Some Rachels Are More Equal Than Others

Tom Gross notes in this week's Spectator (London) that for some reason, if you're Jewish, your death in a terror attack is likely to get a lot less attention ("Dead Jews Aren't News"): Even though Thaler was a British citizen, born in London, where her grandparents still live, her death has never been mentioned in a British newspaper. Rachel Corrie, on the other hand, an American radical who…
Joshua Sharf
 

Another Poll You Won’t Hear About: Bush’s Approval Rating Back to

The results of a recent poll by Zogby International were just released, and they show President Bush’s job approval back to where it was in July well before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans:“President Bush, his job approval rating beleaguered by poor marks in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, rebounded from historic lows this summer to 45% in Zogby International’s latest poll, with job approval…
Noel Sheppard
 

LA Times: Number of Abortions Has "Fallen Dramatically

Dave Pierre
 

Chris Matthews Compares Plamegate to Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon

Noel Sheppard
 

Howard Dean Cites ABC Correspondent as Evidence of Fraud in Iraqi Elec

Noel Sheppard
 

Totenberg Advises Democrats to Hit GOP on Tax Cuts for the Rich

When, on this weekend’s Inside Washington, host Gordon Peterson recited a list of issues Democratic congressional candidates could use against Republican incumbents -- “you've got Iraq, you've got Harriet Miers, you've got Katrina, you got Tom DeLay being indicted. You've got a lot of ammunition” -- NPR reporter Nina Totenberg jumped in to shout: "And you've got the tax cuts!" She soon offered…
Brent Baker
 

John Dean on Plamegate: Frenzy Ends With NO Indictments From Fitzgeral

John Dean, former counsel to president Richard M. Nixon, wrote a column for FindLaw yesterday that is an absolute must read. In it, he gave a thorough analysis of the issues facing special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, while indirectly discrediting the parade of media representatives who have declared in the past couple of weeks that chief White House aide Karl Rove, and Vice President Dick…
Noel Sheppard
 

AP Reporter: Bush White House Uses "Slash-and-Burn Assaults On Its Cri

Dave Pierre
 

Journalist Who Filmed Burning Taliban Bodies Suggests Media Got it All

There has been a lot of outrage in the media concerning the burning of a couple of dead, Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in early October. Yet, the Australian journalist who videotaped the proceedings, Stephen Dupont, stated in an interview on National Public Radio yesterday (audio link to follow courtesy of Bareknucklepolitics.com) that he believed the bodies were burned purely for reasons of…
Noel Sheppard
 

Stock Market Funnies

I've never seen such a simple graph make me giggle so hard...
Bob Owens
 

Coming to U.S. Film Fests: Movie "Humanizing" Palestinian Suicide Bomb

Tim Graham
 

On Letterman, Al Franken Jokes About Execution for Treason of Rove, Li

"And so basically, what it looks like is going to happen is that Libby and Karl Rove are going to be executed” because “outing a CIA agent is treason,” left-wing author and radio talk show host Al Franken asserted Friday night, to audience laughter, on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman. Franken qualified his hard-edged satire: "Yeah. And I don't know how I feel about it because I'm basically…
Brent Baker
 

CBS Highlights Republican Critic of DeLay Who Calls Him a Hog

Brad Wilmouth
 

CBS Uses Long-Time DeLay Foe to Suggest He Lacks Support From Republic

Lee Cowan did a report on the "CBS Evening News" tonight concerning Rep. Tom DeLay’s (R-Tex) first day in court. To demonstrate that even people on the right don’t like the embattled congressman, Cowan interviewed Beverly Carter, the Republican precinct chairwoman of Fort Bend County, Texas:“I've not heard of any Republicans that are supporting Tom at this point win, lose or draw. Whether he's…
Noel Sheppard