Mccarthy

McCarthyism Survives: Fox News Carries the Torch

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.10.2012

Jeff Schweitzer

Fox is now what McCarthy would have been if he had access to the Internet and 24-hour cable TV. Odd stories like the birther movement only exist because Fox irresponsibly fans the flames, continuing to report on the discredited issue.

James Franco To Direct Cormac McCarthy Film

Posted 11.19.2011

James Franco's now-legendary energy showed no sign of letting up as he announced plans to direct an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel 'Child of Go...

Catholic Political Operatives Follow the Bishops

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 08.23.2011

Barbara Coombs Lee

As I wrote last week, Compassion & Choices welcomes the affirmation by the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that religious objec...

Former Irish Premier Bertie Ahern Retires Amid Economic Devastation

Rory Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

Rory Fitzgerald

Like a B-29 pilot gazing down at the smoking ruins of Hiroshima, Bertie Ahern, with grim satisfaction, says "my work here is done," and heads for home. His war is over.

As the Dust Settles

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Nigel Hamilton

So it's over. No good crying over spilt milk. Except that we never seem to learn. It happened in 1994, and although President Clinton pulled himself ...

From Rage to Civilization

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Nigel Hamilton

One of the nice things about blogging on Huff Post is not only can you expound on your chosen subject in more than a soundbite, but you may find yours...

An Open-Ended Letter to Mike McCarthy

Emily Howald | Posted 05.25.2011

Emily Howald

The Packers needs to take this week to heal and regroup. And McCarthy needs to find a way to scare his players into reining in the penalties. It's called discipline, my friend. Look into it.

I'm America, and I'm Tired

Ellis Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Ellis Weiner

I--like all Americans--am weary. But we aren't tired of Islamists. We're tired of Andrew McCarthy. We're tired of places like National Review Online publishing nonsense like his.

Change Terrifies Conservatives

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Papantonio

When you drill down to the center of what most motivates a traditional conservative, you will find a fear-of-change boogeyman lurking somewhere in a d...

UPDATED APOLOGY FROM CONGRESSMAN--HAVE WE NO SHAME? DEBASING THE HOLOCAUST FOR ANOTHER TEN SECONDS OF MEDIA COVERAGE

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Everyone knows that genocide means mass murder and that the Holocaust should be restricted to the mass murder of 6 million Jews during World War II. Abuse of these terms is inexcusable.

Candidates' Advisers Fault Obama Camp

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Prominent supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on Sunday both faulted Obama's campaign for allowing a retired gene...

The Tao Of Iowa Caucus Voters

Beverly Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Beverly Davis

DES MOINES -- Lynn Sweet, the big dog political columnist for the Chicago Sun Times - fond of wearing clogs on the campaign trial, snapping photograph...