I guess as a youngster she was busy designing wacky, risque outfits when she should have been learning the definitions of words, but Madonna — the famed “Material Girl” — uttered a whopper recently misusing the word “irony” when she
by Warner Todd Huston2 Apr 2010, 3:10 PM PST0
The Associated Press has a famous book on grammar and style that its news writers use to govern their work, a book that is also popular with the whole American news industry. It has served as a standard for many
by Warner Todd Huston1 Apr 2010, 2:59 PM PST0
On the campaign trail, now President Obama regularly excoriated lobbyists. He said he’d make the government “open and transparent” and said he’d make it hard for lobbyists to “curry favor” with his administration “based on how much they can spend
by Warner Todd Huston1 Apr 2010, 2:03 PM PST0
Candace de Russy over at National Review posted an alarming example of an Obama power grab. Or perhaps more precisely it’s yet another alarming example of an Obama power grab. This time Obama apparently is setting the table to take
by Warner Todd Huston30 Mar 2010, 12:41 PM PST0
With all the tales in the Old Media of the supposed violence committed by Tea Partiers going on since Obama’s takeover of our nation’s healthcare system, I thought it might be instructive to recall how hate-filled the unhinged left is
by Warner Todd Huston29 Mar 2010, 7:26 AM PST0
Amusingly enough the Washington Post has a blog called PostPartisan. I say amusing because it is obvious that there is nothing “post” partisan about it if a rant against tea partiers by Jonathan Capehart is any indication. He thinks that
by Warner Todd Huston27 Mar 2010, 12:36 PM PST0
News is all over the country that the often criminal group the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is dead, folding its tent, kaput. All this is because, as Politico puts it, of a “conservative assault that never
by Warner Todd Huston24 Mar 2010, 11:48 AM PST0
The indispensable Jake Tapper of ABC News took an interview with Vice President Joe “Foot in Mouth” Biden that contains a nugget of information that tends to prove that Barack Obama intends to destroy America’s insurance industry and place it
by Warner Todd Huston20 Mar 2010, 11:01 AM PST0
Public supported National Public Radio (NPR) posted a report on March 17 during its “All Things Considered” radio show that warns its listeners that “patriot groups” are dangerous and are apparently increasingly prone to attacking government officials and facilities. Oddly
by Warner Todd Huston18 Mar 2010, 10:25 AM PST0
It’s bad enough that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is giving short shrift to American manufacturers and our economy by ordering extravagant new crystal stemware from Sweden to make the crystal cabinets in America’s embassies sparkle impressively, but now we
by Warner Todd Huston16 Mar 2010, 8:51 AM PST0
[Ed. Note: Full transcript of performance can be found in the post below.] It’s a veritable cornucopia of Obamagandistic musical agitprop. You’ll recall the militaristic, fascist-styled Obama youth corps from 2008 where a line of inner city youth stamped out
by Warner Todd Huston16 Mar 2010, 5:01 AM PST0
Here is one of the sneaky tricks that the Old Media plays in order to support a cause. In this case it’s the Associated Press coming to the aid of Obamacare with “news” that a “Catholic” hospital group is coming
by Warner Todd Huston15 Mar 2010, 12:25 PM PST0
What is it that the left and the Old Media said about the Tea Party movement? Didn’t they say it was not really filled with regular folks and didn’t they say it was not really a grass roots level effort
by Warner Todd Huston14 Mar 2010, 7:06 AM PST0
The Better Government Association, a busy Chicago-based watchdog group that has its work cut out for it, recently released its “Hall of Shame” report that details the nearly 150 county officials who have gone to jail for corruption in Barack
by Warner Todd Huston10 Mar 2010, 4:12 PM PST0
For the Independent Weekly of Durham, North Carolina, writer Sam Wardle proves that he hasn’t a clue how the phrase “religious extremist” is properly defined. Wardle reveals his hatred of all things Christian in a piece titled, “For Rep. Sue
by Warner Todd Huston8 Mar 2010, 6:01 PM PST0
We send our young adults to university to be educated in the ways of the world, we all know. Following that well-worn path, young James Schackleford decided on the publicly funded Florida Atlantic University for his edification and boy did
by Warner Todd Huston8 Mar 2010, 8:38 AM PST0
The liberal media’s newest meme is to claim that the tea party movement is made up exclusively of John Birchers, militia types, racists, and “birthers.” Politico, for instance, had an extensive story about how legitimate conservatives are coming to realize
by Warner Todd Huston7 Mar 2010, 6:01 AM PST0
The Philadelphia Inquirer published a reader feedback opinion editorial from reader Stan Isaacs that is as outlandish as it is indicative of the disregard for the American process that liberals in the Old Media all too often exhibit. It is
by Warner Todd Huston5 Mar 2010, 10:41 AM PST0
Remember when Florida Congressman Mark Foley was outed for sexual misconduct with male pages in the House of Representatives in 2006? You’ll recall that the Democrats and the Old Media and the left were in some high dudgeon over the
by Warner Todd Huston4 Mar 2010, 3:03 PM PST0
Barack Obama, it was claimed, would “repair” our reputation both with our enemies and our friends. So how has he done? Let’s take Britain for example. Has he “fixed” our special relationship with the British Isles? Well, if by fixed
by Warner Todd Huston28 Feb 2010, 6:01 AM PST0
Many of us on the right like to claim that the Old Media is just an arm of the Democrat Party. Of course some of that on our part is bombast, but incidents such as the following tend to make
by Warner Todd Huston27 Feb 2010, 8:51 AM PST0
Two weeks ago the U.S. Senate passed new rules that would require new spending to be offset somewhere else in the budget, the so-called paygo rule. They did this because Democrats and Obama got tired of being called big spending
by Warner Todd Huston26 Feb 2010, 10:37 AM PST0
A group made up of some of the biggest names in contemporary conservatism got together a few days ago and crafted what they are calling the “Mount Vernon Statement,” a manifesto of sorts meant to give direction to today’s conservative
by Warner Todd Huston23 Feb 2010, 5:18 AM PST0
No clearer difference can be seen in how the Old Media and its left-wing compatriots treat mass killers, terrorists and nutjobs than the way Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and Joe Stack have been portrayed by the Old Media and the left.
by Warner Todd Huston21 Feb 2010, 8:45 AM PST0
Is President Obama a surprising gun rights supporter? He might be if the Chicago Tribune’s Steve Chapman is correct. And Chapman isn’t the only one. It seems to be shaping up to be the lefty complaint du jour this week.
by Warner Todd Huston15 Feb 2010, 8:14 AM PST0