John Kerry

John Kerry Vows To Take "Hard Look" At Afghanistan

GlobalPost | Posted 07.09.2009 | World


WASHINGTON -- Sen. John F. Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he will hold far-ranging oversight hearings on the U.S. inv...

New DOMA Lawsuit is the Most Exciting Yet

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics


Emma Ruby-Sachs

A suit filed yesterday in Massachusetts is a smart, novel attack on a law that is clearly unconstitutional, but also has the support of a waning, yet significant portion of the U.S. population.

Will The Senate Pass The Climate Bill, Then Reject A Global Treaty?

treehugger.com | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green


Senator John Kerry says that unfortunately, that's a distinct possibility....

Cast Couture: Politicos Who Persevere In Crutches, Casts, And Slings (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.02.2009 | Style


When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broke her elbow outside the White House on June 18th, her injury put her in good company: Supreme Court Justic...

A "Penultimate Step" in the Fight to End the HIV Travel Ban

Steve Ralls | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics


Steve Ralls

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued regulations that would end the United States' decades-old HIV travel and immigration ban.

Want the Public Option as Much as I Do? Then Get Mad

Bryan Young | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics


Bryan Young

I don't trust private industry with my health.

Palin To Kerry: "Why The Long Face?" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took a shot at John Kerry when speaking to troops in Kosovo. The Massachusetts Democrat had joked that he wished Palin had g...

John Kerry: Too Bad Sarah Palin Didn't Go Missing

Boston Herald | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


U.S. Sen. John Kerry must have been channeling his inner Letterman yesterday. The Bay State senator was telling a group of business and civic leaders...

Ryan Grim

Kerry Pushes For Public Option Trigger In Closed-Door Meeting

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


In a closed-door meeting of Senate Finance Committee Democratic members and their staff Wednesday evening, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) suggested that if...

CNN Praises a Dictator

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 06.23.2009 | Media


Sanjeev Bery

Somehow, CNN.com is bestowing positive coverage upon the Shah and his son without once acknowledging the repressive practices of the Shah's regime.

ORANGE ALERT! Politicians With Fake Tans: A Cautionary Slideshow

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 06.23.2009 | Style


Summer has arrived and with it, the season of bikinis, SPF and aloe vera -- but some familiar Washington faces seem to have an orange glow all year ro...

CNN's Navarrette Gets Iran Wrong

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 06.22.2009 | Media


Sanjeev Bery

While tempting, the calls to get tougher with the Iranian government fail to consider the legacy of 25 years of U.S. intervention against Iranian democracy.

Sen. Kyl Puts Hold On State Dept. Nominees

Foreign Policy | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics


All State Department nominees are on hold, some Hill and other sources tell The Cable. A congressional source says that Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) put a hol...

Iran and Thinking Before You Speak (or Tweet)

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


Allison Kilkenny

For every valuable piece of information circulating via Twitter, there seems to be an unverified string of gossip attached to it. Such is the danger of citizen journalism.

Dean, Kerry Back Obama On Iran Protests

AP | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean gave the Obama administration high marks Thursday for its arms-length response to the ...

John Kerry: McCain Should Try Listening To The Iranians

nytimes.com | JOHN KERRY | Posted 06.18.2009 | World


THE grass-roots protests that have engulfed Iran since its presidential election last week have grabbed America's attention and captured headlines -- ...

Terry McAuliffe's Achilles Heel was not the Clintons

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics


Kimberly Krautter

McAuliffe presented himself as a carpetbagger, pure and simple. Blaming the Clintons is grossly unfair to the former President and the Secretary of State.

"Keeping The Faith": Kerry Wants To Produce Iraq Vet Doc

AP | ANDREW MIGA | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Sen. John Kerry has made it in politics. Now he wants to be a movie producer. The Massachusetts Democrat has asked the Senate ethi...

Kerry: Iran's Nuclear Enrichment For Energy Is Its Right

Financial Times | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


One of the most senior Democrats in Washington has dismissed a key element in the west's long standing strategy on Iran's nuclear programme as "ridicu...

The Avoidable Tragedy of California's Prop 8

William Bradley | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics


William Bradley

The California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8 is all the more tragic in that the initiative never should have passed in the first place.

Ryan Grim

Kerry: CIA Lied About Contra-Cocaine Connections

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


House Minority Leader John Boehner pushed on Thursday for a bipartisan panel of lawmakers to investigate the veracity of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim ...

Elite Deception and the Rise of Inequality

Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics


Sahil Kapur

By deflecting their elitism onto their rivals, the party of plutocrats has for decades held the trust of millions of Americans while simultaneously swindling them.

Denouncing Obama's Desire for Dijon is Downright Dangerous

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics


Sandy Goodman

Democrats are elitist, right-wingers insist, even if they are needy enough to receive not just college, but high school scholarships. In this case, the proof of Obama's elitism was his request for Dijon.

In the Clown Car of U.S. Media: Eric Schmidt, John Kerry and More Bozos

Mike Hegedus | Posted 05.12.2009 | Media


Mike Hegedus

Are you really looking for a plan to 'save' the U.S. newspaper industry? Here it is.

Online News is Not Arianna Huffington's Dastardly Plot to Destroy the Newspaper Industry And Other Reality-Based Observations

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.07.2009 | Media


Jane Hamsher

John Kerry's Senate Committee hearing on the future of journalism evidently turned into a bunch of self-congratulatory wanking about how important newspapers are to our American way of life.