Econ 101: The Great Depression

Why we're not in another one ... but politicians could take us there.
Gary Wolfram, Ph.D.

Pot Meet Kettle: Joy Behar Blasts Cunningham for Spreading 'Lies

Justin McCarthy

CBS Lawyer Ignores Facts in Evidence in Slam on Rove

Ken Shepherd

All of the Hype, but None of the Bread Lines

BMI Staff

ABC Fakes Muslim Prejudice, Unsurprisingly Finds 'Islamophobia' in Ame

Update at bottom of post.Apparently to prove that the US is filled with Muslim hating Yahoos, ABC went on the hunt to find "Islamophobia" in America and the result is "Witness to Discrimination: What Would You Do?" Since they didn't really know where to find any, ABC News decided to create their own prejudice against Muslims by hiring an actress to put on Muslim dress and get "confronted" by a…
Warner Todd Huston

Remembering William F. Buckley on the Liberal Media

In honor of William F. Buckley Jr. -- the man who quipped about standing athwart history yelling "Stop!" -- perhaps we might recall a few old Buckley snippets on the liberal media, long a persistent force on the national political scene. Here are a few samples from the 1971 paperback Quotations from Chairman Bill (compiled by David Franke), by the topic used in the book:Walter CronkiteOn Friday…
Tim Graham

ABC Finally Sees 'Signs of Hope' for Economy

'Good Morning America' recognizes 'tangible tidbits of good news' and provides range of opinion on 'recession' outlook.
Nathan Burchfiel

Radio Host: McCain Threw Me Under Straight Talk Express

Bill Cunningham, the Ohio talk radio host whose remarks about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama were deemed too "caustic" by the nation's media and John McCain is speaking out against the Arizona senator now."John McCain threw me under a bus -- under the Straight Talk Express," he told CNN in an interview, referring to McCain's pretentiously named campaign bus.Cunningham also said…
Matthew Sheffield

Stephanopoulos Attacks Media Bias Against Hillary

"Good Morning America" host Diane Sawyer and ABC's George Stephanopoulos, a former top aide to Bill Clinton, discussed media bias on Wednesday's show. The topic, however, wasn't liberal spin. Instead, Sawyer wondered if "the media is, in general, easier on Barack Obama than they are on [Hillary Clinton]?" After playing a clip of a February 23 "Saturday Night Live" sketch that mocked reporters for…
Scott Whitlock

CNN Panel Denies There’s Sympathy for Obama in MSM

Three CNN talking heads - "The Situation Room’s" Jack Cafferty, senior political analyst Gloria Borger, and chief national correspondent John King - all denied that the mainstream media has a "double standard for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton," as "The Situation Room" host Wolf Blitzer put it. Cafferty was the most adamant denier of the charge. "No, it's a vast left-wing conspiracy, Wolf. We…
Matthew Balan

William F. Buckley Jr. Passes Away

National Review Online is noting the passing of National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr.:William F. Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) [Kathryn Jean Lopez]I’m devastated to report that our dear friend, mentor, leader, and founder William F. Buckley Jr., died overnight in his study in Stamford, Connecticut. After year of illness, he died while at work; if he had been given a choice on how to depart…
NB Staff

New Jersey Mayor Indicted for Corruption...'Democrat or Not

Warner Todd Huston

Gotcha! Russert’s Russia Questions Exposes NBC’s Trivial Approach

During Tuesday night’s presidential debate, NBC’s Tim Russert tried to test the Democratic candidates’ basic knowledge of foreign policy, asking what they knew about the man who will almost certainly be elected president of Russia in Sunday’s elections. After Hillary Clinton gave a general answer that kept referring to “Putin’s handpicked successor,” Russert pounced: “Do you know his name?”But if…
Rich Noyes

Unkindest CBS Cut: Clumps Clinton With Cunningham

Advice to Camp Clinton: if it's not too late, remove all sharp objects before viewing the tape of this morning's Early Show. The CBS program served up a thorough trashing of Hillary's debate performance, capped by the unkindest cut of all from a Dem/MSM perspective: analogizing Hillary to Bill Cunningham, whose tough talk about Barack Obama in introducing John McCain yesterday prompted the…
Mark Finkelstein