Stories by Leslie Savan

Leslie Savan blogs for the Nation about media and politics. A three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for her Village Voice column about advertising, Savan is the author of Slam Dunks and No Brainers: Pop Language in Your Life, the Media, and, Like...Whatever and The Sponsored Life: Ads, TV, and American Culture. subscribe to Leslie Savan's feed

Cleveland Horror Caps Week of Violence Against Women

Posted on: May 10, 2013, Source: The Nation

These tales of misogyny should jolt us shine a stronger light on the violence against women that’s always there beneath the surface.

Does Mitt Romney Even Want to be President?

Posted on: Sep 23, 2012, Source: The Nation

That’s not just a rhetorical question: In Mitt Romney’s heart of hearts, maybe all he really wanted was the Republican nomination.

Why the GOP's Really Afraid of a "Cool" Obama

Posted on: May 1, 2012, Source: The Nation

Lately Obama has been raising the ante, asking which candidate would you like to share a song with, and the GOP considers this to be some kind of dirty trick.

The Attack on Romney's Vulture Capitalism: Has Newt Torn a Rift in the GOP Universe?

Posted on: Jan 12, 2012, Source: The Nation

How Glenn Beck's Psycho Ravings Helped Right-Wingers Regain Faith in Conservative Lies (Just As Fox and the GOP Hoped)

Posted on: Jun 28, 2011, Source: The Nation

Should the Media Go on a Sarah Palin Boycott Next Month?

Posted on: Jan 22, 2011, Source: The Nation

We Don't Want Obama to Make Bush's Policies Succeed; We Want New Policies

Posted on: Oct 30, 2009, Source: TheNation.com

Obama is better at just about every act of presidenting than Bush was, more graceful, more self-aware. But that's not the point.

Another Right-Wing Media Fight! Scarborough v. Limbaugh Edition

Posted on: Oct 12, 2009, Source: TheNation.com

In this episode, Joe tells Rush who really wears the rants in the GOP.

Take the Obama Conspiracy-Theory Challenge!

Posted on: Sep 11, 2009, Source: TheNation.com

What's next, that the government plans to tattoo the presidential seal on the soles of the feet of all gun-owning Christians?

Joe Scarborough Is Shocked (Yet Awed) by Sheer Force of Single-Payer Logic

Posted on: Aug 20, 2009, Source: TheNation.com

On "Morning Joe" this week, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner pointed out that the health insurance industry has no clothes.

The Ugly Racism of the Right Will Be Their Undoing

Posted on: Aug 3, 2009, Source: TheNation.com

Watching the GOP morph into the National Association for the Advancement of White People should give us all hope, not despair.

Why Are We Getting All NIMBY on Gitmo?

Posted on: Jan 31, 2009, Source: The Nation

Now we're talkin' fear.

McCain Takes His Party Prisoner

Posted on: Oct 9, 2008, Source: The Nation

John McCain is his own worst prisoner. And jailer too.