Conor Friedersdorf

Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction.

Only Joe Biden Could Oversell the Bin Laden Raid

Only Joe Biden Could Oversell the Bin Laden Raid

The latest relapse of foot-in-mouth disease, a chronic condition he's suffered for years, came at a New Jersey fundraiser. More »

Ann Coulter's Second Act: Some Enemies to the Right

Ann Coulter's Second Act: Some Enemies to the Right

The outrageous polemicist is still attacking liberals. She's also expressing unexpected contempt for right-wing charlatans. More »

Why Mainstream Media Ignores Conservative Bestsellers

Why Mainstream Media Ignores Conservative Bestsellers

"Ameritopia" debuted at the top of the New York Times bestseller list. The right embraced it. Why didn't anyone else? More »

Time Capsule: Barbara Bush's Controversial 1990 Speech at Wellesley

Time Capsule: Barbara Bush's Controversial 1990 Speech at Wellesley

The former First Lady's appearance drew protests from students who thought a career woman would've been more appropriate. More »

Why Rush Limbaugh's New Twitter Account Is Cause for Celebration

Why Rush Limbaugh's New Twitter Account Is Cause for Celebration

His foray into the new medium helps to break through the bubble in which talk-radio hosts exist -- and is only likely to further discredit him. More »

Why We Should Care More About 'Blowback' From U.S. Foreign Policy

Why We Should Care More About 'Blowback' From U.S. Foreign Policy

Democrats are letting Obama off easy for things they'd never let Bush get away with. More »

An Election 2012 Surprise: California May Matter Most

An Election 2012 Surprise: California May Matter Most

There are 172 delegates at stake in the June 5 contest -- enough for Mitt Romney to solidify a victory or Rick Santorum to deny him one. More »

The Ugly Campaign to Use Derrick Bell Against Barack Obama

The Ugly Campaign to Use Derrick Bell Against Barack Obama

Breitbart.com and its allies are engaging in the sort of guilt-by-association tactics and race-baiting that the right once rejected. More »

Jon Stewart to Grover Norquist: Your Pledge Is a Failure

Jon Stewart to Grover Norquist: Your Pledge Is a Failure

By focusing on taxes rather than spending, the conservative activist has helped make big government more palatable for more than 25 years. More »

Shock Photo: Obama Hugs Architect of Torture Program

Shock Photo: Obama Hugs Architect of Torture Program

The archival image shows the president embracing an alleged radical with whom he'd rather not be associated. More »

The Ongoing Effort to Sanitize Obama's Image

The Ongoing Effort to Sanitize Obama's Image

The president's supporters continue to ignore his civil-liberties abuses and executive-power excesses as they tell the story of his first term. More »

The Sex-Friendly Case Against Free Birth Control

The Sex-Friendly Case Against Free Birth Control

Its free provision privileges the pleasure-seeking of a cultural majority -- but does nothing for cultural minorities, including gays and lesbians. More »

A Resolution to Impeach Is Ready If Obama Goes to War Without Congress

A Resolution to Impeach Is Ready If Obama Goes to War Without Congress

Rep. Walter Jones, the Republican congressman who introduced it last week, hopes it will help keep the U.S. military out of Syria. More »

How Four of Rush Limbaugh's Critics Lost the Moral High Ground

How Four of Rush Limbaugh's Critics Lost the Moral High Ground

The talk radio host deserves criticism. But calls for him to be ordered off the air and prosecuted for insulting Sandra Fluke go too far. More »

9 Tough Questions for President Obama

9 Tough Questions for President Obama

You're unlikely to find the answers in the 17-minute campaign commercial he is set to release next week. More »

The Sci-Fi Story That Offends Oversensitive White Conservatives

The Sci-Fi Story That Offends Oversensitive White Conservatives

The right's latest bogeyman, Derrick Bell, once pondered what would happen if aliens offered gold in exchange for America's black people. More »

Andrew Breitbart's Legacy: Credit and Blame Where It's Due

Andrew Breitbart's Legacy: Credit and Blame Where It's Due

Good and bad, the controversial Web publisher had a major impact on media, politics, and our public discourse. More »

Eric Holder Explains When Drones Can Kill Americans Abroad

Eric Holder Explains When Drones Can Kill Americans Abroad

The Obama Administration's answer is basically, 'when there are terrorists we can't catch.' They get to define 'terrorist' and 'can't catch.' More »

Birtherism Is the Least of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Sins

Birtherism Is the Least of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Sins

His interest in President Obama's roots is discrediting him. Given his long history of far more troubling behavior, it's about time. More »

Dennis Kucinich Is Likely to Be Ousted From Congress

Dennis Kucinich Is Likely to Be Ousted From Congress

The colorful legislator was defeated Tuesday in a Democratic primary after representing his district for 16 years. More »

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