In a thrillingly ironic turn of events, a shorter version of this essay was originally commissioned by the opinion page of the Washington Post and then rejected because it was deemed too critical of Islam.
I predict a fascinating story in the Washington Post foreshadows Barack Obama's choice as Secretary of State. I just have a hunch. Credit me if it happens.
After the Today Show used video clips of me talking (ranting, to some) about the racist history of the Mormons as a lead-in to Matt Lauer's interview of Mitt Romney, I feel compelled to clarify the obvious.
The McCain-Palin ticket has had a severe impact on the writers of the right and sent them running for the hills. Witness the crescendo of the stampede.
On October 12, one of our reporters interviewed people attending a Sarah Palin rally in St. Clairsville, Ohio. It was raw and it was real.
Axelrod started out as a spectator in the boonies. Next thing you know, he's masterminding, and winning, one of the most exciting presidential campaigns in American history.
The California Supreme Court has overturned that state's ban on gay marriage. Is marriage a legal right or a sacred rite? Should the state be involved in marriage? Should religious institutions?
Our valiant oversight heroes examined Swiss company VITOL's books last month and found that VITOL was more of a speculator holding oil contracts than a means of lining up the actual delivery of fuel.
I have to tell you, it gets tiring running from show to show and from outlet to outlet trying to point out the media's own myopia let alone that of sensitive folk like Rush Limbaugh and Lynn Westmoreland.
It is not enough to report what a candidate says. When he lies, distorts, or smears, he should be held accountable in print or on the air.
In terms of how the press has treated the last two new presidents, there's the Democratic model (i.e. overly hostile), and the Republican model (overly docile).
If anything can be called a success in these bleak seven years, it is the oil industry's triumphal avalanche of riches, having been orchestrated with the White Houses' blessing.
Sexism is alive and well in America. One exit poll I saw had almost twice as many voters having trouble voting for a woman for president than voting...
The Post was near hysterical in its support of the Wall Street bailout earlier this month. Now the occasion comes to bail out the auto industry and the Post goes ballistic the other way.
What will end up being the most famous quote of the Iraq war? I have come to believe that it might be Gen. Petraeus' once-obscure 2003 remark: "Tell me how this ends."
When we talk about making it harder for dangerous people to get guns, we usually focus on felons, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill. ...
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I thought the republicans were the tight party... guess all that b*!% F *%$&#* with the Saudi's (I mean hand holding) Loosened Ole George's administration up so much they couldn''t even keep their hands on the chump change. WOW lives murdered and dismembered( US Military and all the Iraqis) fortunes squandered, countries blown to smithereens. For George Bush's LIES, upon LIES, upon LIES
The Hague awaits all who aided and abetted the war crimes of the GW Bush presidency.
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