Last week in HuffPo: Garry Trudeau’s “Doonesbury” comic has been pulled from the Chicago Tribune this week because, according to the newspaper’s editorial staff, its content, excerpted from Joe McGinniss’s Sarah Palin biography, violates their standards of fairness. … But
From The Washington Post: The latest Obama plan “doesn’t produce any more in realistic savings than the plan they offered in April,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. “They’ve filled in details, repackaged
Two weeks ago, alternative energy company Solyndra, which received $535 million in “stimulus” loan guarantees from the Obama administration, collapsed. Solyndra was the poster child for the Obama administration’s claim that it could create green jobs with taxpayer money. Now
In congressional testimony Wednesday, Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies provided the intrepid Washington press corps what should be an important scoop: that one of the largest recipients of U.S. foreign assistance, the Palestinian Authority, is
OBAMA REGIME TAKES BILLIONS FROM TAXPAYERS – BLOWS IT ON FAILED GREEN PROJECTS– The Obama Administration spent nearly half of the $38.6 billion ($17.2 billion) set aside for his green energy programs and was only able to create 3,545 permanent
As acting Department of Justice antitrust head, Sharis Pozen, said a couple of weeks ago, one of the DoJ’s main goals in working to block the AT&T / T-Mobile merger was to promote competition, not competitors. But would its suit
As acting Department of Justice antitrust head, Sahris Pozen, said a couple of weeks ago, one of the DoJ’s main goals in working to block the AT&T / T-Mobile merger was to keep price competition alive. But is it really?
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 Washington Post was eager to plan spinmeister for the DNC tonight in reporting how the historically blue NY09 — Anthony Weiner’s old seat — went red, to a GOP novice named Bob Turner. Desperate to avoid the results viewed
The question needs to be asked: Is it ignorance or malice? There was a time after the subprime mortgage meltdown when, if sound decisions on policy and financial initiatives had occurred, the American economy may not have been hobbled as
Over the weekend, Nick Broomfield’s anti-Palin doc premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and according to New York Magazine it failed on every conceivable level. There’s an unwritten rule in Hollywood: If you want to succeed and please us, trash
I don’t believe we’ve seen a more corrupt, politicized and incompetent Department of Justice (DOJ) in modern political history than we have now under President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder. And I never thought I’d write those words after
Yesterday a union boss introduced the President of the United States at a rally by telling him that the union workers present were Obama’s “army” before yelling that tea partiers are “sons of bitches” and vowing to “take them out.”
From the Associated Press: Public support for both President Barack Obama and the US Congress has hit news lows, as a pair of polls Tuesday reflected Americans’ frustration with the stalled economy and rancorous partisan squabbling. A Washington Post/ABC News
Why is Ezra Klein considered one of the Left’s smartest bloggers / pundits? What criteria are they using? Does the ability to take the latest Center for American Progress’ talking point memo and rewording it make you “smart” among the
Chatter began to emerge on Thursday about the unique treatment received by the bankruptcy-declaring Solyndra, a government-dependent maker of solar panels whose scheme, shaped somewhere between a pyramid and a trapezoid, was described in the Washington Post no less the
From The Washington Post: Sarah Palin tantalized supporters on the eve of her appearance at a tea party rally by telling reporters “there’s room for more” candidates in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. But she gave no hint
America is holding its breath in anticipation for President Obama’s big post-Labor Day jobs plan. September is when Congress is due back in session. It will be then the president will discuss regulations and their damaging effects on job creation.
These latest numbers are a good snapshot and measurement of people’s disgust with our federal government and everyone in it. I posted recently on several polls that show Americans are at their lowest in terms of how they view their
If you needed any more evidence of the level of corruption that exists inside the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) when it comes to enforcing civil rights statutes, here it is. On March 15, 2011, civil rights activist Ted Hayes
National Journal In one of the deadliest days in Iraq so far this year, nearly 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded after a period of relative respite from violence there during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The
What is the most important part of the 11th Circuit’s recent ruling on The Affordable Care Act? You might think it was the individual mandate being struck down. But it was actually this: Judicial engagement. For the first time in
So far the U.S. government has bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the tune of at least $130 billion, and perhaps as much as $1 trillion. And yet, the Obama administration continues to stonewall the release of documents
I believe in girl power. I’ve been a proponent of it long before the ridiculous Power Puff Girls and those sassy Spice Girls made the term part of our vernacular. I’m of the mind a woman can do anything she
A foreign policy team? Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute is always refreshing to read. Not that I always agree with him, mind you. He recently wrote a devastating attack on the absolute foolishness of Obama’s foreign policy as it
