My Sarah Palin Obsession My Sarah Palin Obsession
My name is Jon, and I'm addicted to Sarah Palin. I read everything I can about her. I watch TV, hoping Wolf Blitzer will say something about her. I get irritable waiting for the...
Sep 11, 2008 / Jon Wiener
The Short Attention Span Society The Short Attention Span Society
I wake up this morning and The Today Show informs me that suddenly after a week of hearing about Obama's post-convention bounce,John McCain is now ahead and has all the mom...
Sep 9, 2008 / Adam Howard
Sarah Palin and the Jews Sarah Palin and the Jews
Sarah Palin took the biblical Queen Esther as her role model when she became governor, according to her former pastor--a report that suggests her ties to Jewish history are stronge...
Sep 8, 2008 / Jon Wiener
The Silence of Lambs The Silence of Lambs
The 2008 election has many unusual aspects, but none is more bizarrethan the sorry spectacle of the bailout for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. American voters are like the lambs bein...
Sep 8, 2008 / William Greider
When Parrots Speak and Puppets Squawk When Parrots Speak and Puppets Squawk
Recently, Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has shown striking signs of wanting to be his own man in Baghdad, not Washington's (as has Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul)...
Sep 8, 2008 / TomDispatch
Palin Reverses Press Ban Palin Reverses Press Ban
This shouldn't even be news, but yes, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has announced she will actually take questions from the press during her quest for the White House, pe...
Sep 7, 2008 / Ari Melber
Palin Coward Clock Starts Ticking (Updated) Palin Coward Clock Starts Ticking (Updated)
Sarah Palin is an able liar, as her acceptance speech showed. She may be a coward, too, at least when it comes to facing down the reporters she blasted from the comfort of that sol...
Sep 6, 2008 / Ari Melber
McCain’s “Worst Speech” Panned by Pundits McCain’s “Worst Speech” Panned by Pundits
John McCain's nomination speech was so flat, so disjointed, so utterly devoid of any vision or affirmative plan for the U.S. -- it's hard to say much about it, other than it sucked...
Sep 5, 2008 / Ari Melber
Palin’s Big Strikeout Palin’s Big Strikeout
Sarah Palin gave a riveting and devastating nomination speech on Wednesday night. She shared her inspiring story and brave family, while savaging and ridiculing the celebrated life...
Sep 4, 2008 / Ari Melber
Old Cold War or New Energy Conflict? Old Cold War or New Energy Conflict?
It's now hard to remember that, when the Bush administration arrived in office in 2000, its hardcore members were all old Cold Warriors who hadn't given up the ghost. If the Sovie...
Sep 2, 2008 / TomDispatch