Topic: Tucker Carlson

Decoder Wire Video of 2007 Obama speech: Will it affect 2012 election? (+video)

Conservatives charge that Obama used racially divisive language while addressing black clergy in 2007, and point to newly released video clips as proof. Democrats denounce the video as a ploy to counter Mitt Romney's '47 percent' remarks.

Video of Obama speech from 2007 resurfaces on debate eve

Sen. Barack Obama gave a speech to black clergy in 2007 saying the Bush administration's handling of hurricane Katrina "was colorblind in its incompetence."  Conservatives now say Obama used racially charged rhetoric.

Oscar winner 'A Separation': Iranians celebrate historic award

Oscar winner and director Asghar Farhadi said 'A Separation' depicted Iran 'through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient culture that has been hidden under the heavy dust of politics.'

The Vote Tucker Carlson says Michael Vick should be executed. Is he serious?

President Obama is grateful that quarterback Michael Vick got a second chance after serving jail time for running a dog-fighting business. But commentator Tucker Carlson – a vehement animal-rights activist – said Vick 'should have been executed' for killing dogs.
12/29/2010 05:11 pm

Opinion Jon Stewart and a question of 'Sanity': why a comedian is now liberals' No. 1 hero

As the 'Rally to Restore Sanity' shows, America's liberals are increasingly turning to Jon Stewart as their most inspirational figure. Part of the reason is President Obama's declining political fortunes, but ultimately it is the left’s desire for civility that has turned a comedian into a political star.
10/29/2010 12:10 pm

As counter-media fuels tea party movement, main stream media catches on

The mainstream media ‘can no longer control the narrative’ of American culture, contends counter-media mogul Andrew Breitbart in a fiery speech to Tea Party Conventioneers. But that doesn’t mean tea partiers are saying ‘no comment’ to establishment reporters.
02/06/2010 04:10 pm

Massachusetts Senate race: Democratic big guns join the fight

Bill Clinton was on the stump Friday for Democrat Martha Coakley, who’s now trailing Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race. President Obama will campaign there Sunday.
01/15/2010 07:18 pm

The Vote More bad poll numbers for Obama - six year olds with crayons again?

12/09/2009 12:00 am

In Pictures You decide: The best and worst dressed in global politics

Students' Obama song: Is there a better way to teach civics?

The controversy over New Jersey students singing about the president raises the issue of how schools should talk about contemporary politics in the classroom - including the first African-American president.
09/30/2009 01:00 am

The Vote A "plagiarized" account of Maureen Dowd's plagiarism

05/18/2009 01:00 am

The Vote Tucker Carlson calls Jon Stewart a cow (a sacred one)

03/16/2009 01:00 am

Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table

Writers recall their most memorable meals.
11/19/2008 12:00 am

Ron Paul Nation: the other convention in town

An army of supporters descends on Minnesota to push an antiwar, antigovernment agenda.
09/02/2008 01:00 am