Check out this interview courtesy of ReasonTV to inform yourself on Europe’s current “austerity” debate and what it could mean for America. Just how wise is the wisdom of liberal Paul Krugman? From Nobel laureate Paul Krugman to the free-market-friendly
Stephen was tired. Tired of writing, tired of the expectations, just tired of the whole thing. How many times could he go to the well? “I don’t have an ending again,” he thought bitterly. “One more golden idea that turns
Tina Brown, whose massive losses at Newsweek and the Daily Beast are a matter of public ridicule, stepped up to the microphone at National Public Radio this morning in an attack on the late Andrew Breitbart that revealed why she and her mainstream
Bryant Gumbel told The Daily Beast he was “embarrassed” that Sarah Palin guest-hosted the “Today” show. “[Hosts] used to be judged not just on their popularity level but the extent to which they were capable of interviewing someone or reporting
In the delusional world of David R. Dow, columnist for the Daily Beast, ruling against Obamacare is an impeachable offense. He wrote as much today: In the end, however, it is the duty of the people to protect the Constitution
According to Howard Kurtz at The Daily Beast, near the end of his Current TV tenure, Keith Olbermann was channeling a combination of Howard Hughes and the Gerber Baby, as opposed to some latter day Walter Winchell–though the fledgling network, Gore’s
The Daily Beast has sunk to a new low. A column written by Kent Sepkowitz poisonously attacks former Vice-President Dick Cheney’s heart transplant. Sepkowitz makes no bones about the fact that he wants Cheney dead: We all woke up Sunday
From the Daily Beast: Dana Loesch, the Tea Party pundit/media star, was discovered by the late Andrew Breitbart. Tricia Romano talks to her about her move to the right, feminism, and Twitter fights. She likes Ministry and the Cure, and
As expected, there’s all kinds of analysis surrounding Friday’s cancellation of Rosie O’Donnell’s OWN talk show. You can read some of it for yourself here, here, and here. Some of this analysis is what you would call exhaustive, especially “The
Rosie O’Donnell put the final nail in the coffin of her “Queen of Nice” persona with her antics behind the scenes at “The Rosie Show.” The program, meant to boost the flailing OWN network, got canceled on Friday. And now
Andrew Breitbart appeared on Fox Business’ “Power and Money” to discuss the latest Daily Beast interview with George Soros. Soros is reported to have “gleefully” said that the “Occupy” movement would cause riots and violence in the streets. Breitbart said
It seems like only yesterday Newsweek was sold to the highest bidder for $1.00. Of course a sweetheart deal like that had to have a catch, in this case the buyer’s assumption of the liabilities on Newsweek’s balance sheet. In
At the same time hacker group Anonymous was hacking Stratfor Global Intelligence and now a second veterans’ owned website which sells military-inspired merchandise, giving part of their proceeds to charity, they were also circulating what they call “a snapshot of
Asra Q. Nomani in The Daily Beast: As an American Muslim consumer, I can say that I’ll likely buy the lumber for my son’s treehouse at Lowe’s, and I’ll switch from Expedia to Kayak. I like the company’s common sense.
CNN’s Howard Kurtz stretched the definition of “conservative” when he introduced his Daily Beast colleague Andrew Sullivan as one on “Reliable Sources.” Sullivan went on to explain to Kurtz that he is the true conservative compared to the Republican Party
Rather than deny or attempt to defend allegations regarding insider trading in congress made in Peter Schweizer’s new book “Throw Them All Out,” Nancy Pelosi and left-wing propaganda house Media Matters have instead attacked Schweizer as a conservative, partisan author.
In an email dated January 27, 2011, Joe McGinniss, author of The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, says that Random House lawyers have told him he has provided nothing more than “tawdry gossip” to substantiate “any of the
Richard Wolffe is a Daily Beast columnist and an award-winning journalist. He covered the entire length of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign for Newsweek magazine. He has also written two books about Obama and was granted unprecedented access to the president.
Kinky Friedman in The Daily Beast: Rick Perry has never lost an election; I’ve never won one. Maybe that’s what’s wrong with the world. On the other hand, I’ve long been friends with Bill Clinton and George W., and Rick
Here is a message I sent out to my list via email yesterday: Incredibly, all the items below are talking about the same Newsweek poll! Even more incredibly, to buttress his Pollyannaish fantasy, the Atlantic guy links to the Newsweek
Ever since Tina Brown took the helm at Newsweek she has been courting controversy. The magazine, acquired for a dollar last year, has been shrinking in physical size, circulation and relevance since Brown took over. If there’s one thing she
As if what’s become known as Weinergate couldn’t get any more reckless, dishonest and irresponsible, thanks to Dan Abram’s Mediate, along comes the Daily Beast to add ignorance to dishonesty with a short item it obviously put no intelligent thought
Well, here we go. Michele Bachmann’s impressive performance at Monday’s GOP Presidential debate, followed by her formal campaign launch, have kicked lefty smear merchants into gear, as evidenced by Michelle Goldberg’s latest piece in the Daily Beast. Titled “Bachmann’s Unrivaled
I have always wondered who made Howard Kurtz the arbiter of Reliable Sources, but in Weinergate, we are reminded that Kurtz’s ability to discern them is very much in question. For that matter, so is CNN’s. It has never been
As John Nolte points out here, The Daily Beast/Newseek’s Andrew Sullivan — with the help of some MSM allies — is always on the lookout to weaponize Sarah Palin’s own children as political weapons against her. It’s an obscene tactic
