Special Comments

Special Twitter Comment on the Romney 47% tape - September 17, 2012

The Komen controversy - February 7, 2012

Why Occupy Wall Street needs Michael Bloomberg - November 15, 2011
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan must repent or resign - October 26, 2011
Reading of the first collective statement of Occupy Wall Street - October 5, 2011
MLB sells out 10th Anniversary of 9/11 - September 12, 2011
The Four Great Hypocrisies - August 1, 2011 (replay October 14, 2011)
Inside the FOX Hole - July 12, 2011
The Nation's Purpose - July 11, 2011
Why Petraeus is Wrong (and Stupid) on Torture - June 24, 2011
Same-Sex Marriage - June 23, 2011
Why We Must Leave Afghanistan. Now. - June 21, 2011
What We're About - June 20, 2011
Embarrassing Behavior over Weiner Roasting - June 15, 2011
Michael Moore and the Killing of Osama bin Laden - May 12, 2011
On the death of Osama bin Laden - May 2, 2011
Libya, Obama and the Five-Second Rule - March 23, 2011

brief hiatus - for First Guesses, see the Web Extras list

The nine days since Tucson - January 17, 2011
Violence and threats have no place in democracy - January 8, 2011

Beware fear's racist temptation - February 15, 2010
Obama turned his back on his base - December 7, 2010
False promise of 'objectivity' proves 'truth' superior to 'fact' - November 15, 2010
If the Tea Party wins, America loses - October 27, 2010 (replay October 31, 2010)
There is no 'Ground Zero mosque' - August 16, 2010
Gibbs frustration understandable but misguided - August 10, 2010
The witch-hunt vs. Sherrod, and those who made it possible - July 21, 2010
GOP introduces 'screw you' economics - June 30, 2010
GOP takes no pity on the unemployed - June 28, 2010
On the self-destruction of McChrystal - June 22, 2010
McCain's disturbing lack of faith in America - May 4, 2010
GOP self-destruction imminent - March 22, 2010
An American cry for help - February 24, 2010
U.S. Government for sale - January 21, 2010

Ruined Senate bill unsupportable - December 16, 2009
On Afghanistan: Get out now! - November 30, 2009
Health Care Reform: The Fight Against Death - October 7, 2009 (replay March 18, 2010)
Wilson's factual failure worse than his incivility - September 10, 2009
'Death Panel' Palin dangerously irresponsible - August 10, 2009
Legislators for sale - August 3, 2009
Cheney's speech false to fact and reason - May 21, 2009
Future of U.S. depends on torture accountability - April 16, 2009
Time to get tough on bankers - March 19, 2009
Cheney doing the work of terrorists - February 5, 2009
Bush guilty of torture - January 19, 2009

Gay marriage is a question of love - November 10, 2008 (replay August 4, 2010)
Divisive politics is anti-American - October 20, 2008
McCain, suspend your campaign - October 14, 2008
Terrorists? It's Palin doing the pallin' - October 6, 2008
Republicans have hijacked 9/11 - September 10, 2008
Senator, Grow Up! - August 18, 2008
Obama's FISA opportunity - June 30, 2008
McCain should know better - June 12, 2008
Clinton, you invoked a political nightmare - May 23, 2008
Mr. President, the war isn't about you - or golf - May 14, 2008 (clarified May 19)
Clinton's tepid response to Ferraro is shameful - March 12, 2008
A veto of the FISA bill endangers Americans - February 14, 2008
Bush put telecoms ahead of citizens - January 31, 2008

Bush: Pathological liar or idiot-in-chief? - December 6, 2007
On waterboarding and torture - November 5, 2007
To Bush: 'Your hypocrisy is so vast' - September 20, 2007
Bush just playing us with 'troop withdrawal' - September 4, 2007
Go to Iraq and fight, Mr. President - July 19, 2007
All hail the prophetic gut! - July 12, 2007
Bush, Cheney should resign - July 3, 2007
The entire government has failed us on Iraq - May 23, 2007
Republicans equal life; Democrats equal death? - April 25, 2007
DeLay's DeLusions - March 26, 2007
Condi goes too far - February 26, 2007
Bush shoots for 'Jaws,' delivers 'Jaws 2' - January 30, 2007
Bush's legacy: The president who cried wolf - January 11, 2007
Special comment about 'sacrifice' - January 2, 2007

Free speech, failed speakers, and the delusion of grandeur - November 30, 2006
Lessons from Vietnam - November 20, 2006
Where are the checks, balances? - November 6, 2006
Bush owes troops apology - November 1, 2006
Advertising terrorism - October 23, 2006
'Beginning of the end of America' - October 18, 2006
A special comment about lying - October 5, 2006
A textbook definition of cowardice - September 25, 2006
Bush owes us an apology - September 18, 2006
This hole in the ground - September 11, 2006
'Have you no sense of decency, sir?' - September 5, 2006
Feeling morally, intellectually confused? - August 30, 2006 (replay March 31, 2008)

Unofficial Special Comments
The city of Louisiana - September 5, 2005
Flush the butts - August 8, 2005