It is not the worst idea in the world to turn the brand of Hansel and Gretel on its head in order to create souped up action franchise based on the classic fairy tale. The problem here, though, is that
In a classic case of “now you tell me,” the Associated Press reports today that a whole swath of people who like their health insurance might be losing it. You see, ObamaCare requires all Americans get the equivalent of a
As Frank Galvin, a drinking alcoholic and ambulance-chasing attorney racing to the bottom, Paul Newman delivers an unforgettable performance as a man who once had a bright future but has been turned into a worm by his own inability to
Eric Holder knows that the only way he can save his job is by currying favor with the media, which is exactly what the embattled Attorney General is doing. The question is, will the media once again cave to the
Jay Sekulow was a one-time trial attorney who represented the IRS in tax-exempt cases. Today he represents 27 conservative groups in a lawsuit set to be filed against the IRS today. Sekulow told Sean Hannity last night that part of
The Obama administration’s spin that only two rogue agents in Cincinnati, Ohio were behind the systematic harassment of conservative groups by the IRS, continues to unravel. NBC News reports that a number of targeted conservative groups received letters from IRS
In his always-terrific Best of the Web column, James Taranto looks at how the Justice Department’s shockingly aggressive probe into the private emails and phones records of Fox News reporter James Rosen resulted in a once-in-a-lifetime confluence of outrage from
Last week, the Justice Department claimed that back in 2010 it had notified News Corp (parent company of Fox News) that the government had seized the phone records of Fox News reporter James Rosen. News Corp can find no record
The Hill reports that a panel for the House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath during his May 15 Congressional testimony about the Justice Department’s surveillance of reporters. When asked about prosecuting reporters, Holder
Wednesday Washington Times’s senior op-ed editor Emily Miller published a personal account of a two-year-old interview with Anthony Weiner during the heart of Weinergate. Miller says that during the interview, the disgraced ex-Congressman stood very close to her and made
Box Office: Record-Breaking Memorial Weekend Funny thing about the American people — give them what they want and they show up in droves. And what they want is to lay down their money, sit in the dark, and forget about
The Hollywood Reporter’s Paul Bond details what might be the lamest protest in the history of Los Angeles — which is saying a lot. Thursday, in Beverly Hills, a few dozen (the L.A. Times says 100) people showed up to
Politico’s Dylan Byers leads his own site today with a revealing portrait of Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, one of the few non-Fox News reporters willing to dig into the Obama administration’s many scandals, going all the way back to
Last week, and while under oath, Attorney General Eric Holder testified before a House committee that when it comes to “try[ing] to prosecute the press for the publication of material” he has “never been involved in, heard of” such a
UPDATE: Fixed! At the top of Anthony Weiner’s campaign site is a logo that looks as though it includes one of New York City’s iconic bridges and just as iconic cityscape. Which, of course, makes sense. After all, Weiner is
One of the great unheralded screen duos of Hollywood’s Golden Era was Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, two character actors who made a total of nine films together between 1941 and 1946. The most famous of these pairings are the
Politicians can survive sex scandals. Politicians can succeed with the last name “Weiner.” But it remains to be seen if a politician can survive both. Disgraced former-Congressman Anthony Weiner is already seeing his hopes of becoming the next mayor of
Democrats are obviously not happy with the idea of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner running for mayor of New York City. In an editorial meeting with some local newspapers, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said “shame on us,” if Weiner
Thursday morning on Chris Jansing’s MSNBC show, Politico Senior Reporter Lois Romano referred to Guantanamo Bay as a “really bad political tar baby” for President Obama: JANSING: Lois, let me start with Guantanamo Bay. Everybody knows [Obama] made this campaign
The Fox News Channel continues to obliterate the competition, not just among its cable news competitors, but in all cable. Out of the 94 cable channels measured by Nielsen, Fox News was ranked third in what is known as “total
Coming out of the weekend, after a brutal week for their president, the media held tight to a little lifeboat in an ocean of bad news: Polls from CNN and The Washington Post had Obama’s approval rating at 53% and
Nice catch by The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack: — Josh Marshall (10:15a.m.): Lerner Must Go talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2013/… Ezra Klein (9:45a.m.): Heads should roll at IRS washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog… — John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) May 22, 2013 — UPDATE: Add Salon’s Joan Walsh to the
At least when it comes to the overreaching Department of Justice leak investigations, President Obama has finally lost one of his biggest fans, The New York Times. In a Wednesday editorial written by the full editorial board, the Times said
Groucho Marx and director Sam Wood never got along. Besides their political differences (Wood was a Republican, Groucho was not), both were notoriously prickly personalities. The legend goes that during a particularly tense moment on the set, Wood said to
