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Jonathan Chait: Republican Jews are Racists (Corrected)

Jonathan Chait at New York magazine [corrected – see below], about “Why Bibi Hates Obama“: Netanyahu thinks a lot like a Jewish-American Republican….What’s more, Republican Jews tend to have an overdeveloped sense of black anti-Semitism. Indeed, they generally regard traditional

Thursday Roundup

– Obama implores black American media members: Carry my water for me: President Obama spoke to a White House forum, titled “Open for Questions with InteractiveOne,” which featured various administration officials discussing how the administration’s polices have affected and will

The Jackie Kennedy Tapes and the Media's Double Standard

The day before the release of Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy, the Washington Post’s “Reliable Source” column ran a few of the juicier tidbits from Mrs. Kennedy’s taped interviews. Among those tidbits: “She calls [Martin

The Luckiest – How 9/11 Saved My Life

For many, Sept. 11, 2001, was a day that will forever be seared into the minds of those who were witness. On that day, the nation was awoken by a harsh reality that there are people who want nothing more

Sunshine State Could Decide GOP Nominee

From the Associated Press: Take a breather, Iowa and New Hampshire. Florida is about to get into the Republican presidential race big time, starting with a televised debate Monday in Tampa and ending with an early primary in 2012 that

The Obama Hypocrisy on "New Tone"

Barack Obama is nothing less than a hypocrite on his admonitions over public discourse and the latest example of this truth lies in his refusal to condemn the violence-tinged language of Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa not to mention his similar

DeMint: Palin's Not Running

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) spoke to Hugh hewitt about the prospects of Gov. Sarah Palin entering the presidential race. “If it was in her gut that she was going to run, she would have gotten in before now.”

The Cheat Sheet: Tuesday

You’ll want to read up on Media Matters for America (MMfA) editor, Erick Boehlert’s blunder this morning. Everyone knew he’d be big – and they were Right. Now, Boehlert has been left looking like the biggest dummy on the Internet

The Obama Nation's Marxist Magicians

With the President’s address to a joint session of Congress on September 8, I expect a mildly new turn on an old Progressive tune: “America’s not going anywhere without Karl Marx & Friends!” America’s increasingly far Left academia has always

Will the Real Crony Capitalist Please Stand Up?

Sarah Palin weighed in with a very important point in the policy debate about the role of government. Her Saturday speech, among other things, took a swipe at the country’s dilemma of booming crony capitalism: [T]he permanent political class …[use]