Essay: Michael Vick is Back Where He Belongs

So Michael Vick is an Eagle now. That’s ok with me. I’m a Giants fan. Or I was a Giants fan, when I could stand to follow pro football. For a long time now, I haven’t been able to bring myself to watch more than a few games a season. These days, I feel nearly as out-of-place at a Super Bowl party as I would at an Oscar party.Here in the DC area, the Redskins religion has begun its sacramental…
Matt Philbin
August 18th, 2009 12:51 PM

Bozell Column: Secular Saboteurs

There are an awful lot of people I know in the world of public policy, many of whom I respect and admire. But beyond respecting his wisdom and admiring his courage, I just plain like Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League. I like his Irish feistiness. I like his sense of loyalty. I like his sense of humor. Most of all, I like how he drives his opponents mad. And with his new book, "…
Brent Bozell
August 18th, 2009 12:20 PM

Gibson Worries: ‘Will Obama Go to the Mat for a Public Option

On Monday’s World News, ABC’s Charles Gibson channeled the worry of liberal activists over the Obama administration’s seeming retreat on government-run health insurance, the so-called “public option.” Gibson fretted about Obama to White House correspondent Jake Tapper: “Will he go to the mat for a public option?” Gibson exposed how one-sided his universe of experts is: “We talked to several…
Rich Noyes
August 18th, 2009 11:40 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
August 18th, 2009 11:00 AM

CBS Highlights AARP Members Defecting to Conservative ASA

On Monday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Sharyl Attkisson filed a report highlighting the recent defections of thousands of AARP members to the more conservative American Seniors Association (ASA), because of the perceived support by the AARP for ObamaCare. The report recounted that Obama recently had to correct a claim that the AARP supports his plan, while some are suspicious that the group…
Brad Wilmouth
August 18th, 2009 10:39 AM

Orlando Sentinel Live Blogs Stacked Deck 'Town Hall' Meeting

Your humble correspondent has had problems with the Orlando Sentinel in the past, especially when it published a silly global warming alarmism story which presented various map scenarios of Florida being flooded over. However, I must extend congratulations to that periodical for its excellent live blog coverage of a phony stacked deck "town hall" meeting conducted by Congressman Alan Grayson…
P.J. Gladnick
August 18th, 2009 10:21 AM

With Obama In Office Kossacks Not So Worried About War

When George W. Bush was in the White House, one of the leading anti-war voices in the nation was the ultra-liberal website Daily Kos.Now that Barack Obama is President, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are mysteriously no longer of such great concern to the Netroots.I guess the anti-war movement was much more about getting Bush out of office than getting our troops out of harm's way. Such was…
Noel Sheppard
August 18th, 2009 10:13 AM

ABC Shocker: ‘Good Morning America’ Hires Pro-Abstinence Steve Har

Matt Philbin
August 18th, 2009 10:09 AM

NewsBusted

NB Staff
August 18th, 2009 9:54 AM

Obama Joker Poster Artist Exposed As Liberal-Leaning Palestinian

Since NewsBusters and the Drudge Report first introduced America to the Obama Joker poster -- with help from talk radio host Tammy Bruce, of course -- most media outlets have speculated the artist was likely white, conservative, and racist.WRONG!As reported by the Los Angeles Times moments ago, the up-until-now anonymous creator of the poster sweeping the nation is a 20-year-old college student…
Noel Sheppard
August 18th, 2009 12:04 AM

'Mad Men' Pushes Decency Boundaries

Critically acclaimed series' season premiere showcases sex and profanity.
Colleen Raezler
August 18th, 2009 12:00 AM

CMI Commentary: Are You Ready for Some Football? I'm Not

Michael Vick is back where he belongs.
Matt Philbin
August 18th, 2009 12:00 AM

Apostolic Visitation of American Nuns a 'Grand Jury Indictment' to ABC

How dare the Vatican concern itself with orthodoxy!
Colleen Raezler
August 18th, 2009 12:00 AM

Shhh! Gallup Reports That Conservatives Outnumber Libs in All 50 State

You know this is important polling news, because the establishment media is pretending it doesn't exist. You can't find a relevant reference to it in searches on "Gallup" at the New York Times, AP.org, the Washington Post, or the LA Times. A Google News search on "Gallup conservatives outnumber liberals" (not in quotes) comes up with all of eight results. The news isn't just that self-…
Tom Blumer
August 17th, 2009 11:25 PM