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WaPo, NYT Name Julian Assange "Person of the Year?"

Andrea Mitchell named the tea party movement as her pick for “person” of the year: They’ve changed the debate on deficit reduction. They’ve got, you’ve got Ron Paul now in charge of monetary policy from the House. They have changed

In Media Mergers, Affirmative Action Leads to Quotas

Affirmative action has always been a very bad bill of goods – sold (by force) as a remedy to our alleged inherent racial discrimination. Under this oppressive regime everyone everywhere is mandated to take race into account – to make

Hillary in Kyrgyzstan: Corruption and Double-Speak

Punchline first, because it’s good to laugh, even mirthlessly. Set-up: Hillary Clinton was in Kyrgyzstan (oh, to be in Bishnek now that December is here) yesterday for five (5) hours to pay protection money, I mean, sign a deal to

Is The Honeymoon Over on "Parker/Spitzer?"

I think everyone always knew that CNN only recruited Kathleen Parker for “Parker Spitzer” as an effort to somehow make it socially acceptable to introduce a man known nationally only for prostitutes as a TV personality and anchor envisioned to

WaPo: Blame Obama for WikiLeaks

Marc Thiessen argues in his Washington Post column today that the Obama administration has done nothing to stop WikiLeaks, even though Julian Assange and his cohorts are “in likely violation of the Espionage and arguably providing material support for terrorism.”

Media Matters' Stunning Hypocrisy on Anonymous Donations

Ever since the shellacking Democrats suffered in the midterms, their strategists and donors have been meeting to discuss plans for 2012. Tuesday, the New York Times reported on the latest high profile effort by David Brock, head of Media Matters:

Expel Rangel from Congress

On Election Day, voters sent a clear message to Washington politicians: No more corruption. No more secrecy. And no more backroom deals that enable shady politicians to remain in power. But did that message reach Congress? If we are to

'WaPo' TV Critic Misleads Readers to Smear Palin

Most media-watching conservatives have simply been flabbergasted at how the Old Media establishment has so neatly come together to destroy Sarah Palin. The Internet has been abuzz with examples of this attack on Sarah since she was chosen by John

Howard Kurtz's Glaring Oversight

Howard Kurtz recently interviewed former President Jimmy Carter on CNN’s Reliable Sources. Unless there is some significant portion of the interviewing missing from the video, it has to do down as one of the most glaring oversights in the history

America the Docile: T.S. of A Takes Control

George Will in today’s Washington Post: The theory – perhaps by now it seems like a quaint anachronism – on which the nation was founded is, or was: Government is instituted to protect preexisting natural rights essential to the pursuit

Damning New START with Faint Praise

As the Obama administration becomes increasingly desperate to get its New START Treaty ratified, it has enlisted the help of assorted people thought to be influential with a handful of Republican Senators who will determine whether this accord is rammed

Race and the 2010 Elections

Will the NAACP be celebrating the arrival of two new black faces to the U.S. House of Representatives? Don’t hold your breath. They certainly will not. These two new black congressmen are Republicans. There’s a powerful message here that should