'On Faith' Contributor: Personhood Amendment Was Strategic Defeat for

Initiative 26 -- which would have amended the Mississippi state constitution to include unborn children as persons protected under the law -- was rejected by Magnolia State voters last night. In response, Georgetown professor and Washington Post "On Faith" blog contributor Jacques Berlinerblau quickly hacked out a post celebrating the temporary victory over the "devastating sleeper cell of a…
Ken Shepherd
November 9th, 2011 10:58 AM

NBC's Gregory: No 'Grand Wizard' in GOP to Force Out Cain; Gregory Apo

Appearing on Wednesday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory discussed the political fallout of sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain and the possibility of the Republican presidential candidate being urged to drop out, declaring: "Well, there is no, you know, grand wizard in the party right now who can really force the issue." [Audio available here] The term "grand…
Kyle Drennen
November 9th, 2011 10:49 AM

Media Applaud Glee's 'Loving and Responsible' Gay Teen Sex

Tuesday's "game-changing" episode of Glee was all the talk of the entertainment world this week as Gleeks and the media alike were eagerly anticipating the episode in which Rachel and Finn and Kurt and Blaine would finally get it on. Yes, the media were applauding the "progressive" displays of gay sex between high school boys in the "milestone" episode titled, "The First Time." The highly…
Erin R. Brown
November 9th, 2011 10:08 AM

Newt Gingrich Scolds Piers Morgan for Trying to Teach Him About Politi

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich demonstrated Tuesday why every liberal media member in the country is scared to death of him winning the nomination and going head-to-head in a debate with Barack Obama. When CNN's Piers Morgan tried to play his normal cocky role of knowing more than his guest, the former Speaker of the House smartly replied, "I've been involved with politics…
Noel Sheppard
November 9th, 2011 1:05 AM

Bozell Column: Thanking An Old Friend

With a swoosh the Gulfstream 550 is effortlessly launched into the heavens for the hour-long slingshot from Dallas to Stillwater, the sleek jet headed for Oklahoma State University and the football field bearing the name of our host -- Boone Pickens Stadium. The game against Kansas State University is spectacular, a record 58,750 fans roaring their (now) #2-rated Cowboys to an explosive 52-45…
Brent Bozell
November 8th, 2011 10:57 PM

CNN’s 'Belief Blog': Good Catholics Accept Homosexuality

Perhaps CNN’s "Belief Blog" should be renamed the "Anti-Belief Blog." Blatant scorn for Christian morality is ever-present there.  Fordham religious professor Patrick Hornbeck, in a post titled "Why good Catholics are challenging church line on homosexuality," argues that good Catholics are increasingly rejecting "official Church teaching" concerning homosexuality. He claims that "A series of…
Paul Wilson
November 8th, 2011 10:31 PM

Did The Reverend Al Sharpton Not Realize Bachmann Was Quoting Scriptur

It's one thing for your average, secular liberal not to know the New Testament.  But for the Reverend Al Sharpton not to know better? On his MSNBC show this evening, Sharpton rolled video of Michelle Bachmann, after making the case for self-reliance, saying "if anyone will not work, neither shall they eat." Even this NewsBuster, who is anything but expert in the area, realized that Bachman…
Mark Finkelstein
November 8th, 2011 10:30 PM

MSNBC's Martin Bashir Calls Herman Cain 'A Dirty Old Man

MSNBC's onslaught of Herman Cain continued Tuesday with Martin Bashir calling the Republican presidential candidate "a dirty old man" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 8th, 2011 8:51 PM

Clint Eastwood Likes Herman Cain Best Amongst GOP Presidential Candida

While Herman Cain struggles to defend himself against charges of sexual harassment over a decade ago, he might take some solace in knowing the great actor and film director Clint Eastwood likes him best amongst the Republican presidential candidates. That was only one of the surprises published by the Los Angeles Times in an article about the Oscar-winning director Monday:
Noel Sheppard
November 8th, 2011 7:25 PM

The Left's Exploitation of the Race Issue

It's almost 2012, and we have a black president, yet the white ghost of racial tensions still haunts our national politics. Will it ever end? Far too many liberals continue to paint conservatives as racists based on their ideological leanings and party affiliation. Some believe it; others know better but milk it for their political gain. Still others selfishly and recklessly cling to this…
David Limbaugh
November 8th, 2011 5:59 PM

Glee Set to Show Gay Sex

Episode titled 'The First Time' features gay and straight sex scenes
Paul Wilson
November 8th, 2011 5:54 PM

NBC's Williams Gives Liberal Author Platform to Urge Viewers to Join O

Talking to liberal author Michael Lewis on Monday's Rock Center on NBC about the Greek financial crisis, anchor Brian Williams wondered: "...what's the one thing you want to shout from the mountaintops, a message that is in all of your books that people aren't hearing, aren't paying attention to?" Lewis called for an end to big banks: "...we still have at the center of our life these massive…
Kyle Drennen
November 8th, 2011 4:37 PM

WaPo 'On Faith' Editor Sally Quinn Fears Personhood Amendment's 'Slipp

The day before Mississippi voters went to the polls to decide whether to amend the state constitution to define "person" to include unborn children as early as the point of conception, Washington Post's Sally Quinn set out to denounce Initiative 26 on the "On Faith" blog that she edits. Quinn, an atheist, groused that religious voters in the Magnolia State may make a significant change to the…
Ken Shepherd
November 8th, 2011 4:31 PM

CBS, NBC Ignore Embarrassing Gaffe: Obama Caught Mocking Israel's Prim

The CBS and NBC morning shows on Tuesday both ignored an embarrassing gaffe committed by Barack Obama: Being caught on an open mic, mocking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Only ABC's Good Morning America covered it with a single news brief. News anchor Josh Elliott explained, "At last week's G20 summit, the BBC reports that President Sarkozy was overheard calling Israeli Prime…
Scott Whitlock
November 8th, 2011 4:06 PM