OffTheBus Listening Post OffTheBus Listening Post
In another creative innovation on campaign reporting, HuffPost's OffTheBus has just launched a new feature in which the daily Obama and McCain media conference calls, heretofore t...
Jun 23, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Huffington Hails Obsessive Compulsive Media Huffington Hails Obsessive Compulsive Media
Web entrepreneur Arianna Huffington slammed old media at a political conference in New York today, assailing reporters for abandoning the pursuit of truth in favor of a "fake ...
Jun 23, 2008 / Ari Melber
George Carlin: American Radical George Carlin: American Radical
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.-- George Carlin, The last vote that George Carlin said he cast in a presiden...
Jun 23, 2008 / John Nichols
Washington Post Watch Washington Post Watch
I've been a bit remiss in updating our weekly feature the last week, but this week a change of pace. Since here at J Street we believe in carrots and sticks, (or as Colbert says, ...
Jun 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Mind Games Mind Games
This Week: Kang sips a martini and contemplates just what it is that billionaires do in their spare time.
Jun 23, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence
Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves--all we need to do is extract it and turn it into fuel.
Jun 22, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Democrats Write a Blank Check for Bush’s War Democrats Write a Blank Check for Bush’s War
George Bush, who has never chosen to take responsibility for addressing the mess he created in Iraq, has now been given permission by the U.S. House to finish his presidency witho...
Jun 22, 2008 / John Nichols
The Haditha Travesty, Take Two The Haditha Travesty, Take Two
Small tragedies can get lost in a big war, but it is sad and troubling that, so far at least, it looks like no one is going to have to pay for the November, 2005, massacre of 24 c...
Jun 22, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
McClellan: Administration ‘Has Chosen to Conceal’ Truth McClellan: Administration ‘Has Chosen to Conceal’ Truth
Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan told Congress Friday that the Bush-Cheney Administration continues to conceal information about abuses of power committed to punish fo...
Jun 20, 2008 / John Nichols
Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds
House Democrats capitulate to pass a surveillance bill that further compromises our privacy and limits accountability of the government and telecoms. Will the Senate fight back?