"Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job" This is the title The Onion has given to its article welcoming Barack Obama to his new job. It's all tongue in cheek, of course. On a more serious note, I breathe a sigh of relief tonight. It feels like the nightmare is over…
Andrew Sullivan's endorsement of Barack Obama wasn't unexpected, but it is eloquent and inspiring. It starts with the many missteps American has taken since 9/11 and takes us up to today, and into the future. Here's an excerpt: The world will soon remember why it resents America as well as…
It is important, in this day and age of a collapsing economy, two ongoing wars, government-sponsored torture and an energy crisis of unprecidented proportions, to focus on what is really important. For these "Christians," one of those high priorities is to keep gays from getting married.
Consider this report from MSNBC: A Michigan man who bowled his first perfect game immediately collapsed in the bowling alley and died.
Rachel Maddow talks intelligently, extremely intelligently. As she reports here, today wasn't a good day for John McCain. It was a joy to hear Maddow interview with Barack Obama on why he doesn't attack "conservatives," the future of energy and Pakistan. Maddow represents the direction journalism needs to go. Probing,…