The Kicker

FNC’s chyron an Al-batross

Occasionally, a commentator will make an observation so obvious, yet so in need of being said, that it might fairly be deemed “profound.” Today, Matt Yglesias is that commentator. For the observation, specifically, he made while considering the as-yet-relatively-light impact on DC’s employment levels brought on by the recess—er, economic troubles—we’re facing right now: On […]

More evidence that Tina Brown is serious about her soon-to-be-launched news aggregation Web site: today we learn that she’s brought in a big name to serve as the site’s creative director. Ian Adelman—currently the design director of nymag.com, New York magazine’s critically renowned Web site—will become the venture’s creative director, the New York Post reports. […]

I guess I missed the discussion with Douglas Brinkley, the historian, and with with Sister Louise D. Patterson, wife of the Memphis preacher Bishop G.E. Patterson, on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King. But on the way to work this morning I heard a long, substantive, and rather wonderful interview with Jesse Jackson […]

Will Couric have her moment of moderation?

Will the candidates put politics on the back burner to pay tribute to Dr. King?

For Air America’s Randi Rhodes: Three Times!

Under Murdoch, the paper may make its first endorsement since Hoover

Barack Obama, media critic!

Recently, I’ve found chatty “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough to be just as serviceable as any other MSNBCer. But it’s easy to forget that the man was once the very definition of a partisan gunslinger. So this Village Voice piece—by Wayne Barrett, an old professor of mine—is a worthy reminder of how far he’s (sorta) […]

The "Vote-zilla" crew strikes again…