Obama on Fox: Not Worth the Wait?
For months Obama refused to appear on the network the White House dubbed a "wing of the Republican party"-until Wednesday. Don't expect any fireworks here, though, folks. Major Garrett's interview ...
Hungry in America's Wealthiest Counties
In Bill Moyers' PBS special on hunger in America, Rosabelle Walker of Westchester, NY says she has worked hard her whole life and doesn't like handouts, but had to start asking for food when her re...
The ACORN Duo Takes Los Angeles
Watch out, Los Angeles. The ACORN investigative team has just released a new video. This time, though, the employee they spoke with doesn't completely endorse prostitution-earning him the facetious...
A Mural for Health Care
While grieving the loss of her husband to stage IV kidney cancer, Regina Holliday began painting a 50-foot mural illustrating the health care obstacles she and her husband faced throughout his orde...
How Cleveland Enabled a Serial Killer
Mansfield Frazier is a native Clevelander and former newspaper editor. His regular column can be seen on CoolCleveland.com. An avid gardener, he resides in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland with his wife Brenda and their two dogs, Gypsy and Ginger.
As finger-pointing intensifies over how a murderer with ties to the mayor went unnoticed for years, Mansfield Frazier says the real culprit is the misguided war on drugs.
Obama's Dangerous Obsession
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
In his speech at Fort Hood, the president invoked Abraham Lincoln with a mention of the afterlife. Lee Siegel says Obama's worship and rhetoric could escalate a perilous war.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
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