Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas Sweat it Out

Two basketball legends sling insults

By John Hudson

Oct 23, 2009

Reagan Would Be Ashamed of You!

Foreign policy gets personal on Hardball with Chris Matthews

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By Heather Horn

Oct 23, 2009

Your Book Is Worse Than His

Another fight breaks out between Felix Salmon CNBC's Charlie Gasparino

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By Katharine Rust

Oct 22, 2009

Public Schools Should Teach Gumption

Friedman gets his knuckles rapped for slamming American education

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By John Hudson

Oct 21, 2009

'Help the Planet by Dying'

Rush Limbaugh recommends suicide to a NYT reporter

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 19, 2009

Verizon Takes Aim at Apple iPhone with Droid Ads

Powered by Google, Verizon aims to hit Apple where it hurts--right in the iPhone market

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By Heather Horn

Oct 19, 2009

SuperFreakonomics on Global Warming

The sequel to best-selling book Freakonomics ignites a multi-blogger brawl

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By John Hudson

Oct 15, 2009

Meghan McCain's Breasts Launch 1,000 Ships

Jake Tapper and Allahpundit get in an awkward spat over Meghan McCain's cleavage

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By Heather Horn

Oct 14, 2009

Who You Calling 'Mashed Up Bag of Meat'?

Michelle Malkin rebuts an insult with a glamour shot

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By Heather Horn

Oct 8, 2009

Right Wing Media War

Conor Friedersdorf and Andrew Breitbart face off over political bias

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By Max Fisher

Oct 6, 2009

Don't Be a Ding-Dong, Chad

Adam Serwer spars "The Denzel Principle" author for 3 solid hours

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By Heather Horn

Oct 6, 2009

Put Down Your Bag of Airplane Glue Fumes

John Carney says Matt Taibbi fell for a fake short selling video, Taibbi says Carney's high

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By John Hudson

Oct 5, 2009

Sarah Palin's Guilt by Association

Rachel Maddow and Mike Murphy clash twice on Meet the Press

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By Heather Horn

Oct 2, 2009

Does Talk Radio Run the GOP?

David Brooks courts danger by pooh-poohing Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin

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By Max Fisher

Oct 1, 2009

Violence in Rio de Janeiro

A Brazilian newspaper and The New Yorker fight over Rio's Olympics bid

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By Max Fisher

Sep 30, 2009

Saving Fish, Killing Farmers

Hannity and Stewart spar over the causes of drought in California's San Joaquin valley

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By Heather Horn

Sep 28, 2009

Does Bigotry Thrive Online?

Gerson and Klein of the Washington Post spar over hotbeds of hate speech

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By Heather Horn

Sep 25, 2009

Who You Calling 'Wild-Eyed Witch Doctor'?

Damon Linker and Jonah Goldberg duke it out over the meaning of conservatism

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By Carl Franzen

Sep 23, 2009

A Tale of Two Steel Cities

Columnists duel over which is the real Pittsburgh--the ailing industrial hub, or the 21st-century miracle?

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By Heather Horn

Sep 22, 2009

Tussling Over the Old Testament

Andrew Sullivan and a prominent atheist face off over the Book of Job

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By John Hudson

Sep 22, 2009

The Bush Speechwriting Smackdown!

Ex-Bushie Matt Latimer pens an embarrassing tell-all--and gets spanked by his old boss

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By Max Fisher

Sep 21, 2009

No, You're the Demagogue!

Glenn Beck and Frank Rich escalate their pundit war

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By Max Fisher

Sep 18, 2009

CIA Bargaining Between Law and Security

Matthew Yglesias and David Ignatious debate the CIA's role

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By John Hudson

Sep 17, 2009

Hating on Time Magazine's 9/12 Coverage

Two liberal tweeters vent their scorn for Time's 9/12 crowd breakdown

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 16, 2009

Are Bag Fees Losing Airlines Money?

Atrios: Bag Fees make flying terrible. Yglesias: Who cares, they're good for the environment.

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Sep 16, 2009

Is Glenn Beck the Destroyer of the GOP?

Two conservative Davids, Frum and Horowitz, duke it out over whether Beck is helping their cause

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Sep 9, 2009

Banning Cats from the Interwebs

ShortFormBlog's rages against Urlesque's call to make the Web cat-free for a day

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By Carl Franzen

Sep 9, 2009

Ancient Conflict, Aging Officials

Jimmy Carter and Elliot Abrams trade blows over the Middle East in the op-ed section of the Washington Post

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By Max Fisher

Sep 8, 2009

Health Care Bill: Progress or Disaster?

Marcy Wheeler and Ezra Klein throw down on Sen. Baucus's new health care bill

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