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Obama's China Closet

I first interviewed the only man to successfully infiltrate the Weather Underground for the FBI – Larry Grathwohl – on November 2nd, 2008. It was two days before Barack Obama was elected president and what prompted that interview was a

Shirley Sherrod and Pigford: 'There is More to the Story….'

American Thinker offers some interesting background on Shirley Sherrod. The Thinker quotes from veteran Democrat Pol Willie Brown on her firing by the Obama Administration: “This past Sunday, in his weekly column for the San Francisco Chronicle, ‘Willie’s World,’ veteran

JournoList 2: the TownHouse Listserv?

It was a great week watching the left squirm with the Daily Caller’s release of the JournoList private emails. I bet a lot of you lefties had a tough time sleeping due to stress and trying to remember just what

The Obama Presidency: A House Divided

“A House Divided against itself cannot stand.” When Lincoln prophesied in such terms, he did so to a nation ruptured by the most violent political schism in its History. Thank providence A. Lincoln possessed the commanding charisma, and granite leadership

Teachers Unions Fail to Secure Pork for Public Employees

It appears the millions of dollars the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers spent electing President Obama and a Democratic Congress is turning out to be a bad investment, because the Democrats in power failed to deliver

JournoList: The View from 'Red Eye'

So, thanks to the Daily Caller, more emails are emerging from “Journolist,” that secret list of liberal media hacks – and guess what, they’re about Sarah Palin. And surprise: they aren’t positive! First, they focused on how the media could

Daily Gut: When JournoList Attacks

So, thanks to the Daily Caller, more emails are emerging from “Journolist,” that secret list of liberal media hacks – and guess what, they’re about Sarah Palin. And surprise: they aren’t positive! First, they focused on how the media could

Latest Biden Gaffe: Suggests Stimulus 'Failed' Because of GOP

Despite Vice-President Biden’s claim, the reality shows that, despite costing more than the administration expected, the stimulus still hasn’t created the jobs they promised. CLAIM: Democrats assert stimulus failed because Republicans kept it small. Democrats repeatedly promised their massive 2009

At Politico, Context and Facts Are Negotiable

Today’s lead story at Politico is one of the finer examples you will find of ideological ax-grinding dressed up as straight-news reporting. The piece, by Ken Vogel and Keach Hagey, uses just about every journalistic trick in the book, assembling

Obama Administration Stands By Decision to Fire Sherrod

From Politico: Agriculture Department spokesman Chris Mather said Sherrod was let go because of what she said in March that was captured on the videotape, not due to her actions in regard to the farmer two decades ago. “She was

Sherrod Blames NAACP for Firing

Politico finally gets around to reporting on the Shirley Sherrod incident: The Agriculture Department official who has resigned after a video surfaced showing her saying she withheld assistance from a white farmer insisted on Tuesday that she really lost her