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Hitchens Tears Apart Hedges in Debate on War and Religion
A battle of wits between two men named Christopher took place in Berkeley, California, on May 24. Unfortunately, one contestant came embarrassingly unequipped, so much so that by the end, he chose to not even respond.Break out the cashews and your favorite libation, sports fans, because this debate between former New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, and the never at a loss for words…
Medved Lauds New Culture Survey
Leading Hollywood critic says quantity, not just quality, of viewing affects TV watchers.
Press Release: CMI STUDY FINDS TV HAZARDOUS TO MORAL HEALTH
Culture and Media Institute's New Study Shows Correlation between Viewing Hours and Laxity in Moral Values, Personal Responsibility
Couric Repeats First Felony in 20 Years/Iran-Contra Mantra She Used Th
Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's sentencing occurred on Tuesday and Katie Couric led the CBS Evening News the same way she did when Libby was convicted three months ago: With a comparison to the Iran-Contra scandal and how he's the highest-ranking official convicted of a felony in 20 years. But his conviction was news three months ago, not now. Back on March 6, Couric teased: “Guilty: Scooter Libby is…
Science Organization Debunks Global Warming Claims of NASA’s James H
As reported by NewsBusters last week, NASA’s chief global warming alarmist James Hansen voiced displeasure with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin’s recent comments concerning climate change not being an urgent issue.With this in mind, the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change has published a detailed analysis of Hansen’s claims about global warming.Moments ago, the center…
GOP Debate Thread I
The Republicans are debating again tonight on CNN. Discuss it here as it happens.Tune in via web at this link.
Cato Blogger: Some Falsely Insisting Spelling Bee Champ NOT Home-Schoo
Here's a new T-W-I-S-T on the Spelling Bee story we blogged about here last Friday. You'll recall that the MRC Culture and Media Institute director Robert Knight noted that many news outlets ignored champion Evan O'Dorney's homeschooled status.Now, Andrew Coulson of Cato Institute informs us, Sara Mead, an education issues blogger at "The Quick and the ED" is suggesting characterizations of O'…
ABC Touts Religious Friendly Dems; Could They Be the ‘New Party of G
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program devoted two segments to promoting the religiosity of the 2008 Democratic contenders. At the same time, a graphic hopefully asked, "Are evangelicals embracing Democrats? New party of God?" Recapping a CNN sponsored event on Monday night where '08 contenders talked about their faith, ABC featured two liberals who were making the Democratic case…