David Brooks is the supposedly-conservative guy who writes for the NY Times and originally fell in love with Obama’s pants leg. You may remember: “I remember distinctly an image of “we were sitting on his couches, and I was looking … Continue reading →
Trump says he will not participate in the Fox debate on Thursday, because Fox issued a statement he didn’t like in response to his demand that they remove Megyn Kelly as one of the questioners: Trump has made such threats … Continue reading →
Now, don’t get me wrong. Maybe Trump could win the election against Hillary. In fact, maybe any of the candidates could, if she gets weak enough. So I’m not doubting the possibility of it. But I doubt the motives of … Continue reading →
For obvious reasons—his good polling against Hillary—there’s been an ongoing press attempt to dig up the dirt on Rubio. This is the latest effort, an article about how in 2002 Rubio helped an ex-con brother-in-law obtain a real estate license … Continue reading →
So who’s using whom? Rush Limbaugh says that Trump has the media frustrated and wrapped around his little finger: …[T]hey can’t take him out. They can’t stop covering him. They can’t humiliate him. They can’t embarrass him. They can’t diminish … Continue reading →
I’m picking on this article that appeared a few days ago in The Altantic not because it’s unusual but because it demonstrates a phenomenon that’s so common these days. The piece piece is entitled “The Fragile French Republic: The country’s … Continue reading →
For now, I’m not going to call this the “Planned Parenthood shootings.” I’ve decided that the jury is still very much out on the Colorado Springs shooter’s motives, although the press and the left have acted as though there is … Continue reading →
The Colorado Springs shootings have afforded the media and the left many opportunities to criticize the right, but one of the most creative is this type of article, headlined “After two days of silence, GOP candidates respond to Planned Parenthood … Continue reading →
But this time it was assistant professor Melissa Click: An assistant communications professor at the Missouri School of Journalism resigned from her courtesy appointment Tuesday after she was caught on video confronting a student journalist and attempting to block him … Continue reading →
Watch it: Articles about what happened are here and here. Heather Mac Donald writes the following in City Journal (before this particular incident occurred, by the way; she is speaking of another video, one of an incident that occurred at … Continue reading →
You might think that the media attack on Ben Carson had the intent of damaging his standing among Republican voters in the primary. And if you think that, you’d be correct. The MSM has been distressed by the prospect of … Continue reading →
…has nevertheless become obsessed with nitpicking at everything that has ever emanated from Ben Carson’s mouth or his pen. Case in point. It would be another thing if everyone was subject to the same level of scrutiny, but it’s not … Continue reading →