Paris Hilton’s BIG IDEA on energy
Who knew that Paris Hilton had an energy policy? And, you know what? It ain't bad. John McCain got this odd ball rolling. One of his campaign ads juxtaposed the...
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Obama hasn’t closed the deal yet
Some of my Chicago friends who support Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) already are speaking as if his victory is a done deal. I hate to burst their bubbles, but a...
Political ad wars get testy
What do Paris Hilton and Britney Spears have in common with offshore oil drilling? All three come together in an odd attack ad from Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign. The...
McCain, Obama surprisingly close on affirmative action
Sen. John McCain's flip-flop on affirmative action made headlines over the weekend. But a closer look at this mother of all hot-button racial issues reveals that he and Sen. Barack...
McCain vs. Obama World
Memo to John McCain: You're probably kicking yourself right about now for goading Barack Obama into getting out to see the world. That's like throwing ol' Br'er Rabbit into a...
A big story is our biggest bias
A respected group of media researchers has found that Barack Obama gets a lot more coverage than John McCain. I didn't need a think tank to tell me that. After...
Left speechless?
When a microphone at Fox News Channel caught Rev. Jesse Jackson's cutting under-his-breath remarks about Barack Obama, it turns out that "nuts" was not the reverend's only troubling N-word. Besides...
Why the Obama cartoon cover bombed
I winced. I'm sure that's what The New Yorker's esteemed editor David Remnick expected me to do when I saw the Barack and Michelle Obama caricature that everybody's talking about....
Rev. Jackson’s ‘Obama trauma’
What did the Rev. Jesse Jackson mean when he accused Barack Obama of "talking down to black people"? That was the second question on my mind in a telephone interview...
Obama’s surge to the middle
Until recently one of the biggest raps against Sen. Barack Obama from conservatives was his delicate dance around any issue that might upset his core constituents. How can he claim...