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An American World Service?

The cover story in the current issue of Columbia Journalism Review is this article by Columbia University president Lee Bollinger calling for an American ‘World Service’: ” … a media institution with sufficient funding to bring the highest-quality American journalism

The Downgrade On Obama

So, it’s hard to judge this downgrade, because it’s like getting a report card from a drunk teacher. I mean – If these agencies were so smart, why didn’t they do it sooner? As Dana Vachon tweeted to me, Where

Smokin' Tea: Does It Count If You Don't Inhale?

Don’t you just love it when a political figure opens up his or her mouth and out comes STUPID? Unfortunately, the blubbering of absolute absurdity happens on the left AND the right, but former DNC chairman Howard Dean, appearing this

The Stunning Demonization of Fiscal Responsibility

Just when you thought the Progressive Movement could be more deeply invested in denial, now comes the absurd notion that somehow, the TEA Party Movement, whose pinnacle tenet is fiscal responsibility; which has devoutly insisted that the federal government cease

Dems New Spin: 'The Tea Party Downgrade'

Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod on CBS’ “Face the Nation” lead a new propaganda push against the Tea Party movement. First they were “astro-turf”, then racist, then stupid, then violent,

Journey to 'Fear of a Black Republican'

Being a filmmaker who happens to be Republican, I had long considered making a documentary about why there are so few Republicans where I live and what that means in a city with an African American-majority population and Democratic Party-controlled

Pot, Meet Kettle: Roseanne Calls Palin a 'Traitor'

In a recent appearance on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, Roseanne Barr unintentionally proved the validity of Forrest Gump’s maxim, “stupid is as stupid does.” She did so initially by accusing Sarah Palin of being “a traitor to this country.” This

Biden: I'd Rather See START Fail Than Be Delayed Until Next Year

A sign of desperation, or further evidence that Joe Biden continues to suffer from logic deficiencies? Remember, Biden supports START. From Foreign Policy: “Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry (D-MA), in a press conference today, said that Vice President

The Tea Party vs. the Ruling Class

A talk Before a Tea Party rally sponsored by the Cecil County (Md.) Patriots in Elkton, Md., 10/23/10 Twenty months ago, on February 19, 2009, business reporter Rick Santelli of CNBC took to the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Who You Calling Extreme?

In politics, there is an old adage that if they are not shooting at you, you are irrelevant. If so, you may well be able to judge the relevancy of someone by the amount of fire they are drawing. A

Adult Swim: A Republic Is for Grown-ups

“The middle class is still treading water, while those aspiring to reach the middle class are doing everything they can to keep from drowning.” –President Barack Obama, 8 September 2010 Bad metaphors bring bad policies. During the Great Depression Americans

Jane Fonda: Once a Traitor, Always a Traitor

When I read that 72-year old Jane Fonda was about to release two new workout DVDs “geared to the 100 million Baby Boomers and older adults,” two words kept popping into my head: “Hanoi Jane.” (I had a similar experience

START: A Treaty in Trouble

Chairman John Kerry wrote his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today advising them that he was postponing for at least six weeks the panel’s “mark-up” of the resolution of ratification of the so-called New START Treaty. This is

FCC to Congress: 'Whatever'

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently hit a major stumbling block in its effort to impose net neutrality via the “reclassification” of broadband services. Following months of civil rights groups, artists, and a major union voicing their opposition to net

Obama's Gulf of Energy Tax Illogic

For those of you who watched “Hannity” on Fox News last night and wondered why an “eco-entrepreneur” was left to address President Obama’s claim that the Gulf spill just means we need his cap-n-trade scheme, with no other guest, it

Global Warming: The Issue Is Not the Issue

So about two weeks ago Sen. John Kerry, a lead author of the looming Kerry-Graham-Lieberman global warming/cap-and-trade legislation said about his bill, to disassociate from Earth Day loopiness: This is not an environment bill. No kidding. No one on the

The Kerry-BP 'Energy Refund' Bill

E&E Daily reports that, speaking before a lobbying group gathered to promote more ethanol-style boondoggles (but for windmills), “Sen. John Kerry is predicting widespread support from electric utilities, chemical companies and Big Oil as he enters his seventh month of