A Political Prediction
Prediction: by the end of this week, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will announce that he's checking into a rehab facility, possibly in the room vacated earlier this year by ousted San Diego Mayor Bob Filner.
Mr. Perspective On Obamacare
Once again I step into my alter ego role as Mr. Perspective to calm you down about all the Obamacare scare stories that have dominated the news recently, from the disastrous roll out of the HealthCare.gov website to the insurance company cancellation letters. Let's...
Why Can’t The Government Do Tech?
The problems with HealthCare.gov, the website portal for Obamacare, are not all that unusual. In fact, our government has a terrible record with websites and technology in general. That's what Clay Johnson of the Department of Better Technology told me on America...
How Many Died In Iraq?
In the decade-long war in Iraq, we know how many members of the US military died -- 4,486 -- but the data on Iraqi civilians have always been vague. The generally accepted number has been around 100,000, but a new report says the actual death toll may be five times as...
Eleanor Clift on ObamaCare’s Website
Eleanor Clift is a longtime Washington columnist (now with The Daily Beast) and panelist on "The McLaughlin Group." She joined me today on America Weekend to discuss the problems with HealthCare.gov, whether the media and Congress are blowing them out of proportion,...
Tweet Of The Day
From Eleanor Clift, Daily Beast columnist and (still!) McLaughlin Group panelist, regarding the over-the-top coverage of problems with the HealthCare.gov website: Get a grip, folks. It's just a web site, and it will get fixed. White House shouldn't be so defensive, it...
Today’s Must-Reads
Phil Plait's open letter to the LA Times editors who insist on standing up for science. Frank Bruni's piece about how politicians should stop comparing everything to the Holocaust and 9/11. Linda Holmes on the outright sexism of "Survivor."
Unfair and Unbalanced
In a terrific piece, Dan Froomkin explains how the political press is failing us in its coverage of the federal shutdown by refusing to acknowledge that one group of extremists is responsible: In the current political climate, journalistic false equivalence leads to...