Obama M.O.: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. (Check it out. He just loves working the other side of the fence.)
Paul Loeb | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
What if Obama, instead of redecorating the White house, took a powerful symbolic stand by using the already allocated money to bring back solar panels to make the White House more energy efficient?
Kate Kelly | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
With the fate of tonight's first presidential debate still uncertain, it is a good time to look back at when the tradition of holding presidential deb...
Dan Kovalik | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics
Though it has received scant press here, the Colombian media recently and enthusiastically reported that Jimmy Carter, after allegedly "resolving his...
Seth Swirsky | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics
Americans could only consider an Obama, because of the remarkable success of President Bush, through his decisive actions, in ratcheting down the fear Americans felt for many years after 9/11.
John Tepper Marlin | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business
The economic misery index, which is simply the sum of unemployment and inflation rates, rose in June to 10.5, its highest level in 15 years.
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
Kennedy's death came when the world was on the cusp of transformation -- between authoritarian societies and social and political justice. Much of that change was stalled in the US for decades to come.
Allan Gerson | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
One can be prosecuted for supplying "material support or resources" to entities on the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. By this standard, Carter has engaged in criminal activity.
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics
What President Carter has done in his meetings with Hamas is to show the world that the issues are much more gray than Israeli and U.S. government spin portray them to be.
Will Bower | Posted 03.12.2008 | Home
Is there a chance for a happy ending to the Democratic nominating drama?
If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a...
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's...
Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join...
As January 20 grows larger in the window, I've been thinking more often about the...
I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a...
America is in shock. It is not because of the unusual sight of the first black...
Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a...
Rachel Maddow appeared on "The Daily...
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Patrick Swayze, who has been battling pancreatic cancer for a year, sat down with Barbara Walters for...
An article in next month's Atlantic asks, "Is porn...
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The Internet is awash with rumors over the cause of the tragic death of actor John Travolta's...
Michael Shaw | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics