I can't shake the feeling that one moment in President Obama's August 15th Town Hall captures the lost opportunities of the whole summer.

From a front page story in the Los Angeles Times, August 16, 2009:

During an otherwise placid town hall meeting in Green Junction, CO, with...

This is Part 2 of interview excerpts that do not deal with the big idea at the center of Robert Wright's new book.

In The Evolution of God, Wright follows the changing moods of God in ancient scripture, to see what circumstances brought out the best and worst in...

In his new book, The Evolution of God, Robert Wright follows God's changing moods in ancient scripture, to see what circumstances brought out the best and worst in religions: "The moral of the story is simple. When people see their interests threatened by another group, this perception brings out the...

I recently interviewed Liar's Poker author Michael Lewis. After talking about his new book, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood, we discussed the financial meltdown and the bailout. This is Part 2 of some excerpts. You can hear the full podcast at terrencemcnally.net.

In Part 1, we...

I recently interviewed Liar's Poker author Michael Lewis, and I didn't even ask him if the Moneyball movie was on again. (Apparently it is, with Aaron Sorkin doing a re-write.) We talked about his new book, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood, but we also got into his take...

VAN JONES received the $100,000 2008 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship in New York City December 8th. Hamilton Fish, President of The Nation Institute, said, "In a year of change, Van Jones offers an integrated, progressive blueprint that simultaneously promotes jobs, environmental stewardship, and economic progress. He has arrived to...

Terrence McNally interviews Dean Baker 10/07/08

Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (cepr.net), is the author of THE CONSERVATIVE NANNY STATE: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer. He also has a blog on The American Prospect, "Beat the Press,"...

• We all know about the difference between the responses of those who listened to the first Kennedy-Nixon debate on the radio versus those who watched it on (a small, black & white) television. I did both last night and the same was true.
  
  I recall Frank Luntz earlier this year...

1. WE AMERICANS ARE BETTER THAN OUR LEADERS.

The leadership of the Bush administration and the Republican party are cheaters. Please read a partial litany of their cheating below, but let me here just mention: Florida 2000, Enron, tax cuts for the rich, huge budget deficits, denial of global...