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Obama on Books to Read: 'Other Than My Own, I Assume?'

Obama on Books to Read: 'Other Than My Own, I Assume?'

At today’s Google+ “fireside hangout” with President Obama, the president was asked to recommend a book that would help opponents understand his politics. Obama immediately responded, “Other than my own, I assume? I don’t want to be pitching my own

Kate Obenshain: Media Begins to Destroy Rubio

Kate Obenshain: Media Begins to Destroy Rubio

Two days after the fact, CNN and MSNBC are still having a fine old time replaying FL. Senator Marco Rubio’s awkward sip of water. Kate Obenshain, author of “Divider-In-Chief” sees the same writing on the wall many do, including myself.

The Hagel Not-Filibuster

Republicans aren’t going to filibuster the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. They’re just going to make Democrats put 60 votes on the board to close debate. Is there a difference? Well, sort of. A filibuster, as Rachel

Washington Post Hires Lobbyist Hilary Rosen

Washington Post Hires Lobbyist Hilary Rosen

The Washington Post has announced that it is adding Hilary Rosen, a long-time Democrat operative, attorney, and lobbyist, to its editorial pages. Rosen will join a parade of liberals and Democrat operatives, one Republican operative, and others as one of

Tesla vs. the New York Times

Last week, New York Times reporter John Broder took a top of the line Tesla Model S for a road trip from Washington DC up Interstate 95 to Connecticut.  The trip started out fine, but as the weather got cold, the

Suzi Parker’s bad day

In response to Suzi Parker Now Happily Dating Area Man: Ace, you magnificent b**tard.  If I were Suzi Parker, I’d be taking a long vacation away from the Internet right about now.  And if I were a Washington Post editor,

Suzi Parker's Playlist

Twitter is having fun with the recent news that Washington Post blogger Suzi Parker fell for a satirical article that stated Sarah Palin would be a joining Al-Jazeera.  Seriously, you’d think even the MSM would think this falls into the “too good

Suzi Parker, Ace Reporter

Something called “Suzi Parker” who writes something called “She The People” at something called “The Washington Post” bagged the scoop of the century earlier today, in a report originally entitled “Sarah Palin’s plan to reach ‘millions of devoutly religious people’

D.C. Mayor Backtracks on Redskins Name Change

D.C. Mayor Backtracks on Redskins Name Change

Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray appears to have backtracked on his supposed desire to change the Washington Redskins team name. Last week, in his State of the District address, Gray referred to the Washington Nationals baseball team by name but

Menendez under Fire

Menendez under Fire

In January, Judicial Watch announced that Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) had made its list of Washington’s “Ten Most Corrupt” politicians for 2012. And what were the senator’s transgressions? You can read his entry for yourself, but here’s the Reader’s Digest

Loaves and Fishes

There’s a clever loaves and fishes trick going on with today’s major anti-GOP narrative. It begins with a sequester story Politico published last night. The story opens with the splashy claim, “Republicans open to letting billions in sequester cuts go

D.C. Reverend Suggests RG3 a 'High Price' Slave

D.C. Reverend Suggests RG3 a 'High Price' Slave

A Washington, D.C. reverend suggested Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III was a “high price” slave – or commodity – in a country that has always treated “people of color” as “trophies.” Speaking on a Smithsonian panel on Thursday in

D.C. Symposium to Discuss Redskins Name Change

D.C. Symposium to Discuss Redskins Name Change

On Thursday, the National Museum of the Native American in Washington, D.C. is playing host to a conversation on “Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation in American Sports.”  Given the recent war of words and calls for a Redskins name change,