Joe Conason

Sarah Palin The losers who gave us Sarah Palin

The GOP operatives who championed her should be held accountable for endangering the country
By Joe Conason Jul 10, 2009

  • Crackpots calling the kettle black

    Race-baiting lowlights from Rush Limbaugh and Pat Buchanan, two of the pundits who say Sonia Sotomayor is racist.
    By Joe Conason June 5, 2009

  • Sonia Sotomayor is not Clarence Thomas

    Why do Republicans think Sotomayor is a mediocre beneficiary of affirmative action? Because they had their own.
    By Joe Conason May 29, 2009

  • Another round for democracy

    Cheney's hostile speech only highlighted President Obama's commitment to American standards of liberty
    By Joe Conason May 22, 2009

  • We tortured to justify war

    Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.
    By Joe Conason May 14, 2009

  • Stop "Hillary-care" now!

    Single-payer "socialist" healthcare is popular with voters, but that doesn't keep the GOP from its pathetic attempts to demonize it.
    By Joe Conason May 8, 2009

  • The Supreme Court pick of Obama's dreams

    Sonia Sotomayor, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals judge who comes from working-class Puerto Rican roots, is everything the president could desire.
    By Joe Conason May 1, 2009

  • Torture and truthiness

    If Dick Cheney believes he can prove that torture saved us from terrorist attacks, why does he oppose a full investigation?
    By Joe Conason April 27, 2009

  • A whistle-blower who needs Obama and Holder's protection

    Thomas Tamm exposed the Bush administration's illegal domestic surveillance. Why is the government still holding a criminal indictment over his head?
    By Joe Conason April 17, 2009

  • Obama, don't waffle on engagement with Cuba

    End the travel ban now for everyone -- and prepare to get rid of the ineffective and unjust embargo.
    By Joe Conason April 13, 2009

  • The French are right (again)

    The Europeans spend more money on social programs than we do -- and get great results, in everything from universal childcare to tuition-free higher education.
    By Joe Conason April 3, 2009

  • Dick Cheney was right

    Deficits don't matter -- and Republicans who are complaining about Barack Obama's spending are hypocrites.
    By Joe Conason March 27, 2009

  • AIG is chump change -- let's find corporate America's hidden billions

    It's time to reform offshore banking, and see what untaxed wealth big business is hiding in overseas tax shelters.
    By Joe Conason March 23, 2009

  • Caught in a Steele trap

    Affirmative action, Republican-style, doomed party Chairman Michael Steele to failure before he ever took the job.
    By Joe Conason March 13, 2009

  • The questions our healthcare debate ignores

    Why does every developed nation except the U.S. have universal healthcare? Why do they pay half as much in medical costs? Why are their infant mortality and longevity statistics superior?
    By Joe Conason March 9, 2009

  • Wherein I break one of my rules

    For a lot of reasons I never endorse candidates, but I'm backing Tom Geoghegan for Rahm Emanuel's old House seat in Chicago.
    By Joe Conason February 27, 2009

  • Reform healthcare -- and leave Social Security alone

    During his fiscal responsibility summit, President Obama must not cave in to the privatizers and slashers.
    By Joe Conason February 23, 2009

  • Pardon the Bush miscreants

    A truth commission is a good idea. But unlikely. Instead Obama should grant immunity to those who publicly testify about torture and spying.
    By Joe Conason February 13, 2009

  • Michael Phelps: Puppy torturer!

    Come on, people, all he did was smoke some weed, like Bill Gates, Barack Obama and countless other overachievers.
    By Joe Conason February 6, 2009

  • Watching Bill Clinton work his magic at Davos

    His rock-star status among world leaders, at a time when America's reputation is in tatters, shows the former president is a major asset to Barack Obama.
    By Joe Conason February 2, 2009

  • Kirsten Gillibrand. Really?

    Why New York Gov. David Paterson chose a senator with conservative views that clash with his own.
    By Joe Conason January 23, 2009
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