The more I hear about the troop level increases that are ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to win in Afghanistan, the more and more I feel detached from any sense ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media
Spencer Ackerman is a friend of mine and a reporter whose expertise and ecumenical fairness are resources I've come to trust. He's also demonstrated ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media
Scarborough's now lamenting that Nancy Pelosi, "a friend of mine from Congress" has "caught a lot of grief" for that criticism. The big takeaway? Starbucks apparently has a Rohypnol Frappuccino.
Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics
The celebrities who have descended on the town provide a sharp contrast to the old, stodgy (and let's face it, overly white) days of being overrun by the helmet heads of the GOP.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media
No matter how the whole "war correspondent" thing goes, Joe The Plumber will have his chance to test his mettle in the shtetl.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media
It seems to be emerging as an accepted fact that the reporter who threw both his shoes at Bush this weekend had specific ideological connections to Saddam Hussein and/or the Ba'ath Party.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media
As we've documented, the Rod Blagojevich scandal has been such an amazing source of creative inspiration. So we're excited that Spencer Ackerman, of ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics
I think that Blago's place in the Pantheon of Thug Life might be a bit overblown, borne aloft on the strength of Mamet-knockoff dialogue, but one thing's for sure, the man had balls the size of churchbells.
Steve Clemons | Posted 01.07.2009 | Entertainment
Can both Sean Penn and Heath Ledger win? Can we have one Oscar for the Dark Side? and one for the, well, Good Side?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media
Spencer Ackerman reports on news that you probably already know: namely, that Jay Nordlinger and his crew at the National Review should spend some mor...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Over at the Washington Independent, Spencer Ackerman has taken the pulse of a number of self-described "progressives" on their opinions for a new path...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
Washington Independent blogger Spencer Ackerman is reporting this week from Afghanistan, where he has made his way from Kabul to Forward Operating Base Salerno in the province of Khost.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics
Spencer Ackerman, one of the internet's trusted sources of real talk on Iraq, today promotes a great new way of terming ongoing relationships with the...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics
Over at the Washington Independent, Spencer Ackerman continues his enlightening "Rise of the Counterinsurgents" series with "A Counterinsurgency Guide...
Spencer Ackerman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
This document has been advocating moving Al Qaeda from a terrorist network into a global movement of self-starters would make it impervious to U.S. and allied counterterrorism efforts.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media