Actor/activist/committed Buddhist and Dalai Lama devotee Richard Gere showed up again on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about “religious freedom and human rights” in Tibet, Burma and North Korea. Why Richard Gere would be considered
Considering how incredibly rare it is to find balanced global warming reporting in the mainstream media, Noel Sheppard’s 4/24 NewsBusters headline was worthy of a double-take: “Retired Anchorman Apologizes for Presenting Both Sides of Global Warming Debate.” Having written an
Last year, on May 28, 2010 – the Friday before Memorial Day – Obama’s administration was forced to address the issue of its offering a job to Rep. Joe Sestak in return for the congressman dropping out of his senatorial
Tim Rutten is a left-wing, hack writer from L.A. He is always good for contemporary left wing trope but the other day we discovered that he is also good for the sort of uninformed blathering that leftists of his ilk
On Sunday night, May 1st, President Obama put news outlets on alert that a big announcement was imminent. Soon, as reporters gathered to be briefed and waited until late into the night, media personalities across the board predicted the announcement
I sometimes wonder if the media thinks the public has a universal case of amnesia. Like we can’t remember what they were saying way, way back in the days when George W. Bush was president. Bush was president right after
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s attempted last week to reassure Israel that President Obama’s May 19th speech was misconstrued; Mr. Obama’s repeated calls for Israel’s return to the 1967 lines grew out of his concern for the Jewish state, claimed the
A savvy man once said: “The biggest factor in attracting aid is not the amount of human suffering caused by an event, but the amount of media coverage it receives.” Celebrities traditionally love to depict themselves as humanitarians, often rushing
Speaker of the House John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor react to the increase in the most recent unemployment numbers, calling on the White House to work on new plan to create economic growth
From The Associated Press: A federal grand jury indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday over $925,000 spent to keep his mistress and their baby in hiding during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the White House. The
“This has been a befuddling experience.” “After almost 11 hours of answering questions, any that anyone wanted to put, today I’m going to have to get back to work doing the job that I’m paid to do.” Ya—ask away. Anthony
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets060111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney duke it out about whether or not Congress should raise the debt ceiling and
MSNBC has finally broken radio silence on “Weinergate.” Their take: Protect yourself from hacking. MSNBC’s version of practicing journalism on this story involves taking Representative Weiner’s statement and accepting it without question. Truly, MSNBC is speaking truth to power. After
I greatly appreciate this blog (below) by British commentator Nile Gardiner on the president’s crummy decision to get in a golf game after fufilling his presidential duties at Arlington on Memorial Day. It’s not that anyone begrudges the president his
The world price of crude oil has been on a roller coaster lately, gyrating above and below $100 a barrel. Several weeks ago, prices at the pump reached $5 a gallon in some places but seem to have settled down,
My talk radio co-host, Tom Finneran, is a former Speaker of the House in Massachusetts. He’s upbeat and outgoing – a bright and engaging city “kid” who joined the legislature in his twenties and came of age under the golden
The spin-doctors at the White House are, no doubt, busily patting themselves on the back about how well the President has finessed his “67 border precondition” (yes, he has made it a defacto pre-condition) which he recklessly inserted into the
Obama embarrassed himself (and our nation) once again, this time while toasting The Queen of England. Stranded at a former state dinner setting without his teleprompter, Obama tried to turn a toast into a speech with note cards, talking over
Must be something in the water, or maybe it’s something about your kid having to clean up after Obama’s mistakes. JPost, 5/27/2011 Poll: 12% of Israeli Jews consider Obama to be pro-Israel Despite AIPAC speech intended to correct impressions that
Something Hollywood does very well is in the using of their formidable talents to turn despicable human beings into something that resembles a lovable folk hero. I’m a fan of Milos Forman’s “The People vs. Larry Flynt.” Woody Harrelson and
Wait, you mean a guy who makes his living via the sexploitation of females with Grandpa Porn has a low opinion of a female whose ideology is one he cannot either make vulnerable or exploit? Shocking! In a new interview
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was hoping to avoid his clash with US President Barack Obama this week in Washington. Four days before his showdown at the White House with the American leader, Netanyahu addressed the Knesset. His speech was the
From ABC News March 18: President Obama told a bipartisan group of members of Congress today that he expects the U.S. would be actively involved in any military action against Libya for “days, not weeks,” after which he said the
Images of Iraq’s “successful transformation” into a society dominated by Shiite fundamentalism and its accompanying hatred of the West, and of course, Jews Veiled women supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr march while holding a sign that reads, “no, no to
Imam Majid, President of ISNA & Executive Director of the ADAMS Center – Both Muslim Brotherhood Front Groups Last Friday, May 20th, U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert of the First District of Texas indicated the current Administration appears to be complicit
