It looks like The Daily Beast's John Avlon was correct in his posts about the decline of conservative talk radio coupled with signs that listeners may be slowly tuning in more independent and less demonizing voices. Crain's in a report carried on Google News: Right-wing talk radio may have worn out its welcome, at least for now. The just-out April Arbitron report shows … [Read more...] about New Ratings: Conservative Talk Ratings Fall
Rapture Trick (Cartoon)
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New York Magazine’s Eye-Opening Revelations about Fox News’ Roger Ailes (UPDATED)
Over the weekend I read New York Magazine's fascinating, and solidly reported piece on Fox News' Roger Ailes and like some other pundits, I didn't know where to start on it for a piece on TMV since it was so packed with info -- a quintessential piece of solid fact-based reporting. This was NOT a piece that could be dismissed as an ideological hack job. I didn't get to my TMV … [Read more...] about New York Magazine’s Eye-Opening Revelations about Fox News’ Roger Ailes (UPDATED)
Missouri Thanks You, Pres. Obama
WASHINGTON - My big brother Larry, who got me interested in politics when I was a kid, as well as my dad, were both born in Joplin, Missouri. Larry once worked as assistant attorney general under John Ashcroft and played a very small role during Ashcroft's confirmation hearings when a reporter from the St. Louis Post Dispatch called to get a quote on Ashcroft. It ended up with … [Read more...] about Missouri Thanks You, Pres. Obama
Dominique Strauss-Kahn-Le Pew (Guest Voice)
Dominique Strauss-Kahn-Le Pew by Daryl Cagle My only exposure to French culture as a child was Looney Tunes cartoons featuring the lecherous skunk, Pepé Le Pew. When I grew up, my views of France changed, and I thought of the French as romantic, a view that seems to contrast with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose alleged sexual assault on a hotel maid is remarkably similar to … [Read more...] about Dominique Strauss-Kahn-Le Pew (Guest Voice)
Supreme Court Orders 46,000 Prisoners Released (Brown v. Plata)
Going back to the 1990’s, California’s prison system has been found to be in violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Designed to hold roughly 80,000 inmates, the prison system has been averaging a population of nearly 160,000 over the past 11 years. Two separate lawsuits ensued. Coleman v. Brown alleged inability to adequately … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Orders 46,000 Prisoners Released (Brown v. Plata)
A Bad Week for Sarah Palin?
Sarah Palin's week is off to an unhappy start. First, an upcoming tell all by a former staffer will reportedly account how she couldn't wait to ditch her relatively-low-paying job as Governor of Alaska to rake in big bucks on Fox and broke campaign commitments. And then there is that long New Yorker piece on Roger Aisles which suggests that the Fox News maven considers her an … [Read more...] about A Bad Week for Sarah Palin?
Tim Pawlenty Uses Online Video to Announce He’s Running for 2012 Republican Presidential Nomination
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has officially announced he's jumping into what many pundits see as a faltering 2012 Republican Presidential nomination sweepstakes with a classy online ad -- running the ad before his expected official announcement. Pawlenty will have some work to do: one poll has Barack Obama 15 points ahead of him. But these early polls are meaningless … [Read more...] about Tim Pawlenty Uses Online Video to Announce He’s Running for 2012 Republican Presidential Nomination
Now This Is Scary: Biden in ‘16
Leave it to Joe Biden to drop unsolicited verbal bombs. And so he did in Cincinnati last week according to Politico when he raised the prospect of running for president in 2016. The comments were unsolicited. Biden, who will be 74 in 2016, has never committed one way or the other about his plans to succeed Obama, but now seems to be showing an inclination. Leave it to Loose … [Read more...] about Now This Is Scary: Biden in ‘16
Inside the Overton Window
Daniels Move Stirs Concerns About Field of Republicans So why won't Mitch Daniels run? The Republican base has become so crazy that if you want to win the Republican nomination you have to talk crazy even if you are not. Now many of us have recognized just how crazy the Republican party has become but even the mainstream media is talking about it. Fantasy Island At a … [Read more...] about Inside the Overton Window
For The GOP, It’s Time To Start Counting The Weeks, Months & Years Until 2016
Like the White Queen in her youth, the contemporary Republican politician must be capable of believing as many as six impossible things before breakfast. ~ JACOB WEISBERG Props to Mitch Daniels for listening to his family and deciding they were more important than his party and that the prospect of non-stop proctology examinations by the news media and his opponents … [Read more...] about For The GOP, It’s Time To Start Counting The Weeks, Months & Years Until 2016
President Wanted, No Experience Preferred
Tea Party Republican primaries are headed toward their logical conclusion. With Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana bowing out and Pizza Man Herman Cain stepping in, political experience is becoming a liability for GOP candidates. Cain won the first Fox debate boasting that he was unencumbered by government service, a political virgin whose purity would enable him to solve all the … [Read more...] about President Wanted, No Experience Preferred
Apocalypse, Nu? (Guest Voice)
Apocalypse, Nu? by Hart Williams "I waited all Tuesday and dear Jesus did not come ..." ~Henry Emmons, a Millerite, 1844 William Miller d. 1849 For those who don't know what's "nu," it's happened once again. The American Zeitgeist Sweepstakes, also known as "Look at me!" has a new winner named something or other, who put up a bunch of billboards and advertising stating … [Read more...] about Apocalypse, Nu? (Guest Voice)
Boehner’s Catholic Lessons
WASHINGTON -- Sometimes we learn more from the dogs that don’t bark and the wheels that don’t squeak. It’s likely you didn’t hear much about the controversy over House Speaker John Boehner’s recent commencement speech at Catholic University. There are many reasons for this, but one of them is that Boehner’s critics were civil and respectful. The media, it turns out, … [Read more...] about Boehner’s Catholic Lessons
Arnold and Maria (Cartoon)
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White House On Alert: Mumbai Terror Trial In Chicago
As David Headley gets ready to spill the beans at a Chicago court about Pakistan ISI's direct involvement in Mumbai 26/11 attacks, the White House in Washington is nervous. Headley's statements during Chicago trial "will be explosive," said one senior Obama administration official, who confirmed that White House officials are well aware and closely watching, says MSNBC. But … [Read more...] about White House On Alert: Mumbai Terror Trial In Chicago
Israel’s Future: Barack Obama Is On The Right Side Of History. Benjamin Netanyahu Is Not
Benjamin Netanyahu may eventually figure out that Barack Obama is not George Bush, who never seemed to grasp that Israel's survival depended on the U.S. and not the other way around. Nor did Bush have Netanyahu's measure. Obama does, understanding that he is a coward masquerading as a bully who is caught between Israeli factions even more bellicose than himself (think … [Read more...] about Israel’s Future: Barack Obama Is On The Right Side Of History. Benjamin Netanyahu Is Not
He Didn’t Fight For A War On Gays
I don't think I can possibly add to his eloquence, so let a war hero explain it. … [Read more...] about He Didn’t Fight For A War On Gays
Nancy Falling From Grace?
The effective end of “America’s Most Wanted” (Fox reduced it from once a week to once every three months last week) is the jumping off point for a David Carr take-down of Nancy Grace. Carr says that on her show "the presumption of innocence has found a willful and angry enemy." Grace, a Georgia native and former Atlanta prosecutor, has been reprimanded more than once, was wrong … [Read more...] about Nancy Falling From Grace?
Obama: A new emerging crisis
While President Barack Obama gingerly navigates the minefields of Israeli security and the Arab spring, a potentially devastating crisis for American foreign policy and security is shaping up in Pakistan. Even as I write this, a terrorist attack is reported underway in Pakistan against a major air force base and nearby naval base outside the southern city of Karachi. About … [Read more...] about Obama: A new emerging crisis