(AP) Panetta: Awaiting plans to draw down Afghan surgeBy ROBERT BURNSAP National Security WriterWASHINGTONDefense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday he was awaiting details from Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, on his plan for bringing home the remaining
On Monday, reporter Greg Warmoth of WFTV asked President Barack Obama what he thought about the GOP claim popularized by Newt Gingrich that, if elected, the price of gas could be brought down to $2.50 a gallon. ‘Your opponents say they can
A film critic should never pick fights with their peers. On paper, that’s sound advice. Film taste is subjective, and it’s wonderful that two critics can watch the same movie and emerge with wildly different views. Neither is wrong, and
According to a regulatory filing on Friday, a former New York Times CEO was paid a total of almost $24 million after she left the newspaper last year. Janet Robinson, who spent 28 years with the company still has not
Has anyone ever before seen the corrupt media work so hard for so many days to push back on what they’re telling the world is a non-story? For a “non-story,” the media sure has used up an awful lot of
(Reuters) – Former New York Times Co (NYT.N) Chief Executive Janet Robinson received a total payout of nearly $24 million after she left the newspaper publisher at the end of last year, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. Robinson,
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 8 (UPI) —At least nine Afghan police officers were killed in their beds after a guard allegedly allowed Taliban insurgents past a security checkpoint, officials said. The guard, who was being sought, was a member of the
It’s been established that Barack Obama counseled his fellow Harvard law students to open up their hearts and minds to Derrick Bell because he was speaking “truth.” A 1990 New York Times book review of Bell’s “And We Are Not Saved The Elusive Quest for Racial
When Joel Surnow announced he would be producing a miniseries based on the Kennedy family, the media world went ballistic. Surnow, who is of course well known as the man behind “24” and a conservative, became the target of the
There are three “M’”s that Mitt Romney’s consultants know determine his plausibility as a candidate: Massachusetts, millionaire, and Mormonism. The first M is a liability in the primary, where Romney will try to be the rare Massachusetts conservative (he has
Immediately after Andrew Breitbart’s now infamous moment at CPAC 2012 where he addressed the black-mask clad Occupy protesters and demanded they stop raping people and covering up rapes, progressive media exploded at the opportunity to paint Breitbart as “drunk.” Unbeknownst
Never one to allow a dead horse to go unbeaten, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd pulls out her riding crop in her latest piece. Of course, I am referring to the unending stream of pusillanimous propaganda about Republicans hating sex and women that
With Season Two of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” starting on April 1st, this is a good time to review the series to give you a chance to catch up. Bottom line, “Thrones” is a gripping series, but you have to
Sen. Rick Santorum appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show today and responded to New York Times editor Bill Keller’s claim that he wants a “Christian Shariah” here in America.
Oklahoma’s Republican primary will be held on March 6, 2012, otherwise known as Super Tuesday. Other primaries that day include Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. Ohio’s 66 delegates will be awarded proportionally. Latest polls
As I wrote last week, global warming leftist Peter Gleick recently stole and falsified documents from the free market Heartland Institute in order to try to smear the Institute. One of the more egregiously forged portions of the documents that Gleick turned
One of the more interesting things of this campaign cycle has been that Mitt Romney, the take-charge private equity CEO, is actually quite a cautious politician. Despite poor performances in key states, Romney hasn’t fired any of his top consultants.
Hollywood loves whistle blowers. Every year, several highly-acclaimed features emerge from the bowels of Tinseltown, telling the stories of some put-upon liberals who see the light and learn to rage against the machine. There’s only one problem: Hollywood is the
Remember when the Bowles-Simpson commission came out with its much-ballyhooed report on how to decrease the deficit? Remember when President Obama rejected that plan? Well, now that he’s up for re-election, the press is trying to explain that he’s ready
The Wrap:Raise your hand if you expected a blackface controversy at this year’s Oscars. Host Billy Crystal’s opening montage featured the bizarre inclusion of his Sammy Davis Jr. character during a “Midnight in Paris” tribute that also featured Justin Bieber.
Remember when Charles Blow of The New York Times was fussing about the tea party’s supposed racism? Blow called the Dallas Tea Party “a minstrel show,” and a “bizarre spoof of a 1980s Benetton ad.” He sneered, “It was a farce … It’s almost all
Wow. Déclassé. And I’m not even a Romney fan. From NRO: We just witnessed ESPN firing an employee for using the phrase “chink in the armor” in a headline about the New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin. While no one could prove a desire
Last week the media was flush with stories on the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. “embargo” of Cuba. From the New York Times to USA Today, most are running AP and Reuters stories (from Havana) which begin and end with
One of the Democratic Party’s top fundraisers and the co-chairman of the Democratic National Convention host-committee, Duke Energy Corp. CEO Jim Rogers, contributed more than $210,000 to Democrats since 2008 and saw his company receive $230.4 million in federal grants
The New York Times collaged the recent “conservative media filter” that Gov. Mitt Romney has wrestled with throughout his race in defining his message and refining his image.
