
Since the allegations of rampant sexual abuse perpetrated by one of Britain’s most famous TV personalities came to light, Mark Thompson, one-time chief of the BBC and now the CEO of The New York Times, said he knew nothing about
by Warner Todd Huston7 Sep 2013, 3:01 PM PST0

Reports this week from New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner’s inner circle claim he is already preparing for a “comeback” after he inevitably loses his current bid for mayor of the Big Apple. Should Anthony Weiner lose his bid for
by Warner Todd Huston6 Sep 2013, 7:05 PM PST0

A professor who ranted to students that all Republicans are racists and had “raped” the country has been put on a kind of paid leave, though his school is being careful to say he is not being suspended. In August,
by Warner Todd Huston6 Sep 2013, 3:28 AM PST0

After decades of warnings that single-parent households may pose a major problem for America, The Atlantic is finally ready to join those worried over the “alarming rise of single parenthood in America,” though the left-leaning magazine feels there is “no
by Warner Todd Huston6 Sep 2013, 2:00 AM PST0

Long-time Clinton advisor and Democrat strategist James Carville is set to become a columnist for the Washington, D.C.-based newspaper The Hill. The Hill editor-in-chief Hugo Gurdon said in a statement, “James’s voice is among the most recognized in politics. We are so
by Warner Todd Huston5 Sep 2013, 6:56 PM PST0

As President Obama attempts to convince Americans that employers are not cutting employees’ hours to save their jobs from the costs of the Affordable Care Act, evidence to the contrary is piling up. Even the President of one of the
by Warner Todd Huston5 Sep 2013, 1:48 AM PST0

A new survey of the coverage of the Syrian civil war and the U.S. response to it by the big three networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, shows that 94 percent of their stories have not mentioned that some of the
by Warner Todd Huston4 Sep 2013, 1:12 PM PST0

One of the largest newspapers in Trenton, New Jersey recently characterized a left-wing think tank and a liberal government employee union as “non-partisan” in a news story on a report exploring the economic impact of comprehensive immigration reform. Naturally, that
by Warner Todd Huston2 Sep 2013, 2:41 PM PST0

In what is being reported as a surprise move, the 40,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced that they have formally ended their association with the AFL-CIO, one of the nation’s largest private sector unions. The
by Warner Todd Huston2 Sep 2013, 2:51 AM PST0

When Barack Obama came to office he promised that he would have the most ethical, most transparent presidency in American history. This month the Obama administration won a court judgment to allow Obama to keep the White House visitor log
by Warner Todd Huston1 Sep 2013, 11:30 AM PST0

An attempt to rehabilitate the reputation of Senator Marco Rubio (R, FL) failed in Orlando this weekend, showing that the Senator has a long way to go to make up the ground he lost with conservatives over his stance on
by Warner Todd Huston1 Sep 2013, 5:32 AM PST0

With a secular retooling of Christianity’s concept of the immaculate conception, NBC is set to offer a show billed as a “supernatural mystery” featuring not one, but dozens of “immaculate conceptions.” As the show unfolds, we will see the lives
by Warner Todd Huston28 Aug 2013, 9:21 AM PST0

The ratings for the MTV Awards are in, showing a big bump from last year’s extravaganza with 10.1 million viewers. That’s 4 million more than 2012’s numbers–with viewers getting Miley Cyrus and her soft-core porn performance as a result. A
by Warner Todd Huston27 Aug 2013, 11:14 AM PST0

There has been much speculation about just how much involvement the Russians had with NSA leaker Edward Snowden before he arrived at Moscow’s airport. Now a new report claims he took refuge in the Russian consulate in Hong Kong before
by Warner Todd Huston27 Aug 2013, 3:17 AM PST0

After the announcement by the now-convicted Wikileaker Bradley Manning that he is a transgendered person named Chelsea, the Associated Press and The New York Times have decided they will refer to Manning to as “she” in all further news reports. The
by Warner Todd Huston26 Aug 2013, 9:37 PM PST0

In a long article bemoaning the fact that the new CEO of the New York Times likes to keep his eye on the newsroom, an interesting anecdote reveals executive editor Jill Abramson has a special vacation destination when she wants
by Warner Todd Huston24 Aug 2013, 4:12 PM PST0

Delay after delay has kept the Obama administration from giving a final go ahead for construction of the Keystone pipeline and the upwards to 42,100 jobs it would create. Now the State Department is saying the decision will be pushed
by Warner Todd Huston24 Aug 2013, 3:41 PM PST0

Much ink has been spilled over the last few months on the fate of the Rush Limbaugh radio program. While claims of flailing contract talks and rumors of its imminent demise abound, Limbaugh himself reports that all the gossip is
by Warner Todd Huston24 Aug 2013, 3:02 PM PST0

Troubled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has finally agreed to quit his office, but not before claiming that his ouster was a “lynching.” Filner agreed to vacate the Mayor’s office after reaching an agreement in a closed-door session with the
by Warner Todd Huston24 Aug 2013, 6:54 AM PST0

Only hours before his fatal car accident, journalist Michael Hastings allegedly told a neighbor he thought his car had been tampered with. Hastings was killed on June 18 when the Mercedes he was driving slammed into a tree in Los
by Warner Todd Huston23 Aug 2013, 2:58 PM PST0

As his visit to Auburn, New York wound down, many in the area expected President Obama to make a swing over to the Harriet Tubman Home. Unfortunately, Obama skipped the home of the famous former slave to the “outrage” of
by Warner Todd Huston23 Aug 2013, 2:01 PM PST0

A recent guest on PBS Newshour was rather blunt on the campaign against second-hand smoke, saying that there is very little evidence that second-hand smoke is bad for you. Further, he added, the whole campaign against smoking has nothing at
by Warner Todd Huston22 Aug 2013, 6:12 PM PST0

After several Tweets about the high unemployment rates for blacks in the deep blue cities of Chicago and Los Angeles, MSNBC commentator Touré blamed “slavery” for the poor stats. After two Tweets on August 21 noting the high unemployment rates
by Warner Todd Huston22 Aug 2013, 6:10 PM PST0

Kevin Drum of the hard left magazine Mother Jones is shocked to have found that there really is a cult of Obama out there. In an August 19 blog post headlined “The Great Emo-Prog vs. O-Bot Debate,” Drum was absolutely
by Warner Todd Huston22 Aug 2013, 5:25 PM PST0

Yahoo has reversed its steady two-year decline in unique page views, besting Google’s traffic for the first time since 2011. Yahoo came out on top of Google for July according to comScore, a service that tracks unique visitors to U.S.
by Warner Todd Huston22 Aug 2013, 11:22 AM PST0