Every once in a while you’ve got to stop and smell the manure the Republicans are spreading and just wonder if anyone on their side believes any of their crap. It’s insane. Here’s a party that has fought for every single tax cut since Reagan was in office. We’re talking just ...

Washington Times (grain of salt) reports (oxymoron) that AG Holder assured the Senate Judiciary Republicans that he will not investigate or prosecute US intel officers, soldiers, or "political appointees" for their role in violations of Geneva Conventions and torture: President Obama's choice to run...

Please give me a break. I understand even Pat Robertson is praising Obama. But there are some who see something insidious in everything Barack Obama does. Right Wing Whack Jobs will be Right Wing Whack Jobs, after all. They think Obama being photograhed in the surf, without a top on, for goodness sa...

BELLEVILLE, Mich., July 10 -- Sen. John McCain ventured to an auto-parts supplier in this hard-hit Detroit suburb to express sympathy for those affected by Michigan's economic malaise and to talk up his ideas for creating jobs in the region....

Exit poll after exit poll in election after election shows the Democratic Party is staunchly supported by an overwhelming majority of African-American voters, many of whom are much more socially conservative on issues like abortion than their party leadership. The Democratic Party is also staunchly ...

Scratch the surface of all those glittering tributes for Tim Russert and you might find an undercoating of journalistic insecurity....

Newsrooms, by definition, are awash in rumors....

With the traditional media admitting they find it hard to curb their enthusiasm for Barack Obama, John McCain demonstrated again today that he is reaching out to the new media, giving blogging critics from the right and left the opportunity to participate in the blogger conference calls he has been ...

The top 30 newspaper Web sites had, for the most part, a good April, according to statistics provided by Nielsen Online and reported by Editor & Publisher. The winners: DallasNews.com (The Dallas Morning News), up 88% from April 2007; OregonLive.com, surging 63% in the past year; The Politico, u...

Holy crap, they're remaking one of my favorite movies of all time. What's next? Dog Day Afternoon? The Apartment? Dammit people, this recycling business is getting out of hand. John Travolta has gone from wearing drag for Hairspray (also a remake, I might add) to this tough guy costume for his new m...