Open Thread: Another Rich Leftist Avoids Taxes

Today's starter topic: He hasn't been relevant in a long time but the publicity French movie star Gerard Depardieu is getting for moving to Belgium to avoid France's new income tax laws can't be good. Exit question: How do wealthy leftists who advocate for politicians who want to raise taxes justify evading them once they are raised?
NB Staff
December 11th, 2012 10:33 AM

How Liberals Think: Mika Says 'It's Kind Of Simple'—Employers Should

I post this item not to mock Mika Brzezinski.  But her comments this morning were so illustrative of the liberal mindset--in ignoring fundamental principles of economics--that they are worth highlighting here. An entire Morning Joe segment had been devoted to discussing the wage dilemma in America.  In the context of analyzing the right-to-work law soon to be signed in Michigan, the panel—…
Mark Finkelstein
December 11th, 2012 9:40 AM

Special Report: Taking Christ out of Christmas

Secularist Grinches have long sought to obscure “the reason for the season.” But censorship of Christianity is increasingly a media mission for all seasons.
Paul Wilson
December 11th, 2012 9:23 AM

Another Strange Communism Headline from NYTimes: 'Summoning Halcyon Da

Dictatorship and double standards invade the New York Times once again. Check the headline over Dennis Lim's Sunday Arts & Leisure profileof the director of "Barbara," set in Communist East Germany in 1980: "Summoning Halcyon Days Of Failed Ideals." "Failed Ideals"? Can one imagine the paper running a headline that suggested a fascist society like Nazi Germany was built on "failed ideals…
Clay Waters
December 11th, 2012 8:57 AM

MSNBC's Chris Hayes Claims Energy Prices 'Too Low,' Preventing 'Sane C

Given the current sad state of the economy, when the price of something goes down, that's a good thing because you can buy more of it without breaking the bank, right? That's not what the host of the MSNBC program Up With Chris Hayes said on Saturday, when he claimed that “the price of energy is too low” and “the massive, extractive energy boom happening in America right now” is getting in…
Randy Hall
December 10th, 2012 9:12 PM

CNN Lauds Cory Booker's 'Pretty Extraordinary' 'Food Stamp Challenge

In the face of possible cuts to food stamp programs, CNN let Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker rail against the House cuts and publicize his own attempt to live off of food stamps for a week. On Friday night host Piers Morgan lauded Booker, calling his food stamp challenge "something really pretty extraordinary" and "a life-changing experience for him." In addition, Morgan cast Republicans…
Matt Hadro
December 10th, 2012 6:45 PM

Jansing & Co. Presents Slanted & Misinformed Take on Michigan's Right

Michigan may very well become the 24th state to adopt right-to-work legislation on Tuesday, and liberal media outlets have given its opponents ample opportunity to state their case. While proponents have not been allowed to defend the law at all, MSNBC's Chris Jansing was more than happy to briefly play "devil's advocate" with her guest on Monday -- newly elected state representative Tim…
Ryan Robertson
December 10th, 2012 6:25 PM

More Voters Think Santa Will Give Gifts To Romney Than To Obama

Barack Obama may have won in November, but more voters think Santa will bring Mitt Romney gifts this Christmas than his Democratic opponent. Most interesting is that this was reported by the left-leaning pollster Public Policy Polling:
Noel Sheppard
December 10th, 2012 6:18 PM

Union Official Compares GOP Push for Right to Work Law in Mich. to Att

He who first invokes the Nazis during an argument loses, posits Godwin's Law. Allow me to introduce Cook's Corollary to Godwin's Law, whereby he who makes a patently ludicrous analogy to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor forfeits all credibility. The corollary gets its name courtesy of Steve Cook, president of the Michigan Education Association, the state's largest school employee union. (…
Jack Coleman
December 10th, 2012 5:55 PM

CBS Can't Make Up Its Mind - Tea Party Still 'Powerful' or 'Weakened

On Monday's CBS This Morning, Norah O'Donnell seemed unsure about the extent of Tea Party's political influence. During an interview of former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, O'Donnell first indicated that the movement was a potent force: "I want to ask you...about how powerful the Tea Party is. Is the Tea Party holding back House Republicans and Speaker Boehner from agreeing to additional…
Matthew Balan
December 10th, 2012 5:16 PM

Karen Long Sings Praises of Colm Toibin's 'Testament of Mary

As we at NewsBusters have noticed, Advent and Lent seem to be the times of year that the liberal secular media loves to tweak devout Christians with attacks on historic, orthodox Christian teaching. The latest example is the media being abuzz over Irish playwright and novelist Colm Toibin's "The Testament of Mary." The "silent, obedient, observant" Mary of Scripture that has "echoed down"…
Ken Shepherd
December 10th, 2012 4:57 PM

NBC's 'Meet the Press' Hops Aboard Hillary in 2016 Bandwagon

On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory eagerly touted the approval rating of outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and gushed over the prospect of her running for president in 2016: "...her popularity has soared to an all-time high. According to a new Washington Post/ABC poll out this week, 66 percent view the country's top diplomat favorably..." [Listen to the audio or…
Kyle Drennen
December 10th, 2012 4:52 PM

NYT's Kantor Speculates on 2016 Plans of 'Widely Respected' Hillary Cl

New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor graced Sunday's front page with a "will she or won't she run for president" profile of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, "Clinton’s Countless Choices Hinge on One: 2016." Kantor talks of Clinton as "a widely respected figure" of "historic potential" without mentioning the scandal of the Clinton White House, like Travelgate. Kantor is author of a…
Clay Waters
December 10th, 2012 4:28 PM

Bob Tyrrell Jr. Column: The Mysterious Stranger

Jeffrey Hillman is a man who shambles the streets of New York City looking quite unkempt, drab, and hopeless. He panhandles sometimes and mutters to himself. Frankly, he looks a wreck and apparently is often in need of a pair of shoes. On cold winter nights he gets them. One cold November night, Officer Lawrence DePrimo spotted Hillman seated shoeless on the pavement of Times Square, and the…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
December 10th, 2012 4:10 PM