Where Does the #Occupy Movement Go From Here?
It's time to ask whether the organizational forms and tactics which birthed the #Occupy mass protests are adequate to building a long-term movement which can change the country and the world.
It's time to ask whether the organizational forms and tactics which birthed the #Occupy mass protests are adequate to building a long-term movement which can change the country and the world.
The Relentless Conservative | Posted 12.19.2011
I woke up very early on Sunday morning and thought the Relentless Conservative (RC) should head on down to see what Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was all about.
Robert Brustein | Posted 08.13.2011
When you consider all the political careers wrecked by acts of extra-marital sex, whether Gary Hart's Bimini bimbo or Elliott Spitzer's Washington call-girl, you can see that being a potent male is often an obstacle to being a potent politician.
latimes.com | June 8, 2011 | Posted 08.08.2011
Although political scandals date to the country's earliest days, attention to sex-related wrongdoing in Congress began in earnest in the 1970s. Here a...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.08.2011
The rise and ultimate fall of Rep. Anthony Weiner's once-brilliant political career has many elements of a classic Greek tragedy, where the highly ambitious, competent, powerful protagonist suffers a horrible fate.
Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 08.07.2011
Though Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner apologized to his wife Huma Abedin numerous times throughout Monday's news conference--where he confessed to hav...
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011
Who do you think is more likely to attract an audience -- the charming, charismatic Clinton, or the mean and menacing Spitzer?
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011
CNN continues to lag behind FoxNews and MSNBC in total viewers. But in February, thanks to the upheaval in Northern Africa, CNN was the only one of th...
Amy Siskind | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's face it, CNN has a women problem. Need proof? Do the math. Last year, seven major anchors left CNN. Of the seven, five were women!
Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011
Can Bloomberg argue that his undercover investigation at an Arizona gun show was anything more than a taxpayer-funded vacation/publicity stunt?
Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011
Fox is preparing for a "worst-case scenario" in which it was pressured to air responsible statements in place of its current programming: "If it comes to that, God forbid, we'll just air 24 hours of 24."
Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011
Call it what you like -- barbaric, violent, loud, abusive, exploitative. No, we are not talking about Jersey Shore. We are talking about Mixed Martial...
Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 05.25.2011
Even with the push towards teaching digital ethics, the reality is this can still happen to you. Someone can photograph or record you without your knowledge and post it online where it can spread like wildfire.
politico.com | Andy Barr | Posted 05.25.2011
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said on Monday there are "no coincidences" in the Securities and Exchange Commission filing a lawsuit against Goldm...
Fortune | Peter Elkind | Posted 05.25.2011
Spitzer writes a twice-monthly column for Slate, excoriating Democrats and Republicans alike, and teaches a class at City College. He says he is "lovi...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011
The thing about promising to drain the swamp is that people tend to remember. Then they expect you to do it. What a pain in the gavel! Actually, that's only partially true.
Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011
Kristin Davis' campaign slogan will be "GOVERN THIS" Now that David Patterson has officially backed out of the race, look who's planni...
New York Times, MySpace | Posted 05.25.2011
Update: Ashley Dupre Nude pictures hit the web Previously: **Friday Update: More Pictures, Video and New Details here** The New York Times interv...
Bruce Kluger | Posted 05.25.2011
David Letterman successfully navigated his way through three explosive crises -- personal, professional and legal -- by simply telling the truth.
David Henry Sterry | Posted 05.25.2011
If this book helps people see that men and women who have sex for money are mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, I will be happy. If it shines a compassionate light into the sex ghetto, it'll be worth all the slings and arrows.
Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011
The latest tempest involved New York's 23rd Congressional district, where the Republican candidate was forced out of the race because of her positions on gay and abortion rights.
Catie Lazarus | Posted 05.25.2011
What Did You Learn in 2009? Test your knowledge by answering these objectively scientific questions about the celebrities, politicians and fifteen minute famers who made headlines.
Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
The New York Daily News reports that a controversial political strategist alerted federal authorities to Eliot Spitzer's dalliances with prostitutes, ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011
When do you go from an aspiring singer to a successful one? Ashley Alexandra Dupré, the high-priced call girl at the center of the scandal that fe...
Cedric Perrier | Posted 05.25.2011
Perhaps what America is observing is political opportunism in its freshest form. We see this a great deal in the new order of the entertainment industry: fame without responsibility.
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 01.04.2012