As then first-term US Senator Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency, one of the pledges he made to the American public – and the world – was that an Obama presidency would repair the reputation of the United States with
(AP) What’s this? Obama longs for GOP rival like McCainBy JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTON President Barack Obama seems to think that the world of politics would be better if someone like John McCain were running for the White House. The Democratic
The Obama administration refuses, time and again, to say that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Victoria Nuland, speaking from the State Department, recently repeated over and over that the status of Jerusalem is subject to final status negotiations. Israel thus
Reactions to Bill Clinton’s Bain Capital bombshell are beginning to come in. Appearing on CNBC this morning, Mitt Romney thanked the former President for his kind words about the company saying, “I’m happy President Clinton called my record superb.” In
Judicial Watch has been joined by major media outlets and organizations to have the White House visitor logs released. Some of the groups joining Judicial Watch are Bloomberg, L.P.; CBS Broadcast Inc.; Dow Jones & Company Inc.; Gannett, Co. Inc.; The McClatchy Company;
After much weeping and gnashing of teeth over the VAWA (which was contested due to the numerous poorly-written add-ons from the Schumer crowd), you’d think that Democrats would be quick to support PRENDA, the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, which aims to
At today’s portrait unveiling ceremony for President George W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush, First Lady Michelle Obama used an interesting phrase when expressing her gratitude to be living in the White House.
Ruh-roh, Barack Obama — even the Los Angeles Times can’t spin your fail: New unemployment claims unexpectedly jumped last week, indicating a pickup in layoffs, a worrisome sign ahead of Friday’s important jobs report for May. Adding to the dreary
It looks to me as though the White House and the Washington Post have finally decided to stop trying to hide their coordinated political hits on presumptive GOP nominee, Mitt Romney. If you look at the Post’s front page today,
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday he expected more from the US than “regret” over remarks by President Barack Obama erroneously identifying a Nazi German death camp as being Polish. “I am convinced that our American friends can today
Last week, Newark Mayor Corey Booker appeared on Meet The Press, where he stated that it was “nauseating” how the Obama campaign was attacking Mitt Romney over Bain Capital. The Obama campaign immediately fired back, and with its friends in
Conservatives aren’t supposed to be funny. According to the elites, we can’t be, what with our brains so full of racism, misogyny, and greed. Thankfully, no one told this to author Bob Smiley, whose debut novel Don’t Mess with Travis is one of the year’s best, and
President Barack Obama’s “Polish death camps” gaffe, which has infuriated Poles and Polish-Americans alike, is not just the result of ignorance, or bad speechwriting (he apparently read the words from his teleprompter). Rather, it is the result of a foreign
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland demanded an apology from the White House after President Barack Obama spoke of a “Polish death camp” while anouncing an award to a Polish resistance fighter for alerting the world to the Nazi Holocaust, largely perpetrated
Fan-in-chief Barack Obama invested legendary singer songwriter Bob Dylan Tuesday with America’s highest civilian honor, praising the gritty folk legend’s never ending quest for truth. Dylan joined other honorees including former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, John Glenn, the first
Mitt Romney clinched his Republican party’s White House nomination by winning its Texas primary, vowing to get America “back on the path to prosperity” by defeating Barack Obama in November. But the milestone was clouded by a rehashed controversy over
The First Amendment to the Constitution was not written to prevent religion from having an undue influence on the federal government, but to prevent the federal government from having an oppressive influence on religion. Yet the latter influence is happening
After a fairly quiet Memorial Day weekend, the media obviously took a little time last night to get its Journolisting message together for this morning so it would be ready when America emerged on Tuesday. The New York Times, which
Wisconsin’s recall elections are but days away, and most of the coverage has surrounded Scott Walker’s gubernatorial battle. It’s an important battle, one of the most important elections of 2012. There’s another battle raging, however–that of his second-in-command, his Lieutenant
New York Times White House Correspondent Helene Cooper shared a scoop on “The Chris Matthews Show” over the weekend – she knows why President Barack Obama isn’t eager to spend time at Camp David, the plush presidential retreat. “I have
The media has chosen the Memorial Day weekend to finally address the deepening scandal surrounding Elizabeth Warren’s claim of Native American ancestry. The Boston Globe, which had ignored the story for weeks, ran a front-page story using much of the information
(AP) Obama on the defensive on spending, debtBy KEN THOMAS and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONGovernment spending and debt are emerging as a campaign tug-of-war, with Mitt Romney blaming President Barack Obama for a “prairie fire of debt” and Obama calling the
The White House and the UN are denouncing what Syrian activists say was a shelling that killed more than 90 people, including dozens of children. Activists say it was one of the deadliest regime attacks in Syria’s 14-month-old uprising.
Unless otherwise noted, these are reviews of Blu-ray copies and it goes without saying that Blu-ray picture and sound is a stunning improvement over standard DVD. In no particular order and with links to Amazon…. The Grey (Two-Disc Combo
