CBS: David Frum Bashes Palin For Her ‘Divisiveness

Appearing on Monday’s CBS Early Show, former Bush speech writer David Frum remarked on Sarah Palin’s political future following her resignation as governor of Alaska: "She's a divisive force within the Republican Party...And many fear, as I do...that she represents a future that leads the party both to political defeat and then to ineffectiveness in government." Co-host Harry Smith moderated a…
Kyle Drennen
 

The Media's Constant Palin Hyperbole

A recent CBS report by Scott Conroy and director of political coverage Steve Chaggaris is typical of the hyperbole to which the Old Media is prone when "reporting" (by that you can read dramatizing) Sarah Palin's political doings. This report is not as chock full of it as some others that have utilized over-the-top phrases and rhetoric to beat down Palin, but there are a few here that ring…
Warner Todd Huston
 

How Badly Can the New York Times Mangle Facts? Let's Count the Ways

Tim Graham
 

Dear NY Times: Krugman's Argument for Universal Care is Weak

Fees on business will lead to lower employee wages possibly making health insurance even less affordable.
Donald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.
 

Essay: American Culture -- Giving the Devil His Due

MEMO To: Minions and Dwellers in Eternal Night From: Bill Zeebob Re: Mid-year status, challenges ahead Here we are, just past the half-way mark in 2009, so I wanted to give you all a general business update, and let everybody know how things look from my chair. So far, ’09 is on track to be one of our best years since they dismantled the Gulag, and it’s largely thanks to your hard work. The…
Matt Philbin
 

WaPo Pushes ‘Sophisticated’ DC Events

Matt Philbin
 

Open Thread

NB Staff
 

Hume on Gates Affair: President Who's Always Apologizing For America C

"This president who travels the world apologizing for his country couldn't quite apologize for himself."So said Brit Hume on the most recent installment of "Fox News Sunday" as the panel discussed Barack Obama's handling of the Henry Louis Gates affair.Adding insult to injury, there was virtual unanimity that the President erred in this matter, and erred badly (video embedded below the fold with…
Noel Sheppard
 

ABC Champions 'Liberal Lion' as Inspiration for Obama Heath Care Takeo

A week after ABC anchor Dan Harris hailed how “Senator Ted Kennedy is using his own battle against brain cancer to make an emotional pitch for health care reform. Writing in Newsweek, Kennedy called it 'the cause of my life,'” Sunday's World News devoted a full story to Kennedy's cause as Harris' tease framed Kennedy's big government agenda in the most-benign light: “In the game. An ailing Ted…
Brent Baker
 

Bernstein: Palin 'Ignorant Demagogue, Flake

Generations past and present of the Washington Post heaped abuse on Sarah Palin today.  Appearing on Morning Joe, Carl Bernstein called Palin "ignorant," a "demagogue" and a "flake."  Current WaPo editorialist Jonathan Capehart chimed in to second Bernstein's emotion "100%."Pat Buchanan stepped in to explain Palin's appeal.
Mark Finkelstein
 

WaPo Champions Religious 'Sanctuary From Hate

Tim Graham
 

MSNBC Fill-in Host Deutsch: Palin 'First Woman in Power that has Sexua

Jeff Poor
 

Protesters Win: How the Gay Left Went Breaking and Entering Into Cronk

Tim Graham
 

Time Mag's Between Paragraph Anti-Bush and Cheney Potshot Links

Time magazine's online staff certainly undermined any notion of impartiality in how they littered the posted version of this week's cover story, “Inside Bush and Cheney's Final Days,” with the links they chose to display between paragraphs and at page breaks of the article. Some were innocuous, such as “See TIME's George W. Bush covers,” “See TIME's politics covers” and “See pictures of…
Brent Baker