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The president's most recent August swoon reminds us that this moment is the first real test of Obama's "hope" in the nitty-gritty of getting big things done in Washington.
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
Deep inside all skeptics and most cynics is a deep ache to trust again, but to do so without the fear of being let down, disappointed, betrayed or devastated.
Jim Selman | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
When the nutters want to both destroy civil discourse and undermine the democratic process in some cynical financially motivated power grab, then we must call it what it is: bullshit.
David Murray | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago
It's not that I'm sick of Mayor Daley. He's as entertaining as ever, and as much a confounding brew of political genius and moral vulgarity, animal intelligence and intellectual imbecility as he ever was.
Sahil Kapur | Posted 03.21.2009 | Entertainment
Friday, February 20, 2009, marks the 42nd birthday of Nirvana rock legend Kurt Cobain. I learned through Kurt Cobain that there's a dark side to every light, and a silver lining to every cloud.
Bob Franken | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics
It's probably not altogether fair, but there are certain words, when we see them together, that automatically inspire scorn and/or ridicule in just ab...
Myles Brand | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media
I do not blame the cynics in college sports. They caught the virus from the rest of American culture. Americans these days permit and, indeed, encourage cynicism to pervade their lives.
Evan Derkacz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home
The following originally appeared on Religion Dispatches which is honoring Election Day with short posts from numerous contributors. *** The proble...
William Klein | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
In what observers say is the shortest "honeymoon" between the public and a new Administration, dissatisfaction with the Obama Administration began before it was even elected.
Bruce E. Levine | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics
I had to chuckle at Silverman's video pitch "The Great Schlep"... her video is so clever, adorable, and so silly that it energized me.
Susan Neiman | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics
The culture wars are not distractions from real political business: John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin may be cynical, but conservative enthusiasm for her is not.
Paula Gordon | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics
It seems that the Republican Party is struggling to inflict as much damage on itself as it has on America. As primary season rolled through my home s...
Paul Loeb | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics
Karl Rove's minions may be smiling at the brazen gamesmanship of this pick: but if Americans fall for it, they should know all too well what to expect.
Paul Hunt | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home
Obama's candidacy has generated effective grassroots initiatives in the States and it might well do the same on this side of the Atlantic, which would be a major change in many European states.
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Rhoades Alderson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics