Dana Goldstein

Sure, the Sure, the Ron Paul campaign was a media spectacle (remember the blimp?), but I’ve long been skeptical of arguments that Paul’s, er, impassioned, group of young supporters could be considered some kind of libertarian generation, or taken as proof that the marriage of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism somehow dominates in Generation Y. […]

Obama’s still talking, but I’ve read through the entire text. All in all, this speech dealt with race more honestly than I’ve ever heard the topic discussed by a politician. But it was too long. He should have cut the entire section where he quotes from his own book, Dreams from My Father. The strength […]

My god. If I have to write another early morning blog post about a politician’s sex life, I’m just going to have to stay in all day and shower. Now New York’s new governor, David Paterson, has admitted to an extramarital affair that ended in 2001. His wife, Michelle, also says she cheated. Talk about […]

Those who wish Those who wish Obama would use the Jeremiah Wright controversy to reaffirm the “unity” rhetoric are in luck: He’ll be making a “major address” at 10:15 a.m. tomorrow in Philadelphia on “race, politics, and unifying our country.” I’m expecting the speech to talk about overcoming the divisive racial politics of the past […]

Last week, I figured Last week, I figured Sam was being too optimistic when he wrote that Barack Obama‘s HuffPo statement repudiating Jeremiah Wright would draw the His-Pastor-Hates-America controversy to a close. Indeed, over dinner last night with a Democratic Hill communications staffer, my friend mentioned that there’s great fear that this is one anti-Obama […]

As Spitzergate hit the airwaves last week, Dina Matos McGreevy, ex-wife of the “gay American” former New Jersey governor, Jim McGreevy, made the rounds of the cable news networks, empathizing with Silda Wall Spitzer. In a New York Times op-ed, she mused, “Who knows why powerful men conduct themselves this way?” Well. Matos McGreevy may […]

The MSM coverage of televangelist The MSM coverage of televangelist John Hagee‘s endorsement of John McCain in late February may have left some with the impression that McCain hadn’t, until that point, received wide support from the religious right. In fact, right wing Catholic leaders had been flocking to the McCain campaign since the fall. […]

That was the flippant question asked yesterday by many news organizations as they covered the fallout from Spitzergate. And hey, I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve been curious. Last night, the New York Times posted as near to an answer as we’re likely to get: A profile, complete with pictures, of Ashley Alexandra […]

Dismay greeted news this week that a quarter of 14 to 19-year old women are infected with at least one of four common sexually transmitted diseases: human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, genital herpes and trichomoniasis. A look behind the numbers is even more staggering. Because only half of the 838 young women in the CDC study […]