Christmas 2009: Oh Come All Ye Faithless

Got an idealized notion of Christmas? A cherished memory, or a favorite carol or story? The simple smell of pine needles in your living room? Do you insist on celebrating the birth of the savior?If so, you’re at war, like it or not.The main war on Christmas – we’ll call it the conventional war – has been well-documented, and it goes on, with victories and defeats for both sides. In Loudoun County…
Matt Philbin

Dick Armey Rips Rachel Maddow At Tuesday's Anti-Obamacare Rally

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey absolutely ripped Rachel Maddow at Tuesday's anti-healthcare reform rally in Washington, D.C.Speaking to hundreds of protesters, Armey lambasted the MSNBC host -- who he incorrectly referred to as "Maddox" -- for having the nerve to lecture Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla) about healthcare.Armey was clearly referring to August 16's "Meet the Press" when, as…
Noel Sheppard

George Stephanopoulos Repeatedly Warns Dean: Opposing ObamaCare Could

Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday pleaded with Howard Dean, warning that his opposition to the current health care bill could harm Barack Obama. The new Good Morning America co-host fretted, "The President's poll numbers at new lows. And a lot of leading Democrats believe that if this bill goes down, it will cripple the Obama presidency." [Audio…
Scott Whitlock

Newsweek's Setoodeh: Blame George Bush for Depressing Hollywood Movies

There is absolutely no shock in stating much of the Hollywood media tend to lean slightly more to the left than a fuel gauge pointing to empty. This week I read the upcoming Oscar season seems to focus on movies trending towards morose and dark subjects, and therefore it was with little surprise, and a great deal of mirth, that I learned from an entertainment writer that the reason behind this…
Brad Slager

Open Thread

NB Staff

GMA Pushes Pregnancy Prevention, Doesn’t Mention Abstinence

"About half of the pregnancies in this country are unplanned," reported Richard Besser, ABC's senior Health and Medical Director, on "Good Morning America" Dec. 15.  Talking specifically about teens, Besser said that "even though there's so much information on prevention available - literally at your fingertips - it seems like it's not always getting through." So, to help parents initiate the "…
Carolyn Plocher

WaPo Buries Its Own Poll Showing 'Public Cooling to Health-Care Reform

Tim Graham

BREAKING: Time Names Ben Bernanke Person of the Year

Tim Graham

CBS Relays Liberal Anger 'Their Agenda is Being Hijacked by a Few

A night after MSNBC's Keith Olbermann demanded Senator Joe Lieberman “just resign already” as he shrieked “you are embarrassing humanity!”, CBS joined in targeting Connecticut's “independent Democrat” for daring to oppose liberals on health care. “He holds the 60th vote needed to get the health care reform bill passed in the Senate,” anchor Katie Couric intoned, “and Nancy Cordes tells us…
Brent Baker

AP Readers' Rule: Quickly Skip to the Final Paragraphs; Article Cites

Longtime readers of Associated Press dispatches have long since learned that many of the most important facts of a story -- especially facts that put the government, bureaucrats, and leftists in a bad light -- are often found in its final paragraphs. This is a way for the wire service to boast that it really did report all important facts while usually ensuring that harried broadcasters and other…
Tom Blumer

Sam Elliott Blames Catholic Church for Shelving 'Golden Compass' Seque

Actor says religious pressure, not quality or audience, did in series.
Carolyn Plocher

Bozell Column: Preferring Liberals in Both Parties

Brent Bozell

Larry King: Put the Bankers in Straitjackets

CNN’s Larry King equated efforts against further regulation of the banking industry to letting the mentally ill run their psych wards on his program on Monday. King pressed conservative columnist S. E. Cupp: “Banks are lobbying against a bill to tighten regulatory controls. Are you going to let the inmates run the asylum? You don’t think we should regulate banks?” [audio clips from the segment…
Matthew Balan

Gore Reads Poem, Harry Smith Swoons: 'Wow...I’m Happy to Hear it in

In an interview to be aired on the CBS "Early Show" Wednesday, Nobel Laureate Al Gore read his global warming poem to Harry Smith.Even worse, the 23-year CBS veteran journalist, almost like a teenybopper swooning as she approaches a rock star for an autograph, actually asked the former Vice President to read it to him.When the Global Warmingist-in-Chief was done, Smith said breathlessly, "Wow. I'…
Noel Sheppard