Hypocrisy

Fighting a War With Someone Else's Children

Dan Agin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Dan Agin

Fighting any war without the public sacrifice of a universal draft is an unjust misery for military personnel and their families. If war is necessary, if you want war, risk yourself or your children and grandchildren in combat.

Hypocrisy Alert: Kansas GOP Chair on Recovery Act

Mike Nellis | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


Mike Nellis

The Kansas Republican Chairwoman went on attack over the Recovery Act. Never mind that the act has created over 1 million jobs, and Kansas' jobless rate actually declined again last month.

Leave Punishing Iran to Iranians

Melody Moezzi | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


Melody Moezzi

It's clear that Iran's strongest adversary today remains within its own borders. The current Iranian regime has far more to fear from its own people than it does from any foreign powers.

David Letterman: Overblown

Tracey Jackson | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment


Tracey Jackson

Another celebrity was caught with a girl under his desk. Who cares?

David Vitter Having Yet Another Lousy Week

Senate Guru | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics


Senate Guru

This week has demonstrated that both Democrats and non-partisan ethics organizations will not let the voters forget about Vitter's law-breaking and dumbfounding hypocrisy.

Ahmadinejad Kicks Diversion Efforts into High Gear

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.23.2009 | World


Melody Moezzi

In the lead-up to his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is up to his old tricks. And sadly, the global community seems to be falling for them.

Iranian Regime Faces Worst Enemy Yet: Itself

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.19.2009 | World


Melody Moezzi

Iranians could empathize with Palestinians Friday more than ever, but not in the way that Iran's self-proclaimed President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wanted them to.

God Sues Congress

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy


Maggie Van Ostrand

"I decided to sue when My communications to humans were ignored by the few whose personal agendas were believed by the many," God said.

Health Insurer Enlisting Its Employees To Kill Reform

Free Speech Radio News | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


This year's debate is different from the efforts in the 1990s to reform health care. This time, the health insurance industry says they support health...

Candidates Drug Use Not A Deal Breaker, But Hypocrisy On Issue Should Be!

Tony Newman | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Tony Newman

We have two candidates running for District Attorney of Manhattan, one the of the most powerful law enforcement jobs in the country, admitting to cocaine use.

Robert Novak and the Hypocrisy of Many Media People

Dave Astor | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media


Dave Astor

Robert Novak liked to think of himself as a tough journalist -- "The Prince of Darkness" and all that. But like a lot of "tough" journalists, he wasn'...

An Open Letter to President Obama on "Hypocrisy"

Laura Carlsen | Posted 09.11.2009 | World


Laura Carlsen

The coup-controlled Honduran press is having a heyday with the Obama remarks. La Tribuna has a picture of Obama on the front page with the headline "Hypocrisy to Call for Intervention in Honduras"

The Flawed GOP Playbook

Aaron Keyak | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


Aaron Keyak

If Darrel Issa is accusing Rahm Emanuel of "Chicago-style politics," maybe he should answer questions about Issa-style business.

Hypocrisy in High Places

Ruth Bettelheim | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Ruth Bettelheim

When we repress important needs and desires so severely that we are unable to accept them as a part of ourselves, we give up the possibility of a controlled, thoughtful response to them.

A Comical Failure of Moral Values: Twisted Ideas of Theory and Practice in the Republican Party

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

The appeal to God to promote a political agenda does not work. Republicans are all the proof we need. We need a new way.

Ensign Scandal Reminds Us of the Double Standard Placed on Gays and Lesbians

Rupert Russell | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics


Rupert Russell

My issue here is not that we do not prosecute our politicians adequately but the double standard that is placed on heterosexual and homosexual relationships.

Ode to Our Elected Officials

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 08.07.2009 | Comedy


Michelle Schweiger Schecter

Last week's headline was quite salacious. "Gov. With Latina Quite Curvaceous" Guess he found someplace finer than his home state of South Carolina.

The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Gary Cohan

Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

Why Other People's Marriages Are Our Business

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Nathaniel Frank

Proponents of full equality for gay and lesbian couples should not be arguing that marriage is a purely private matter, unconnected to the public culture we are seeking to join.

Sanford Should Apologize to Bill Clinton and Gay Couples

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

Sanford built his career on questioning other people's morals. He was on his moral high horse, all along, and now he's undermined everything.

Cheney's Dirty Little Secret Finally Revealed

David Latt | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics


David Latt

All these months Cheney played the part of a patriot sounding a rallying cry to save his beloved country from imminent danger. In fact, he was just doing a PR jig so he would get a big fat book deal.

Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

David Vitter, Successful Scofflaw

Senate Guru | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


Senate Guru

How many more crimes can Vitter commit before Election Day 2010? Further, is every Republican in Louisiana content to support this values-deficient, hypocritical scofflaw?

The Case For Hypocrisy

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.04.2009 | Politics


Stuart Whatley

The Obama administration, at least in some of these cases, should be lauded, not excoriated, for ignoring its own rules.

Just When You Think You Can't Be Shocked By GOP Hypocrisy

Mark Nickolas | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics


Mark Nickolas

The same political Neanderthals that helped execute their disastrous strategy of the last two election cycles are still firmly in control of House Republicans.