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Struggling WaPo Considers Online Paywall

Struggling WaPo Considers Online Paywall

The Washington Post is poised to initiate a paywall in 2013. The Post is one of the last major American papers to look into putting some parts of its publication behind a subscriber-only Internet screen. The Wall Street Journal reports

Tapper to Carney: Has Obama Seen 'The Devil Wears Prada'?

Tapper to Carney: Has Obama Seen 'The Devil Wears Prada'?

ABC’s Jake Tapper asks what sounds like a “gotcha,” but in actuality, it’s a good question: — — Ed Morrissey: Still, one would think that having some sense of personal diplomacy might matter, especially for more important assignments like the

'Capitalism,' 'Socialism' Tie for Word of Year

'Capitalism,' 'Socialism' Tie for Word of Year

Merriam-Webster has announced its most looked-up words for 2012, reporting that “capitalism” and “socialism” tied for the top query. We can likely thank Barack Obama for this pairing of most looked-up words as people flocked to the Merriam-Webster site to

WaPo's Jennifer Rubin: 'Good Riddance' to DeMint

WaPo's Jennifer Rubin: 'Good Riddance' to DeMint

Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post is supposed to be that outlet’s in-house conservative. But like David Brooks of the New York Times, she’s actually a liberal Republican posing as a conservative. After spending the better part of two years

Ann Coulter: Capitulate to Obama on Taxes

Ann Coulter: Capitulate to Obama on Taxes

“You sound like Obama!” Sean Hannity exclaimed to Ann Coulter after his incredulous interview with the conservative firebrand last night on Fox News (watch the video below). Coulter had just finished explaining her assertion that the Republicans in the House

New York Times Admits Reaganomics Worked

New York Times Admits Reaganomics Worked

After 30 years, The New York Times has admitted that Reaganomics worked. The inadvertent revelation comes in a November 29th article by Binyamin Appelbaum chronicling the steadily falling tax burden Americans have experienced since the 1980s. AEI columnist James Pethokoukis notes that the

Kristol: GOP Should 'Acquiesce' to Obama

Kristol: GOP Should 'Acquiesce' to Obama

William Kristol, Editor of the Weekly Standard, seems to have decided that retreat is the way forward for the Republican Party. In a new editorial, the Fox commentator essentially advises the GOP to throw in the towel on the fiscal

Plagiarist Zakaria Lands $85k Speaking Gig

Plagiarist Zakaria Lands $85k Speaking Gig

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria has landed a lucrative speaking bureau gig, despite having brought shame upon the network for having plagiarized others’ hard work. Royce Carlton, a premiere and exclusive speakers bureau, has taken Zakaria on as a speaker and trumpeted

How the Media Punks Readers with Polls

How the Media Punks Readers with Polls

Did you know that anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist has a 25% higher approval rating than New York Times statistician Nate Silver. More bad news for Silver: he’s trusted by less than half the number of Americans that trust the Gallup

Media Damaging Private Businesses to Protect Obamacare

Media Damaging Private Businesses to Protect Obamacare

Darden Restaurants is in trouble with consumers for its attitude toward Obamacare thanks to the efforts of the media to protect President Obama’s business-killing healthcare law.  Darden, a major restaurant chain that owns the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants, protested

Media Ignore Obama Imperial Power Grabs

Media Ignore Obama Imperial Power Grabs

Keith Koffler says… “President Obama is already busy concocting new power grabs.” That’s plural: “grabs.” He wants to remove a portion of the power of the purse from Congress by granting himself the ability to raise the debt ceiling, subject to

Costas: Guns Wouldn't Have Stopped 'Dark Knight Rises' Massacre

Costas: Guns Wouldn't Have Stopped 'Dark Knight Rises' Massacre

Last night, Bob Costas offered a mealy-mouthed apology to anyone who misunderstood his now-infamous NFL-halftime anti-gun rant and then launched into yet another illogical and nonsensical assault against gun-ownership. The most outrageous and bizarre point he makes, though, involves his

Costas: Anti-Gun Comments Were 'Mistake'

Costas: Anti-Gun Comments Were 'Mistake'

After a player for the Kansas City Chiefs killed his girlfriend and then himself, NBC Sportscaster Bob Costas took time out of his Sunday Night Football broadcast to deliver what critics called an attack on the Second Amendment of the

Anna Wintour to Be a U.S. Ambassador?

Anna Wintour to Be a U.S. Ambassador?

News broke today that President Obama is considering offering the position of the next U.S. Ambassadorship to Great Britain to Anna Wintour, the editor of fashion magazine Vogue. This caused at least one Brit to call the whole idea “ludicrous.”

Report: Fox News Shelves Rove

Report: Fox News Shelves Rove

Karl Rove, the head of the much-maligned SuperPAC American Crossroads and former Bush senior advisor, has been shelved by Fox News, according to New York Magazine. Roger Ailes, head of Fox News, is reportedly rethinking the branding of the network

Poll: Repubs Getting Massacred in Media Cliff Debate

Poll: Repubs Getting Massacred in Media Cliff Debate

You know, it’s tough to fight the media on behalf of conservatism when those elected to institute and protect conservatism have no skills whatsoever when it comes to articulating and defending our ideas. According to this new poll, House Republicans might