CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Today: Oil Companies Are The Profiteers of Terr

Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s "Mad Money," appeared on the August 16th edition of "Today." Guest-host Lester Holt quizzed the always verbose financial adviser on which stocks are best in an age of terror. Holt prefaced the piece, which aired at 7:14AM EDT, by noting that Americans live in a volatile age and that he wasn’t advocating exploiting unrest in the Middle East, but that investors must…
Scott Whitlock
 

NBC's Brown Blows Smoke on Housing Bubble

Home values still growing, just slower than before as housing market shifts into buyer's market.
Ken Shepherd
 

Summer Rerun: Media Hot for Al Gore All Over Again

BMI Staff
 

NY Times on Hezbollah, the 'Social Service Network

Clay Waters
 

That's Odd

I just ran across an interesting photograph on the AP wire. It would appear that this is a photograph of a Pakistani protest in support of Hezbullah and Hamas (and most likely, therefore, a protest against Israel and the United States). There is something strange about the photograph, though—notice the highlighted poster, prominently displaying what appears to be a dead child. Where did this…
Brian C. Ledbetter
 

WashPost Writer From Berkeley Glorifies Dumpster Diving

Ken Shepherd
 

What's the 'Freegan' Deal

Post romanticizes dumpster diving as protest against Bush administration, capitalism.
Ken Shepherd
 

Summer Lovin': The Media's Summer Fling with Al Gore

Ken Shepherd
 

Chicago Tribune Silent on Illegal Immigration Activist's History

Mike Bates
 

For L.A. Times, Real Authoritarian Isn't Fidel, It's George

Mark Finkelstein
 

Comparing Israel to a Laundry List of History's Demons

Greg Sheffield
 

Open Thread

Links, rants, and discussions about miscellany.
NB Staff
 

Too Much Gore on TV

Network obsession delivers a summer filled with vice president turned climate change pitchman.
 

When Allen Embarrassed Webb, WashPost Buried on B

Tim Graham