Reagan Didn’t Do It Reagan Didn’t Do It
It would be nice to blame the Gipper for the economic meltdown, but the facts don't support it. The real villains are closer at hand.
Jun 3, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Obama Knocks The Media (Video) Obama Knocks The Media (Video)
NBC News was granted extensive access to the White House for a special series airing this Tuesday and Wednesday, but some interesting scenes did not make the Nightly News cut. NBC...
Jun 3, 2009 / Ari Melber
How Bill O’Reilly Sleeps at Night How Bill O’Reilly Sleeps at Night
In 2002, I was on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss why the media were so lustily attacking Martha Stewart for insider trading while men involved in much larger financial scandals, li...
Jun 2, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Missing Word, Missing World: Graduating the Rest of Us, ’09 Missing Word, Missing World: Graduating the Rest of Us, ’09
Graduates of the Bush years, initiates of the Obama era, here's a commencement address that's suitably obscure and yet somehow ringing.
Jun 2, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
This Week on the Hill This Week on the Hill
I've been a bad blogger the last week: Congress was on recess and I was working on a number of long-form writing assignments that had stacked up in my queue. But now Congress is ...
Jun 2, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Remembering Tiananmen Square Remembering Tiananmen Square
The Tiananmen Square massacre remains shrouded in myth. This eyewitness report by a Human Rights Watch observer makes the horror plain.
Jun 2, 2009 / Feature / Robin Munro
Gun (In)Sanity Gun (In)Sanity
Despite a Democratic Congress and President, it's been a bad time for common sense measures to curb gun violence. Earlier this year, a voting rights bill for the citizens of the...
Jun 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jon Stewart Slams Sotomayor Coverage Jon Stewart Slams Sotomayor Coverage
Politicians and pundits cannot seem to look past Supreme Court Justice-nominee Sonia Sotomayor's Hispanic heritage.
Jun 2, 2009 / The Daily Show
Olbermann: Fox News ‘Complicit’ in Tiller Murder Olbermann: Fox News ‘Complicit’ in Tiller Murder
Has Bill O'Reilly finally gone too far? MSNBC's Keith Olbermann links the murder of Dr. George Tiller to Fox News.
Jun 2, 2009 / Countdown
Domestic Terror and The Death of Dr. Tiller Domestic Terror and The Death of Dr. Tiller
A look at the media's response to Dr. George Tiller's murder and what pro-choice organizations need to do moving forward.
Jun 2, 2009