Intro to 'Conservative' Carlson's Show Casts Israel as Bully

Wasn't Tucker Carlson supposed to be MSNBC's conservative counterweight to Olbermann, Matthews, & Co?  I might have to rethink that one, judging by the opening roll of his 'Tucker' show this afternoon, which clearly cast Israel as the heavy in the current conflict. Here's how it went:Open to video of an Israeli tank firing rounds, as an off-screen voice breathlessly announces "Lebanon,…
Mark Finkelstein

China's Giant Salamanders Are Funny

Warner Todd Huston

O'Reilly: Liberal Jews Are All Big-City Newspapers Have Left

Mark Finkelstein

CNN's Robertson Now Admits: Hezbollah 'Had Control' of His Anti-Israel

Rich Noyes

Post Environmental Reporter Urges Gore to Run in

Grunwald dismisses Kyoto treaty as too 'modest,' calls for Americans to sacrifice standard of living to cut greenhouse gases.
Ken Shepherd

Letterman 'Top Ten Signs There's Trouble At The New York Times

Last week, David Letterman had the "Top Ten Signs There's Trouble At The New York Times." Hat Tip Instapundit. 10. Extensive coverage of recent fighting between the Israelis and the lesbians 9. Pages 2 through 20 are corrections of previous edition 8. Every sentence begins "So, like" 7. TV listings only for Zorro 6. Weather forecast reads "Look outside dumbass" 5. Multiple references to…
Greg Sheffield

WH Reporters Push for Unenforceable Ceasefire

At today's White House press briefing, reporters kept pushing Bush spokesman Tony Snow as to why the administration hasn't been pressuring Israel to go for a non-enforceable ceasefire with Hezbollah in order to avoid bad PR for having a "disproportionate" response to terrorism. That makes no sense, Snow replied since basically this line of thought involves asking Israel to incur civilian…
Matthew Sheffield

Sight Of Bush With Snowflake Babies Makes Time Columnist 'Want To Thro

Geoffrey Dickens

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Israeli Prime Minister Says World Media Provide 'Twisted' View of Hezb

Greg Sheffield

Time Mag Flashback: 1974 Issue Warns of Man-Made 'Global Cooling

Greg Sheffield

It's Mao or Never for Tax Reform

Ken Shepherd

Fixing the Tax Code With Mao's 'Little Red Book

Oregon Democratic Sen. Wyden starts his own 'long march' to tax reform.
Dan Gainor

For Boston Globe, 'American Dream' = More Big Government

Mark Finkelstein