Joan Walsh - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/joan_walsh/?source=rss&aim=joan_walsh en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST I'm thankful I'm not President Obama By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/24/obama_thanksgiving/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/24/obama_thanksgiving/index.html?source=rss Backers deride Katrina-style negligence, haters hate him more each day. Can this presidency be saved? Of course More GOP lies about healthcare reform By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/19/breast_panels/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/19/breast_panels/index.html?source=rss Republicans who know better falsely claim that the panel recommending fewer mammograms is a Dem plan for rationing Palin-Beck 2012? Sarah says maybe By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/18/palin_beck/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/18/palin_beck/index.html?source=rss She'll never be U.S. president, but her star power ought to scare the hell out of her charisma-free GOP rivals I have Palin fatigue already By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/16/sarah_palin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/16/sarah_palin/index.html?source=rss Her rehab tour is about Sarah Palin Inc. not 2012, but her appeal reflects an anti-elite anger Dems can't ignore How do you solve a problem like Jon Meacham? By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/17/newsweek_sexism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/17/newsweek_sexism/index.html?source=rss Hell freezes over: I agree with Sarah Palin. Newsweek's out of context short-shorts cover was sexist When veterans die -- from lack of health insurance By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/11/veterans_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/11/veterans_day/index.html?source=rss More than 1.5 million vets don't have it, and 2,200 vets die every year because of it I heart Dede Scozzafava By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/04/ny23/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/04/ny23/index.html?source=rss I promised to blog from vacation if Bill Owens won NY23; here's my lazy compromise Taking a few days off By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/01/vacation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/11/01/vacation/index.html?source=rss As I leave for a short break, the news that Scozzafava endorsed Democrat Owens in the NY-23 race made my day Real men don't read D.C. pundits By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/30/brooks_krauthammer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/30/brooks_krauthammer/index.html?source=rss Brooks and Krauthammer try to macho-bait Obama into the McChrystal escalation in Afghanistan Dick Cheney's losing his old black magic By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/22/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/22/cheney/index.html?source=rss Mr. Secret Bunker calls Obama "afraid." Wingnuts clap, world yawns. Plus: I debate Tom Tancredo on Cheney First they came for Rush Limbaugh By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/15/first_they_came_for_rush_limbaugh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/15/first_they_came_for_rush_limbaugh/index.html?source=rss The right-wing reaction to the radio host's failed bid to own an NFL team is a cavalcade of paranoia and self-pity Why Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/10/obama_nobel_prize/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/10/obama_nobel_prize/index.html?source=rss For eight years peace was made impossible by the lawless Bush-Cheney cabal. Now Obama needs to live up to his award Is the opt-out a cop-out? By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/09/opt_out_option/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/09/opt_out_option/index.html?source=rss More liberals back a public option compromise that lets red states say no thanks. Plus: Double standard on Rangel Smear of the day: Politico links Obama to Polanski By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/08/obama_polanski/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/08/obama_polanski/index.html?source=rss How? Some Hollywood folks who back the convicted rapist gave money to the president! Plus: Bogus Stories of 2009! Eight more years? By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/08/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/08/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss It's hard not to think of Vietnam as Obama mulls sending more troops to Afghanistan Our dumb media: Do we need to know more about Lewinsky? By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/06/evan_thomas_on_clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/06/evan_thomas_on_clinton/index.html?source=rss Newsweek's Evan Thomas faults Taylor Branch for not pushing Bill Clinton to reveal more -- about his sex life. Oy Reading "The Clinton Tapes," thinking about Obama By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/01/the_clinton_tapes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/10/01/the_clinton_tapes/index.html?source=rss The president and the historian provide a candid, intimate look at how the GOP became a nasty party of obstruction Baucus earns his healthcare industry funding By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/29/baucus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/29/baucus/index.html?source=rss The Montana senator rejects the public option while admitting it would "hold insurance companies' feet to the fire" Clinton: Right-wing conspiracy vs. Obama "virulent" By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/28/clinton_conspiracy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/28/clinton_conspiracy/index.html?source=rss The former president reminds the media that the anti-Obama movement has deep GOP roots in the attacks he faced Once again, Americans are smarter than the media By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/22/obama_overexposed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/22/obama_overexposed/index.html?source=rss While pundits warn that Obama's TV tour left him "overexposed," polls show Americans like seeing their president Is race really catnip to the media? By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/22/race_and_the_media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/22/race_and_the_media/index.html?source=rss President Obama says the media overplays the racism of the right. He's right to say that, and I'm right to disagree Dick Armey, civil rights hero By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/18/dick_armey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/18/dick_armey/index.html?source=rss Corporate America's buddy is only trying to advance the freedom movements of the 60s. Honest! Did Nancy Pelosi's tears go too far? By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/17/nancy_pelosi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/17/nancy_pelosi/index.html?source=rss First I thought so, but her memories of San Francisco's violence made the risks of extreme Obama-hate more real Rush Limbaugh: It's open season on white people in Obama's America! By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/15/open_season_on_white_people/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/15/open_season_on_white_people/index.html?source=rss A high school fight is the president's fault. Plus: Last word on "The Blackening of the President" President Snoop Dogg By Joan Walsh Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/11/obama_snoop_dogg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/09/11/obama_snoop_dogg/index.html?source=rss When Obama told folks who lie about his healthcare plan "I will call you out," who knew he was talking gangsta?