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Tag Archives: The Daily Beast
New Wingnut Target: ‘RINO’ Scott Brown – The Daily Beast
From savior to heretic in one week—well, that was fast. Some conservative activists are already taking aim at Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown by calling him a RINO, or Republican in Name Only. With Martha Coakley out of the way, they’ve … Continue reading
9/11 Amnesia – The Daily Beast
As we approach tomorrow’s eighth anniversary of the September 11th attacks—the first since President George W. Bush left office—there’s been a creeping complacency to the remembrance, a feeling of obligation bordering on inconvenience. It’s as if America wants to turn … Continue reading
Hollywood’s Dirty Secret – The Daily Beast
Conservatives love to complain about Hollywood liberals hijacking our culture and our politics. With the likely seating of SNL-alum Al Franken in the Senate and the possible candidacy of actor Val Kilmer for New Mexico governor, you can expect such … Continue reading
Worse Than the War
It’s time for a reality check. More Americans have been murdered in mass shootings over the last month than have been killed on the battlefields of Iraq or Afghanistan this year. Here are the grisly statistics: 54 innocents dead in … Continue reading
How the Party of Lincoln Forgot About Lincoln – The Daily Beast
Today is the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln and rarely has Honest Abe been in such demand. Our nation’s first African-American president—also a self-made lawyer from Illinois—rarely loses an opportunity to compare himself to the Great Emancipator. There are new … Continue reading
Our Screwed Up Tax System: Fix It – The Daily Beast
With tax snafus scalping Tom Daschle and Nancy Killefer—and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner narrowly escaping a similar fate—the Obama administration has hit its first rough patch. From Zoe Baird to Linda Chavez, we’ve seen this movie before. The tax code’s … Continue reading
Family of Hate
What are you doing for your family’s summer vacation? Shirley Phelps-Roper decided to take her two daughters to New York City from Topeka, Kansas. To protest outside Walter Cronkite’s funeral yesterday. They even had a fancy sign made up that … Continue reading
How I Got Interrogated by the Bushies
At his final press conference, President Bush seemed mystified by one aspect of his legacy in particular—his failure to change the tone in Washington. The man who campaigned on his bipartisan record as governor of Texas, and was confident that … Continue reading
How Obama Can Avoid the Mistakes of Carter
You get graded on a steep curve as president. Getting elected should be accomplishment enough to last a lifetime, but once you enter the Oval Office the goalposts get moved and you’re competing against the ghosts of presidents past. On … Continue reading
3 Things Ford Can Teach the Rest of Detroit
After billion-dollar-bailout binges, bankruptcies, and the death of the Big Three, it’s time somebody said thank you to Ford on behalf of the American taxpayer. The last man standing is also the only major U.S. automaker to choose free markets … Continue reading
What If New York Goes Bust? – The Daily Beast
UPDATE: Looks like the tsunami has arrived in California, with state legislators one vote short of a spending cut and tax-hike compromise to close a $42 billion budget deficit. (By comparison, that’s twice the national debt during the Great Depression.) … Continue reading
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor Should Go to Mike Pence
It’s Academy Awards night in America, the Super Bowl of the Hollywood elite and millions of movie goers everywhere. But scan the list of Oscar nominees, and you’ll notice one name notably missing from the Best Supporting Actors’ list: Mike … Continue reading
Scaife v. Clinton and the Dangers of Demonization – The Daily Beast
Richard Mellon Scaife—paymaster of the ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’—died July 4. But he died counting Clinton a friend who had ‘served the American people most ably.’ On July 4th, Richard Mellon Scaife died. The Pittsburgh publishing magnate was considered a conservative … Continue reading