Forbes Lists “25 Most Influential Liberals” in U.S. Media

Here they are: Paul Krugman Arianna Huffington Fred Hiatt Thomas Friedman Jon Stewart Oprah Winfrey Rachel Maddow Josh Marshall David Shipley Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (Kos) Fareed Zakaria Chris Matthews Bill Moyers Christopher Hitchens Maureen Dowd Matthew Yglesias Hendrick Hertzberg Glenn Greenwald Andrew...

“A Good Debate”

It’s no secret that I’ve had my differences with Secretary Clinton over the course of the past two years and prior, but watching this address to her staff on her first day as Secretary of State gives me the feeling that she is going to be a remarkable top diplomat for this country. At the core...

Obama’s Got Promises to Keep — and He’s Keeping ‘Em

Pres. Obama took another step yesterday toward reversing the extreme secrecy of the Bush years: He initiated a new process that will make it much harder for a president — any president — to invoke executive privilege in order to block Americans’ access to government documents: On his first...

Bush Derangement Syndrome Broadens Its Reach

Former vice-president Dick Cheney is displeased about his former boss’s decision not to pardon Scooter Libby: Former Vice President Dick Cheney disagreed publicly with his boss just four times in the eight years they served together. Yesterday, however, on the first day after the official end of the...

Hillary’s Bottom

As TPM reports, Hillary Clinton arrived to take over the reins at Foggy Bottom today and she was received by a cheering crowd of State Department employees. We can now expect diplomacy to play (a much welcome) larger role in our foreign policy and a decrease in the patronage that limited the efficiency of...