The co-hosts of "The View," where many people apparently get their news, have proven their ignorance on the Constitution and American history. On the March 5 episode, Whoopi Goldberg proposed that…
The 2008 campaign season features sharp disagreements among the leading presidential aspirants from both parties. Climate change, however, seems to be the exception that proves the rule, as…
The Times held a "Times Talks" event Tuesday night at TheTimesCenter (all one word), part of the new New York Times Building now dominating 40th and 41st Street in Midtown Manhattan like a…
Science is a very powerful thing and it’s important to get it right.
That’s the message Lord Christopher Monckton, a policy advisor for former British Prime Minister…
Over last weekend, the NPR show On The Media devoted a segment to co-host Bob Garfield remembering the legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. Garfield quoted George Will on the massive effect Buckley…
The 2008 campaign season features sharp disagreements among the leading presidential aspirants from both parties. Climate change, however, seems to be the exception that proves the rule, as…
Is the Seattle Post-Intelligencer now backing off from labeling the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) an eco-terrorist outfit?
NewsBusters has noted that whereas the Seattle Times has avoided…
When Christopher Hitchens came on today's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough began by inviting him to comment on "last night's" results. Quipped the famously hard-living Hitchens: "I'm still…
Philip Bennett, the Washington Post’s managing editor, paid a visit to the University of California, Irvine for a little chat earlier this week. During his comments on the subject of religion and…
We've seen the media promote an R.V. indicator, a sweater indicator, a McDonald’s indicator and even a Starbucks indicator – all illustrations purporting to show an economy in peril. But CNN…
Seven out of ten Americans believe prescription drugs developed over the past 20 years have made life better for their fellow Americans – in spite of journalists’ incessant attacks on…
Two weeks after making her disdain for the nation clear during a…
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Tensions are rising around the world:
China increasing military spendingVenezuelan troops massing at Colombian border Iran is close to…The Weather Channel has lost its way, according to John Coleman, who founded the channel in 1982.
Coleman told an audience at the 2008 International Conference on Climate Change…
Unless you were paying very close attention you likely missed the change in a recent Politico headline from "Obama support soft among Catholics" to "Obama slow to gain among Catholics".
The…
No real surprise here: A new study of positive versus negative campaign coverage found, as reported Tuesday night by FNC's Brit Hume, that John McCain's coverage grew more negative as he got…
A landmark marriage case opened Tuesday in the California Supreme Court that could have profound legal and social consequences for the entire nation.
Yet the major news networks…
What is it with TV producers and housewives? While the fascination with housewives is nothing new in the landscape of television, it has devolved from icons like Marion Cunningham and Carol Brady…
Now that Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination, some are wondering whether the media will be tougher in their coverage. There’s a better question: is it possible to be any softer…
Tonight may be the make-it-or-break-it moment for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as she faces off against Barack Obama.
Will Obama be able to pull it off? Stay tuned. Post…