In a conference call with reporters, Mr. Dobbs said that he had not thought about seeking public office until his fictitious playmate, Moo, pleaded with him to consider it.
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
I think as people continue to see so much of politics as usual in this town -- partisan bickering and big money buying votes -- they are increasingly likely to vote against whatever represents the old politics for them.
Steven M. Gillon | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books
Exactly when did doctors give up their efforts to save Kennedy's life? And when did Lyndon Johnson learn that JFK was dead?
AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 11.02.2009 | Home
The fast-growing group of millionaire private college and university presidents hit a new record in recent years, and it's likely more college leaders...
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.05.2009 | World
Relax. This is a way of writing. It is imagined. The scene is a room in the White House, setting is informal. The President has asked if I prefer that and I do.
Jim Wallis | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.
AP | Mary Jordan | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
FORT WORTH, Texas — Former President George W. Bush has used a paid motivational speech in Fort Worth, Texas, to urge listeners to stand by thei...
Newsweek | Anna Quindlen | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics
History will judge Barack Obama over the long haul. But we've learned something in the short term that is simple, obvious, and has less to do with him...
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.
True/Slant | Matt Taibbi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
We're coming up on the one- year anniversary of Barack Obama's election. I think it's maybe time that we asked ourselves how he's doing. He didn't ...
Mark Lamster | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books
The painter Peter Paul Rubens has a good deal in common with Barack Obama, and the Old Master's life offers lessons that the president might well find instructive.
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business
Two congressional committees in charge of drafting legislation to regulate derivatives have quietly killed a provision that would allow the Federal Re...
2morrowknight | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics
Could a female candidate be the answer for Democratic longevity in 2016? If so, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, with her toughness and ability to net the Dems Florida might be that female.
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's approval ratings are starting to rise after declining ever since his inauguration, new poll figures show as ...
AP | By Christine Simmons | Posted 10.04.2009 | Style
WASHINGTON (AP)- There was no trip to New York and no fancy outing as the Obamas celebrated their first wedding anniversary since they moved to the Wh...
Ian Gurvitz | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
For all of Sarah Palin's ambitions to be America's first PILF, it will never happen.
Craig Newmark | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology
This is Gov 2.0. Not what you're expecting from federal civil servants, who have been seriously empowered to do their job, and told their jobs really matter -- something they haven't heard for years.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics
The code words change over time (from "nullification" to "states' rights" to Pawlenty's "state sovereignty"), but the idea is the same -- we retain the right to ignore any laws we don't feel like following.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
It was not and is not inevitable that we demonize each other when, quite frankly -- we are not the problem -- the terrorists are.
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
In his speech last evening, Obama made the commitments that a broad coalition in the faith community had asked for -- reform as a moral issue, affordable coverage for all, and no federal funding of abortion.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
The President gives a great speech. He challenged politicians and Americans to do "great things," because that is "who we are." Once more, he offers his hand; once more it is spit upon.
Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
Like great actors, inspirational leaders sometimes need to be consummate performers. It doesn't matter if they have a headache. They do whatever it takes to help their organization succeed.
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
If one insists on finding Death Panels, they're not hard to find: The Motion Picture and Television Fund has announced it's closing health care for the renowned Motion Picture Home.
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
In all these situations, violence is active or incipient. In all of them, there is no solution being proposed that promises an end to the prospect of more of the same.
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
Last week, Rep. Waxman paneled a discussion at UCLA on climate change. Later, he was gracious enough to sit down with me for an interview.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.24.2009 | Comedy