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The F Word: No Way To Woo a Woman

Laura Flanders | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Laura Flanders

The rush is on to woo women voters and the politicians and the pundits think they know the trick. But women voters aren't stupid.

Jason Linkins

Slate Reporter Attempts Viral Circulation Of Pro-Obama Rumors

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics


The Obama campaign, seeking to combat the spurious rumors that run amok online, has launched a campaign site named Fight The Smears, dedicated to the ...

My Response to Salon's Story About Me and My Mother, Alice Walker

Rebecca Walker | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media


Rebecca Walker

Without fact-checking, Phyllis Chesler has unwittingly used tabloid sensationalism to make an all too personal assessment about my relationship with my mother.

Splitting Hairs: Men Talk and Women Yak?

Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living


Irene S. Levine

Yes, men accuse women of "yakking". But when it comes to clinching hard-to-get appointment at a hair salon, it isn't simply about getting your hair done. Hair salons are vital epicenters of in-person communication for women.

John Edwards, Celebrity, and Staying In The Game

Gale Walden | Posted 01.25.2008 | Home


Gale Walden

Not to bite the hand that doesn't feed me, but it hasn't been only mainstream media outlets that have backed off on covering John Edwards (and Joe Biden and Chris Dodd before him).

CNN's John King Goes After His Salon Critic: "I Don't Read Biased, Uninformed Drivel"

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 01.16.2008 | Media


Over the weekend, I wrote about an adulating interview which CNN's John King conducted with John McCain while riding on the storied Straight Talk Expr...

What's Howard Kurtz's Agenda at the Wash. Post?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media


Eric Boehlert

Glenn Greenwald's recent take-down of Time's Joe Klein was a can't-miss media story that raged online for weeks, yet Kurtz at the Washington Post missed it.

Why Human Rights are More Important than National Security

Jane Smiley | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics


Jane Smiley

Liberals and progressives recognize, at least intuitively, that "national security" is a code word for tribalism, while "human rights" is a code word for the rule of law.


 

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