Quinnipiac University historically has been one of the more reliable pollsters. It’s proved generally accurate, since it uses samples that match realistic assumptions about the electorate. But a funny thing happened when Quinnipiac teamed up with the New York Times
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been trying to ban guns for years, and after the theater shooting in Aurora CO, he stepped up his efforts considerably. His goals now seem to be ending gun shows and online ammo sales, and he
The mainstream media have increasingly fallen victim to pranks and hackings over the last several months. The outcome has been a general readership that has repeatedly believed false statements presented by imposters as truth. The incidents pose some disturbing and
Judicial Watch has been confident for some time that the evidence shows that political appointees at the Holder Department of Justice (DOJ) were involved in the decision to abandon the DOJ’s own voter intimidation lawsuit against the New Black Panther
Dan Cathy, the CEO of Chick-fil-A, recently responded to a question as to whether he supports “traditional” marriage. His answer, “We are very much supportive of the family, the biblical definition of the family unit.” Now I understand that Leviticus,
Cass Sunstein administered the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). Referred to as OIRA (Oh-eye-rah) in wonky academic circles, it is one of the most powerful behind-the-scenes jobs a person can have because it reviews nearly every regulation for
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are battling to paint each other as the crony-in-chief candidate. But the truth is, both candidates are awash in lobbyist money and connections. So far, Mitt Romney has refused to release the names of all
On what alternate universe will Democrats enjoy a D +19 turnout advantage over Republicans on election day? Well, that would be Planet Pew: The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted July
He’s got an iconic personal plane, a fortress-on-wheels armored car and lives in a historic home: so what do you get the President of the United States for his birthday? How about the state of Florida? President Barack Obama told
Reuters reports that Hamas is furious that a Palestinian who is an advisor to Mahmoud Abbas visited Auschwitz in July. Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said of Ziad al-Bandak’s visit, “It was an unjustified and unhelpful visit that served only
This week, CBS and The New York Times teamed up with Quinnipiac University to produce a poll of three key swing states: Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The media is loudly trumpeting that the polls show Obama with sizable leads in
The New York Times previewed a study on Monday that was later made public by the genealogy site, Ancestry.com, that suggests but does in no way definitely proves that Obama may be “descended from one of the first documented African
(AP) Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, diesBy HILLEL ITALIE and ANDREW DALTONAssociated PressLOS ANGELESGore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age
By ROBERT BARRAssociated PressLONDONBestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland’s most popular writers who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, died in Dublin after a brief illness, Irish media and national leaders said. She was 72 years old.
The Games have begun, in more ways than one. The opening ceremonies were broadcast on Friday evening. They began with forty-minutes of a British extravaganza that included dancing, fireworks and Mary Poppins (along with the Queen) dropping from the sky.
The Obama administration, trying to dig itself out of a hole with American Jews, just inadvertently dug itself in even deeper. Today, Mitt Romney spoke in Jerusalem, where he attributed Palestinian economic stagnation to cultural issues: Culture makes all the
The national polling numbers have not been good recently for President Obama. Many have him still ahead a point or two, but most of those use very questionable samples. Gallup’s latest 7-day tracking poll has the race tied. Rasmussen has
On Sunday morning, the New York Times found itself on the opposite – and embarrassing – end of an elaborate hoax when an op-ed piece seemingly authored by former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller appeared online and made
Now that Obamacare has jumped the hurdle of the Supreme Court, the New York Times has decided to give us the bad news: there are nowhere near enough doctors in the country, and the problems will get exponentially worse with
Breitbart News has learned that a central figure in the Jon Corzine/MF Global case seeking immunity from federal prosecutors, former MF Global treasurer Edith O’Brien, is represented by lawyer Reid Weingarten. What is the significance of this revelation? According to this 2008 New York Times article, Reid
The New York Times is reporting that Al Qaeda wants to link their “insurgency in Iraq with the revolution in Syria.” To this end, the terror group is infiltrating opposition forces, particularly the Free Syrian Army, thus bringing suicide bombings to the fore
Any untimely death is tragic. “The world,” as Ernest Hemingway wrote in A Farewell to Arms, “kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially.” Most of the 2.5 million Americans who die each year succumb
When President Obama sent US military forces into Libya in the spring of 2011 for a war that was supposed to last “days, not weeks,” there were major problems. Central to these problems, was the fact that he did not
In an article today on the upcoming Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL, Colin Moynihan of the New York Times alleges that Breitbart News’ Brandon Darby, who turned FBI informant and prevented left-wing activists from attacking the 2008 convention with
Ross Douthat is a conservative columnist at The New York Times, and a very good one. Today, he took issue with the “Dark Knight Rises” review I published over the weekend, calling it “equally preposterous” to a Salon review that declared
