Daily Beast's Dean Obeidallah on CNN: Radical Islam A 'Made-Up Idea'

The Daily Beast's Dean Obeidallah denied the existence of Islamism as an ideology during a segment on Monday's CNN Newsroom. Obeidallah, responding to conservative commentator Erick Erickson applauding Saturday Night Live's draw Mohammed skit as "a perfectly humorous way to point out the absurdity of radical Islam's refusal to let people draw Mohammed," wildly claimed that "the [SNL] writers'...…
Matthew Balan
May 11th, 2015 7:16 PM

Muslim Comedian Launches 'Draw Your Favorite Islamophobe' Contest

Remember Pamela Geller, whose “Muhammad Cartoon Contest” in Garland, Texas, earlier this month resulted in the deaths of two men who tried to attack the event? It's obvious that liberal comedian and commentator Dean Obeidallah does. During his radio program on SiriusXM this past Saturday, the “man who wants to be your Muslim friend” announced a “Draw Your Favorite Islamophobe” contest.
Randy Hall
May 11th, 2015 7:04 PM

Identity Politics’ Double Standards on Display

The disrespectful treatment of Sen. Ted Cruz by Bloomberg's Mark Halperin fits a well-established pattern of duplicity and double standards in the modern day practice of identity politics in the United States.
Jorge Bonilla
May 11th, 2015 7:01 PM

Halperin Lamely Apologizes 'To Those Offended' by His Cruz Interview

Today, Bloomberg TV's Mark Halperin inadequately apologized for his conduct and line of questioning during an April 30 interview of GOP presidential candidate which came off as rude and racist to many who saw it — well, basically because it was. As Tim Graham at NewsBusters noted on Sunday, and as will be seen in the video following the jump, Halperin engaged in a "prove-you're-a-Cuban" line of…
Tom Blumer
May 11th, 2015 6:52 PM

WashPost: 'How Many Votes' Has Higher Black Mortality Cost Dems?

Well, this takes the well-founded belief that the left only cares about blacks because of their votes to a new level. At the Washington Post's "Monkey Cage" blog yesterday (seriously, that's it's name), Dean Robinson, an "associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst" who is apparently not a regular contributor, explores "the political consequences of…
Tom Blumer
May 11th, 2015 5:10 PM

CNN Panelists Agree: Clintons Helping Tony Rodham Not A Scandal

On Monday's New Day on CNN, the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza asserted that there was no wrongdoing in former President Bill Clinton helping his brother-in-law, Tony Rodham, get a job with former DNC head Terry McAuliffe (who's now the governor of Virginia): "Bill Clinton was not in office. It doesn't seem to conflict with her [Hillary Clinton's] job as secretary of state. If Bill Clinton helped out…
Matthew Balan
May 11th, 2015 4:23 PM

Huh? Actor Richard Dreyfuss Writes Rational Article for PJ Media

Which is weirder: building a flat topped mountain out of mashed potatoes or an actor who until about four years ago was a left wing lunatic but is now writing a rational article for the conservative PJ Media? When you humble correspondent saw the name "Richard Dreyfuss" as the author of an article in PJ Media, he immediately thought it must be a writer with the same name as the actor. However,…
P.J. Gladnick
May 11th, 2015 4:21 PM

Bob Woodward: Yes, Media's 'Sleeping,' Lost Its 'Investigative Zeal'

Mike Allen at Politico offered a snippet of Washington Post Nixon-trashing legend Bob Woodward’s commencement address at the Superdome for Loyola University in New Orleans. In addressing the intersection of money and politics, Woodward said “there is some truth” to the notion that the media has recently “lost its investigative zeal.”
Tim Graham
May 11th, 2015 3:56 PM

Pro-Choice Actresses Celebrate Mother's Day

Pro-choice celebrities took to Twitter this Mother’s Day to (ironically?) celebrate life.  While they often bash attempts to defund Planned Parenthood or restrict abortion, pro-choice actresses acknowledged the value of their mothers – mothers that gave them life – this Mother’s Day. 
Katie Yoder
May 11th, 2015 3:55 PM

Marc Lamont Hill: Terror Not an ‘Islamic Issue,' Some 'Are Christians'

Presbyterians chanting “Death to America!” Methodists beheading people on video, and those hateful Episcopalian fundamentalists stoning women to death for being raped. The world is clearly in the grip of a Christian terror crisis. Well, no. But Marc Lamont Hill would have CNN viewers believe Christians are as terror-prone as Islamists.  A CNN panel with host Don Lemon, CNN conservative…
Kristine Marsh
May 11th, 2015 3:42 PM

The Guardian Engages in Climate Activism, Ignores Journalism Ethics

Not content to promote climate alarmism solely through biased journalism, The Guardian (UK) moved into full-fledged activist territory with an anti-fossil fuels petition campaign called #KeepItInTheGround. The Guardian’s editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger publicized the paper’s campaign with a video he was in as well as a write up, on April 30. He said The Guardian started the “Keep it in the…
Joseph Rossell
May 11th, 2015 2:59 PM

Marc Lamont Hill: Terror Attacks Not ‘Islamic Issue’ – ‘Some a

Christians, Police are terrorists according to frequent CNN commentator.
Kristine Marsh
May 11th, 2015 2:52 PM

Cummings: Baltimore Schools Are Awful; Others Have to Pay to Fix Them

With Camden Yards set to hold its first fan-attended Baltimore Orioles game in over two weeks tonight, it's a good time to go back to a May 2 item by Meredith Shiner at Yahoo Politics. Readers may remember the Duke-"educated" Shiner as the person who was flabbergasted that GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz cited "God-given rights" when he announced his candidacy on March 23, tweeting in part…
Tom Blumer
May 11th, 2015 2:37 PM

Bill Nye Compares Combating Climate Change to Winning World War II

Overcoming climate change is a challenge for those "coming of age," much like World War II was for the Greatest Generation, Bill Nye "The Science Guy" asserted. Nye claimed that climate change was "certainly the most serious problem facing humankind right now" while on HuffPost Live May 7 with host Josh Zepps.
Joseph Rossell
May 11th, 2015 1:36 PM