Celebrity Ink

Reporting from Juneau, Alaska — The tone — or was it the tune? — for this year's strange U.S. Senate race in Alaska was perhaps set last week, when Incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a normally dignified politician who favors pea…

[ Note for TomDispatch Readers:   Don’t miss Frederick Deknatel’s review in the latest  Nation  magazine of my new book,  The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s , which he Terms a &ldq;…

Tennessee church shooter Jim David Adkisson In February 2009, Jim David Adkisson was sentenced to life in Prison for the shooting death of two and the wounding of six others at a Tennessee church in July 2008. Adkisson targeted church …

When Meghan McCain tweeted the link to her newest Daily Beast "article" on Twitter Tuesday night, my first thought was "How the hell did I get unblocked by her? Why am I seeing this tweet?" This was disconcerting to say the least. I was afraid…

By Karol Markowicz Enlarge It's A Free Country More coverage Meghan McCain is not the first person to become famous because of her name. Paris Hilton isn't exactly a fair comparison, blond and vacant though they both may be. At least Paris …

Mark Cuban's brother is sober voice for Medical Marijuana 12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 By SCOTT K. PARKS / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] Brian Cuban is a walking contradiction. As a recovering alcoholic and drug …

If Washington normally blends the business of Government with electoral politics, this week signifies a turn toward an unalloyed electoral brawl. Democratic Congressional Leaders have sent members home without resolving their greatest outstanding…