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On the Free Market, Morality, and Dog Meat

On the Free Market, Morality, and Dog Meat

American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks makes the argument that if conservatives do not argue for the free enterprise system in moral terms, they might as well try to convince liberals, who think it is an immoral system, to eat

Q1 Subscription Streaming Sales Up Incredible 545%

Q1 Subscription Streaming Sales Up Incredible 545%

While overall home video spending increased 2.5% in the first quarter of 2012. There is no good news here for Hollywood — at least the Hollywood terrified of streaming and Redbox: The Digital Entertainment Group may suggest that the period of

American Beat: When Your Book Sucks…

American Beat: When Your Book Sucks…

FROM SENIOR MANAGEMENT: With today’s column by U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter, we begin a new initiative at the Breitbart News Network: weekly commentary by prominent figures in their fields on issues, events, and trends they feel relevant to the public

Grown-Up Boys Back For More 'Pie'

Grown-Up Boys Back For More 'Pie'

Thirteen years after “American Pie,” the adolescents from the worldwide hit movie are back for a fourth helping, still tempted by the juicy bits despite having grown up, somewhat, in the meantime. Released in 1999, the original was the latest

Thursday Call Sheet: Get Ready for 'Raging Bull 2'

Thursday Call Sheet: Get Ready for 'Raging Bull 2'

READER QUESTIONS REGARDING STREAMING/CORD-CUTTING Lots of good comments and questions from my piece from yesterday, which is linked above: Could you describe your version of movie/TV/online/etc utopia from a consumer purchase and user experience point of view?  Love your …

DC theater to restage Apple-bashing show in summer

DC theater to restage Apple-bashing show in summer

BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON – A Washington theater is apologizing for calling a one-man show that purported to show horrific working conditions at Chinese factories that made Apple products a work of nonfiction. Performer Mike Daisey was recently forced

Will Media Apologize For Pushing False Apple Story?

Will Media Apologize For Pushing False Apple Story?

When it broke, the Old Media was all over Mike Daisey’s story of the horrid working conditions at Apple Computer’s foreign manufacturing plants. The story had oppressed workers, pathos, and best of all, eeevil corporate greed. Daisey was well on

Actor Who Slandered Apple Gets Standing Ovation

Actor Who Slandered Apple Gets Standing Ovation

The left is once again embracing anti-capitalist lies, even after those lies have been proved false. This time, the tip of the spear is Mike Daisey, the actor who stars in an off-Broadway show about the life of Steve Jobs.

NPR Retracts Fabricated Apple Story

NPR Retracts Fabricated Apple Story

The left-wing media had a bad day yesterday. Both NPR and the NY Times are implicated in significant journalistic fraud aimed at hurting the reputation of America’s largest corporation. It began this afternoon when NPR announced it was retracting an

Mediaite Spins for Soledad

Mediaite Spins for Soledad

Soledad O’Brien took a second bite at the Critical Race Theory apple this morning, bringing on law professor Dorothy Brown to once again claim that Joel Pollak’s description of CRT was unfounded. Tommy Christopher at Mediaite seized on the video

Wiki at War

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by James Carafano to discuss cyber warfare, social networking in a turbulent political age, and cyber crimes and terrorism.

Is Mitt Romney a Closet Keynesian?

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech and Francis Cianfrocca are joined by Daniel Mitchell to discuss the problem with Europe’s idea of “austerity,” Mitt Romney’s Keynesian beliefs, and why American companies are

America's Forgotten Founders

[audio: http://www.coffeeandmarkets.com/CoffeeandMarkets022212.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Professor Mark David Hall to discuss his book–co-authored by Gary Gregg–America’s Forgotten Founders, the lesser known Founding Fathers and their contributions

Obama's Energy Policy is Hurting the American Dream

[audio: http://www.coffeeandmarkets.com/CoffeeandMarkets022112.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by David Holt to Obama’s hostile energy policy, the critical importance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and how a growing energy industry

Cherry Tree Books: American Stories for America's Kids

Cherry Tree Books: American Stories for America's Kids

When did “The Mickey Mouse Club” get replaced with “Glee?” It’s getting more and more difficult for American parents to shield their children from negative influences and raise them with traditional American values. Barnes & Noble offers thousands of titles,

Geithner Admits Obama Has No Plan to Solve US Debt Crisis

[audio: http://www.coffeeandmarkets.com/CoffeeandMarkets021712.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the deteriorating situation in Greece, Tim Geithner’s testimony before Paul Ryan, and Obama’s missing plan for debt

Creepy: Google Bypasses Apple Browser's Privacy Settings

Not just Google, but other advertising companies as well: Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Inc.’s Web browser on their iPhones and computers–tracking the Web-browsing habits of people who