Now whenever I read Maureen Dowd (which is as seldom as possible, although every now and then I succumb) I will be thinking of this nicely devastating put-down by Andrew Ferguson, who was describing her piece on Cheney’s memoir: Her … Continue reading →
Commenter “southern James” has some observations on the WaPo/Perry/n-word thread that I think worth highlighting: We all ain’t seen nothing yet. The MSM is going to pull out every possible trick and artifice and propaganda talking points, which will be … Continue reading →
…well then, New York magazine has provided this helpful guide for Republicans as to why they’d hate Christie if they really knew him. And you can be sure that, if Christie ever did officially announce, we’d immediately come to “know” … Continue reading →
This AP article fact-checks Obama on the topic of millionaires paying at a lower tax rate than their secretaries: On average, the wealthiest people in America pay a lot more taxes than the middle class or the poor, according to … Continue reading →
Throughout this WaPo article, illegal aliens are referred to as “undocumented workers.” Has this become official WaPo policy? If so, it’s evidence of the further decline of the American MSM (as if we needed any), and of theWaPo’s contribution to … Continue reading →
David Warren makes some spot-on observations on why the reporting from Libya has been so unreliable: The issue is not crude bias. It is, so far as I am able to understand, the compounded effect of two large factors. Journalists … Continue reading →
Ed Schultz of MSNBC knows that the Big Bold Lie sometimes works, even in this day of internet checking. But sometimes, alas, it doesn’t, and then in certain high profile cases you have to issue a correction. Not an apology, … Continue reading →
The Strauss-Kahn case has not only spawned other lawsuits in France, it’s spawned a new one here as well, as Strauss-Kahn’s accuser sues the Post for defamation when it reported she is a prostitute. It is impossible at this point … Continue reading →
I’ve often described the left’s relationship with Obama as akin to romantic love. It’s been evident for quite some time (see this, for example) that the early flush of intense infatuation is over. But a more quiet and realistically cynical … Continue reading →
Yesterday the NY Times and the WaPo gave a shoutout to their civic-minded citizen-readers to help with a vital task: Here’s how to participate:Over 24,000 e-mail messages to and from Sarah Palin during her tenure as Alaska’s governor will be … Continue reading →
Palin commits an Obamaism and mispeaks on history: [Paul Revere] who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms uh by ringing those bells and making sure as he’s riding his horse through town … Continue reading →
There is no question in my mind that, whether Ed Schultz is aware of it or not, that’s what was happening when he called Laura Ingraham a “right-wing slut.” Part of the humor of the old SNL bit was that … Continue reading →