More and more mainstream pundits are joining our War on Stupid.... Read more»
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The Republican nominating process is shining light in some dark places. It’s a little embarrassing.... Read more»1
President Obama’s recent speech was supposed to be about winding down the Afghan war. But actually it was a signal that permanent war is now our status quo. What Obama didn’t say is both tragic and troubling.... Read more»1
If you want a perfect pictorial image of almost everything that’s wrong with the contemporary elite media in the age of Obama, you could do a lot worse than to focus on the sight of carrot-topped megalomaniacal billionaire Donald Trump, seated as an honored guest of The Washington Post at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.... Read more»
The Koch Industries boycott is taking hold. Americans have begun to wonder just how much influence these guys have purchased. Now the Kochs are fighting back.... Read more»
The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has led to a multitude of unanswered questions surrounding: gun regulation (or lack thereof); heated political rhetoric and its consequences; and what if any effect all of this will have on the 2012 presidential election. An additional question yet to be properly discussed much less answered is: Who will represent Arizona in Giffords’ stead?... Read more»2
Another day, and another piece of incontrovertible evidence that the folks at Fox News are exclusively in the business of pushing propaganda, rather than reporting “news.” On health care and climate change, the channel chooses sides as it chooses its words.... Read more»
It’s fair to say that no media executives have so far been able to figure out how to meet the current crisis facing newspapers. One response: The Washington Post continues its desperate attempts to appeal to conservatives by hiring writers who can’t get their facts straight.... Read more»
Earlier this week, Ginni Thomas was pushed aside for a new Liberty Central leader, an attorney named Sarah Field. Field’s last job was at the Charles Koch Foundation. If my attempts to find or contact her are any indication, Fields appears to be a very good secret keeper.... Read more»
Smart v. Stupid: Some Obama supporters are inclined to just stay home on Election Day. Here are seven compelling reasons why that’s a bad idea.... Read more»
More than half of Americans mistakenly believe that federal workers are overpaid, and a third also wrongly think they are underqualified, according to a recent Washington Post poll. The truth is federal workers earn 22 percent less than their counterparts in the private sector.... Read more»
Smart v. Stupid: The New York Times is reporting that the billionaire Koch Brothers regularly convene secret conclaves of industrialists aiming to prevent government from regulating business.The attendees also include two Supreme Court justices and three news agencies who never report on the meetings.... Read more»
Smart v. Stupid: When one of the nation’s most venerable newspapers gets it so wrong on free speech, one worries who might be left to speak up for personal liberty.... Read more»
The U.S. Supreme Court is “out of control” on the subject of campaign finance regulation, says a a Friday editorial in the Washington Post. The high court’s move to halt Clean Elections matching funds is an “unwarranted intervention.”... Read more»1
The media lead-up to Thursday’s meeting between Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and President Obama would have you believe that some sort of ultimate showdown was about to occur. “Very cordial,” was how Brewer described the meeting afterward.... Read more»1
While the young stars of “Glee Live! In Concert” prepare to open their tour with a two-night stand in Phoenix, show creator Ryan Murphy published an open letter today calling for a boycott of Newsweek magazine.... Read more»
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