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The Founding Fathers Wouldn't Have Liked George Bush

Bill Maher, 07.20.2007

Not that I don't love all of America, but rednecks who think they're the real America should read a history book once in a while. America was invented by liberal men in Boston and Philadelphia.

Surging for Obama?

Michael Kazin, 07.20.2007

"Obama girl" videos aside, it's not clear if he can win the love of most Democrats -- or will be able to carry that support into the general election campaign.

An Open Letter to Cindy Sheehan

Julie Bergman Sender, 07.19.2007

Your announcement that you would challenge Nancy Pelosi unless she moved to impeach President Bush struck me as yet another perfect example of turning righteous anger and well-earned disgust into a self-destructive enterprise.

Open Letter to Harry Reid and Senate Dems: Stop Showboating

Sen. Mike Gravel, 07.20.2007

Dear Harry, I am glad to see that you have finally used the powers of the Senate to try to stop the war, but frankly I agree with the Republicans: this week's Senate sleepover was more theater than substance.

First Question: Is It The Good Kind of Sloughing?

Harry Shearer, 07.19.2007

If the story a New Orleans paper has the chronology right, the Army Corps of Engineers knew of "sloughing" or erosion of part of the wall of the 17th St. Canal a year and a half ago.

Generation Chickenhawk: the Unauthorized College Republican Convention Tour

Max Blumenthal, 07.18.2007

Assholes of the Week #2

Paul Krassner, 07.20.2007

Scholastic, for setting midnight Friday as the opening salvo for sales of the latest Harry Potter book, thereby forcing countless children to stay up way past their bedtime.

One Iraq Issue That Should Unite Us All

Lanny Davis, 07.20.2007

All people of goodwill must recognize that we owe a debt to those Iraqis who risked everything to assist the U.S. dream of a pro-Western democracy in the heart of the Middle East.

Judith Miller and the Bloodbath in Iraq (Repeat)

Joseph A. Palermo, 07.19.2007

Judith Miller should be held accountable for serving as the chief stenographer for George W. Bush's lies that have produced the horror in Iraq.

Harry Potter and the Arrogant Editors

John Neffinger, 07.20.2007

How dense do you have to be not to figure out that the New York Times embargo-busting review of Harry Potter was not cool?

The Emmy Nominations

Ken Levine, 07.19.2007

The Sopranos was nominated for everything including best cartoon. Here's what I hope happens: David Chase wins, goes up to the podium, starts to speak, and the screen just goes black.

Finally, Bad News That Even Bush Can't Spin

Margaret Carlson, 07.19.2007

If I were running for U.S. president, in every debate I'd crib a question from the Ronald Reagan playbook: Are you safer today than you were six years ago?