In Rod LurieÁ¢€â„¢s first political potboiler, Deterrence, a U.S. president audaciously entered a nuclear confrontation with a newly aggressive (and surprisingly well-armed) Saddam Hussein. While hardly an original concept in…
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Rob Smith
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For someone who doesn’t know a lot about hip-hop (as we surmised from his memo to the late Tupac Shakur), Uncle Donnie does seem to be well acquainted with certain…
Jon Cummings
1 Min Read
ItÁ¢€™s been a giggle this week watching Democrats paint Rush Limbaugh as the Á¢€Å“bloated, drug-addledÁ¢€ head of the Republican Party, as Paul Begala put it the other day. ItÁ¢€™s been…
Jon Cummings
2 Min Read
The last couple weeks have served as a brilliant, if butt-ugly, reminder that governance should be judged not on the back and forth of day-to-day events, but on outcomes. When…
Ted Asregadoo
2 Min Read
Á¢€Å“Wow, these grapes are sour!Á¢€Á‚ A fitting epitaph for Republicans as they try to grab the spotlight to bitch and moan about Obama, the Democrats, and spending while really only…
Jon Cummings
1 Min Read
Like most people I know, my favorite feature in Us Weekly is the Á¢€Å“Stars — TheyÁ¢€â„¢re Just Like Us!Á¢€ spread. You know, Brad Pitt with his fly down, Ryan Phillippe…
Jon Cummings
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As of last night, absolutely nothinÁ¢€â„¢. (Legislatively speaking, at least.) But you gotta give Barack Obama points for trying. Presidents donÁ¢€â„¢t often do what Obama did on Tuesday. A week…
Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
As the news about the global economic downturn goes from bad to worse, we’re at a point where government inaction is not a palatable option. Something needs to be done,…
Robert Cass
1 Min Read
Talking Heads spent less time talking, more time singing and playing, so in that spirit I’m going to keep my introduction brief this week. Below you’ll find disc two of…
Jon Cummings
1 Min Read
Á¢€Å“Tomorrow is some shit, people,Á¢€ Adam Yauch declared matter-of-factly Monday night, after searching for an appropriate way to close out the Beastie BoysÁ¢€â„¢ fearsome inaugural-eve Rock the Vote gig in…
Ted Asregadoo
2 Min Read
Even if Barack Obama was just another in the long line of white males who have been elected to the presidency, this would still be an historic moment in the…
Robert Cass
9 Min Read
The Associated Press reported last Tuesday that the bicycles of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, were stolen from inside the Carter Center in Atlanta earlier this…
Jon Cummings
2 Min Read
Sometime in the early afternoon next Tuesday Á¢€” after Barack Obama takes the oath of office, and before the new President and First Lady take the traditional stroll up Pennsylvania…
Jon Cummings
3 Min Read
We white folks are feeling pretty good about ourselves these days. And why not? A couple months ago, almost half of us voted to put a black guy into what…
Ted Asregadoo
2 Min Read
The optimistic adage that a rising tide floats all boats is less sanguine when one contemplates the obverse. As the Great Recession of 2008 spills over to 2009 with what…
Jon Cummings
3 Min Read
Á¢€Å“Eighty percent of success in life is just showing up.Á¢€ Á¢€” Woody Allen For a few years there Á¢€” as George Bush “won” a pair of shady elections and then…
Robert Cass
18 Min Read
On November 5, the morning after Senator Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States of America, Oprah Winfrey appeared on her talk show with an American…
Jon Cummings
2 Min Read
The other day my Popdose colleague Ted Asredagoo posed the question of how President-Elect Obama — once he is wrapped up in the business of actually, you know, governing —…
Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
ItÁ¢€â„¢s been said that a political campaign is run on the poetry of promises, while the task of governing is about the prose of policy. As President-Elect Barack Obama sheds…
Jon Cummings
2 Min Read
I didnÁ¢€â„¢t cry for an hour and a half. I watched dozens of other people weep and shout and wail and fling themselves to the floor with happiness; I watched…
Jon Cummings
2 Min Read
DoesnÁ¢€â„¢t it seem like just a decade since the protagonists of our current national melodrama began taking the stage? John McCain announced his candidacy on David Letterman Á¢€” only to…
Jon Cummings
3 Min Read
Last night I had a dream Á¢€¦ of long-faded memories, and basic-cable infomercials: Voiceover: RememberÁ¢€¦this? John McCain: Á¢€Å“Who is Barack Obama?Á¢€ VO: ThatÁ¢€â„¢s right Á¢€¦ they’re the hits youÁ¢€â„¢ve come…
Robert Cass
7 Min Read
It’s not easy being popular. I should know — some popular people told me. I could’ve asked them why it’s not easy, but I was a freshman at the time,…
Jon Cummings
1 Min Read
Jon Cummings: Why am I so bummed that the debate season is over? Please, Barack, take McCain up on his pleas for a dozen more town halls! I know, I…
Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
Dw. Dunphy My initial idea for taking in tonight’s town hall debate was to do so with headphones and without visuals. I’ll admit, over the past month or so, the…
Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
Ted Asregadoo This is the first time Barack Obama and John McCain have faced each other as competitors rather than Senate colleagues, and itÁ¢€â„¢s clear that the chumminess of that…
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
I’m not a politics junkie, really. I know that might be hard to believe based on some of my columns over the last year. You’d find support in your disbelief…
Ted Asregadoo
2 Min Read
The current breathless Á¢€Å“Sarah Palin WatchÁ¢€ going on in the mainstream and not-so-mainstream media is one of those political phenomena where the accuracy of her claims doesnÁ¢€â„¢t really matter to…