Federally funded anti-drug advertising has come a long way since Nancy “Just Say No” Reagan and that fried egg spot. The current AboveTheInfluence campaign is much more convincing, in part because it focuses less on selling fear than on pointing out the actual downsides of, say, smoking pot–weed can be a real time suck that [...]

The Israeli military has its own broadcast channel for the war in Gaza, via YouTube of course. Though Israel is not the first nation to use the Internet to distribute military propaganda, it is clearly pushing the boundaries of what has been done before. You can follow Israeli soldiers as they plan missions, engage in [...]

At Hillary Clinton’s confirmation hearings yesterday, no fewer than three Democrats–led by Barbara Boxer–raised the issue of women’s rights in developing countries, including those countries that we seem to be developing. Boxer cited the amazing work Nicholas Kristoff has done on this issue and today Kristoff’s colleague Dexter Filkins weighs in with a moving report [...]

For anyone who’s a HUGE (and wealthy) Barack Obama fan — like verging on psycho stalker Obama fan –act now and you can get his Chrysler 300c for the bargain basement price of $1 million on ebay. If you’re less of a stalker — or just not as filthy rich — you can also start [...]

Here’s the latest from me on the TARP negotiations on the Hill. Yesterday really was something to watch with Senate Dems openly going into the meeting voicing skepticism about supporting the second half of the bank bailout, an issue on par with President Bush in public approval ratings, both are at 27%. “I don’t think [...]

Factcheck.org examines and debunks the false internet rumors that are circulating about the Speaker. Maybe she and Barack Obama and Sarah Palin should start a support group together.

Thomas Frank, a man of many bellows, bellows yet again in the Wall Street Journal today, repeating his usual trope that anything associated with the Clinton presidency is toxic and that by associating himself with Clintonites, Barack Obama is in danger of becoming toxic, too. As usual, Frank—who wrote a whole book about the triumph [...]

“We do not torture,” President Bush said, in November of 2005. “This government does not torture people,” the president repeated, in October of 2007. “On the question of so-called torture, we don’t do torture. We never have. It’s not something that this administration subscribes to,” added Vice President Dick Cheney, just last month. If Bush [...]