Maybe the GOP Should Change Its Mascot From The Elephant To The Chicken? It started at a local New York City TV station last September, but...
For a moment I felt I was watching a Twilight Zone version of that quintessential Oprah episode, except the cries were, “And you’re a socialist, And...
Gun Rallies. Militias. Tea Party Patriots. Gun Rights. The Oklahoma City Bombing. The Second Amendment. Columbine. Waco. Gay rights. Which of these doesn’t go with the...
Calls Gay Community “Disingenuous,” Says “Children Are Not Puppies” Mike Huckabee, ordained Southern Baptist Minister, Fox News host, perennial Republican presidential hopeful, compared legalizing gay marriage...
My Dear, Fellow, “The Gays,” I’ve been looking at the news, and it finally dawned on me this week: Everything, I mean, everything, is our fault....
Tonight, in the final story on MSNBC’s “Countdown,” Keith Olbermann joined Twitter, and John Hodgman taught him to tweet. Here’s Olbermann’s first tweet – somewhat mysterious,...
A few weeks ago, in, “Proof The GOP Is The Party Of No Morals And Grand Hypocrisy,” I offered two excellent examples of journalism that provided...
Tonight, Rachel Maddow earned a Pulitzer. Well, perhaps not quite, but close. Maddow puts into words and pictures, and proves what we Democrats and Progressives and...
Like Keith Olbermann, I love James Thurber. I first fell in love with him (Thurber, not Olbermann) in high school, when we did “A Thurber Carnival.”...
OK. I’m going to share a slightly personal story here. Last night I had the honor of speaking to my former journalism teacher’s class about this...
Retired General Jack Sheehan apologizes for blaming genocide on Dutch gay soldiers. Also, it’s one thing to mis-quote someone. It’s another to use their former positions...
You remember Jonathan and Gregory, that wonderful couple who are trying to win Crate & Barrel’s “Ultimate Wedding Contest“? I know you’ve already voted for them,...
UPDATED! Now With Video! Maddow Ad http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf Newly-minted Senator Scott Brown seems to have found a worthy opponent in liberal, popular TV pundit Rachel Maddow. He’s...
The Face of Michael Steele’s GOP? Michael Steele, the constantly-embattled GOP Chairman, whose gaffes and embarrassing behavior have made a great many Republicans wish they could...
“News Flash: Darth Vader Is Luke Skywalker’s Father” Coincidentally, Olbermann did a piece on Frum’s firing, as did I: “Conservative Think Tank, Fueled By Insurance, Medical...