Econ 101: The Financial Crisis and Danger of Government Intervention

Current meltdown is the result of Washington's interference in free markets.
Gary Wolfram, Ph.D.

Tom Shales on McCain: 'Embittered, Intemperate, Mean Old Scrooge

Tim Graham

Nets Condemn McCain Calling Obama 'That One'; CNN: Palin Racist

Matching the Obama campaign spin, the network reporters and analysts were upset by John McCain, at one moment in the second presidential debate on Tuesday night, referring to Barack Obama as “that one.” CBS's Jeff Greenfield asserted “there is going to be clearly a major headline soundbite” and insisted “those two words are going to be what the water cooler conversation is tomorrow. Was it…
Brent Baker

Overnight Open Thread

Continue the debate discussion here or start your own topics...
NB Staff

Chris Matthews: McCain Has 'Menacing Smile,' Obama's 'Debonair

In the post debate "analysis" tonight after the second presidential debate, Chris Matthews of MSNBC proved once again that he is in such rapture about Barack Obama that it cannot be believed. Tonight, Matthews cast McCain in the role of Snidely Whiplash or some such thing thing because of his "menacing smile." Yet, according to the sycophantic Matthews, Obama's is "debonair." Mary Katharine Ham…
Warner Todd Huston

PBS Offers 20 Free Minutes to Obama; New Yorker Editor Remnick Blasts

Tim Graham

Character Counted in Second McCain-Obama Debate

While every question addressed policy issues, nearly a third also revealed the character of the candidates.
Robert Knight

How 25 Years of Gay Activism in Hollywood Has Paid Off

This season, a record number of broadcast television series are featuring sympathetic homosexual characters.
Robert Knight

Bozell Column: Saving Liberal Fannies

Brent Bozell

Michael Moore Says 'Free' Film Not Free to Foreigners

**Update - Apparently Moore is Against Copyright Laws** Left-wing, faux documentary filmmaker Michael Moore famously announced late last year that his newest film would be a "free" download on the Internet. He claimed that his new film was a "free" gift to all his fans. Apparently, he didn't really mean "all" his fans, though. It turns out that his lawyers have sent out a raft of letters to…
Warner Todd Huston

McCain vs. Obama Round II

John McCain and Barack Obama are squaring off tonight at 9pm ET. Will the debate prove influential in the presidential race? Any media bias predictions?Discuss the main event here or join our live chat.
NB Staff

Obama Needs Police Protection from Palin? Couric Suggests So

Over video simply showing Barack Obama walking down the steps from his airplane, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric on Tuesday night juxtaposed how Obama “was given a police escort to his hotel,” as if that’s anything unusual for a presidential nominee under standard Secret Service protection, with how “in recent days, he's been under a non-stop verbal assault from Sarah Palin.” So the Governor…
Brent Baker

NYT Public Editor Ludicrously Argues Paper Tougher on Obama

In his weekly column, New York Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt ludicrously argued that Barack Obama has gotten tougher coverage since January 2007 (when Obama entered the race) than John McCain:By my count, The Times has published more tough articles on Obama, 20, than on McCain, 13, since the beginning of last year.The Times has never filed any story targeting Obama that remotely approaches the…
Clay Waters

Liberal Media Bias 'Evidence' McCain is Losing

Taking liberal media audacity to higher levels, John Heilemann would have you believe that the loss of support from liberal journalists is itself evidence the wheels are falling off the McCain campaign.  Heilemann recently wrote about a "shift" in the attitudes and opininos of the media away from John McCain and towards Barack Obama. His examples are, well, typical.Jonathan Alter, Joe Klein,…
Jacob S. Lybbert