Clik here to view.
Stupid: Church now says Koran-burning merely suspended, not canceled
Nuance. At the risk of stating the obvious, this tool really is an attention whore of historic, almost Levi-Johnston-esque proportions. Pretty soon he’ll be walking up to tourists holding camcorders, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Breaking: Federal judge in California says “don’t ask, don’t tell” is...
Deja vu. This one isn’t quite as explosive as the Prop 8 ruling, partly because a heavy majority (including a majority of Republicans) already supports letting people who are openly gay serve and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Obamateurism of the Day
Reruns and recycling. Barack Obama delivered a major speech on the economy this week, and Hot Air readers can be forgiven if it sounded familiar to them — and not just for its regurgitated Porkulus II...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video: When attack ads backfire
Vetting fail. We haven’t heard much from the New Mexico gubernatorial race, but it looks like we’re missing an entertaining election, to say the least. Susana Martinez became the first Hispanic woman...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another CBC scholarship scandal?
Nepotism Inc. The Congressional Black Caucus has another scandal on its hands relating to the use of their charitable scholarships and nepotism. After the exposure of Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Infrastructure “bank” a good idea, or earmarks for White House?
Beware the "panel of experts" approach. We often say that this administration has no Plan B, and Barack Obama’s latest economic proposals make that painfully clear. His “new” ideas include tens of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Open thread: Obama press conference
Rarities. In 15 minutes, Barack Obama will offer a rarity: an open press conference. In the past 14 months, this will only be his third, counting from the disastrous July 2009 presser in which he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sebelius: insurers who criticize ObamaCare may get locked out of system
"Shut up," she explained. Does ObamaCare trump the First Amendment? HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius must think so. Yesterday, after apparently tiring of criticism of the new law from the companies it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
White House aides owe IRS over $800,000
Millions more throughout the executive branch. So what exactly did “draining the swamp” mean, anyway? Apparently, it meant taking power and promoting such examples of ethics as Timothy Geithner to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obama: Gitmo gives al-Qaeda a talking point
Don't know much about history. In an otherwise rather dull and dreary press conference, Barack Obama offered this old saw on the need to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay as part of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Ed Morrissey Show: The Week in Review with Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson
3 pm ET, 90 minutes! Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we’ll take a look at the past week with Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson of the Hugh Hewitt Show. Duane and I will parse the Obama presser...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Goolsbee gets top WH economy job because …
Qualifications in era of Hope and Change. Well, this comes as no real surprise. After all, these are the same reasons that Americans elected Barack Obama to the White House. Politico reports on how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obama: We’re in the business of stimulating the economy, but …
... don't call it a stimulus, please. Chip Reid seemed to have stumped Barack Obama during the press conference today with this question about Obama’s new economic plan, announced this week. Given that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Giannoulias launched Senate bid from failed family bank
Depends on the definition of "contact"? Alexi Giannoulias has tried mightily to distance himself from the failure of the family bank that cost taxpayers almost $400 million in deposit insurance payouts...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Should the FDA ban menthol cigarettes?
Prohibition redux. Reason TV takes a look at a new effort by the FDA to bar menthol cigarettes in the US. It follows an already-imposed ban on flavored cigarettes, including clove, chocolate, and other...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NYT editor: We won’t run photos of the Koran burning because they add nothing...
Sad. Nice try, but alas, I must call B.S. Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times, said in an e-mail message that the newspaper had “no policy against publishing things that might...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exciting new media angle to Koran-burning story: Pastor went to high school...
Vast right-wing conspiracy. Via the Radio Equalizer. Had this meme come from anyone else, I’d assume it was a sly joke on how inane guilt-by-association attacks can be. Turns out, though, that it broke...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Delaware GOP files FEC complaint against O’Donnell over tea-party money
Yeesh. Really dumb, and I say that as someone who’s firmly in the “vote for the electable RINO” camp. The Republican Party of Delaware has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Media outside pastor’s home finally snaps: “You’re just using us! We should...
Comedy gold. In case you need another reason to hope he cancels tomorrow’s bonfire, here’s one more. If it happens, the news next week will be dominated by atrocities committed by barbarians; if it...
View Article