Cartoon: Nattering Naybobs and Noxious Nutballs
With a few notable exception, broadcast news is a very scary place these days. What Edward R. Murrow would think of the current zeitgeist is unknowable, but we might hazard a guess.
With a few notable exception, broadcast news is a very scary place these days. What Edward R. Murrow would think of the current zeitgeist is unknowable, but we might hazard a guess.
Michelle Kraus | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
We can't just let the kooks rule the day or threaten violence with their words. Don't leave Speaker Pelosi fearing for political violence in the streets because we have not done our job.
Tom Engelhardt | Posted 04.11.2009 | World
Despite everything, hawks rule; doves never even get the chance to take off. If you're not addicted to force (and so failure), you're simply not a part of the grand scheme of things, of the world as it is.
Mark Nickolas | Posted 02.22.2009 | Media
Rarely did a week go by during the general election that Morris predicted the 180-degree opposite of what would eventually transpire. It was astounding for its consistency.
Brian Ross | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics
Republican politicians all seem to be trying their hand at historic re-creationism to transform both the history and future of the Republican party into their own image.
Ben Cohen | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics
The Democrats have in some ways, been worse than the Republicans. As a party, they've stood idly by as the Bush Administration has literally ransacked the country.
Tom Gerdy | Posted 12.30.2008 | Media
As I read about Ann Coulter having her jaw wired shut, my thoughts turned to the election reporting and commentary. I realized that never in our history has so little been said with so many words.
Ben Cohen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media
Coulter's solution to Republican problems is for it to become even more extreme than it already is. It's a recipe for disaster (and hopefully one that the Republicans decide to try).
Howard Winant | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics
Obama's win hardly puts an end to this system of racism, but it's still momentous, because it shows us a way forward, a way to reduce if not eliminate racial injustice and inequality.
Richard Grenell | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
Since Obama's problems from the Democratic Primary have not been resolved, nor reported by the national media, the Electoral College map signals trouble for the media's main man.
Darryle Pollack | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living
The countdown to November 4 is torturous. Everyone is worried. Everyone is losing sleep. For some people, the election can't come soon enough. But for me, I wish it would never end.
Lea Lane | Posted 11.27.2008 | Living
Will Obama really win this thing? And if he does, can he do much about the economy? Am I really losing my funds? I'll have to rent the Florida place. I don't need it. Will I be able to rent it?
Victoria Rosner | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
Many see Palin as a frontierswoman-- a throwback to bygone Americans, those women who helped their men win the West (or in this case, the North).
David Sirota | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
My time in professional politics and journalism leads me to think that conceit, ambition, arrogance and greed have been exacerbated by television, the 24 hour news, starf*cker-ism, and the rise of the Internet.
Daily Telegrah | Toby Harnden | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media
With just over six months before United States citizens choose their 44th president, the 2008 election is already proving to be the most fascinating a...
Shan Wells | Posted 10.29.2009 | Denver