Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi said that NBA player Jason Collins “is” simply Jackie Robinson in a Tuesday tweet from his verified account. Collins came out on Monday, and he became the first male openly gay athlete in major professional
In response to How Google celebrates Easter: I can’t get too worked up over Google’s selection of Cesar Chavez for their Easter Sunday Doodle. They’re a private multinational corporation, after all, and Christians aren’t their only customers. I’m sure they
Last week, Rolling Stone published their “50 Funniest People Now” list and featured only 12 women out of 52 comics. I have a number of problems with the article, not limited to but including the fact that a) For a
Last week, Rolling Stone published their “50 Funniest People Now” list and featured only 12 women out of 52 comics. I have a number of problems with the article, not limited to but including the fact that a) For a
Al Gore took time away from counting the cash in his bank account from selling Current TV to Al-Jazeera to compliment Barack Obama on the remarks in his inaugural speech regarding climate change. Gore had ripped Obama in the past
Most comedians would kill to create a character which impacted not just his or her own career but the national conversation. Others, like Tina Fey, would rather not be reminded of their creation – assuming said creation is former Gov.
Today, the Department of Justice is to produce the first of four monthly batches totaling 12,000 emails to and from the “secondary” email account of President Obama’s EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson. Rolling Stone hailed Jackson as “the most progressive” EPA
Jimmy Kimmel, upset over ratings that are a fraction of Jay Leno’s, has taken up the club against the old lion of comedy. In an interview in Rolling Stone, Kimmel lashed out at Leno. His grudge against Leno apparently goes
The official Occupy website has published an article titled “Hurricane Sandy, From Prison,” bylined by Jeremy Hammond. Mr. Hammond (aka Anarchaos) is a radical, highly political member of Anonymous who was arrested this year in connection with the hacking of Stratfor. The
A few weeks back Rolling Stone magazine all but begged Bob Dylan to vocally support President Barack Obama. The folk rock legend politely refused. Last night, Dylan appeared to change his mind during a concert appearance. Dylan says he thinks President Barack Obama is
This week installment of The Military Channel’s “Black-OPS” focused on the hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and the relentless assault on al-Qaeda In Iraq (AQI) under the command of General Stanley McChrystal. The show highlights how the United States lost
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama had the following to say about novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand: Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling
On CNN anchor Carol Costello quoted from a Rolling Stone interview with president Obama and said the word “bullshit”
During CNN’s “Situation Room,” Gloria Borger defended President Obama’s use of the word “bullshitter” to describe Mitt Romney in a just-published Rolling Stone interview. “We want our presidents to be more candid,” she said. “And then when they are we
Politico reported on Thursday that President Obama recently displayed his idea of “the new civility” in an interview with historian Douglas Brinkley for Rolling Stone: FIRST LOOK – Rolling Stone cover, “Obama and the Road Ahead: The Rolling Stone Interview,”
Right now it’s a pretty tight race as to which outlet did more damage to their reputations in 2012, but when this morning’s Politico Playbook leads with a softball “Rolling Stone” interview with President Obama, at least for now, Politico leads BuzzFeed
Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi emerged Friday as one of the few pundits enthusiastic over Joe Biden’s controversial performance in this week’s vice presidential debate against Paul Ryan. Beyond defending Biden’s interruptions and awkward laughter, Taibbi considers this approach
Rolling Stone magazine worships at the altar of President Barack Obama. So the magazine’s writers apparently assume a musical legend like Bob Dylan does the same. Not quite. The magazine’s latest edition interviews Dylan in connection to the singer’s newest
Never forget the media template for this election. Barack Obama is the Rock Star who connects with voters on a level never before seen and there can be no other Rock Star. They pulled it off in 2008, they will
I’ve only been disillusioned once with Paul Ryan since his VP announcement and that was when he mentioned Rage Against the Machine as one of his favorite bands. I was in high school when RATM was at the apex of
Tom Morello isn’t too keen on one of his most famous fans. Newly minted Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan says he counts Rage Against the Machine, the hard-left rockers led by Morello, as a personal favorite. That news didn’t set
Eric Bates, the executive editor of the scintillating, intellectual journal Rolling Stone, wants us to just forget about worrying over Vice President Joe Biden’s constant gaffes. We all “get” Joe, he says, so let’s just ignore his long trail of
New Wave band Devo will release a song portraying Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as cruel to animals. The song, titled “Don’t Roof Rack Me, Bro (Remember Seamus),” sends up an incident where Romney placed an Irish setter named Seamus
(AP) In Obama era, have race relations improved?By JESSE WASHINGTONAP National WriterPHILADELPHIAAsk Americans how race relations have changed under their first black president and they are ready with answers. Ashley Ray, a white woman, hears more people debating racial issues.
(AFP) Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger on Thursday hinted that the band could peform again later this year as the veteran rockers marked the 50th anniversary of their first gig. Jagger and bandmates Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts
The latest attack on Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital appeared this week at Vanity Fairby author Nicholas Shaxson. While the article is ostensibly aninvestigation into Mitt Romney’s offshore accounts, a close look at thereporting shows it is mostly a
Movie stars aren’t supposed to disappear into a role as easily as Tom Cruise does in “Rock of Ages.” Yes, Cruise isn’t technically the star of the new film, based on the jukebox musical which delighted Broadway fans despite the
You all remember Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney’s former foreign policy spokesman who resigned last month for a number of complicated reasons. Well, like the rest of us, Grenell’s not at all fooled by BuzzFeed Politics’ phony pose as some kind of objective news
“Can Romney get on the cover of Rolling Stone?” This was asked by none other than the brilliant leftist Chris Matthews to his panel of fellow leftists on his syndicated Sunday show. The show began with Matthews calling Obama a
Earlier this week, President Barack Obama told Rolling Stone that he gets his news from, among other sources, “Trig Truther” Andrew Sullivan. As Ed Lasky notes at American Thinker, “there is an even more checkered history involving Andrew Sullivan, and
Certainly, no rational politico or political enthusiast can take an interview in Rolling Stone magazine without a grain of salt salt mine. However, Rolling Stone‘s leading, sophomoric questions for President Obama led to very revealing answers from the President. As Weekly
Last night, Jimmy Fallon not only warmly greeted President Barack Obama on his late night talk show, he even participated in a five-minute violation of campaign finance law in-kind campaign contribution propaganda comedy segment that allowed the President to get
In this week’s Rolling Stone, President Obama takes the cover story … again. The piece is a long interview, and it’s a gushing profile of Obama. This time, however, he steps in it by endorsing Trig Palin birther and The
(AP) Obama’s Rolling Stone treatment — politics to pop By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON Offering riffs on Mick Jagger and reflections on race, President Barack Obama is capping a week devoted to courting young votes with a Rolling Stone
Petersen’s Hunting found this via a Rolling Stone interview: Pass the squirrel guts on PETA bread, please. The Hunger Games‘ mega-hottie and Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence is apparently as cool in real life as she is playing Katniss, a bow hunting
On Wednesday’s American Idol Black Eye Peas’ Will.i.am gushed over President Obama’s recent rendition of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Houston’s
Polk Award-Winning Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings made a startling set of admissions on CSPAN, recently. Not only did he admit that most “journalists” are liberals, but he implied that they really aren’t interested in just reporting the facts of
In preface to this critique, it’s important to say that there is no such thing as a perfect Christian; Jesus Christ, the God Christians follow, was the only perfect human being, which is why true Christians believe faith should be
I am pleased to announce the winner of the First Annual Breitbart “Ambiguous Entity of the Year” award. Our choice was inspired by the most under-reported story of the year: the dark side of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which