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ABC Chicago Ignores GOP Candidates from IL-02 Race Coverage

Saturday, ABC Chicago inaccurately reported fifteen of the 22 democratic candidates** took part in a candidate forum for the 2nd congressional district special election to replace former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.  Here is ABC’s Coverage: So what’s the problem? For starters

ABC Chicago Ignores GOP Candidates from IL-02 Race Coverage

An Obama Earmark Comes Back to Haunt Him in Chicago

One of President Barack Obama’s earmarks has come back to haunt him–a $100,000 state grant that he obtained for a community garden in Englewood, on Chicago’s South Side, while he served in the state legislature. Like other Obama earmarks and

An Obama Earmark Comes Back to Haunt Him in Chicago

Media Spin Obama's Fiscal Insanity into Victory

After a week’s vacation during which every day was spent waking at the crack of noon to ensure the TV was in good operating condition, I returned to work this morning only to discover that the elated celebratory mood the

Media Spin Obama's Fiscal Insanity into Victory

Six-Year Old Suspended from School for Saying 'Pow'

A six-year-old student at Roscoe R. Nix Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, was suspended the week before Christmas break because he made a gun with his hand and said “pow” while playing with another student. This is a direct

Six-Year Old Suspended from School for Saying 'Pow'

Polls: NRA More Popular than Obama, Media

A Gallup poll conducted in the wake of the Connecticut shooting shows that the NRA is viewed more favorably than Obama or the Mainstream Media. This is astounding when you think of the concerted effort by Democrats and MSM talking

Polls: NRA More Popular than Obama, Media

NPR's Words of the Year Target Republicans, of Course

National Public Radio, continuing the mainstream media practice of year-end lists that target Republicans, discussed contenders for the American Dialect Society’s “Words of the Year” today, including three neologisms that targeted Republicans and the Romney/Ryan campaign in particular–and none against

NPR's Words of the Year Target Republicans, of Course

In 2012, Occupy Wall Street Succeeded by Failing

Measured by any number of metrics, the Occupy Wall Street movement has been a dismal failure. After blowing through hundreds of thousands of dollars and losing their encampments nationwide, they have been living in exile for most of 2012, and

In 2012, Occupy Wall Street Succeeded by Failing

World View: Asians Talk About War Between China and Japan

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Gun Control versus 3D printing Asians increasingly talk about war between China and Japan Gun Control versus 3D printing Supposedly the world’s first 3D-printed gun In my article yesterday, “26-Dec-12 World View — Andrew

World View: Asians Talk About War Between China and Japan

The Tea Party Has Not Yet Begun to Fight

If the Tea Party has been weakened by the November election, why are the mainstream media expending so much effort attacking it?  The latest attempt is today’s front-page article by the New York Times, which alleges that the Tea Party

The Tea Party Has Not Yet Begun to Fight

World View: Andrew Sullivan and the Gun Control Fantasy

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The Gun Control Fantasy Andrew Sullivan’s proposed solution to gun violence The Metastasis of Corruption and Violence The Gun Control Fantasy Gun control is one of those issues that politicians use to bash eachother

World View: Andrew Sullivan and the Gun Control Fantasy

How the Palestinian Grinch Stole Christmas

Every year, with depressing regularity, Palestinian leaders use Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem as an opportunity to bash Israel–and the international media eagerly plays along.  This year, Agence France-Presse touts Christmas as an extra special occasion because “Palestine” has a new

How the Palestinian Grinch Stole Christmas

Are We Going to Avoid Reality in the Gun Control Debate?

One of the disappointing byproducts of the inconceivably brutal horror in Newtown, Connecticut was the sneering self-righteousness disseminated immediately by those attempting to advance ideological arguments and score political points. Of all the great tragedies in America over the past

Are We Going to Avoid Reality in the Gun Control Debate?

NRA Speaks, Announces New Effort to Protect Schools

In a much anticipated press conference, The National Rifle Association (NRA) announced today the creation of a new program to defend American schoolchildren from the plague of madmen and mass murderers that has manifested in many nations in recent years,

NRA Speaks, Announces New Effort to Protect Schools

Mental Illness Expert: How to Prevent Future Sandy Hook-Type Tragedies

While the mainstream media reflexively tries to focus all discussions about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre around gun control, mental illness expert D.J. Jaffe, who directs the Mental Illness Policy Organization, wrote a compelling article about steps federal and state governments

Mental Illness Expert: How to Prevent Future Sandy Hook-Type Tragedies

One Priest for Comfort After the Incomprehensible

Quite often when the mainstream media covers religion, it is designed to find flaws in those institutions. As often as not, with the Catholic Church the MSM focuses on sexual misconduct by priests. But in the aftermath of the Newtown

One Priest for Comfort After the Incomprehensible

Complicity of Silence: Media Condones Violence and Racism

A predominantly white mob calls a black man named Clint Tarver a “nigger” and “Uncle Tom” as they physically demolish his business. This violence is caught on video, the victim has told his story, and plenty of witnesses exist. Moreover,

Complicity of Silence: Media Condones Violence and Racism

GOP Drift Losing 'Cliff' Message Battle

Almost every day, President Obama meets with some new slice of the American public to pitch his side in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. Business leaders, unions, governors, state lawmakers, etc. have all been courted as part of Obama’s push for

GOP Drift Losing 'Cliff' Message Battle

MSNBC's Matthews: Media Too Biased Toward Right

On Wednesday night’s “Hardball,” MSNBC host Chris Matthews asserted that the mainstream media’s reporting was too favorable of the Republican Party.   According to Matthews, the media failed to report fairly on the presidential election and the biggest story that,

MSNBC's Matthews: Media Too Biased Toward Right

Poll: Christie Leads GOP in Favorability with Hispanics

A national survey found Hispanics have a more favorable view of Sarah Palin than Marco Rubio.  According to a recent Public Policy Polling (PPP) poll, 31% of Hispanics have a favorable view of Palin. Only 24% have a favorable view of Rubio.  After

Poll: Christie Leads GOP in Favorability with Hispanics

Ten Reasons Why November's Jobs Report Is Dismal

Whether broadcast or online, all around the mainstream media today, there’s a bacchanalia in progress over today’s jobs numbers. 146,000 new jobs! 7.7% unemployment! Recovery! Success!  America was right to reelect Obama! Whoo-hoo, v-i-n-d-i-c-a-t-i-o-n!  And yet, all it would take

Ten Reasons Why November's Jobs Report Is Dismal