Palestinian Peace Activist on the Daily Show
Leave it to Jon Stewart to have a serious conversation about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that doesn't reduce the Palestinian position to a cartoon. The interview as it aired truncated a lot of important points, but fortunately the full interview is...

I Owe Rachel Maddow an Apology
After saying just the other day that Rachel has a tendency to be too nice when she goes after her creepier guests, last night I watched her absolutely tear into Tim Philips of Americans for Prosperity. Part One is relatively...

Fat Babies Don't Get Insured
From the Annals of Insurance Malfeasance: Imagine having a perfectly healthy two month old baby and having your insurance company tell you they won't cover him. One [Grand Junction, Colo.] family says that's what's happened to them. Baby Alex is...

Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Well, that was surprising. Let the right wing freakout begin.

When Is a Religious Symbol Not a Religious Symbol?
Apparently, according to Justice Antonin Scalia, when it's a secular symbol: "The cross doesn't honor non-Christians who fought in the war?" Scalia asks, stunned. "A cross is the predominant symbol of Christianity, and it signifies that Jesus is the son...