Econ 101: Health Care Reform

The market needs less government inefficiency not more to improve the system and lower health care costs.
Gary Wolfram, Ph.D.
July 15th, 2009 1:30 PM

CBS Ignores Sotomayor’s Multiple ‘Wise Latina’ Comments

Reporting on Sonia Sotomayor responding to questions about her "wise Latina" comments during Tuesday’s confirmation hearing, CBS’s Wyatt Andrews glossed over the multiple times she made the remark: "What did she mean in her 2001 speech to Hispanic law students at the University of California that "a wise Latina woman...would reach a better conclusion than a white male?" In addition to the Evening…
Kyle Drennen
July 15th, 2009 1:13 PM

Stephanopoulos Fawns: 'Calm,' 'Cool' Sotomayor 'Didn't Make Any Mistak

Former Democratic strategist-turned-journalist George Stephanopoulos appeared on Wednesday's Good Morning America to coo that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor "didn't make any mistakes" and "did exactly what she had to do" in her confirmation hearings on Tuesday. In contrast, during Sam Alito's confirmation hearings in 2006, Stephanopoulos related Democratic complaints about membership in a…
Scott Whitlock
July 15th, 2009 12:53 PM

MSNBC's Olbermann Twice Gets Free Republic Founder's Name Wrong

Keith Olbermann, one of MSNBC’s resident leftists posing as anchors, named Jim Robinson, the founder of FreeRepublic.com, as his runner-up on his “Worst Person in the World” feature on his Countdown program on Monday evening but twice called him “Jim Thompson.”After first implying that “Thompson” and his site’s moderators were a bunch of juveniles, Olbermann explained that the reason why the Free…
Matthew Balan
July 15th, 2009 12:11 PM

For 'Leverage,' Round Two of 'Destroying' Evil Businessmen

TNT's 'do-gooding' criminal team will batter greedy corporate-types for another season.
Julia A. Seymour
July 15th, 2009 11:37 AM

Britain's Government Cardio for Kids: 'Sex or Masturbation Twice a Wee

Tim Graham
July 15th, 2009 11:37 AM

Dean: Low-Income People Hurt by Cap-and-Tax Will Recoup Cost with Less

CNBC contributor claims the low-ball figure of $40 a year lost by low-income households due to cap-and-trade will be made up with lower medical costs.
Jeff Poor
July 15th, 2009 11:03 AM

Nets, But Not CNN, Bury Sotomayor's Admission of 'Wise Latina' v 'Wise

CNN's Wolf Blitzer late Tuesday afternoon characterized it as “an incredibly important exchange” and a “very, very dramatic moment” when Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor “concurred” with Senator Lindsey Graham that he would have paid a heavy price if he had ever maintained “a wise white man would make better decisions than a Latina,” yet neither ABC nor NBC mentioned in their evening…
Brent Baker
July 15th, 2009 10:51 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
July 15th, 2009 9:37 AM

Murdoch Goes Gentle on Obama's First Pitch

Tim Graham
July 15th, 2009 7:00 AM

Charlie Cook: Another Out of Touch Liberal

You know when a liberal has lost any capability to understand the common American when they completely miss the pain that liberal tax hikers cause the average citizen in this country. Charlie Cook recently showed this elitist attitude in a National Journal column on the outrageous costs of the Cap and Trade bill – better called the Cap and Tax bill. Of course, to him, the tax hike on the average…
Warner Todd Huston
July 15th, 2009 3:09 AM

Our Lady of Guadalupe's Image and Legacy Desecrated in Service to Poli

Hispanic activist places Sotomayor's face on the Virgin Mary.
Catherine Maggio
July 15th, 2009 12:00 AM

Crutsinger's Crud, Part 1: AP's Budget Deficit Report Riddled With Err

In a report meant to cover Uncle Sam's release of June's Monthly Treasury Statement, Associated Press reporter Martin Crutsinger went well beyond the wire service's normally lazy, slanted reporting in this area.In his report's apparent final incarnation early Tuesday morning, the AP writer:Told us the amount of June's deficit ($94.3 billion), but didn't disclose the figures for June's receipts ($…
Tom Blumer
July 14th, 2009 11:56 PM

Bozell Column: PBS and Health-Care Hypocrites

Brent Bozell
July 14th, 2009 10:27 PM