Open Thread

Starter: In the grand tradition of the Church Sign Generator, have you seen the Valentine Heart Maker? (H/t: Ace) Note: You can't post images from the site elsewhere but you can link to them.
Matthew Sheffield
 

Smithsonian to Ollie North: You Can't Come In With Your Fox News Camer

Washington Post arts reporter Jacqueline Trescott reports on the front page of the Style section today that the Smithsonian Institution (with its fresh new contract with the Showtime cable network) is shutting Oliver North's Fox News Channel cameras out:The Smithsonian Institution rejected a request from Oliver North to film a stand-up in front of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the first…
Tim Graham
 

Paging Paris Hilton: Ahmadinejad Looking for 'New Ways to Love

Should Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ever make it to America, he will feel right at home in the faculty lounges of America's universities and the executive suites of the MSM. For this morning, he gave the Iranian version of a slogan near and dear to the hearts of the aging campus activists of the 60s and 70s who are to be found there: Make Love Not War!In segments broadcast on today's Good Morning…
Mark Finkelstein
 

What Happens If a Deficit Falls and Almost No One Reports It

Tom Blumer
 

Media Turn Edwards' Shrill Blogger into Political Martyr

Presidential campaign staffer's anti-Christian remarks caused an uproar.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Valentine's Day: Ladies' Mags Tout S-E-X not Love

Women say they want romance.  Women's magazines peddle sex.
Kristen Fyfe
 

"Collective Nervous Breakdown" on Meet the Press

Lance Dutson
 

Couric Touts (Slight) Opposition to Funding Surge, Skips Even Split on

Brent Baker
 

Newsweek's Meacham: Obama Will Make Voters Face Their Prejudices Again

Michael Rule
 

CNN’s Cafferty Draws Moral Equivalence Between Iran and United State

During the Monday edition of the "Situation Room," Jack Cafferty discussed U.S. allegations that Iraqi militants are killing American soldiers with weapons provided by Iran. At the conclusion of the "Cafferty File" segment, the CNN host engaged in the always reliable media tradition of moral equivalence, comparing Iran’s action to U.S. support of Afghan rebels in the 1980s. Apparently, the fact…
Scott Whitlock
 

MoveOn in Forgiving Mood on Hillary's Iraq Vote

From the moment Tom Matzzie, the Washington director of Moveon.org, turned up on this afternoon's Tucker Carlson, something just didn't feel right. Matzzie just didn't fit the Moveon mold. There was no whiff of the angry zealot about him, no sense that Tucker was one misstep away from witnessing a meltdown. Mattzie came across as one more pleasant-enough fellow with a DC organizational gig…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Matt Lauer: Dixie Chicks 'Rule!' Get 'Last Laugh' on President

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Global Warming Case Closed

Julia A. Seymour
 

Valentine's Day: Have the Ladies' Mags Lost the Love

Valentine's Day: Women say they want romance. Women's magazines dish out S-E-X.
Kristen Fyfe