I don’t know who is truly responsible for this little gem, this masterpiece of irony mixed in with a modicum of sarcasm.  Whether is it a continuation of the marketing behemoth that is Watchmen, a slightly more subtle “Viral” marketing tool, or simply something that a bored animat...

Does a day go by when the Foxagandists don't invite one of the enablers of the disaster politics of the past eight years to offer his or her wretched opinion about what's going on now? Out of necessity, the Obama administration is tasked with cleaning up the overflowing cesspool that Cheney-Bush hav...

So, here we are, two and a half weeks into Barack Obama's first term as President and already it's a post-post-partisan world. Kumbaya sounded good. Really. How could you not like the idea of it? Especially after eight years of the unitary executive in which the Republicans frequently ignored Democr...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called off any Thursday night vote on the American Recovery and Investment Act - the Jobs Bill colloquially known as the stimulus package - for one good reason: He doesn't yet have the votes. He hopes to have them Friday. And if that doesn't happen, he'll call for a...

Earlier this week, Tom Englehardt wrote: ...it isn't only sinking financial institutions begging for federal dollars that have bolstered their Washington lobbying corps. So have the biggest U.S. armaments companies -- "drastically," according to reporter August Cole of the Wall Street Journal. In 20...

Ben Adler at The Atlantic writes: Why stimulus spending should go to public art In their search to find programs upon which to rest the complaint that the stimulus bill is too generous, some conservatives have seized upon one of their favorite whipping boys: the arts. "Even [House Republicans] can't...

You will no doubt recall that a couple of weeks ago, President Barack Obama tried to build some post-partisan bridges by meeting with a few conservative media honchos at the home of George Will. He later met with a few media moderates and liberals, and I recommended that he also meet with some peopl...

Anthony Faiola at the Washington Post writes: Downturn Accelerates As It Circles The Globe Economies Worse Off Than Predicted Just Weeks Ago The world economy is deteriorating more quickly than leading economists predicted only weeks ago, with Britain yesterday becoming the latest nation to surprise...

Back in July, candidate Barack Obama said: ""Let me be as clear as I can be. I intend to end this war. My first day in office I will bring the Joint Chiefs of Staff in and I will give them a new mission, and that is to end this war, responsibly and deliberately, but decisively." President Barack Oba...

"You may not agree with some tough decisions I have made. But I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions."                                        - President George W. Bush Vi...