Syria's 'Rich Culture' a Good Reason for Entertainers to Visit

Pam Meister
 

NY Times Reporter Says New British PM Welcome After Tony Blair's 'Apoc

Clay Waters
 

'Those Who Cure You Will Kill You

“If you can find money to kill people [referring to money spent to fight World War II], you can find money to help people,” said Tony Benn, a former Member of Parliament, in Michael Moore’s movie “Sicko.”Contrast that thought with the eerie statement told to Canon Andrew White , a senior British cleric working in Baghdad, by an al-Qaeda leader in Iraq – “Those who cure you will kill you,”…
Julia A. Seymour
 

Comparing Economies: Two Respected Measures Put Bush 43's at or Near t

Today's release of the Institute for Supply Management's Non-Manufacturing Activity Report, which measures business conditions in the 86% of the economy other than manufacturing, came in with a reading of 60.7, after recording a 59.7 last month. As has been customary, the report whipped the pants off of "expectations." This Thomson Financial article at Forbes predicted a decline to 58.1 instead…
Tom Blumer
 

Holiday Bush Derangement Syndrome: Crisis in Gaza All White House’s

American foolish enough to read anything by the clearly anti-Bush McClatchy news service were treated to an astoundingly disgraceful Independence Day gift Wednesday with an article that blamed all the problems in Gaza on – wait for it – the White House (h/t Dan Gainor).In this smear piece published on the occasion of our nation’s 231st birthday, the hits started right in the glorious headline: “…
Noel Sheppard
 

Meredith Vieira: Presidential 'Pardon' of Libby

Pam Meister
 

Open Thread

For general, and not so general discussion.
NB Staff
 

Thompson Hit Piece Disguised as Bio On Bloomberg’s “News” Servic

Is it just me, or did the Bloomberg "news" service just release a hit piece on Senator Fred Thompson disguised as a bio on the Senator just in time for a Michael Bloomberg entrance into the race as an independent presidential candidate? On June 28th Bloomberg writers Kim Chapman and Julianna Goldman brought us "Thompson's Backers Check His 'Fire in the Belly' for 2008 Race", a piece that reads…
Warner Todd Huston
 

ABC Honors the Naturalization of True Immigrant Patriots

161 U.S. military personnel from 54 countries become U.S. citizens in Baghdad on July 4.
Kristen Fyfe
 

Al Qaeda Atrocity Follow-up: Old Media Member 'Explains' Non-Coverage

Michael Yon doesn't have an answer (HT to NewsBuster reader "acumen") as to why Old Media won't cover the Al Qaeda massacre of a small village near Baqubah, Iraq that he reported earlier this week (related NewsBusters posts are here and here): Coordinates to the area of the gravesites are MC 679 381. In my dispatch, I reported that six people were killed, but mentioned that Iraqi soldiers were…
Tom Blumer
 

Conservative Cal Thomas Attacked by CAIR

Ken Shepherd
 

Media Get Tricked by More Fake News

Matthew Sheffield
 

Open Thread

Happy Independence Day!
NB Staff
 

Hot Air: NBC's 'Emotional Terrorism' Following 'Bogus' Armor Report

Via Bryan Preston at Hot Air:On May 17, NBC reported a blockbuster exclusive on the superiority of Dragon Skin body armor over Interceptor, the body armor that the US Army issues to soldiers in combat zones. But NBC’s story has a major flaw: It’s wrong about nearly everything.Watch the latest installment of Hot Air's Vent and actually hear an Army official, Brigadier General Mark Brown, conclude…
Dave Pierre