Apparently this is officially the week the world discovers reporters have opinions, too. Hot on the heels of Dave Weigel’s resignation from WaPo over some leaked emails in which he expressed his dislike over certain aspects of the conservative movement comes this video of reporters getting caught on a hot mic making fun of […]

  A loving family should not have to go through legal nightmares just to be "officially" together. If we spent more time ensuring that functional families are able to stay together as opposed to designing a prototype family that likely never existed, society would be better for it. If gay priest and evangelists are incapable […]

  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh famously said he hoped President Obama would “fail” in January, 2009. Almost a year later, when Limbaugh was rushed to the hospital with chest pains, Washington Post reporter David Weigel had a wish of his own. “I hope he fails,” Weigel cracked to fellow liberal reporters on the “Journolist” […]

Advisory Media Missing the McChrystal Point 6/25/10 The media firestorm over the Rolling Stone profile (6/22/10) of General Stanley McChrystal mostly missed the real point of the article, which was a damning portrait of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Much of the media coverage stressed the criticism and insults hurled by McChrystal and his staff […]

 Pew: Obama’s Ratings Little Affected by Recent Turmoil Since the beginning of this year, President Obama has signed a controversial health care measure, coped with a stubbornly high jobless rate, and struggled to manage the largest environmental disaster in the nation’s history. In that period, Obama’s overall job approval rating has moved from 49% to […]

The GOP yesterday again showed their lack of humanity in blocking extended unemployment compensation on the pretense of fiscal responsibility. That they never display this relative to support for corporations or the methodical permanent state of war makes this not only hypocritical but inhumane. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe and join the conversation for more insightful commentary […]

Day after day we watch the video. Horrifying. We didn’t think this could happen because the oil industry has been telling us their operations were safe — even in the most dangerous or sensitive environments. Clearly, they told us wrong. We must demand that Washington turn this tragedy into the catalyst that finally brings us […]

Questions remain over $816,000 in Rick Perry mansion money Illegal to use campaign contributions for personal use HOUSTON — Rick Perry continues to evade questions about an ethics complaint filed against him by a government watchdog group for spending more than $816,000 in campaign contributions on his rental mansion without itemizing the expenses. The response […]

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  New York (CNN) — President Obama’s decision to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal with Gen. David Petraeus is "a masterstroke," says analyst Fareed Zakaria. The president announced Wednesday that he had accepted McChrystal’s resignation after the publication of a Rolling Stone article that contained disparaging remarks by the general and his staff about officials in […]