Washington Post: President Barack Obama suggested that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy – provided it proves by the end of the year that its aspirations are peaceful. In a BBC interview broadcast Tuesday, he also restated plans
Call me paranoid, but… I was wondering when the government was going to make its move on the Internet. There’s a whole lot of commerce going on, a lot of communication, a lot of people talking to each other, building
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Washington Post: North Korea reportedly fired two more short-range missiles into waters off its east coast Tuesday, undeterred by the strong international condemnation that followed its detonation of
A lot has been written lately about how comedy writers are having a hard time finding humor in President Obama. “He’s just too competent,” they say. The answer is obvious. They, on the left, are having trouble making fun of
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Washington Post: Under the deal, which Senate Democratic aides outlined this morning, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) would give up the gavel of the prestigious post, which
Are we the party of ‘NO’? Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein, et al, have gone on record to call the Republican Party ‘The Party of No’. Why? Because we say NO to socialism? NO to racism? NO to weak
Newsbusters: It’s likely a tired story to many by now, nearly a week after the Miss USA pageant and the controversy that ensued over Miss USA runner-up, Miss California Carrie Prejean’s answer to a question from same-sex marriage activist and
Embedded video from CNN Video Washington Post: Much of the announced cuts seem like no-brainers — mostly savings on travel, office equipment and redundancy. The Agriculture Department will move 1,500 employees from seven leased spaces into one facility by 2011,
Jamie Foxx is really, really sorry he said some horrible things about pop princess Miley Cyrus. He did so on “The Tonight Show” last night while host Jay Leno meekly set up his apology. And that will most likely be
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Washington Post: The identity of the first puppy — the one that the Washington press corps has been yelping about for months, the one President Obama has seemed
Last week, while Barack Obama was busy apologizing for America and lauding the laughable hokum of “Europe’s leading role in the world” in front of qualified world leaders at the G20 summit, Michelle Obama was apparently charming the unmentionables off
In September of 2001, I found myself employed at a theater in Los Angeles playing the part of Ben Franklin in the musical “1776.” The show is about the signing of the Declaration of Independence: an entertaining history lesson that
Washington Post: General Motors chairman and chief executive G. Richard Wagoner is resigning at the request of the White House, clearing the way for the Obama administration to offer the company more federal aid.
The buzz is getting out regarding Jake Rademacher’s “Brothers at War.” It’s a great film with a good heart that shows the patriotic values of a true American family. Brothers held it’s world premiere screening in May of last year
Big Hollywood’s own Andrew Breitbart is a guest tonight on HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher.” He’s joined by comedian Sarah Silverman, professor and author Michael Eric Dyson, and Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post. The show begins at 10pm
ET: The animal rights group has been offered the actor’s gym towel and wants to use his sweat to create Clooney-flavored tofu, the Washington Post reports. PETA President Ingrid Newkirk says of the Clooney ingredient: It’s like “making artificial chicken
I have always contended that anybody who seeks the presidency is an egomaniac, every bit as certifiably crackers as those poor souls wandering around the grounds of the asylum insisting they’re Napoleon. Still, I’m generally willing to cut people a
Most 12-step programs start out by requiring that people understand that they’re powerless over their addiction and that only by turning their lives over to a Power greater than themselves can they be restored to sanity. Far be it for
Washington Post: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) owes income taxes on nearly $17,000 paid to her as travel reimbursements when she spent nights in her Wasilla residence, according to a state legal opinion that the payments were not legitimate business
My earlier essay on intentional inaccuracies in the Frost/Nixon movie bemoaned the fact that this sort of quasi-documentary has such dramatic impact-because people actually “see” the invented wrongdoing-that it outweighs any writings constrained by actual fact. Perhaps the best example
FOREWORD: WHAT IS A CELEBUTARD? ce – leb – u – tard (suh – LEB – yu – tard) noun: A famous person with a grandiose notion of his own importance and contribution to the known universe. A human being
Washington Post: Michelle Obama, wearing a bright yellow dress and matching long coat, handed a gift-wrapped box to Laura Bush, and the couples chatted for a moment before entering the White House on a red carpet between saluting guards.
Newsbusters: Lou Dobbs attacked CNBC’s Larry Kudlow during the Jan. 14 broadcast of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” for commenting on a dinner meeting of conservative pundits at the home of Washington Post columnist George Will on Jan. 13. Kudlow was not
Washington Post: Gupta has told administration officials that he wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial and logistical details of moving his family from
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy AFP: CIA agents are offering the potency drug Viagra and other gifts to win over Afghan warlords in the US-led war against Taliban insurgents, the Washington Post reported
