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Today, on MSNBC, the notion of "moral obligation" was offered both as a central driving principle behind reform -- and as a brickbat against the "angry" left, and their pursuit of a public option.
newsweek.com | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
Go ahead, shoot me. I like the status quo on health care in the United States. I've got health insurance and I don't give a damn about the 47 million ...
Dan Brown | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media
Obsessive focus on cleaning house and demanding expecting superhuman performance misses a larger point.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
I say that Cheney and Gingrich don't love America because they don't seem to care about American values as they have traditionally been viewed.
Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media
Defending torture -- and the torturers -- is now a long accepted practice in American journalism, one that brings you much acclaim and access to power, bylines, headlines, and lucrative contracts.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.01.2009 | Media
Stephen Colbert suitably lampooned the media's obsession with the First 100 Days by examining the Obama administration through the lens of the "First ...
Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media
When it comes to America's torturing, none of us are blameless in our actions, our ignorance or our acquiescence.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 04.06.2009 | Comedy
Just moments after Mr. Cramer delivered his upbeat prediction, stock prices went into an epic free-fall unprecedented in the annals of modern trading as millions of investors rushed for the exits.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 04.02.2009 | Comedy
On NPR yesterday, I revealed that the U.S. Treasury is also running an elaborate Ponzi scheme, selling worthless pieces of paper called "U.S. Treasuries" to unsuspecting investors.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics
Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said that all Cabinet members were taking turns running the dealership, and that Vice-President Joe Biden was manning the customer service hotline.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.25.2009 | Comedy
The White House announced today that it would no longer use the phrase "war on terror" and would instead replace it with a cryptic symbol once used by the funk rocker known as Prince.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.24.2009 | Comedy
"Desperate times call for desperate measures," White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said on CNN last night. "If anyone can convince investors to buy a worthless piece of paper, it's Bernie Madoff."
Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics
Former President George W. Bush has decided to seek a ghostwriter for his new memoir after realizing that he faced several obstacles to writing the book himself, such as learning to spell.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.16.2009 | Comedy
In the four-minute tape, a man believed to be the chairman of AIG says that if his organization is not paid its ransom, "chaos and destruction will rain down on the American economy."
Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living
The name-change, which both surprised and outraged devotees of the annual ritual, came after the National Institute of Mental Health demanded that the NCAA drop the "Madness" tag.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
The decision to track Mr. bin Laden's movements, moods, and musical tastes came late last week after the agency discovered he was using the popular social networking utility.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.17.2009 | Business
Madoff pleaded for understanding, explaining, "You do all kinds of crazy things when you're at an impressionable age like 60 or 61."
Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
The president's online gambit seemed to pay off early in the day, when Josh Hurtstein, an indie rock musician from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, tentatively accepted the post.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics
President Obama is mulling a controversial new tax program that would require members of his Cabinet to pay taxes owed under the Federal tax code, the White House confirmed today.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.02.2009 | Comedy
"The Cardinals really tore it up last night," said Mr. Phelps, who said he saw almost the entire game until he got "a wicked attack of the munchies" late in the fourth quarter.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.28.2009 | Comedy
In an official statement, a company spokesman said that Starbucks "wrestled long and hard" with the decision to eliminate the three items, "especially coffee."
Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics
Mr. Obama receives higher approval ratings in the new poll than either leprechauns or unicorns, mythical beings that almost everyone agrees are totally awesome.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics
The president was vague about what the mission to Antarctica would entail, but he did indicate that it could take "up to four years."
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics
One significant difference between the Roosevelt transition and that of Barack Obama is the swiftness with which the Obama transition team has moved to address the nation's economic crisis.
Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
He did the strangest thing last night: He turned the TV off. There he was, still in the early part of the evening, with another hour or two of pol...
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HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media