Communist China Says Merry Christmas, But Capitalist Google Won't

Well, here is a sad commentary on the fellow travelers over at Internet mega-corp, Google. Their Christmas graphic eschews that evil "Ch_ _ stmas" word giving us a bow and candy cane, instead. Apparently, Google doesn't want to cause any outrage by using the words "Merry Christmas." Yet, the communists over at China Daily's on line news/propaganda site doesn't seem to have the slightest problem…
Warner Todd Huston

Ponytail Guy Lives: 'How Are You Going to Fix My Life

You remember Ponytail Guy, who during a 1992 presidential townhall pathetically implored the candidates to "treat us as your children." I don't know what's become of Ponytail Guy, but his Big Mommy Government-loving spirit was celebrated on CNN this evening.At 5:40 PM ET on the Situation Room, anchor Suzanne Malveaux asked congressional correspondent Jessica Yellin what she was seeing out on the…
Mark Finkelstein

CNN Asks Huckabee Day's Daffiest Question

I'm calling this the Day's Daffiest Question Award. Suzanne Malveaux, come on up and accept it on behalf of CNN. You asked the question, after all. Malveaux was interviewing Mike Huckabee this afternoon and talk turned to a tough editorial a New Hampshire paper had written about Mitt Romney.SUZANNE MALVEAUX: Saturday, New Hampshire's Concord Monitor broke with tradition. They're not endorsing…
Mark Finkelstein

Olbermann Features Favorite Special Comments of

Brad Wilmouth

Christmas With the Kossacks

Matthew Sheffield

US Economy So Bad Illegal Aliens Heading Back to Mexico

Just how bad is the economy doing? Well, according to Reuters, it's so bad out there that illegal aliens are heading back to Mexico. Almost sounds like a joke the late night hosts would make during their monologues, doesn't it? As a result, when I first saw this last evening (thanks to whoever sent it to me with apologies for not being able to identify who it was!), I thought it had to be a…
Noel Sheppard

Smartest Woman in World Urges Iowans to Caucus on Wrong Day

Can you imagine the media frenzy if a Republican presidential candidate passed out cards at a campaign event urging attendees to go vote on the wrong day? Consider the wall-to-wall coverage that would have occurred if President Bush had done this when seeking reelection in 2004. Well, the supposedly smartest woman in the world, with her supposedly genius husband's assistance, actually did this…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread

NB Staff

NBC's General McCaffrey Sees Progress in Iraq

Brad Wilmouth

Shuster Says: Huckabee Next President

See Update at foot: Could it be Jeb?Bona fide prediction, or devious three-dimensional-chess-move-cum- double-bank-shot-jujitsu gambit designed to sow chaos in Republican ranks? Hard to say, but one thing is undeniable: MSNBC correspondent David Shuster has predicted that Mike Huckabee will be the next President of the United States.The surprising prognosis came at the end of an interesting…
Mark Finkelstein

Merry Christmas from The Seattle Times

Mithridate Ombud

It's Not News Unless It's Reported By a Mainstream Journalist

John Stephenson

Reason Magazine Interviews Tony Snow

Reason magazine has fabulously given all lovers of Tony Snow an early Christmas present.Published Sunday, this interview between the former White House Press Secretary and his former colleague on the editorial board of the Detroit News, Shikha Dalmia, is a pure delight.Dalmia teased the question and answer segment with this marvelous introduction:
Noel Sheppard

MSM Ignoring Story on Huckabee Accepting Stem Cell Money

John Stephenson