Christmas With the Kossacks

Matthew Sheffield

US Economy So Bad Illegal Aliens Heading Back to Mexico

Just how bad is the economy doing? Well, according to Reuters, it's so bad out there that illegal aliens are heading back to Mexico. Almost sounds like a joke the late night hosts would make during their monologues, doesn't it? As a result, when I first saw this last evening (thanks to whoever sent it to me with apologies for not being able to identify who it was!), I thought it had to be a…
Noel Sheppard

Smartest Woman in World Urges Iowans to Caucus on Wrong Day

Can you imagine the media frenzy if a Republican presidential candidate passed out cards at a campaign event urging attendees to go vote on the wrong day? Consider the wall-to-wall coverage that would have occurred if President Bush had done this when seeking reelection in 2004. Well, the supposedly smartest woman in the world, with her supposedly genius husband's assistance, actually did this…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread

NB Staff

NBC's General McCaffrey Sees Progress in Iraq

Brad Wilmouth

Shuster Says: Huckabee Next President

See Update at foot: Could it be Jeb?Bona fide prediction, or devious three-dimensional-chess-move-cum- double-bank-shot-jujitsu gambit designed to sow chaos in Republican ranks? Hard to say, but one thing is undeniable: MSNBC correspondent David Shuster has predicted that Mike Huckabee will be the next President of the United States.The surprising prognosis came at the end of an interesting…
Mark Finkelstein

Merry Christmas from The Seattle Times

Mithridate Ombud

It's Not News Unless It's Reported By a Mainstream Journalist

John Stephenson

Reason Magazine Interviews Tony Snow

Reason magazine has fabulously given all lovers of Tony Snow an early Christmas present.Published Sunday, this interview between the former White House Press Secretary and his former colleague on the editorial board of the Detroit News, Shikha Dalmia, is a pure delight.Dalmia teased the question and answer segment with this marvelous introduction:
Noel Sheppard

MSM Ignoring Story on Huckabee Accepting Stem Cell Money

John Stephenson

Rush Limbaugh Responds to Mike Huckabee's Plea for Peace

John Stephenson

Netroots Equate Religious US Soldiers to Hamas Homicide Bombers

How much do you have to hate your country, Christianity, and the military to actually believe that religious United States soldiers are similar to Hamas homicide bombers?Regardless of the answer, such was the case made by Truthout Senior Editor Jason Leopold Friday, as well as in a recommended diary at the liberal website Daily Kos Sunday.*****Update at end of post: Daily Kos FAQ section cautions…
Noel Sheppard

Actress Vanessa Redgrave Bails Out Jailed Al Qaeda Suspects

How does a British citizen, regardless of her political leanings, spend her own money to bail out of jail sworn enemies of her homeland?Such was the case Wednesday when actress Vanessa Redgrave, likely best known to Americans for her disgraceful, anti-Semitic rant at the 1978 Academy Awards, bailed out two al Qaeda suspects formerly being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and wanted for extradition…
Noel Sheppard

Economic Gloom and Doom on ‘The Chris Matthews Show

Noel Sheppard