First Anniversary of Bill Kristol at the New York Times: Will He Get Axed Next Week?

Greg Mitchell, 12.26.2008

One year ago this weekend, the Huffington Post broke the news that, as Jim Morrison might have put it, the Kristol Ship was about to sail at the New York Times.

My Top Ten New Year's Resolutions

Nora Ephron, 01.01.2008

I will persuade Bush to get behind the threat of global warming. I plan to do this by slipping into the White House in the dead of night, tying him naked to a bedpost and forcing him to watch footage of the melting polar icecap until he concedes.

The Palin Doctrine: Why the Neocons Are So Excited

Arianna Huffington, 09.15.2008

Sarah Palin may not have known what the Bush Doctrine was, but we're getting a pretty good idea of what the Palin Doctrine is. And what is it going to look like? Let's just say, it's going to seem familiar.

The Weekly Standard Embarrasses Me In Front of My Friends

Chris Kelly, 12.12.2008

Dear Arianna, you're so nice, and I feel like we have this good thing going, so this isn't going to be easy, but it has to be said. I told you a lie on Tuesday. But it wasn't my fault. It was Bill Kristol's.

Thinking About Bill

Nora Ephron, 11.04.2008

There are rumors that the New York Times is not going to renew Bill Kristol's contract. I just pray they're not true.

Let the Blame Game Begin

James Carville and Paul Begala, 10.20.2008

We have a message for our Republican friends: It is time to point fingers. We are pro-finger-pointing. And here's the most important thing about finger-pointing: you have to start early.

Finding the Toilet in Stockholm

John Sauer, 08.27.2008

Last week a mix of water and sanitation experts gathered for World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden to mull over the world's biggest public health crisis. The problem is that not enough people paid attention.

John McCain, Neocon

Jacob Heilbrunn, 01.21.2008

McCain represents for the neocons the ultimate synthesis of war hero and politician. And he in turn, has been increasingly drawn to their militaristic vision of the U.S. that can set wrong aright around the globe.

Obama Reveals Plans for a Department of Satire

Steve Young, 11.24.2008

As of yet, no Secretary of Satire has been named, but those rumored under consideration include Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee and William Kristol.

Obama's Biggest Challenge: Foreign Policy Revanchism

Peter Schwartz, 11.10.2008

The surviving Republican members of Congress will do their best to make Obama's life miserable.

Health-Care Reform Could Kill the GOP

Thomas Frank, 12.03.2008

Liberal that I am, I support health-care reform on its merits alone. But it pleases me even more to think that the conservatives' nightmare of permanent defeat might come true simply if Democrats do the right thing.

Dick Cheney Lied -- to a Republican

Harry Shearer, 09.16.2008

In his new book, Barton Gellman reports a new twist on the old story of administration officials trying to tie Saddam Hussein to 9/11, and the most newsworthy thing about the report is the source.

Sex, Race and Presidential Politics

Derek Shearer, 02.03.2008

Kristol's concern for the Democratic Party is touching. Of course, it was just the boys having fun again at the expense of the first serious woman candidate for president.

Of Markets & Morality

George Mitrovich, 12.04.2008

What's wrong with this picture? Billions for banks and Wall Street and nothing for Main Street, nothing for those Americans who once constituted the Middle Class, never mind the poor.

Dog Barks, Caravan Moves On

Jeff Danziger, 11.14.2008

William Kristol: Future Imperfect

Gerald Bracey, 11.24.2008

According to Bill Kristol, Bush has to win in Iraq to have any hopes of being judged successful. That gives him 38 days to become successful.