The Thing That Wouldn’t Leave
Sean MurphyIf Newt Gingrich does the unthinkable (and, for the record, I still think there is less than a 1% chance it happens) and sticks around --much less snags the Republican…
In Memory of Sidney Lumet: Celebrating ‘Serpico’
It's difficult, and pointless, to try and isolate which film was Lumet's best or most enduring. The fact that he made three of the best movies of the '70s (three…
20 Years Later: How Rodney King Helped Us Plug In, Dial On and Wake Up
ON THIS DAY On March 3, 1991, in a case that sparked a national outcry, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured…
The Democratic Fault Line
So, fake tan is the new black? How do I feel about the idiot winds that blew this astroturf tsunami over our land? Eh... Certainly, it sucks to see a party…
Hey Glenn Beck: What Color Is Your Soul?
First, a confession. I have to admit, when I took the clownish charlatan Glenn Beck in my sights more than a year ago, I frankly underestimated his influence and staying…
Can-Utility and the Krauthammers
Well, when you anoint yourself King Canute, you mustn't be surprised when your subjects expect you to command the tides. So saith the cretinous Charles Krauthammer in a piece that, unfortunately,…
A View To A Kill or, It’s The End of the World As We Knew It (And I Feel Fine)
Here's how bad it's gotten: David Frum, the dude who used to write speeches for the worst president we've ever endured, has written the most lacerating epitaph for The…
Waterloo This
I love the smell of health care reform in the morning. Smells like victory.
The Hope of Audacity
Question: How many GOP staffers are looking for new jobs after agreeing to let the cameras roll during Obama's smackdown at the Republican Retreat Q&A today? (Answer: hopefully, none; if…
Obama’s “Mission Accomplished” Moment
Don't you dare say that Obama has not accomplished anything. He has done something no president in recent times (if ever) has come close to achieving: namely, alienating and disillusioning a huge…