Kudos, at long last, to Alissa Rubin for having the courage to say she was wrong. Here's hoping she and others in the Kabul class of 2009 will do better in the future in Afghanistan.
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
For over a decade, I've relentlessly searched for answers to the connections I believe exist between my son's autism and vaccines he received.
Dave Lindorff | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics
Recession ending? Don't bet on it.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media
The media has been pushing the "public option is dead" theme for so long, it's no wonder they're so astonished by yesterday's news that a public option will be included in the Senate bill.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media
Does anyone really believe that ACORN is the top story? Every day? Or is it possible that is Fox's obvious, ham-handed way of attacking the president daily? I can't believe we're having this argument.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy
Despite the avalanche of publicity he's received in recent weeks, the virus dismissed charges that he's a publicity whore.
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media
When we see the major news breaking in with non-stop reporting on a balloon spacecraft from a family on Wife Swap, the failures of the media become clear.
Robert Rose | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Librarians are an often overlooked resource that is vital to education. In this economy, they might slip completely out of sight unless we do something to stop it.
John McQuaid | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media
The era of the media-as-honest broker is over. The Washington Post and other establishment outlets just haven't realized it yet. But this is actually a good thing.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media
Newspapers seem to be clinging to blandness as a viable business model in an exciting new world of opinions available to their potential customers -- to their detriment. And then they wonder why they're failing.
Cracked.com | Posted 09.26.2009 | Comedy
In case you haven't seen the ads framing Cracked.com these past few day, Family Guy starts back up tomorrow. Which is kind of strange when you conside...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media
Even if Obama has turned things around and starts posting approval numbers between 55 and 60, don't expect the media to realize that their entire "overexposed" story has been turned on its head.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
I don't blame the health care companies. I would do the same thing in their position. They'd have to be stupid and negligent not to buy Max Baucus. I don't blame them, I blame us.
Landon Ross | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media
Why do Republicans, within the media, excel in getting away with far more egregious acts than Democrats ever would? It is one of their most impressive talents as a party.
Gillian Caldwell | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Local and regional media have been on point about what's going on in their backyards. Unfortunately, local media does not create a national theme
Rob Kall | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media
It does not surprise me that the media has failed so miserably to accurately put the American health care system's dismal performance and outrageous cost into an international context.
Jonathan Weiler | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media
One has to wonder -- what in this story merited such prominence in The New York Times?
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.
Helen Benedict | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
Nearly six and a half years into the Iraq War, women soldiers are finally getting some attention in the mainstream press.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media
The media is not completely responsible for the state of the debate over healthcare reform. The Democrats have done such a poor job of presenting their case that they really bear the lion's share of blame.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."
Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.04.2009 | Comedy
In a sign that the Birther movement is catching on, a new poll shows that 50% of Republicans believe that President Obama is actually still 47.
David Roberts | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green
It is incoherent, even immoral, to go on treating climate change as though it were merely a clash of interest groups. It's not a parochial issue.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.28.2009 | World
I had been hearing stories about women demonstrators being raped before their executions, since it was against Islamic law to execute a virgin.
J. Richard Cohen | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media
Dobbs' ratings game is so dangerous because there is a segment in our society that is not ready to accept the fact that we have a black man in the White House.
Rory O'Connor | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media