This Wednesday, Congress will have its first chance to look under the hood of the proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T. The Senate will hold a hearing on the deal, featuring representatives from AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Cellular South,
Those of the Left rarely like to admit or acknowledge that they are of the Left. Witness their repeated vacillations on what they call themselves. It was “progressive” – until people figured out what that meant and loathed it. So
Ynetnews, 4/24/11 1 killed, 5 injured in shooting near Nablus Group of Israelis heading to Joseph’s Tomb for prayers comes under Palestinian fire, which leaves one dead, five in serious to mild condition. IDF, PA investigating: Shooters believed to be
As you may have read, just the other day AT&T announced its intended purchase of T-Mobile for $39 billion. With the move, AT&T will be the largest mobile carrier in the nation, serving about 130 million Americans. Many factors likely
Three weeks after Senate Democrats fled the state, the Wisconsin State Senate passed the bulk of the Budget Repair Bill in a series of swift and deliberate moves Wednesday. Late in the afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and the
For a brief shining moment, the rule of law prevailed in Illinois. On Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court put a swift end to that, overruling the Appellate Court and determining that, notwithstanding the actual law, Rahm Emaneul is eligible to
American patriots, from Tea Parties to social democrats are being urged to show up as a ‘flash mob’– preferably with a red gag or bandanna over their mutually non-violent mouths — or at least to noise it up, in media
A concerned Blue Star Mother was told by a spokeswoman for Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) that Waxman “did not intend to assist insurgents” in Iraq when he provided a diplomatic letter in December 2004 to Code Pink’s parent organization Global
Recently in the New York Times, JFK speechwriter and adviser Ted Sorensen commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy/Nixon debates: “When Kennedy Met Nixon: The Real Story,” reads the op-ed’s title. Turns out, however, that the “real story” as “revealed”
“Let me address the FOX News Network…. two words. It’s all I need: “You lie”… Fox News is “essentially the voice of the Republican Party.” — Rick Sanchez, September 18, 2009 Americans of Cuban heritage are, in fact, the most
Lou Dobbs committed the ultimate sin—he made a stand on principle. For years Dobbs has fought against illegal immigration. He did it on CNN, he does it on his radio show. Now, the most leftist magazine out there, The Nation
Daniel Levy is the archetype of a media-friendly Middle East analyst. He has a pedigree of far left-wing government activism that allows journalists to label him a “veteran diplomat.” He’s available to turn convoluted geopolitical struggles into simplistic conspiracies, valorizing
Otherwise known as “political correctness.” Not just Geert Wilders is on trial in the Netherlands for the crime of “hate speech” — [youtube N6zzdNRysgs&feature nolink] — we all are: To quote Wilders: All there is to say has been said.
Chicago (AP) – Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton spoke publicly for the first time about the 2008 primary campaign, her political ambitions, and their personal relationship. Representatives for
Gotta love this guy: [youtube 7fHEqSG2KD0&feature nolink] Now there’s a debate we’d pay to see. Who do you think would win? Col. West? Or the Commander-in-Chief?
In what can only to be described as a throwback to the seventh century, Dutch Parliamentarian and anti-jihad warrior Geert Wilders was back in court Monday on specious “hate speech” charges filed by a corrupt, criminal dhimmi court in the
The Gallup polling agency has released its annual assessment of how Americans view the Old Media establishment and it isn’t good for the Old Media. Gallup found more people than ever have no trust in the Old Media (57 percent)
The lead article in Tuesday’s Washington Post declared in a big, bold headline: GOP Retains Edge as Elections Near. The sub-head added: Democrats Have Cut Into Lead. By early afternoon, however, the editors apparently changed their minds about the news
Guess what, the little cabal of journalists is being broken up. This is frightening news to most of those in the activist old media, but for somebody like myself who has worked in that media for 30 years, I welcome
Dick Blumenthal is a nasty piece of work, the NPR-voiced Attorney General of Connecticut and “Vietnam veteran” who thought he was going to waltz into the U.S. Senate by default. But a funny thing happened on the way to the
An audiotape has just emerged on the website of the Las Vegas Sun, capturing Sharron Angle, the Tea Party/Republican candidate, in private conversation with a third-party spoiler candidate Scott Ashjian: [audio: http://bigjournalism.com/files/2010/10/angle-v2.mp3] Some choice quotes: The Republicans have lost their
An audiotape has just emerged on the website of the Las Vegas Sun, capturing Sharron Angle, the Tea Party/Republican candidate, in private conversation with a third-party spoiler candidate, Scott Ashjian: You can listen to the audio here. Some choice quotes:
By now, the trash left behind at the Democrat “One Nation Working Together” near the Washington Monument has been cleared away—but a bunch of garbage remains. [youtube rNRR-8UxtHs nolink] For the last year and a half the left and their
Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself. … [I] hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There’s a
I am ashamed to admit that there is one thing the contemporary mainstream media does well. Having spent years studying politics, history, and language, I find it amazing that media is able to convince people to believe conflicting narratives. The
