Boston Globe Laments Immigration as 'Wedge Issue for Our Times

Consider yourselves warned. Should conservative and Republicans hold fast to strong stands on illegal immigration in the coming election year, and if they ultimately do well at the polls because of it, look for the Boston Globe to lament the tactic as a cynical "wedge issue," rather than a reaction to valid concerns from the electorate. The Boston Globe editorial board may be sharpening their…
Ken Shepherd
 

Open Thread

NB Staff
 

CBS Grudgingly Acknowledges Progress in Iraq, But

Finally catching up with ABC and NBC, the night before Thanksgiving the CBS Evening News turned to chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan for a look at how conditions are improving in Iraq. But the story from Logan, who just over a month ago insisted that “we're doing extremely badly,” was more cynical and foreboding than more upbeat reports aired Thanksgiving night on ABC and NBC when CBS's…
Brent Baker
 

Huckabee: My Critics Get Rich 'At Expense of People Who Don't Know If

Was that Mike Huckabee on "Morning Joe" today -- or John Edwards? The former Arkansas governor found an odd way to refute charges he's not a true conservative, indulging in some class-warfare rhetoric that would have been the envy of the former North Carolina senator.Mika Brzezinski hit Huckabee with an excerpt from Bob Novak's column of today. Here are the opening paragraphs from Novak's False…
Mark Finkelstein
 

CNN Highlights YouTube Debate Questions Posed from Left

Brad Wilmouth
 

Brokaw: War Critics Believed Iraq Had WMD, Too Much PC in Race Talk

Brad Wilmouth
 

Pleasant Surprise: LAT Article On Life/Abortion Issue Actually Decent

The first thing that goes through my mind every time I lay eyes on an article on abortion in the Los Angeles Times is, "Oh, no." As we've relayed several times before, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, the Times's reporting on abortion and life issues can be problematic, to say the least.So imagine my pleasant surprise after reading Friday's front-page piece by Times…
Dave Pierre
 

TIME Covers a Sunday School for Atheists

Why do the media need to provide an atheist rebuttal to every God-centered holiday?
Kristen Fyfe
 

Who’s Tougher on Crime: Romney Or Giuliani

Howard Nemerov
 

Bill Clinton: Hillary 'Doesn't See Any Sense to Extramarital Sex

Tim Graham
 

Defining the Loony Left: Thanksgiving Hatred

Tim Graham
 

Carole Simpson's History of Liberalism at ABC News

Tim Graham
 

Bozell: Ex-ABC Anchor Finally Admits the Obvious

Appearing on FNC's "Hannity and Colmes" to promote his new Hillary Clinton book Whitewash, NewsBusters publisher and MRC president Brent Bozell was asked to talk about former ABC anchor Carole Simpson's recent endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president.Liberal host Alan Colmes tried to spin Bozell's remarks but Brent stuck to his guns, correctly pointing out that Simpson's explicit action wasn'…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Fred Thompson Says Fox News Is Biased Against His Campaign

This should certainly raise the eyebrows of folks around the country who believe Fox News is too conservative.On "Fox News Sunday," Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson told a somewhat stunned Chris Wallace that FNC is biased against his campaign. I kid you not. As reported hours ago by TheHill.com (video available here):
Noel Sheppard