Over the past four years, Erick Erickson has won ad revenue, books deals, and a lucrative CNN contract by posing such insightful rhetorical questions as, “Is Obama shagging hookers behind the media’s back?” The...
Two weeks ago, while almost no one was watching, Rick Santorum and the conservative media pulled off an historic, astounding and quite literal coup. They did this with the tiniest of acts: organizing to...
After a Twitter exchange with Tod today, I decided to finally pull the trigger on a post I’ve been considering for a few days. Read on! — As nigh-on every denizen of the political blogosphere...
“But there is another kind of light; a light that fills even the darkest places. For if this meat-light did not exist, how could darkness be seen? And so it is with the truth....
She says it better than I could. Though hers is a NSFW version. “No photo. No voto.” Then again, at this point Romney is doing a wonderful job losing this election all on his...
Dear FOX & Friends: I’m just writing a quick note to say “Hi” and see how your summer went. Great, I hope! I heard wonderful things about your Summer Concert Series. I know that...
[Now with Second Bonus Update below! -tk] [Note: Updated below – tk] Well, that was quick. Last week it appeared that Republicans had made a tactical decision to shed their stuffy, country club image...
The day I forced myself to watch three hours of FOX News, the one consoling thought going through my head was: “Hey, at least it can’t get any stupider. I mean, they can only go...
Mike Farmer objects to my criticism of Fox News as a network which appeals to the doing brain rather than the thinking brain: E.D. Kain tries to write a fair and balanced post on...
Except that I do not think the Juan Williams Incident qualifies as outright bigotry, I do agree with Greenwald on this point: The double standard in our political discourse — which tolerates and even...
This controversy has eaten up my whole day, so I won’t spend much more time on it. Glenn Greenwald has some thoughts up at his blog that I very much disagree with even though...
So I think NPR was actually wrong to fire Juan Williams. I also think that most of the positive reaction over his dismissal is due to people’s general dislike of Williams and his politics...
A reader writes: Erik, as someone who lives in the Mighty Whitey Elite NY-DC Corridor, but who comes from Tea Party America, and who has lots of friends and relatives highly sympathetic to the...
Transplanted Lawyer has the first – and thus far, only – truly sane take I’ve seen on the matter. I was thinking about writing a post on this subject, but T.L.’s post says all...
Okay, I’m still trying to figure out why these Tea Parties bother me so much. There’s a number of things that just feel wrong, on a sort of intangible level. I’m constantly reminded of...
…that before any news commentator states that waterboarding isn’t torture they should at least have to experience it first.
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25One full of and run by f*cking idiots. on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25And we managed to really alienate Canada. What kind of country manages to alienate Canada? on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Apologies on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25You know how, periodically, there's a situation in California that results in house insurance compan… on The HoldoutIs it just thumb wrestling and something you say before the match? It's not a rhyme and googling it…
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