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Explaining The 'Birther' Conspiracy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


These Birthers basically assume a vast, complicated conspiracy, through which countless individuals, of varying degrees of power and station, have managed to fool the entire nation into electing a guy from Africa as our president.

Jason Linkins

It's An Eat The Press Canada Day (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media


Hmm. It's July 1st! Somewhere, out in the recesses of memory, a strange, clarion call is sounding, reminding me of a hallowed Eat The Press traditio...

Jason Linkins

Was AOL Reporter Tommy Christopher Sacked For Criticizing Misogynist Playboy Piece?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media


Earlier this week, we mentioned how Playboy had published a sociopathic, hateful, and unfunny listicle by Guy Cimbalo, listing the ten conservative wo...

Jason Linkins

Playboy Scorned For Hateful Attack On Conservative Pundits (And The Rest Of Today's Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media


Circumstances conspired against me doing what Chip Hanlon advises on these pages today: heap a ton of scorn on Playboy Magazine and writer Guy Cimbalo...

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 30, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


L.A. Times contributor Andrew Klavan DOUBLE DOG DARES YOU intolerable lefties to listen...just listen!...to Rush Limbaugh's show! Because if you did,...

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: March 27, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Congratulations are in order to Mickey Kaus, who proved, through the disclosure of a single, intended-to-be-off-the-record threaded discussion from Jo...

The Bigger Star By Farr: Bette Davis or Joan Crawford?

John Farr | Posted 03.10.2009 | Entertainment


John Farr

Who was the bigger star -- Bette Davis or Joan Crawford? Maybe reviewing some highlights of their respective careers can help resolve this thorny question.

Jason Linkins

Vlogorrhea, With Jason And Ana (And Megan): Courting Backlash At Thanksgiving

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media


It's the Thanksgiving Holiday, so let's vlog, why not? This week, Ana Marie and I had the especially good fortune to be joined by Megan Carpentier, blogger and Crappy Hourist from Jezebel.

Jason Linkins

What Happens In St. Paul Stays Between Y'All: An Unconventional Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


I had the pleasure of joining Jezebel's Megan Carpentier this morning for another edition of Crappy Hour. On the docket for today: the Sarah Palin co...

Jason Linkins

Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead: An Unconventional Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics


Here in Denver, Colorado, we are all just Americans in search of a more perfect union. Specifically between ourselves and the taxicabs we called for ...

Jason Linkins

Pumas, Veeps, And Hissing Cockroaches: A Political Bestiary On Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics


This morning, I once again had the privilege of spending the early, surly hours of the Friday of/before the Text Message That Nostradamus, And No One ...

Jason Linkins

McCain's Lobbyists, The Draft, And Dungeons And Dragons On Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics


This morning, I had the opportunity to join one of my favorite writers and thinkers, Megan Carpentier, for Jezebel.com's daily feature, Crappy Hour, t...

Bitches Are Back. But Here's What's Wrong With the New Model

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living


Vanessa Richmond

To be a strong woman, a good feminist and even save the world, you need to be a bitch, according to a recent spate of articles.

Droll Models: Is Being Drunk and "Slutty" Empowering?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 07.19.2008 | Media


Chez Pazienza

There's been an awful lot of negative press aimed at the House of Gawker over the past year or so, and even the most unctuous of Nick Denton apologists would have to admit that quite a bit of it is well-deserved.

Jezebelism

Lizz Winstead | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media


Lizz Winstead

2008-07-04-jezebel.jpg I don't know if the Jezebel girls came to my show drunk, or just ended up drunk by the time they hit the stage, but what I do know is that the discussion that ensued was deeply disturbing to me.

Jezebel's "Fine Lines" Feature Gets Picked Up By HarperCollins In First Non-Gawker Gawker Book Deal

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media


If you are a woman of certain age — that age being the age of growing up with books like Summer of Fear and The Girl With The Silver Eyes and De...

WayUnacceptableTV

Giulia Rozzi | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media


Giulia Rozzi

As a stand-up comedian, I have a good sense of humor. But I'm damn certain that Damon Wayans' site's Abortion Man video is sick and sad.

Jason Linkins

WaPo Backtracks On Misogynist Opinion Piece, Labels It Humor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A day after allowing Charlotte Allen to pen a lengthy and inane screed about how women are stupid and should cuddle up to their own stupidity and do s...

Media Winners of 2007

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


It's that time again — time for ETP's Media Winners of the Year, an arbitrarily-selected and subjectively-evaluated list of people and/or entiti...