Stories by Joan Walsh

Joan Walsh is Salon's editor at large. Read more of her work at Salon.

The Worst Right-Wing Reactions to President Obama's Speech on Zimmerman Verdict

Posted on: Jul 23, 2013, Source: Salon

Limbaugh, Hannity, Bill-O and other right-wing white-grievance mongers are stoking racial tension for cash.

Rand Paul's White Supremacy Double Game

Posted on: Jul 22, 2013, Source: Salon

Paul's aide Jack Hunter says he’s leaving to protect his boss and clear his own name -- but there's plenty of reason not to buy it.

Run Sarah Run!

Posted on: Jul 10, 2013, Source: Salon

Palin tells Hannity she may run for Alaska Senate. "I've considered it because people have requested me considering it." (sic)

Republicans Trying to Be as Unpopular as Humanly Possible

Posted on: Jul 8, 2013, Source: Salon

Privatizing Medicare and taking Paul Ryan's cues are recipe for being hated.

Susan Rice Is Promoted National Security Advisor and There Is Nothing Republican Obstructionists Can Do About It

Posted on: Jun 5, 2013, Source: Salon

Take that Rand Paul.

Red State Hypocrites: Inhofe and Coburn

Posted on: May 21, 2013, Source: Salon

Apparently, we have deserving and undeserving disasters, Oklahoma senators James Inhofe and Tom Coburn explain.

Yes, Americans Still Value Their Civil Liberties Even in the Wake of Boston Marathon Bombing

Posted on: May 2, 2013, Source: Salon

New poll says people are even more concerned about their country becoming a police state than before.

Rand Paul Proved Himself This Week to Be Spineless

Posted on: Apr 27, 2013, Source: Salon

I thought he was a joke, but after he filibustered over drones, I wondered if I'd been wrong. Nope.

Worst President in America History Is Trying to Spin His Nightmare Legacy

Posted on: Apr 24, 2013, Source: Salon

Are you ready for the George W. Bush comeback tour?

My 'Hypocrisy' About Covering the Bush Daughters

Posted on: Mar 27, 2013, Source: Salon

I regret covering their drinking, but at least they were adults. Outing the Obama girls' vacation spot puts them at very real risk.

Dear Right-Wingers, Here's How to NOT Seem Racist

Posted on: Mar 26, 2013, Source: Salon

A tip for right-wingers angry about charges of racial bias: Try treating the Obama daughters with decency.

Very Little Changes As Gun Lobby Once Again Thwarts Feinstein on Assault Weapons

Posted on: Mar 19, 2013, Source: Salon

Harry Reid drops her assault weapons ban from the Democratic gun-control package as the NRA cheers.

Will Liberals Rise Up and Strongly Attack the Obama Targeted Assassination Program?

Posted on: Feb 6, 2013, Source: Salon

You would think that the left would draw the line somewhere on the President's policies.

Hillary Faces Down The Angry Men

Posted on: Jan 23, 2013, Source: Salon.com

From simpleton Ron Johnson to delusional Rand Paul, GOP senators swung at the Secretary of State and hit themselves.

Paul Ryan, Pathological Liar

Posted on: Jan 23, 2013, Source: Salon

He got famous for telling fibs during the campaign and now he's spreading lies about his attack on society’s “takers.”

Has the NRA Lost It Entirely?

Posted on: Jan 16, 2013, Source: Salon

That creepy ad using the Obama daughters proves that the gun-manufacturers lobby is politically delusional.

Conservatives’ Infighting Reaches Melt-Down Levels

Posted on: Dec 26, 2012, Source: Salon

In the wake of Wayne LaPierre's looney press conference, Dick Armey is exposed as a gun-empowered extortionist.

Big Right-Wing Names Like Karl Rove and Dick Armey Are Taking the Fall, But It Won't Repair the GOP

Posted on: Dec 6, 2012, Source: Salon

The GOP’s November shellacking is rattling the foundations of its powerful media-wingnut welfare-industrial complex, not enough to solve their problems though.

No Wonder Mitt Lost -- Romney Advisor's Delusional Explanation for Election Results

Posted on: Nov 28, 2012, Source: Salon

Romney's top strategist says his guy did fine because he won every group except folks making under $50,000

When Right-Wing Blather Killed

Posted on: Nov 26, 2012, Source: Salon

Irish Catholics peddling nonsense about "dependency on government" need to read a new history of the Great Famine.

Mitt Romney Is a Very Sore Loser; Offers Pathetic Excuses for Why He Lost

Posted on: Nov 15, 2012, Source: Salon

President Obama got an unfair advantage by giving "gifts" to woman and minorities? Come on.

America: Love It Or Be Left Behind

Posted on: Nov 11, 2012, Source: Salon.com

Obama can only do so much: Angry older whites have to decide if they want to secede from our multiracial future.

Obama's Mandate

Posted on: Nov 6, 2012, Source: Salon

From the stimulus through the auto rescue through Obamacare and, finally, Hurricane Sandy, Americans saw the Democratic president making a difference in their lives.