Posters have been popping up around Los Angeles that depict President Barack Obama as the Heath Ledger version of the Joker in the movie “The Dark Knight.”  Under the Obama as Joker image is the word “socialism.”

The poster campaign is…

Michael Cavna, writing in his blog on comics on WashingtonPost.com, is calling out political cartoonists for exaggerating President Barack Obama’s lips. He says they’ve overstepped the bounds of caricature.

His post is called “Read Obama’s Lips: Cartoonists Deal in Bizarre Caricature.” Do…

A debate of sorts has emerged over whether it matters that the group of reporters still assigned to covering the White House is mostly white.

Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby says it doesn’t. In an article on boston.com, he says:

“Barack Obama will…

The conclusion in this Washington Post column about Roland Burris and the Senate’s turnabout on seating him is that the race card still works — on many fronts. Do you think this is true? If so, why do we allow ourselves…