Remember when President Obama visited an Open Government Partnership event last September? The media emerged with this stellar example of Obama centralizing attention to himself: Now his Secretary of State has done the same thing at the G20.
by Ben Shapiro21 Feb 2012, 5:34 PM PST0

Uber-liberal Julianne Moore, who plays Sarah Palin in the upcoming anti-Palin HBO hit piece Game Change, has decided to mouth off about the inspiration for her role: Julianne, 51, told Capitol File magazine: ‘She wasn’t qualified to be vice president. She
by Ben Shapiro21 Feb 2012, 3:30 PM PST0
Over at USA Today, a self-employed massage therapist from Austin, TX has a letter to the editor responding to an editorial suggesting that Occupy Wall Street has lost its way. Here’s what this fellow wrote: USA TODAY’s editorial is right to say that Occupy might
by Ben Shapiro21 Feb 2012, 2:00 PM PST0
Matt Drudge has a new report out about a Rick Santorum speech from 2008 at Ave Maria University. Here’s what the Republican frontrunner said: Satan has his sights on the United States of America! … Satan is attacking the great institutions
by Ben Shapiro21 Feb 2012, 1:44 PM PST0
Mitt Romney’s next line of attack against insurgent frontrunner Rick Santorum will likely be that Santorum is, like Newt Gingrich, a former quasi-lobbyist. While Santorum was not legally registered as a lobbyist, he pulled down hundreds of thousands of dollars
by Ben Shapiro21 Feb 2012, 1:35 PM PST0
While I work, I frequently tune into the Film Score channel on Pandora. Sure, they play way too much “Harry Potter,” which I can’t stand, but it’s always a delight to hear tunes you thought you’d forgotten and let the
by Ben Shapiro20 Feb 2012, 6:00 AM PST0
One of the oddities of the new Obama budget is his bizarre insistence on defense cuts in areas that don’t deserve them. How can we tell that such cuts are unjustified? Here’s a great example: the Department of Defense weather
by Ben Shapiro18 Feb 2012, 6:21 PM PST0
Yesterday, MSNBC announced that it had dropped Pat Buchanan as a political analyst based on the release of his newest book, Suicide of a Superpower: Will American Survive to 2025? “After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant clamor from the left
by Ben Shapiro18 Feb 2012, 8:00 AM PST0
John Paul Thornton of Decatur, AL, has filed an application for a PAC designed to tap into the Occupy Movement. Thornton,according to the local CBS affiliate, said he was watching The Colbert Report when he came up with the idea. “This PAC
by Ben Shapiro17 Feb 2012, 7:28 PM PST0
Ohio AG Mike DeWine has shifted his support from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum, reading the tea leaves, which suggest that momentum in the state is moving toward Santorum. “To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down
by Ben Shapiro17 Feb 2012, 6:23 PM PST0
The Daily Caller, continuing its yeoman work in exposing the Democratic scam that is Media Matters for America, has a comprehensive piece out today running down the list of donors to MMFA since 2003. Here’s what they came up with: The
by Ben Shapiro17 Feb 2012, 5:00 PM PST0

During the same week the Constitution Center in Philadelphia opened an exhibit on Bruce Springsteen, the Boss decided to mouth off to the foreign press on the release of his new album, subtly titled Wrecking Ball. Here’s what Springsteen had to say: “I have
by Ben Shapiro17 Feb 2012, 2:30 PM PST0
According to Thai police, the Iranians who tried to bomb Israeli diplomats in Bangkok visited hookers prior to their arrest. As Fox News reports, “The Iranians hung out with several female sex workers during their stay there, and one of
by Ben Shapiro17 Feb 2012, 12:44 PM PST0
Rick Santorum’s big bump in the polls this week, particularly in Michigan, where he is now running ahead by a margin of 39%-24% according to one poll, and 33%-27% in another, has to put a scare into the Romney campaign. But
by Ben Shapiro17 Feb 2012, 12:01 PM PST0
Voice of America reports today that about one in two young girls in the slums of Kenya have traded sex for sanitary napkins. Lydiah Njoroge, field officer for the Freedom for Girls Program, explains: The least [expensive] in the market
by Ben Shapiro17 Feb 2012, 11:08 AM PST0
Wednesday, two left-wing blogs posted confidential information supposedly obtained from the Heartland Institute, a free-market, non-profit think tank with a particular focus on battling global warming hysteria. They posted supposed donor information, inside financials, and even a “confidential memo” on the
by Ben Shapiro17 Feb 2012, 7:00 AM PST0
Yesterday, White House Domestic Policy Council member Cecilia Munoz appeared on “The Bill Press Show.” There, she explained that Congress was filled with “roadblocks,” and that the budget wasn’t going anywhere fast. But she added that “this President has shown
by Ben Shapiro17 Feb 2012, 6:09 AM PST0
The Daily Caller has been devastating Media Matters for America all week long. Yesterday, they dropped some of their biggest bombshells yet regarding the organization’s tax records. Among their findings: Media Matters and its 501(c)(4) affiliate, Media Matters action, took in
by Ben Shapiro16 Feb 2012, 8:13 PM PST0
Remember when Michael Moore staked out Roger Moore of General Motors in Roger and Me, claiming that GM’s brutal capitalism earned the company profits while it mistreated workers? Well, where’s Moore when you need him? Yesterday, the largely Treasury Department-owned GM
by Ben Shapiro16 Feb 2012, 1:28 PM PST0
The final CNN debate, scheduled for March 1 in Georgia, has fallen apart. Mitt Romney’s campaign announced today that he wouldn’t join the debate. Ron Paul quickly announced he’s out, too, as well as Rick Santorum. CNN cancelled the debate after
by Ben Shapiro16 Feb 2012, 1:17 PM PST0
On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda attacked us. The terrorist group planned the attacks from its bases in Afghanistan; the Taliban, one of the most evil, bigoted, fascistic groups on the planet, provided Al Qaeda aid and support. When America
by Ben Shapiro16 Feb 2012, 12:24 PM PST0
Seriously. According to Time, the new Obama budget proposes using cheaper metals to manufacture pennies and nickels. Apparently, it cost the feds 2.4 cents to actually manufacture a penny and 11.2 cents to manufacture a nickel. So we’re losing money making
by Ben Shapiro16 Feb 2012, 11:16 AM PST0
Barack Obama likes to raise taxes. His new budget proposes just under $2 trillion in new taxes. But he also wants to win re-election, which means he must pose as a moderate. That’s why, this week, he moved to the
by Ben Shapiro15 Feb 2012, 11:43 AM PST0
The U.S. Senate’s leading proponent of tax increases on the American people — Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) was delinquent on his property taxes on until a reporter called him to ask him about it. Brown who supports higher income, energy and investment
by Ben Shapiro15 Feb 2012, 11:27 AM PST0
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is apparently a candidate to replace retiring World Bank President Robert Zoellick. And that should frighten anybody who doesn’t suffer from severe memory loss. Hillary Clinton, you’ll remember, was the driving force behind multiple financial scandals
by Ben Shapiro15 Feb 2012, 10:04 AM PST0