Scandal

Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media


Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

Obama Should Go North To Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.

The Greatest Unknown Scandal of Our Time

Allan Lichtman | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics


Allan Lichtman

The 2000 presidential election was not decided by hanging chads, recounts, a flawed felon list, or intervention by the Supreme Court. It was decided b...

Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

"Spygate" Victims Defense Fund

Dave Hollander | Posted 05.19.2008 | Entertainment


Dave Hollander

Full-blown congressional hearings looking into football teams spying on one another is not exactly the best use of taxpayer money. But hear me loud and clear: Spygate is not a victimless crime.

WaPo Dodges Giving Credit in Academic Scandal Story

Michelle Pilecki | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media


Michelle Pilecki

Yes, I know it's not unusual for one of the Big Boys in the national media to pick up a story broken and pursued by a news outlet in flyover country, but it's still irritating.

Friday Talking Points [23]

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

As Robert Anton Wilson pointed out (or William S. Burroughs, if you prefer), hexagram 23 of the I Ching is "breaking apart." Anyone who subscribes to...

What Was in the Water Spitzer Drank?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media


Alison Rose Levy

Just like Eliot Spitzer, all of us have addictions to unhook from. For news junkies, the addiction to disposable news hooks, celebrity pix, or sex tea...

Fidelity's Lynch Took $16,000 Worth Of Freebies

Los Angeles Times | Walter Hamilton | Posted 03.06.2008 | Business


In a case that could sully the reputation of legendary Fidelity Investments fund manager Peter Lynch, regulators said Wednesday that he had improperly...

Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not a Smear - Updated

Naomi Klein | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics


Naomi Klein

Obama's supporters often say they are being "Swiftboated," casually accepting the idea that being accused of Muslimhood is tantamount to being accused of treason.

Friday Talking Points [20] -- Populism 101

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

No awards this week A few quick thoughts this week before we get to the talking points. First, I will not be awarding the Most Impressive Democrat Of...

NY Times Holds Stories Because They're Afraid of Conservatives

Cenk Uygur | Posted 02.21.2008 | Media


Cenk Uygur

The only thing worse than being bullied by Republicans is getting scooped by your competitors. The story here isn't that the Times is trying to hurt conservatives, it's the exact opposite.

The Trial of the Century

Patricia O’Brien | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics


Patricia O’Brien

Is our national appetite for scandal drowning us in tasteless muck?

Hillary's Electabilty -- Bill's Procilivity

Marc Cooper | Posted 01.24.2008 | Home


Marc Cooper

Does anybody really believe that if Hillary's the nominee, Slick Willie's post-presidential sex life won't be fully unzipped by the time Flag Day rolls around?

Words for Lusty Larry

Jean Carnahan | Posted 08.31.2007 | Politics


Jean Carnahan

Since Larry Craig was once a co-worker of mine in the U.S. Senate, I feel compelled to comment on his undoing.


 

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