Melissa Harris-Perry has one of those MSNBC spots in which hosts “lean forward” into progressive verities. In this case, the need for more education spending. The problem as Harris-Perry sees it is that our view of parenting isn’t sufficiently collectivist:
As cities are forced to lay off police officers for budgetary reasons, some residents are responding by hiring private security guards. Doug Mosher, an Oakland resident says “At its current staffing level, [the police] are just unable to provide regular
Solar energy production at the utility scale still needs anotherdecade or more to become competitive with relatively cheap gas producedby fracking, according to an analysis by Citigroup. Even as solarbecomes competitive, the US will need gas produced by fracking as
ABC posted a story yesterday with the intriguing headline “Why Obama’s ‘Best Looking’ Comment Failed to Ignite Furor.” Granted there was some discussion and mild condemnation of the comments on left wing blogs, enough that Jay Carney expressed the President’s
Twenty conservative leaders have joined with Brent Bozell to demand that network news outlets devote some coverage to Kermit Gosnell’s trial. Thursday, the Media Research Center posted a letter on its website blasting ABC, CBS and NBC for failing to
There’s a new consensus forming that the worst forecasts for global climate change may need to be reconsidered. The clearest sign of this is a piece that appeared in the Economist March 30th titled “A Sensitive Matter.” The title of
Last week I noted that there was a boom in North Korean propaganda videos threatening the U.S. The North Koreans haven’t let up since then. Their latest clip includes soldiers firing at a target depicting a U.S. soldier. No translation
In response to Bill Kristol Wrong to Dismiss Young Adults: The debate about the wisdom of 26 year-olds is somewhat off base, in this sense: Politically, it’s not age that matters so much as stage of life. Whether someone is
The President has proclaimed the month of April National Financial Capability Month. What is National Financial Capability Month? It’s the federal government helping individuals and families make more accurate budgets. The proclamation reads “My Administration continues to encourage responsibility at
In a story about the Pope published on Easter Sunday the NY Times betrayed it’s ignorance of the holiday. The story contained this line which was intended to describe the meaning of Easter to readers, “Easter is the celebration of
Maryland’s Senate just voted to raise gas prices by 4 cents per gallon this summer and that’s just for starters. The 4 cent increase is just the first phase of a plan to refill the state’s transportation funding. Between now
The UAW is proudly announcing its third straight year of membership growth. However this year’s growth was fairly anemic. The union ended 2012 with 382,513 members, just 1,797 more than 2011. The UAW actually gained around 7,000 members in the
Even after he was arrested, Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell maintained he had done nothing wrong. Perhaps the people in his industry agree. That’s a reasonable conclusion based on a new video clip which was published by John McCormack at the
The Columbia Journalism Review talked to recently promoted MSNBC host Chris Hayes about how he maintains such a balanced roster of guests. His answer was simple: he and the producers maintain quotas. We just would look at the board and
Today Joan Walsh posted an attack on our own Matt Boyle. She complained he had violated an unwritten rule of journalism by revealing the President’s daughters were vacationing in the Bahamas. Joan explained “Reporters don’t write about minor first children
Last night, William Shatner tweeted out his response to the IRS Star Trek video (h/t Dan Riehl): So I watched that IRS video. I am appalled at the utter waste of US tax dollars. — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 26,
If you remember your Shakespeare, you’ll recall that Mark Antony does a masterful job of turning his audience against Caesar’s killers even as he praises them as “honorable men.” In a similar vein, an author at Live Action comes not
Daily Kos and a group called the Courage Campaign are running petitions to keep the LA Times out of the hands of the Koch Brothers. Together the two groups have gathered about 45,000 signatures. The LA Times is up for
The New Republic published a profile Monday of MSNBC President Phil Griffin in which one of Griffin’s producers labels rival cable network Fox News “Loserville.” The piece also includes a quote from Fox President Roger Ailes who refers to MSNBC as a “mean-spirited circus.”
The Herald-Times in Florida reports on the upswing in squatting. In a representative case, neighbors have repeatedly called police but officers are unwilling to take action until ownership claims have made their way through the backlogged courts. That can take
Reason magazine highlights a recent analysis of the cost of setting up and maintaining the Obamacare insurance exchange in California by health consultant Robert Laszewski: The California exchange, “Covered California,” has so far awardeda $183 million contract to Accenture to
Senators worked late Friday night and finally managed to pass a budget, albeit narrowly. The final vote was 50-49 with no Republicans voting for the budget and four Democrats defecting. The Senate budget is front loaded with $100 billion in
Nate Silver at the NY Times looks at the trend in recent polling and finds that President Obama no longer holds an advantage over the GOP on handling the economy. Shortly after his re-election, the President had an 18 point
Dylan Ratigan left his job at MSNBC last June. Since then he’s been investing in a hydroponic farm which has backing of Whole Foods. Ratigan recently explained the dramatic shift on his blog: Last Fall, I moved from NYC to
France’s economy fell off sharply in March indicating that the nation–whose annual growth was already predicted to be around 0.0% again this year–is about to enter it’s third recession since 2009. The new figures are bad news for socialist President
