In case you’ve been in a coma over the last few weeks, we’ve had a bit of problem on the Gulf Coast. While the oil leak that developed after the Deepwater Horizon rig blew up is indeed a disaster, this
by Rich Trzupek9 May 2010, 11:13 AM PST0
You can’t accuse E.J. Dionne of not trying. In this Washington Post article he does quite a Cirque du Soleil contortionist routine in his effort to convince us that “big” government is to be trusted and that the Tea Party
by Gregg Opelka7 May 2010, 7:46 AM PST0
So the 2010 Time Magazine 100 Poll is out, and all of you Conservatives out there should be paying attention. Take a gander at the top 25. Notice anything in particular? Where are the local district representatives? Where are the
by Steven Crowder6 May 2010, 1:07 PM PST0
On April 18, the Pew Research Center released the results of a recurring survey centered around people’s trust in government. In order to assess the results of several institutions, Pew asks the following question: “Is [insert item] having a positive
by Lawrence Meyers4 May 2010, 5:09 AM PST0
The Hill reports that during a visit to a Macon, Missouri ethanol plant this week, President Obama said that he wants to triple ethanol production over the next twelve years: President Barack Obama on Wednesday touted ethanol – both the
by Capitol Confidential30 Apr 2010, 11:33 AM PST0
How would the New York Times report a claim by numerous independent scientists that an influential corporation had repeatedly committed research fraud? When the corporation is a liberal research and lobbying group that Ralph Nader co-founded, the answer is that
by David Seidemann28 Apr 2010, 1:11 PM PST0
If Newsweek is right, we won’t have to worry about corrupt Chicago politics much longer because, according to the magazine’s recent, rather hysterical tribute to global warming hysteria, the Windy City won’t be around much longer. Entitled “100 Places to
by Rich Trzupek27 Apr 2010, 5:25 AM PST0
On April 14, 1978, the industry trade daily The Hollywood Reporter carried a tiny blurb on an event of outsized historical significance. During the upcoming Los Angeles Film Exposition (today known as The Los Angeles International Film Festival), personnel from
by Leo Grin24 Apr 2010, 6:11 AM PST0
Welcome, Goldman Sachs, to the growing list of people and companies that have been attacked and demonized by the fickle, Obama Administration to score political points. You certainly did not want to land in the position (no one does), but,
by Lurita Doan23 Apr 2010, 9:51 AM PST0
They came to the Capitol in their thousands. They waved angry signs and shouted at the legislators inside the building. They even issued direct threats against politicians who refused to do their bidding–threats that could reasonably be interpreted as violent:
by Joel B. Pollak23 Apr 2010, 7:27 AM PST0
The organized crime syndicate known as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which has been making much ado about its feigned withdrawal from the national political stage, continues doing business as usual. Proof comes in the form
by Matthew Vadum20 Apr 2010, 9:03 AM PST0
It was common knowledge that SEIU and ACORN were of the same tree prior to the James O’Keefe/Hannah Giles coast-to-coast video sting. At ACORNcracked.com, I chronicled nearly two dozen SEIU contributions to ACORN in just a few years. In 2009,
by Kyle Olson15 Apr 2010, 7:57 AM PST0
So Jason Levin is the total moron who put together the “Crash the Tea Party” web site. Levin is not your garden variety moron though. I mean it takes a pretty impressive level of idiocy to attempt to covertly infiltrate
by Morgen Richmond14 Apr 2010, 9:39 AM PST0
Yesterday, Howard Kurtz wrote a sad-sack column about the death of the legitimate entertainment critic. “It can be revealing to find out what people like you, uncredentialed as they may be, think about the new Meryl Streep movie, Philip Roth
by Ben Shapiro13 Apr 2010, 1:22 PM PST0
No one has ever accused Alec Baldwin of being a rocket scientist, but apparently the actor fancies himself a nuclear physicist. At least that’s the logical conclusion to draw based on his post over at HuffPo entitled “The Human Cost
by Rich Trzupek13 Apr 2010, 7:20 AM PST0
ROBERT GIBBS: One announcement before I begin today’s briefing, people: new rules starting tomorrow. One question per correspondent, questions to be submitted a week in advance, no follow-ups. I want a new tone from you folks. From now on, dis
by Steve Grammatico13 Apr 2010, 4:57 AM PST0
In 1964, little-known actor Michael Caine was being evicted — again — and needed a place to stay — again. His friend Sean Connery, starting out in similar circumstances, had reached the pinnacle of the acting world as James Bond.
by Leo Grin3 Apr 2010, 7:03 AM PST0
Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel and I have filed a class action lawsuit today, Good Friday 2010, challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as “ObamaCare” and a variety of other less polite euphemisms.
by K. Douglas Lee2 Apr 2010, 2:39 PM PST0
Lloyd Marcus here checking in while on the Tea Party Express III tour bus with a 300 mile ride ahead of us. We had two rallies in Utah and are headed to Grand Junction Colorado. My fellow performers on the
by Lloyd Marcus1 Apr 2010, 1:17 PM PST0
I must have missed the groundswell of support and the public clamor for the return of Rosie O’Donnell to the daytime airwaves. It seemed that her time in the cultural spotlight had passed following her notorious 2008 variety show failure
by Kurt Schlichter31 Mar 2010, 5:03 AM PST0
In his movie The Lost City, about an upper middle-class Cuban family crumbling during free Havana’s last days, director and star Andy Garcia, along with fellow Cuban-exile screenwriter Guillermo Cabrera Infante, insist on depicting some historical truth about Cuba. This
by Humberto Fontova27 Mar 2010, 10:47 AM PST0
This article addresses those people everyone loves to make sport of: the agents. Agents have a difficult job, believe it or not. They represent a multitude of clients. Very often, they represent several clients that would each be right for
by Lawrence Meyers25 Mar 2010, 6:57 AM PST0
While America is distracted by Democrats’ attempts to unconstitutionally ram government-run healthcare down the throats of the American people, the Obama administration began preparing to resume funding to President Obama’s favorite community organizing group. The fiscal floodgates are opening for
by Matthew Vadum19 Mar 2010, 7:59 AM PST0
The recent Daily Variety article “Hollywood calls ‘Truce’ on war films” described how the film industry is now sidelining any future war and espionage films because of recent box office disappointment like Green Zone. The $100 million to $130 million
by Dan Gagliasso19 Mar 2010, 5:01 AM PST0
“Fuzzy Gun” by James Jackson “Guns are tools. They are no better or worse than the person holding them.” W.P. Wessel I have a gun. It has never shot anyone. Not even people I’m mad at. It just lies there,
by Victoria Jackson8 Mar 2010, 5:03 AM PST0