I brought him home from the hospital, I looked at my surroundings with new eyes. Everything seemed dirty and dangerous. All I could see was a world that held out potential harm.

Lucia Graves

Dem Rep: Debbie Wasserman Schultz's New Role As DNC Chair Will 'Strain Her'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 06.06.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) says Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) has her work cut out for her. When asked about Wasserman's d...

NPR, PBS, 'The Good Wife,' C-SPAN, More Win Peabody Awards

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2011 | Media

ATHENS, Ga. — The winners of the 2010 Peabody Awards announced Thursday include some of the biggest names in television, but the age-old medium ...

America's Funniest Home Videos Meets C-SPAN

Tom Bergeron | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tom Bergeron

Having spent a decade hosting America's Funniest Home Videos, I think I've come to a deeper understanding of the budget stalemate in Washington. Bear with me.

A Viewer's Guide to C-SPAN (VIDEO)

Craig Crawford | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Craig Crawford

Here are some tips for C-SPAN junkies who might find watching Congress a bit puzzling at times. Clunky opening ceremonies and endless roll calls? It's all here.

Bernie Sanders Filibuster A Hit For C-SPAN

nytimes.com | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Mr. Sanders has gone to C-SPAN. Senator Bernard Sanders, independent of Vermont, started speaking against the Obama administration's tax cut deal o...

Jason Linkins

John Boehner Rejects C-Span Offer To Increase Transparency

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Let's face it, arm-twisting and backroom deals are a big part of how your legislative sausage gets made. So, in November, C-Span sent Boehner a letter in which they offered to improve that. He has, however, chosen to decline.

FLASHBACK: Larry King Reflects On His Legendary Career...In 1982

Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Leave it to C-SPAN to unearth these two gems from their archives: Larry King in 1982, reflecting on his already-legendary broadcasting career and tapi...

Unlisted -- But OK

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Nigel Hamilton

Just because you got some wonderful TV coverage doesn't get you on the list of "Reviewers' favorites from 2010."

C-SPAN Microphone Catches Bennet Lamenting Lame Duck Session; 'It's All Rigged'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet was caught by a C-SPAN microphone on Tuesday lamenting what he referred to as a "rigged" lame duck Senate process. ...

Jason Linkins

Citing Boehner, C-SPAN Asks Boehner For Permission To Add Cameras

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

With the GOP poised to assume control of the House Of Representatives, the good people of C-SPAN have made a humble request of Representative and inco...

Thank You, Class of 2008

Chris Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Campbell

When Barack Obama won the presidency and Democrats took firm holds of both Houses for the first time in a decade, my obsessive interest in politics be...

After Zakaria, What About Other ADL Humphrey Prize Recipients?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Steve Clemons

I don't necessarily believe in follow-the-leader, but knowing how other recipients feel about the ADL controversy and the Cordoba mosque could be instructive and important.