I wonder if the whole custom of the presidential pardon should be sacked, or perhaps we ought to rethink our tradition of this heretofore unquestioned plenary amnesty and appoint a supreme Judicial Ethicist-in-Chief.
Ryan Rivera | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home
A study published earlier this month by the William C. Velasquez Institute looked at statewide polling data and determined that, if the election were...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics
The response to this situation has been as horrible as the Hurricane Katrina response. It's just that it's about finance, so not as many people easily understand it.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media
Independent photojournalists, NGO workers and citizens are part of this important movement to take back the news from those who focus on profits.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics
Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...
Posted 07.03.2008 | Home
The conservative Arizona blog "Seeing Red AZ" ran a post this week referencing a Washington Times piece on, depending how you view it, either McCain's...
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
McCain flip-flops on torture, tax cuts, the religious right, Roe v. Wade, lobbyists, gay marriage, creationism, Iraq, talking to enemies, and just about any other subject you care to name.
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media
McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.
Chris Weigant | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics
As Robert Anton Wilson pointed out (or William S. Burroughs, if you prefer), hexagram 23 of the I Ching is "breaking apart." Anyone who subscribes to...
Ari Melber | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics
The past few months of the spying debate do reveal both the promise and residual frailty of this mildly resurgent Democratic Party.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics
Since this column has not been afraid to coin new terms, I submit for the blogosphere's approval the Bush Doublethink Corollary to Godwin's Law: "Stat...
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.12.2007 | Politics
Welcome back to the weekly talking points for Democrats appearing on television this weekend. Before I begin, I'd like to wish Ted Kennedy a fast and...
Update 1:45 PM: Coulter is booked for at least two hits on...
On "Fox News Sunday," former President George H. W. Bush said he's ready for another...
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If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a...
Monday morning Sasha and Malia Obama went to their first day of school at Sidwell Friends. Mom...
Rock wife Sharon Osbourne lashed out at a "Rock of Love...
A flurry of high-profile Twitter accounts have...
The New York Post reports that employees of disgraced billionaire...
A Perfect storm for innovation is gathering in Washington. With the government's...
The Internet is awash with rumors over the cause of the tragic death of actor John Travolta's...
Rachel Ben-Avi | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics