I was surprised to read that Jamelle Bouie of Slate will be happy to see Jon Stewart go. As he himself says, Bouie’s a “liberal, college-educated millennial–the almost prototypical viewer” for Stewart’s show, so why’s he so thrilled (his word, … Continue reading →
…with the concept of first name versus surname. It’s hard, hard I tell you (hint to Times: “Scott” is the first name, “Walker” is the surname): This was not an ordinary article, either, that just lacked an editor’s eye. It … Continue reading →
…then why not Hillary? After all, she told essentially the same lie. Isn’t a presidential candidate more important than a newscaster? Yes, and that’s why her nearly identical lie will be winked at: the Democrats need her (they have no … Continue reading →
First, a disclaimer: I don’t know what caused Brian Williams to lie about his helicopter experience in Iraq, and I don’t know what caused him to continue the lie. The lie was egregious, repeated, and seemingly reckless. Seemingly reckless, because … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed something about the Scott Walker phenomenon. Remember before the 2014 election, when the press gave his campaign for governor quite a bit of coverage? The reason was that he was recognized as a potential front-runner for the Republican … Continue reading →
Byron York points out that Obama’s SOTU speech featured a lot of denial of reality: Obama described the world as he wishes it were, not as it actually is. Indeed, in Obama’s State of the Union, things are going so … Continue reading →
…by taking away their committee positions? And remember how angry conservatives got about it? I wrote a post on it here. But the next day I made this comment: …[T]here’s no real evidence that the retribution [by Boehner against his … Continue reading →
…as well as totally clueless about Obama. Gelb is a liberal whose foreign policy credentials are impressive if you like this sort of thing. At the age of 77, his resume includes “former correspondent for The New York Times and … Continue reading →
…are the brothers of Phi Kappa Psi, and truth. However, the members of Phi Psi are mouthing the PC message that they don’t consider themselves victims: Scipione and Fontenot said that the Phi Psi brothers experienced a difficult fall semester … Continue reading →
The still-at-large suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre in France fall into the dreaded category of native-born jihadis. The brothers Kouachi, one of whom had served time for trying to get to Iraq to fight the Americans, apparently fell off … Continue reading →
This was no lone wolf attack; three gunmen were involved. As you might imagine, they appear to have been Islamicist terrorists enraged at satire focusing on Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. The killings were organized and focused, and successfully targeted … Continue reading →
John Hinderaker of Powerline expertly takes Adam Gopnik to task for Gopnik’s relentless and shameless sophistry in this New Yorker article on gun control, describing point by point how Gopnik goes wrong. Unfortunately, though, neither Gopnik nor the vast majority … Continue reading →