Other than Ted Rall and Molly Ivins,

[leftofthedial]

what current "journalists" and pundits don't suck?

How much of a voice do they have?

Are they mainstream, easy to find, or does one have to be pretty diligent to search them out?

What about non-US sources that are fair and reliable?

[Khephra]

1. A few

Krugman, Alterman, Helen Thomas, Bill Press

[leftofthedial]

5. good list

Krugman is great.

I wish we had 50 Altermans.

Bill Press has impressed me more and more lately. I used to find him to be a little to Alan Colmes-ish, but I was wrong. It helps that Buchanan (who is wrong about almost everything) is at least a principled conservative.

Helen has been a pillar in the White House press corps, but you have to be a press conference junkie to realize that.

[dennis4868]

8. Press

sucked last night on his show....he was justifying the war for Bush.

[Khephra]

13. From what I read, it was more that he was backing up Nachman

Who is recovering from being very ill. Press has been totally against the war before last night.

You gotta understand that Press came into politics studying for the Priesthood (IIRC), so there was probably a bit of charity for Nachman involved last night.

[JHB]

2. The Krug-Man

Paul Krugman, twice a week on the NY Times op-ed page.

[leftofthedial]

18. yep, he should have been in my subject line

his columns are simply outstanding.

[MnAtty]

3. Kristof and Dionne

[GOPisEvil]

4. Jim Hightower.

www.jimhightower.com

[leftofthedial]

19. yep Hightower and Ivins

along with Austin, the two best reasons I can think of not to kick Texas out of the Union.


Okay! Okay! I'm just kidding! I'm not trying to start a Texas bashing thread.

[demnan]

6. Occasionally Richard Cohen is ok

[MadHound]

7. Don't forget Greg Palast!

n/t

[AntiLempa]

9. A few

Mark Weisbrot (http://www.cepr.net), the staff of In These Times (http://www.inthesetimes.com), and the Progressive (http://www.progressive.org)

[leftofthedial]

25. thanks.

definitely worth checking out.

[GainesT1958]

10. Anthony Lewis...

Is pretty great. Though Dave Barry is especially good for a great laugh, he also knows how to "tell it like it is" when needed. And Russell Baker the same. Along with the folks afore-mentioned in this thread, of course!:D

In addition to all of her OTHER redeeming qualities, Molly Ivins also knows Dub like no other nationally-syndicated columnist by virtue of where she's from, making her observations of his idiosyncracies ESPECIALLY juicy! :7

B-)

[LuCifer]

11. still more!

Carl Hiaasen www.CarlHiaasen.com
Mauren Dowd (sic?)

Uhhhh, damnit Beavis, I like, can't uh, think today and stuff!

Yeah, thinking sucks! If I uh, huh huh huh huh huh huh huh wanted to do that and stuff, I'd like, go to school! Huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh!!!!!

Lu

[leftofthedial]

23. I'm a big fan of Hiassen's mystery novels too

I'll have to add his site to my surfing list.

[Jacobin]

12. Bill Moyers...Jon Stewart

The list is quite short.

[Khephra]

14. Moford

And some guy called William Rivers Pitt, but I've never read his stuff. ;-)

[Sticky]

15. These are the authors I read >

Scroll to the bottom of the page and they're listed in alphabetical order.

Some days I spend way too much time here!

http://www.bigeye.com/selections.htm

Hehe

[leftofthedial]

26. thanks!

will check it out.

[leftofthedial]

24. Will is the one.

He belongs at the top of the list.

But we all KNOW that!

(and don't tell him we said so)

[never cry wolf]

16. someone you may have heard about

named will pitt. unfortunately not main stream tho.

[HootieMcBoob]

17. Add Joe Conason to that list

:)

[HFishbine]

20. Leonard Pitts

More social than political, but usually insightful and right on.

[leftofthedial]

21. Man you guys are good! DU rocks.

Palast, Conason and Moyers have been pillars of rational discourse through some very dark times.

I'd also add the Parry's at consortiumnews. I think Robert Parry's Lost History is a great expose of the foundations of the mess we're in now.

[GabysPoppy]

22. Add Michael Tomasky to your list