Richard Wolffe returned to MSNBC's "Countdown" Thursday after a month-long absence. Wolffe had generated some controversy over his appearances and gu...
Tom Alderman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media
If you're the kind of reader who must finish a book no matter how disappointing, you might want to save time by simply avoiding these current offerings from three marquee-name writers.
Don McNay | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living
When I read the Obama quote about fathers, it made me wonder what side of the equation I fell on. Was I living up to my father's expectations or making up for his mistakes?
Eric Alterman | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media
Pity poor Ben Stein, fired by The New York Times for an egregious conflict of interest. Although he was trusted by Times readers to offer unbiased eco...
Don McNay | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media
Obama's election was not only a door opener for people of color. It also showed that people with absent dads, or no dad at all, can grow up and live in the White House.
David Sirota | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media
In the age of Television Payola, regular "news" contributors never have to choose between television time and corporate shilling -- the shills get the best of both while the audience loses.
tnr.com | Posted 09.04.2009 | Media
Richard Wolffe, the former Newsweek correspondent and author of the best-selling book Renegade: The Making of a President, who now works at Dan Bartle...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media
MSNBC has responded to the claims that Richard Wolffe, who works as a strategist for Washington public affairs firm Public Strategies Inc. and who gue...
David Sirota | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media
Are we really to believe there is such a dearth of actual, independent political analysts out there that the network is all but compelled to use Richard Wolffe paid corporate PR consultant?
David Sirota | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media
The real story in the Olbermann-O'Reilly feud is the heavy-handed intervention by the CEO of General Electric effectively forcing MSNBC's news team off a crucially important set of stories.
Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics
In a segment MSNBC labeled "Palin's Paling Prospects," Keith Olbermann and Richard Wolffe tackle the strange phenomenon of the Palin resignation saga,...
Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
Did George W. Bush really summon his African-American secretary of state for a lesson on junior-high-level racial politics? So reports Newsweek's Ric...
Political Wire | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
According to the new book, Renegade: The Making of a President, Barack Obama held a secret meeting with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright towards the end of th...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
In an exclusive excerpt from Richard Wolffe's new book, "Renegade: The Making of a President," the author details the internal debates within the Obam...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
In an exclusive excerpt from Richard Wolffe's new book, "Renegade: The Making of a President," the author details the internal debates within the Obam...
Michael Moore | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
I have watched with mild amusement this week the self-immolation of the Republican Party as it bows before the altar of Rush Limbaugh, begging for mer...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
Senator Hillary Clinton joined MSNBC host Keith Olbermann for a lengthy interview on this evening's broadcast of Countdown. Clinton offered a clarifi...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.02.2009 | Media