CBS's Cohen: Reno/Gonzales Comparisons Are 'Apples & Oranges
March 15th, 2007 12:38 PM
CBS legal analyst Andrew Cohen seems to indirectly respond to my March 14 blog post with a March 15 salvo over at CBS's "Couric & Co." blog. [Scroll below for a NYT story from March 1993 that noted that it was unusual for the AG to be involved in the holdover resignation process] Some cyber folks, trying to attack the credibility of eminent
professors Stanley Katz and Stanley Kutler, took…
Bill O’Reilly Slams George Soros and Harry Reid for Debate Cancellat
March 13th, 2007 3:13 PM
As most people are likely aware, the Democrats have pulled out of a presidential debate to be held in Nevada this August. Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly was none too pleased about this announcement, and made his feelings known Monday evening (video available here): The dishonesty of the far left on display again…Within the Democratic party, there are two elements, moderate Dems and radical…
Will Liberal Media Stand Against Left-Wing Anti-Free Press Mob
March 12th, 2007 5:13 PM
It’s probably not that surprising that some on the far Left were complaining that the Fox News Channel was going to host a debate between the Democratic presidential candidates in Nevada later this year. They were probably completely unaware that Fox News co-hosted (with the liberal Congressional Black Caucus Institute) two Democratic debates during the last presidential campaign.What is…
Hume: Shrewd of Edwards to Spurn Debate Since Fox Cannot Be at War Wit
March 11th, 2007 10:50 AM
As the Managing Editor of Fox News Channel's Washington, DC bureau, you might have thought Brit Hume would have taken great umbrage at John Edwards' high-profile decision to spurn a debate of Dem presidential contenders that Fox had organized for August in Nevada. The Edwards pull-out ultimately led to a cancellation of the debate by the Nevada state Democratic party. Edwards had come under…
Soros-Linked LA Times Columnist Sniffs at Gitmo Security Concerns
March 9th, 2007 11:52 AM
Does Karen Greenberg believe the United States is involved in a war with Islamist terrorists? Judging by her column in today's Los Angeles Times, The military's Gitmo script, you really have to wonder. Greenberg is executive director of the Center on Law and Security at NYU law school. Her bio there [from whence her photo here comes] indicates that she is a former Vice-President of George…
Laff Riot: New Owner Suggests Air America Was Too Fair
March 8th, 2007 10:11 AM
Who says liberals lack a sense of humor? The new owner of Air America suggests that the original version of the radio network went bankrupt because . . . it was too even-handed.Mark Green is a veteran New York pol, having served as NYC's Public Advocate and run unsuccessfuly for US senator, NYC mayor and state attorney general. His family business recently completed the acquisition of Air…
GMA Highlights ‘Vicious’ Coulter; Ignores Maher Musings About Chen
March 6th, 2007 2:50 PM
Has Ann Coulter gone too far? “Good Morning America” reporter Jake Tapper posed that question on Tuesday’s program. Commenting on Coulter’s use of a slur at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, he used the words “vicious” and “mean spirited” to describe the author. An ABC graphic described the speech as “nasty.” And yet, the ABC program has not aired a single story on prominent…
L.A. Times Reporters Hit Dems From Left On Taxes
March 6th, 2007 12:19 PM
"Ugh, now the Democrats like tax cuts too!"That's essentially the tone of a March 5 Los Angeles Times article* that took Democrats to task for their plans for what President Clinton was fond of calling "targeted tax cuts." Apparently they just "cost" the government too much of our money:WASHINGTON // After years of claiming that Republicans were cluttering
the tax code with provisions that…