Ground Force One
Karl Rove jumped off the right-wing cliff again today by having his political attack group go after President Obama for the new bus the Secret Service bought to protect him on this week's tour of three midwest states. Sure, the new Ground Force One cost $1.1 million,...
Texas Tall Tales
Rick Perry says that, while he's been governor of Texas, his state has had more job growth than any other state. But it turns out that most of those jobs were in the public sector, thanks to government spending -- you know, the number one thing Tea Partiers like Perry...
Sam & Warren & Ron & Michelle
Here's my conversation with Sam Donaldson on KTRS/St. Louis this morning. We talked about whether Warren Buffett's "tax me more" op-ed will have any impact with Congress, why Obama doesn't use those arguments to advance his cause, and why Ron Paul gets no respect from...
West Wing Debt Ceiling
Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Dule Hill, and Kristin Chenoweth do a better job explaining the debt ceiling "crisis" in this one-minute clip from a sixth-season episode of "The West Wing" (circa 2004) than most professional newscasters have in all the hours devoted...
The Job Creation Myth
During the debt ceiling debate, Republicans have stopped referring to millionaires as "rich people." In a page right out of the Frank Luntz playbook, they've changed the phrase to "job creators." This is their way of getting middle class Americans to vote against...
Another View of American History
As America prepares to celebrate its 235th birthday, I thought this would be a good time to hear a different view of our nation's history. This morning on KTRS/St. Louis, I talked with Thaddeus Russell, author of "A Renegade History of the United States," which is now...
Colbert’s SuperPAC
Stephen Colbert went to DC yesterday to ask the Federal Elections Commission for permission to open a Super PAC, a political action committee that can collect huge donations without divulging where the money came from, and then use it for pretty much anything it...
Al Gore Takes Them On
Al Gore has a remarkable piece in Rolling Stone, in which he takes on the news media for not doing its job as our national referee when it comes to climate change, campaign finance reform, three wars, and the politicians who have so easily sold their souls to...