The dogma of American conservatism is to look backward, which means you're usually out of date in understanding progress and usually wrong in understanding the human condition.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
To counter the conventional wisdom pundits, the cautious campaign advisers, and his own inner cautiousness, I'm offering Obama suggestions for staying true to the vision that took him from longshot to presidential frontrunner.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
I had to chuckle to myself when I read David Brooks' lede this morning: Barack Obama sells the Democratic Party short. He talks about his fund-raisin...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
Anyone who wishes to rid the nation of the dead hand of Republican misrule must be careful not to play into the narratives of the Right. That means you Jon Stewart.
Michael Shaw | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media
If the corporate media starts to latch on to this "Chicago boss" theme, you can expect a lot more photos, pulled out of context like this, to flesh out the picture.
Marc Gunther | Posted 06.15.2008 | Green
Most American men aren't very good fathers, and most American women aren't very good mothers, either. As citizens and consumers, we are at best neglecting and at worst abusing our children.
Todd Gitlin | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media
If Meet the Press had been doing its job, McClellan's "scathing new book" would not look like the revelation that McClellan himself and his interlocutors everywhere believe it to be.
Hooman Majd | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
I have news for David Brooks and all who agree with him: the Iranians do understand their system, their foreign policy, what their regime stands for, and are quite happy that you are lost in how to deal with them.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.21.2008 | Media
In a rare move, the New York Times offered a total of four corrections today, covering the two latest columns from conservative op-ed columnists William Kristol and David Brooks.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 05.07.2008 | Living
Huge medical advances over the last 100 years have enabled longevity, improved quality of life overall. But, they have focused more on how to maintain "healthy bodies" than on "healthy brains."
Dan Agin | Posted 04.29.2008 | Living
David Brooks likes looking backwards in history with nostalgia, but the reality of our Dark Ages is something else.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos can continue to defend his decision to lead off his debate with an hour's worth of questions that mined the electoral ...
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Obama, like the Marines, calls us to be part of something bigger than "me" and offers a purpose in life that adds up to more than just one more consumer choice -- just another "I want."
Huffington Post | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Following what many news outlets and viewers labeled a disaster of a debate, ABC News decided to address its critics by discussing the "debate over th...
ZP Heller | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media
This was ABC's last chance to elevate discourse to a national level, but instead the network focused on the mucky politics of irrelevance.
Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Until we have a better political system and a more attentive electorate, we are not in a position to dismiss the type of debate that we had last night. We got the debate we deserve.
New York Times | David Brooks | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
Three quick points on the Democratic debate tonight: First, Democrats, and especially Obama supporters, are going to jump all over ABC for the choice...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
David Brooks appears to be one of the few people nonsensical enough to actually laud ABC's mix of jive-ass wankery that was on display in last night's absurd debate.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
Leave it to Hillary to take it to the limit. She's running attack ads trying to capitalize on this non-issue because at this point in her campaign the poor woman is completely bereft of affirming ideas.
Nell Scovell | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media
New York Times columnist David Brooks needs to see a neurologist stat. Twice in the past month, he's included references to neurological disorders-- aphasia and Asperger's-- and both times he missed the diagnosis.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.25.2008 | Media
Brooks is among those who have long argued that they actually got the war right, but Donald Rumsfeld made it wrong.
New York Times | David Brooks | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton may not realize it yet, but she's just endured one of the worst weeks of her campaign. First, Barack Obama weathered the Rev. Jeremi...
Michael Ames | Posted 03.03.2008 | Home
It might be the surest sign yet that Barack Obama is going to win this thing: the Right is, at long last, coalescing in an argument against him, after months of somewhat embarrassing fawning.
Eric Boehlert | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media
Clear signs suggest that Obama's press treatment will soon change and that the media will fall back into their lazy routine of critiquing Dems through the eyes of Republican spin.
Dan Treul | Posted 02.26.2008 | Home
Conservatives who deride the Obama 'cult of personality' should be careful before they throw stones. Their hero Ronald Reagan inspired similar devotion among his followers.
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Dan Agin | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media