There are only two political stars in the country. One is president, the other is Sarah Palin.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media
The line between evaluative reportage and frenzied press release stenography often gets blurred in Washington, and this blurring is a feature, not a b...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics
Backers of President Obama's cornerstone financial regulatory reform proposal pushed back Monday against the Blue Dog Coalition, which is promoting a ...
Josh Nelson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green
When your position is based on ignoring science to prop up polluting industries -- as is the case for many Republican politicians -- you have little choice but to cite misleading statistics to make your point.
Michael Markarian | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
You might say that female legislators are more likely to stand up for the underdogs, so it's no surprise that there's a gender gap on animal protection, with women more likely to be involved in animal advocacy.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics
Driving today's fearful discussion about czars this morning is a Politico article that 's a fine example of what it does best: provide a distillation of political scuttlebutt and press releases into a story.
Marshall Auerback | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
A broad number of polls indicate that progressive opinion, particularly in the area of health care, is much more profoundly aligned with popular opinion than the damp squib of a proposal currently being championed by the president.
Mike Lux | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
The traditional media has talked itself into believing certain things about the fight over health care reform, whether there is any serious evidence beyond their own self-reinforcing stories or not.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media
Politico's Amie Parnes has basically won the rest of August with her fearless expose on President Barack Obama's "pet peeves." I'm a little disappoin...
Huffington Post via Politico | Posted 09.25.2009 | Style
Politico asked a slew of Washington veterans to give advice to Obama on how to pass his Martha's Vineyard days. Americans for Tax Reform's Grover Norq...
Harry Moroz | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
Criticism of Obama and the czar "system" is overblown. In fact, a czar's power comes not from dictatorial authority, but from humble restraint.
Charles D. Ellison | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
Obama creates the appearance of a White House in crisis, allowing legislative turmoil and spastic town halls. Why not galvanize the left by threatening to pull the plug on any serious reform?
Bill Mann | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media
Cable news, it's been noted, is the beast that must be constantly fed. And lately, with the coverage of the Birthers, it's been on a junk-food diet.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media
What's the motivation for Politico and the Washington Post to help the healthcare industry fight back against Obama's proposals?
Dave Johnson | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
How much of what we see on TV, hear on the radio and read in newspapers or online as "conservative" or "centrist" opinion is actually paid for by corporate interests?
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
Nobody, especially Sotomayor, is really going to say anything new or dramatic, so can we skip it? No? D'oh! A wise Latina might let us, but we all know how the Republicans feel about them.
Rory O'Connor | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media
When the Washington Post recently unveiled its plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record "salons," the move was widely pilloried in the press and elsewhere.
Harry Moroz | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics
Though this is less robust a beginning than urban policy advocates might have liked, Obama will address the Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable, which demonstrates his continued commitment to cities.
Judith Ellis | Posted 08.11.2009 | Media
I will not subscribe to the Washington Post. But how can we come together as citizens of our great democracy and make them feel the impact of their action?
Eric Alterman | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media
Given the power of perception media institutions enjoy over the profits of so many industries, these same institutions can use this privilege to line their own pockets.
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics
The sniping between McCain staffers and Palin defenders has only gotten worse since Todd Purdum's lengthy Vanity Fair article slamming Sarah Palin cam...
Diane Tucker | Posted 07.28.2009 | World
I drove over to see my friend Ahmad. I figured he would say he was pro-Mousavi and very eager to see Iran revert back to the modern country it once was. I was wrong on both counts.
Harry Moroz | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
America's mayors, as Politico puts its, are "steamed" about the White House's decision to pull hundreds of administration officials out of last weeken...
Andy Plesser | Posted 07.15.2009 | Media
John Harris spoke about the early success of the organization's new syndication model and its video business.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media
Circumstances conspired against me doing what Chip Hanlon advises on these pages today: heap a ton of scorn on Playboy Magazine and writer Guy Cimbalo...
Michael Wolff | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics