Joshua Green

Joshua Green is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.

Worst Memo of the Year, Inbreeding Edition

Worst Memo of the Year, Inbreeding Edition

A law firm representing coal-mining companies insinuates the worst thing you can insinuate about West Virginians More »

Boehner's Saturday Night Massacre

Boehner's Saturday Night Massacre

The collapse over the weekend of the $4 trillion debt deal doesn't spell doom. But it does clarify who's running the show. More »

Newsweek's Palin Story

Newsweek's Palin Story

She doesn't have much to say, but she'd REALLY like you to keep paying attention. More »

Paul Ryan's $350 Bottle of Wine

Paul Ryan's $350 Bottle of Wine

The leader of the GOP's fiscal austerity crowd has some very pricey tastes -- and that could be a problem for him. More »

Heat Stroke

Heat Stroke

What's wrong with this picture? Bet you can guess. More »

Rich Iott Mulls a Comeback

Rich Iott Mulls a Comeback

The GOP House candidate with a passion for dressing up like a Nazi may soon be returning to the front lines. More »

Andrew Sullivan and Winnie the Pooh

I've been reading the Winnie the Pooh books to my four-year-old daughter, so it's extra cool to be able to click over to Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish and see what the Hundred Acre Wood actually looks like. For this, we can thank Andrew himself, who is currently vacationing in Surrey, England -- where A.A. Milne set his Pooh adventures -- and posting snapshots like the one below. (Didactic Pooh wonks, such as my daughter, would point out that technically only Owl's… More »

The Tea Party's Murder-Suicide Pact

The Tea Party's Murder-Suicide Pact

On the cusp of a historic triumph, the movement seems more interested in wrecking the economy -- and the Republican Party, too More »

Hilarious Google Ads Triumph

Hilarious Google Ads Triumph

I was perusing this hysterical right-wing blog post about how nefarious Democrats are pushing David Duke to run for president when I spied this apt ad on the screen More »

How Not to Legislate

Hope this brawl in the Afghan parliament doesn't foreshadow what will happen in Congress if debt-ceiling negotiations break down: More »

The Making of the President: The 1960s

The Making of the President: The 1960s

Three documentaries from the 1960s, based on Theodore H. White's classic books, have just been released on DVD More »

Cher Attacks Michele Bachmann's Husband

Cher Attacks Michele Bachmann's Husband

Well, this is a little weird. Cher--what, you don't follow her on Twitter?--has gone and attacked Michele Bachmann's husband, Marcus, whose mental health clinic has been in the news for accepting $137,000 in Medicaid funds. But that's not what has Cher steamed. At least, not directly. Marcus Bachmann dubiously claims to "cure" gays, whom he has also referred to as "barbarians." That's the part that Cher's upset about, and on Twitter earlier she made explicit a… More »

Is It Racist to Call Obama a 'Kenyan'?

Is It Racist to Call Obama a 'Kenyan'?

The GOP has mostly abandoned birtherism. But there are many ways to emphasize the president's 'otherness' More »

Bad Boys! Mark Halperin and the Growing List of MSNBC Suspensions

Bad Boys! Mark Halperin and the Growing List of MSNBC Suspensions

Use this handy cheat sheet to keep track of who called whom a "pimp," a "dick," and a "slut." More »

Yikes! Another Debt-Ceiling Concern

Yikes! Another Debt-Ceiling Concern

Don't forget about the Fed More »

Why the Debt Ceiling Debate Matters Now

Why the Debt Ceiling Debate Matters Now

If Congress doesn't act soon, interest rates could spike--maybe for a long time. Then you'll care. More »

Palin Dazzles Pella

Palin Dazzles Pella

There was no red carpet, but Sarah Palin still stole the show. Now her supporters want to know: Will she run? More »

Meet the Iowans Who Gently Disapprove of Sarah Palin

Meet the Iowans Who Gently Disapprove of Sarah Palin

Folks in Pella aren't all thrilled that you-know-who is coming to town for her big movie premiere. But they're awfully nice about it. More »

Pawlenty Tries for Toughness

Pawlenty Tries for Toughness

After wimping out in the New Hampshire debate, the Minnesota governor is using foreign policy as the means to reassert himself More »

Bachmann Bellyflops

Bachmann Bellyflops

Seeking to associate herself with an American hero, the newly minted presidential candidate makes a serial mistake More »

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The Tragedy of Sarah Palin

From the moment Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she…

The Iowa Caucus Kingmaker

Bob Vander Plaats offers GOP candidates a choice: join his crusade against gay marriage or lose the…

Herman Cain, the GOP Wild Card

The former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza wants to upend the race for the 2012 Republican…