Palin: Rogue or Rouge? Palin: Rogue or Rouge?
In the nonsensical Palin universe, "rogue" means walking in lockstep with the Christian right.
Oct 24, 2009 / Betsy Reed
The Paranoid Style at Pacifica The Paranoid Style at Pacifica
In his Wall Street Journal column yesterday, Tom Frank paid homage to Richard Hofstadter's famous essay, "The Paranoid Style in American Politics." As Frank noted, Birth...
Oct 22, 2009 / Eyal Press
Hoaxville USA Hoaxville USA
Ah, the dog days of autumn, when the media are full of hoaxes because nothing much else is going on. Last Thursday, the Heene family of Colorado gave us a homemade version of the ...
Oct 21, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Memo to Hillary: Friends Don’t Let Friends ♥ Fascists Memo to Hillary: Friends Don’t Let Friends ♥ Fascists
How much should it matter to Americans that David Cameron, who will probably become the Prime Minister of Britain in May, recently took his party out of the main center-right group...
Oct 21, 2009 / D.D. Guttenplan
Obama, Human Rights & the Chutzpah of Conservatives Obama, Human Rights & the Chutzpah of Conservatives
"Does Obama Believe in Human Rights?" asks Bret Stephens in today's Wall Street Journal. According to Stephens, the answer is a resounding "no." Citing Secret...
Oct 20, 2009 / Eyal Press
Backing Obama, MoveOn Urges Congressional Dems to Join Fox Fight Backing Obama, MoveOn Urges Congressional Dems to Join Fox Fight
MoveOn.org jumped into the battle between Fox News and the Obama White House on Tuesday, urging its 5 million members to call on Congressional Democrats to stay off the network for...
Oct 20, 2009 / Ari Melber
Health Care Hoax Worse Than Balloon Boy Health Care Hoax Worse Than Balloon Boy
An attention grab that held millions of Americans transfixed. A story that seemed to be about life in the balance. It dominated the airwaves, the social networks, held Americans in...
Oct 20, 2009 / Laura Flanders
The Parable of Balloon Boy The Parable of Balloon Boy
It was all a hoax, a fraud, a cynical and none too well concocted publicity stunt to bolster the Heene family's reality TV cachet. But there was something beautiful about the lie t...
Oct 19, 2009 / Richard Kim
Caught On Tape: Obama Adviser Explains How To Control Media Caught On Tape: Obama Adviser Explains How To Control Media
White House Communications Director Anita Dunn made headlines last week for calling out Fox News, now she's drawing attention for comments she made about how the Obama campaign man...
Oct 19, 2009 / Ari Melber
Reflections on Marriage Reflections on Marriage
Feminist author Jessica Valenti's marriage to Andrew Golis of Talking Points Memo was the lead wedding story in the New York Times style section this Sunday. It was odd to see th...
Oct 19, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry