Icons are not always heroes. Heroes usually are not icons but simple, everyday folks who often give their “last full measure of devotion,” as Lincoln referred to the Gettysburg Civil War dead. Our culture suffers from mis-directed hero worship. Idolizing
For the second time in two weeks, the Occupy Albany movement has announced an event in which they will voice support and heap praise upon a man serving time for murder. The group somehow manages to completely gloss over their
Only in education could you demand a higher pay for churning out an inferior product, but that’s just what the Chicago teachers unions want for doing the jobs they were paid to do, according to the Chicago Tribune. Mayor Rahm Emanuel might
Controversy has been stirring over a tweet that Jodi Rudoren, the incoming New York Times bureau chief in Jerusalem, sent to anti-Israel activist Ali Abunimah this week: As Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic notes, Abunimah “is a player in extremist circles.” That’s a fair assessment. The Chicago-based
In his New York Times bestselling book, Throw Them All Out, Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer revealed how members of Congress enrich themselves and their relatives using earmarks and insider information. Now, the Washington Post, following in Schweizer’s footsteps, has conducted a study that found 16 members
Last Friday, I interviewed Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ) about the media’s non-coverage of Operation Fast and Furious. I brought up Charlie Savage from The New York Times, and Gosar’s communications director told me she had spoken to and exchanged emails with
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Houston’s
Obama’s Alinsky-Style Power Analysis New York Times columnist Jodi Kantor’s book, The Obamas, tries very, very hard to paint a sympathetic picture of her eponymous subject matter–she gets her digs in against the supposedly racist tea party everywhere she can–but every once and a
Historian Robert Kagan is calling out Barack Obama for his reading comprehension skills, telling the President his multilateral foreign policy will actually ensure an America in decline. In private meetings, Obama has reportedly been using Kagan’s new book to rebut
Occupy Albany has announced an event in March called, The Weather Underground Meets Occupy Wall Street. The event will be held March 3rd, and is co-sponsored by The Sanctuary For Independent Media and the Albany Social Justice Center. It is
Attorney General Eric Holder needs to send Charlie Savage at The New York Times a huge box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day. The NYT is the biggest cheerleader for Mr. Holder and this entire administration. We all know how well
Veteran actor Ben Gazzara, best known for his collaborations with director John Cassavetes, has died at 81 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. From The New York Times: Mr. Gazzara studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in Manhattan,
I take no pleasure in the misery of others, but as someone who recognizes that the mainstream media is the arch-villain in the fight for human liberty and the survival of an America that doesn’t resemble a European socialist country
I think Attorney General Eric Holder needs to send Charlie Savage at The New York Times and Sari Horwitz at The Washington Post a huge box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day! They are the biggest cheerleaders for Mr. Holder and
In May 2010, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg posited that the individual who packed a Nissan Pathfinder full of explosives and parked it in Times Square was likely a homegrown American “with a political agenda who doesn’t like the
After ten years of nearly constant derision, complacency toward force protection, and convenient ignorance of policies that have caused death and injury to thousands of American Servicemen, The New York Times took the time to write about the loss of
On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) fired a frontal assault on the Obama Administration when he took to the floor of the Senate to offer a series of amendments to the congressional insider trading bill known as the STOCK (Stop
Eight years and three months ago, I wrote a column inspired by the furor over statements by General William Boykin attesting to the religious dimension of the so-called war on terror. The thought that there might be a religious dimension
Remember this? Yes, last Friday night the DOJ dumped documents on Congress about Fast and Furious. Anyone with an ounce of common sense & critical thinking skills would come to the conclusion based on the emails between Monty Wilkinson, Attorney
Today, The New York Times released a chart purporting to compare what the candidates made and gave away in 2010. This is a bit like comparing apples to oranges, because the New York Times, like a lot of liberals, compares
Four months ago, when I published the article “Nature Journal Discredits Global Warming” at Big Government stating that the Nature Journal of Science, ranked as the world’s most cited scientific periodical, had published the “definitive study” rebuking Anthropogenic (man-made) Global
Four months ago, when I published the article “Nature Journal Discredits Global Warming” in Big Government stating that the Nature Journal of Science, ranked as the world’s most cited scientific periodical, had published the “definitive study” rebuking Anthropogenic (man-made) Global
Oh look! The Justice Department decides to dump 500 pages on Congress on a Friday night! If they really want to be secretive or different they’d choose to dump documents on a Tuesday night. We’re almost looking forward to Friday
It’s always the little things that make me miss George W. Bush. Yes, his public profligacy gave us Obama, which in turn gave us the Tea Party. New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor’s book, The Obamas, makes me love him
Media outlets didn’t cover March For Life while it happened, despite knowing it was going to happen and hundreds of thousands of people there. News outlets do have stories on it now, but of course the number of people there
