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It has been a particularly cold winter season, and the energy issue is front and center for the Obama administration. In a surprising December 25th New York Times piece, Kate Galbraith wrote about…
President-elect Barack Obama might have broken Environmental Protection Agency regulations when he tossed the cremated remains of his grandmother into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Nuuanu,…
As we enter the final month of the Bush presidency, Bill Schneider's hatred for the man currently in the White House is reaching a fevered pitch.
Two days after telling his CNN audience "the…
Can you imagine a major American newspaper publishing the headline "2008 Was the Year Man-made Global Warming Was Disproved?"
No...neither can I.
Yet, supporting the view that foreign…
The media and Democrats might hate Sarah Palin, but her 2009 calendar is currently the number one best selling office product at Amazon.com.
Just imagine how this must be galling liberal…
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Any thoughts about today's Bowl games:
West Virginia vs. North CarolinaMEINEKE CAR CARE BOWLWisconsin vs. Florida StateCHAMPS SPORTS BOWLMiami (FL) vs. CaliforniaEMERALD BOWLAny comments about…I'm starting to think the New York Times is rolling out a year-ending Worst Ideas of 2008 list—with a twist. Instead of knocking the nutty notions, the Gray Lady's embracing them.Yesterday, as I…
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has launched a wonderful little feature that will run until Barack Obama takes the oath of office next month. They are calling it "Dear Mr. Obama" and it is a…
Anderson Cooper of CNN titles his recent post "RNC chair candidate sends out controversial Obama song."Why is is controversial to make fun of a liberal black columnist calling Obama "…
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Al Sharpton and Caroline Kennedy have lunch at famed Sylvia's restaurant in Harlem, December, 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Newsweek sprinkled throughout its year-end double issue, with Barack Obama on the cover as the #1 member of “The New Global Elite,” a bunch of potshots at Sarah Palin -- and even derided teen…
Looking for your own financial bailout?
Well, the unprecedented decline in gasoline prices the past five months is actually giving regular Americans a much-needed boost to their balance…
Here are the key numbers (in red) in Uncle Sam's November Personal Income and Outlays report (the July :
Common sense says that the chart's results after adjusting for inflation are…
On Monday’s World News, ABC showed a letter written to Barack Obama that made a snide crack charging that President Bush and Vice President Cheney had left Obama a "hell of a mess to clean up,"…
On the Monday, December 22 World News, ABC host Charles Gibson took a moment to relay the latest milestone in good news from Iraq regarding how much violence has diminished in the country. Gibson…
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For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Where did all the shoppers go?
Despite a flurry of last-minute shoppers lured by the deep discounts, total retail sales, excluding…
Sure, its revenues might be plunging along with its share price, but the New York Times is still good for something. In these somber days of winter, the Gray Lady, her name notwithstanding, can…
The McClatchy publishing company is more and more beginning to resemble an isolated bunker in the final stages of Götterdämmerung as ugly reality, such as their 99% stock price plunge, closes in…
Here’s a textbook definition of bias by story placement in a newspaper. On Christmas Eve, the Washington Post placed the release of the Obama’s transition team’s report on contacts with Gov. Rod…
Imagine there's no religion, it's easy for The New York Times to do -- even in a Christmas Day editorial that somehow forgets that Christmas is about Christ's birth. In fact, the NYT decided that…
I held this item for a couple of days after I found it because I didn't want to spoil Christmas. Readers can fairly criticize me for waiting.
It is truly astonishing how little attention…
A holiday change of pace from your humble correspondent here. Instead of taking a non-political article and looking for a political theme, I am taking this Slate article about political media divas…
Charlie Brown first asked in 1965, "Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?" Judging by the Christmas songs featured on the morning network shows during the 2008 Christmas season…
Employees of McClatchy publishing in Iraq were in an unusually good mood recently. The occasion was the aftermath of the Iraqi journalist who tossed his shoes at President Bush at a press…