Joan Walsh

So, Hillary beat that ass Tuesday night, and over at The Young Turks' Bernie Bunker, Cenk Uygur is facing facts. Well, sort of. Cenk now acknowledges that Bernie's only shot at the nomination is for catastrophe to befall Hillary in the form of an FBI indictment. If you want to ...read more

• By Tommy Christopher
  Nov 9, 2018

There was a time when Salon was the go-to site for thoughtful, intelligent analysis from the left on subjects ranging from politics, to the media, to pop culture. That, however, was long ago; these days all that's left of that storied era are a few really terrific columnists ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Apr 13, 2016

Does the Republican Party richly deserve to have their conference on messaging to women be represented by the more perfect than perfect quote urging male GOPers to "bring it down to a woman's level?" Maybe, but that remark by Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) actually is being taken ...read more

• By Tommy Christopher
  Nov 9, 2018

For several weeks now, the right-wing media has been flogging something it calls "The Hillary Tapes," a recording in which Hillary Clinton discusses her work as a defense lawyer for an accused rapist. Since then, though, the story has made the species jump to the mainstream ...read more

• By Tommy Christopher
  Feb 17, 2016

Joan Walsh has compiled a laundry list of the unbelievably despicable behavior Newt Gingrich has engaged in over the years: Shutting down the government in 1995 at least partly because President Clinton allegedly snubbed him by seating him in the rear of Air Force One on a ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Cornel West's tirade against Obama has irked much of the liberal media, largely it seems because West framed much of his critique in terms of race. Writes Joan Walsh of Salon.com: The most tragic thing, to me, about West's meltdown was the way he tried to frame it as a ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018