V on ABC: I Guess This is Happening

By: Nina Jones
My original title for this article was going to be “V on ABC: Did That Just Happen?” But after seeing the second episode, I have no more questions.
For those of you who missed the premiere of the new sci-fi remake of the 1983 miniseries, let me set the scene for you:
Interviewer: Thank you [...]

The Narcissist-in-Chief

We must accept that a size-able portion of the left has decided that their ideological foes are all covert racists.  Frankly, it’s just a matter of time until Think Progress fabricates hateful, prejudiced quotes attributed to each and every registered Republican and/or conservative sympathizer.  But I nonetheless stubbornly maintain that we dislike Barack Obama because [...]

We’re Open-Minded, In Our Non-Hippie Way

By Anthony Bialy
Fascist, reactionary, grumpy, outdated, heartless, provincial, insensitive. Oh, and broad-minded. If either our thoroughly tolerant left-leaning pals or the oh so objective media wanted to be fair, they’d brand conservatives with a descriptive modifier that’s far more positive than their usual insulting adjectives. They’d first have to recognize a characteristic [...]

Interview with Amy Siskind of The New Agenda

By Jessica Espinoza
 
Did you ever get that sinking feeling there was just something wrong?
Wrong , in the sense that what you used believe in just didn’t seem worth it anymore somehow or make sense.
That is how I was beginning to feel about women’s rights. Maybe that might be rhetorical to some, but it is simple [...]

The Firing Squad

By Nina Jones
Forget the Birthers, there is a new craze sweeping the journalistic arena. An arena, according to NBC News correspondent Chuck Todd, has been tainted by such filth as…”radio DJ[s].” Todd’s beef with the likes of Glenn Beck and his accusation of Obama’s racism against, “white people or the white culture,” expands beyond the [...]

Rather Slathers Blather

By Anthony Bialy
It’s a secret ballot. But yeah, Dan Rather voted for Barack Obama. Now, Walter Cronkite’s replacement wants something in return for having once again voted Democratic in 2008. Namely, he declared in a recent speech at the Aspen Institute that he expects the president to save the media [...]

Smart Girl Politics Applauds Letterman for Finally Apologizing to Gov. Palin for Coarse ‘Joke’

We commend Governor and Mr. Palin for their grace in handling this situation on behalf of parents of young children everywhere. Smart Girl Politics hopes this will help adults understand the gravity of their words in the future.

Popular Ranking Unfairly Misrepresents the U.S. Health Care System

By: Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD
The media and political community have made a big deal out of the fact that the U.S. ranks 37 out of 191 countries on the World Health Organization’s Health Care Ranking System.  Is this tool a credible way to compare quality health care delivered in the U.S. vs the rest of [...]