Stories by Arianna Huffington
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Realpolitik is one thing. Realstupidpolitik is quite another.
Posted on Jul 5, 2008
The GOP is now a dark, putrefied party of Bush, Cheney, Rove, Limbaugh and Coulter. And we're all the worse because of it.
Posted on May 22, 2008
Even though Rocky didn't win, he was ultimately seen as a triumphant figure. And that's how Hillary will be seen too.
Posted on May 20, 2008
Pollster Mark Mellman was hired by Lockheed Martin to push for funding for drug tracking planes in Colombia and doesn't like being called on it.
Posted on Apr 16, 2008
It's not just George Bush's war that McCain wants to continue; it's George Bush's approach.
Posted on Mar 26, 2008
Clinton guru Mark Penn tried to slice the electorate into the "small forces behind tomorrow's big changes," while Obama tried to unify us.
Posted on Mar 3, 2008
The former POW embraces extreme interrogation techniques.
Posted on Feb 15, 2008
The straight-shooting John McCain people fell in love with in 2000 is no more.
Posted on Feb 12, 2008
Which presidential candidate can lead us to do more good than we think we're capable of?
Posted on Feb 5, 2008
Obama's win gives us all hope. It signifies the kind of country we imagine ourselves being: optimistic, forward-looking and unafraid to take risks.
Posted on Jan 4, 2008
How do '08 hopefuls view Bush's abuse of executive power?
Posted on Dec 28, 2007
Why is the Republican establishment in a state of near-apoplexy about Mike Huckabee?
Posted on Dec 18, 2007
In an age when torture has become a "harsh interrogation technique" and "freedom" and "democracy" are used to curtail freedom and democracy, we'll surely miss his critical eye and his passionate love affair with language.
Posted on Nov 12, 2007
George Bush continues to swirl around the drain; the only question now is: will he suck the Republican Party down with him?
Posted on Nov 6, 2007
It is time the Democrats reframe the debate over funding for the Iraq war.
Posted on Oct 26, 2007
Isn't it the height of madness to use America's finite law enforcement resources to seek out and arrest people for tapping the foot of a cute undercover officer in a restroom?
Posted on Sep 4, 2007
During the Bush administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been more intent on providing protection to employers than workers.
Posted on Aug 23, 2007
Karl Rove may be on his way out the door, but the destructive legacy of his politicization of the federal government will be with us for many years to come.
Posted on Aug 21, 2007
Karl Rove is heading out the door the doughy, fanatical personification of the Bush White House.
Posted on Aug 14, 2007
Welcome to one of the hottest new trends of Campaign 2008: raising money by being insulted. Or, at least, acting like you've been insulted.
Posted on Aug 10, 2007
The newly released National Intelligence Estimate which utterly repudiates Bush's war in Iraq is being spun as a mixed bag of evidence -- with the spin dutifully echoed by the media.
Posted on Jul 21, 2007
No matter how many Republicans abandon the president on Iraq, it is Democrats who must seize this moment and take the lead in bringing our troops home.
Posted on Jul 10, 2007
When it comes to the threat of terrorism, it seems that if the government isn't trying to scare us to death, the press is.
Posted on Jul 3, 2007
When it comes to the issue of secrecy and an administration operating in the shadows, there's an argument to be made that the candidate least likely to turn on the lights is Hillary Clinton.
Posted on Jun 27, 2007
Those in Congress who are supporting Big Auto over the will of the people and the health of the planet are exactly the folks who Bloomberg is referring to in his idea to "drain the swamp."
Posted on Jun 21, 2007
The Democrats are hoping to soften what support remains for the war -- eventually winning the battle in September, when Gen. Petraeus offers his report on the progress of the surge.
Posted on Jun 16, 2007
While the rest of the country is dealing with the here and now -- exemplified by Bush's puny approval ratings and a new poll showing rural voters turning against the GOP's handling of Iraq -- the Beltway's Democratic dinosaurs are acting like it's 2002.
Posted on Jun 13, 2007
Her Way, a new book about Hillary Clinton, documents her entire Senate career and the triangulation and shiftiness in her stance regarding the war as she tried to keep step with public opinion.
Posted on May 30, 2007
The two have a lot in common, including privileged backgrounds, reputations for dimwitted pronouncements and serial reckless behavior. But Paris might be taking the lead in accountability.
Posted on May 9, 2007
The hottest term in post-veto Washington is suddenly "benchmarks." But there has been little clarity on whether they represent an acceptable compromise or another Bush mirage.
Posted on May 3, 2007
The oil industry spills gobs of cash all around Washington, and politicians return the favor with mega-billion dollar thank you notes, then have the gall to pretend that all that money doesn't affect their decision-making.
Posted on Apr 9, 2007
Is the slate of front-running Dem candidates in the 2008 election going to offer the same "tough on crime" nonsense we've heard in elections past?
Posted on Apr 7, 2007
Democratic presidential candidates crave the Latino and black vote, but ignore the Drug War's unfair toll on people of color.
Posted on Mar 27, 2007
Unlike so many of the smart-assed satirists of our day, she was a woman. A classy lady with a pair of brass cojones.
Posted on Feb 1, 2007
This year's batch of resolutions I'd like to hear assorted public figures make and keep.
Posted on Jan 1, 2007
The annual list of presents for favorite -- and not so favorite -- public figures.
Posted on Dec 21, 2006
Bush's language has changed, but his idiocy hasn't.
Posted on Dec 13, 2006
Pelosi's support of John Murtha for House speaker was based on principle, but you wouldn't know it from the mainstream media's accounts.
Posted on Nov 21, 2006
Jack Murtha's leadership on Iraq sparked the first Democratic majority in 12 years. As House Majority Leader, he just might get us out of the Iraq disaster.
Posted on Nov 10, 2006
...both sides are already fighting to spin the meaning of the '06 elections.
Posted on Nov 7, 2006
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