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How often have you wondered whether or not the liberals who are so outraged by conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh have ever actually listened to his program?Shockingly, an op-ed in Sunday's Los Angeles Times asked such a question.In fact, author Andrew Klavan took it a step further:If you are reading this newspaper, the likelihood is that you agree with the Obama administration's recent…

Correspondent, scientist avoid discussing the destruction of human life necessary for research to take place.

New trend of kids sending nude or semi-nude photos of themselves to other kids raises questions of what violates child-pornography laws.

ABC on Sunday night jumped to beat the other networks with the news that a judge in Spain may issue arrest warrants charging several former Bush administration officials with violating the Convention Against Torture. World News Sunday anchor Dan Harris announced: “Six former high level officials of the Bush administration are being targeted tonight by a court in, of all places, Spain. This court…

Did you feel the earth shake under your feet in the past couple of hours?It's because GM CEO Rick Wagoner has resigned...at the request of President Barack Obama.As reported moments ago by Politico (h/t NBer AgentAmerican):

Barack Obama promised to elevate the level of political discourse.  Some of his apparent admirers didn't get the memo. Take, for example, this user comment on the Washington Post's 44: The Obama Presidency blog today:Considering how many people donated small amounts to his campaign, I imagine it would be difficult to find people who couldn't be considered "backers" in some way. I mean one of…

Greta Van Susteren is clearly sick and tired of people accusing her of advising Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.She's also fed up with what she referred to Sunday as a "hit and run":This is why I hate “sources” and where journalism can be grossly unfair — in the law you have to step up on the witness stand and identify yourself and take an oath to tell the truth.According to Van Susteren, that's not what…

This afternoon I learned that Bill Ayers has been invited to speak to high school students in the suburb of Naperville Illinois where he will discuss his days in the Weather Underground. (h/t Doug Ross Journal). The school district is defending the decision with the laughable claim that they would never invite anyone to the school that advocated violence. No kidding, this isn't a joke."While we…

We're nearly 24 hours out of Earth Hour and the media are already proclaiming it a success as Michael Bates pointed out for NewsBusters in a blog post earlier today. However one prominent global warming alarmist reportedly didn't fully participate in the Earth Hour festivities. According to Drew Johnson, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, global warming activist and former…

CBS's Bob Schieffer devoted about half of his Face the Nation interview, with President Barack Obama, to Pakistan and Afghanistan, but on Iraq he failed to point out Obama's opposition to the surge as he hoped: “Are things going well enough there now that you may consider speeding up the withdrawal of troops from Iraq?” On violence in Mexico, Schieffer pushed a blame America first line,…

Today's Chicago Sun-Times features the column "Obama speech tests Notre Dame's strength" by Carol Marin.  She begins:It takes courage to be a Catholic educator. In America's culture wars, abortion is the trump card of every moral discussion. Or so the righteous right requires us to believe.At Notre Dame, the most Catholic of Catholic universities, a national protest is building over the decision…

Over the years, some of the best television commercials by far have come from beer companies like Budweiser and Miller.With that as pretext, the good folks at Heineken have created an ad that marvelously depicts the differing priorities of men and women (video embedded below the fold):

President Obama unveiled a new Afghanistan strategy on Friday.As US News reported:The new policy, according to a senior State Department official, places elevated priority on standing up the Afghan government's fledgling civilian capabilities to deliver public services and establish its authority throughout the country.Here's how award-winning British cartoonist Peter Brookes depicted this new…

It looks like at least one Huffington Post blogger has been paying attention to the surge in Rush Limbaugh's radio ratings since the White House began attacking him. As chronicled here in NewsBusters by editor Brent Baker, Limbaugh's numbers have increased drastically ever since the organized White House attack. As a result of this Rush Surge,  Huffington Post blogger Earl Ofari Hutchinson who…