NOW and later: 8/14/13
An almost daily roundup of stories that did not make it on to the show, for one reason or another. • Peggy Noonan thinks it would be “graceful and nice” of the President to defend the Missouri State...
View ArticleNOW and later: 8/19/13
An almost daily roundup of stories that did not make it on to the show, for one reason or another. Just a quickie today. Your weekly Texas facepalm. Brian Beutler on what he learned from getting shot:...
View ArticleArt imitates life: Paranoia, secrecy and the surveillance state
On Monday’s NOW with Alex Wagner, actor Eric Bana and director John Crowley joined Alex to discuss their new film, “Closed Circuit,” which follows CCTV cameras across London as the trial of an accused...
View ArticleNOW and later: 8/20/13
An almost daily roundup of stories that did not make it on to today’s show, for one reason or another. Let’s begin with this amazing town hall video in which GOP Rep is confronted with the reality that...
View ArticleNow and later: 8/27/13
An almost daily roundup of stories that did not make it on to today’s show, for one reason or another. 50 years after the March on Washington, how far have we come? It depends whom you ask. Details...
View ArticleDebunking the myth of a post-racial society
The 50th anniversary of the March On Washington has given the country a chance to reflect on how far we have come, and how far we still have left to go toward achieving Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream....
View ArticleRon Paul defends speaking before ‘anti-Semites’
No, your eyes were not deceiving you, that was in fact former Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas on Thursday’s NOW with Alex Wagner. And what an appearance it was. Things quickly became heated as...
View ArticleIs there an ‘Obama doctrine’?
President Obama is finding himself in an increasingly isolated position after almost a week of aggressively lobbying the international community, Congress, and the American people to back military...
View ArticleRomney’s 47% one year later: Gaffe or gospel?
Hot on the heels of the 5th anniversary of Lehman Brother’s collapse, Tuesday marks one year since a different sort of economic catastrophe. On September 17, 2012, Mitt Romney gave his infamous, and...
View ArticleGun control: With DC deadlocked, states look for solutions
In the wake of the this week’s mass shooting in the Washington Navy Yard, the media has collectively embarked on what has now become an all too routine discussion of what drove the shooter, and how...
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