Ann Coulter Starts Early with Racist Slurs Against Obama

Joseph A. Palermo, 02.15.2008

Author/Associate Professor of History

Coulter's job is to inject into the Republican echo chamber racist words that would be unacceptable anywhere else, and she's now given away the far Right's anti-Obama strategy.

Bad Science

Ryan J. Davis, 02.12.2009

Blogger, ryanjdavis.blogspot.com

The past few days haven't been good for vaccine-autism theorists.

The Young Turks Announce Candidacy for MSNBC Slot

Cenk Uygur, 02.03.2009

Host of The Young Turks

Yes, I might have a funny name. Yes, I might have been accused of being a Muslim. But I remember another man who had similar problems who didn't let those things stand in his way.

Legacy My Ass

Norman Horowitz, 02.06.2009

I have not given up my desire for NBC, CBS, ABC, or Fox to present a documentary about the Bush transgressions during his eight triumphant year Presidency.

Young Dick Cheney: Great American

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin, 03.21.2008

Wednesday, March 19, 2008: Martha Raddatz, ABC's Good Morning America: Two-thirds of Americans say [the Iraq War is] not worth fighting. Vice Pre...

MSNBC -- "The Place For Politics?"

Charles Warner, 09.10.2008

It looks like MSNBC caved into McCain's complaints, which will anger liberals. David Gregory? FOX news didn't get to be the number-one cable news network by being dull and balanced.

Keith Olbermann Broke Up with Me

Shannyn Moore, 11.19.2008

Keith Olbermann has the temerity to ask if it's too late to sell Alaska back to the Russians -- repeatedly. America's liberal boy-wonder is breaking up with me.

MSNBC Might Already Have Their Man

Cenk Uygur, 11.07.2007

Host of The Young Turks

David Shuster is obviously bright, completely versed on the facts, up on the news and capable of bringing a centrist, sensible point of view to MSNBC.

Inaugural Address Shows that Barack Obama is Worthy of the Number 44

Mitchell Bard, 01.20.2009

Writer and Filmmaker

As great as it was to watch an African American man take the oath using Abraham Lincoln's bible, I was even more moved listening to Obama's inauguration address.

How Do I Thank Thee, Sarah Palin?

Erica Heller, 11.08.2008

Advertising copywriter, creative consultant

How do I Thank Thee, Sarah Palin? Let me count the ways... (With profound apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Joe Biden: No True Friend of Working Men and Women

Jackson Williams, 08.23.2008

Of all the presidential contenders lined up on the stage in last year's AFL-CIO Chicago debate, Biden was the only one who had voted for the 2005 bill.

Cheney's Confession Should Lead to Criminal Investigation of Bush's Torture Policies

Mitchell Bard, 12.17.2008

Writer and Filmmaker

If the Bush administration would have at least acted like they might have done something wrong, maybe we could have moved on. But if Cheney is going on national TV to endorse torture, he has tied the hands of the country.

From Barack to Heath to Sarah: My Obligatory List of 2008's WTF Moments

Jamie Frevele, 12.31.2008

Budding Somethingorother

For me, a WTF moment can be either good or bad, but has to be in some sense a little bit unbelievable, as in "You can't write this stuff." So behold -- my first annual list of WTF moments.

The Case for Letting the Rats Slink Away

Dan Sweeney, 01.21.2009

I'm as bug-eyed angry about the Bush years as anyone. But drag the whole damned crew up on war crimes? The Machiavellian side of me calls that a bad idea.

Correcting Bush's Revision of History

Sahil Kapur, 01.14.2009

Seven years later, it continues to elude many that President Bush had the responsibility to protect the country from attacks like 9/11. Still, Republicans tout their national security heroics.

Bush's Two Chilliest Words Yet: "So What?"

Erica Heller, 12.16.2008

Advertising copywriter, creative consultant

He is the very epitome of a So What President. So what if the Katrina victims rot? So what if the world hates us? So what if our actions resonate everywhere with dire, catastrophic consequences?