Every Sunday CNN’s “Your Money” airs at 9:00AM HST, and it fits a hole in our TV-watching schedule (I think Mom likes Ali Velshi’s sense of humor, too). Today the host was talking to a panel of guests about the bull market in stocks and whether it was too late to get in (in my …
What’s happened to all those media hawks who beat the drums for the Iraq War ten years ago? Mostly, they’re still gainfully employed and, most annoyingly to me, still trotted out as though they have credible ideas about foreign policy. These people got arguably the biggest foreign policy decision the United States has faced in …
The Huffington Post commits journalism; world applauds. It’s done several video mashups of national Republicans scorning the effects of the sequester and local TV news outlets detailing just what the effects are in their cities and towns. Recovery efforts following a tornado in Atlanta are being drained of federal help because of sequestration related cuts. …
So the Prez is gonna give his State of the Union address this evening, and in the audience as an invited guest of a crazed Republican legislator named Steve Stockman, who hails from the Houston suburbs, is noted gun enthusiast, draft-dodger, and former rock musician Ted Nugent. Nugent’s previously made threats against President Obama, threats …
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Oh boy, does this ever ring true. It’s an epistle to the Corinthians political press from one of their own. Mainstream media outlets don’t want to look partisan, so they ignore the BS hidden in plain sight, the hypocrisy and dishonesty that defines the modern Republican Party. I’m old enough to remember when Republicans insisted …
Despite all the adulation heaped on generals and admirals by a press corps which knows next-to-nothing about the military, ask anyone who’s spent any time in the service or working for the service as a civilian (bartender at a club, retail clerk at a post exchange, etcetera) and he or she will tell you that …
Rachel Maddow’s closing monologue from her Wednesday night program, the one that begins: Ohio really did go to the president last night. And he really did win. And he really was born in Hawaii. And he really is -legitimately- President of the United States. Again.
I went down to a local tire emporium this afternoon to get the car inspected and price RunFlat tires for the Mini. I think I’ve got a slow leak in one of these tires, and if they ever were under warranty I’m pretty sure it’s expired. Anyway, I was told I could pay $250 for …
Jonathan Chait: In recent days, the vibe emanating from Mitt Romney’s campaign has grown downright giddy. Despite a lack of any evident positive momentum over the last week — indeed, in the face of a slight decline from its post-Denver high — the Romney camp is suddenly bursting with talk that it will not only …
During political campaigns I’ve often heard one side imply that his or her opponent’s spin is an out-and-out lie, but when his own side does it it’s just a different way of looking at things. It’s a silly argument, but nobody really believes it anyway, so there’s not much harm done. This is something completely …