Where’s Ed Newman When You Need Him? by Michael Winship I was in London last week when news came of the death of the great NBCnewsman Edwin Newman, 91 years old. Turns outhe and his wife had been living in England since 2007 to be close to their daughter, but I suspect part of him chose to be there for the same reason the lateAmerican humorist S.J. Perelman migrated to the … [Read more...] about Where’s Ed Newman When You Need Him? (Guest Voice)
Breaking the Eleventh Commandment (Guest Voice)
Breaking the Eleventh Commandment by Tina Dupuy In order to “make news” something must be… new, or weird, or unusual. It’s already assumed we know the old and usual - so news is the opposite of that. We read about outliers and changes happening in any given day. Anything sticking out as different is considered newsworthy. So anti-war protesters protesting (yawn) gets … [Read more...] about Breaking the Eleventh Commandment (Guest Voice)
Frog Kiss Obama
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Xenophobia is Again in Fashion Around the World: Folha, Brazil
The disturbing turmoil in the United States over Muslims and immigrants is not at all an isolated case. Columnist Clovis Rossi of Brazil's Folha newspaper writes that even nations considered the most tolerant in the world are experiencing right-wing upsurges that bode ill for the virtues of tolerance and coexistence. For Brazil's Folha, Clovis Rossi writes in … [Read more...] about Xenophobia is Again in Fashion Around the World: Folha, Brazil
Did Saxby Chambliss Aide Leave Threatening Anti-Gay Slur?
The hateful comment was left today by "Jimmy" on a Joe.My.God post about the DADT cloture vote. Joe gave his geek readers the commenter's IP address and told them to get busy! The geeks complied quickly. The AJC's Jim Galloway takes it from there: U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss confirmed Tuesday that he investigating whether one of his staffers left a threatening slur on an … [Read more...] about Did Saxby Chambliss Aide Leave Threatening Anti-Gay Slur?
Jazz Shaw Featured Guest on The Rick Moran Show
You won't want to miss tonight's Rick Moran Show, one of the most popular conservative talk shows on Blog Talk Radio. Tonight, I welcome Rich Baehr of the American Thinker, political pro Jazz Shaw, and IDB's Monica Showalter for a discussion on tea party politics and other hot topics making news. The show will air from 7:00 - 8:00 PM Central time. You can access the live … [Read more...] about Jazz Shaw Featured Guest on The Rick Moran Show
Poll: More than Half Of Americans Admire Politicians Who Don’t Compromise
Are the concepts of consensus and constructive compromise oh, so 20th century? Apparently so if the latest Human Resource Management/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll conducted by Pew Research is examined. It portends an increasingly divisive, polarized, partisan and angry political near -- and perhaps long term -- future: Nearly half of America -- including … [Read more...] about Poll: More than Half Of Americans Admire Politicians Who Don’t Compromise
Mexican Newspaper Gives In To Drug Cartel
In a move that I think most people can understand, a leading Mexican newspaper in the border city of Ciudad Juarez has conceded that the drug cartel is the de facto government of the region and has asked them to tell the news media what they can and cannot report. Given that a number of reporters in the border regions have been killed for being critical of the cartel, one … [Read more...] about Mexican Newspaper Gives In To Drug Cartel
Montana GOP Senator Aims to Strike Anti-Gay Law
You've no doubt heard that the Montana GOP adopted a plank in their state platform outlawing homsexuality . Well, a GOP State Senator wants to get rid of a state law that bans homosexuality: Republican State Senator John Brueggeman of Polson is taking a stand on homosexuality, and is proposing a bill which would strike language from Montana law which prohibits … [Read more...] about Montana GOP Senator Aims to Strike Anti-Gay Law
Enthusiasm Gap
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Move to Repeal Military Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Gays In Military Ban Likely to Die in Filibuster
In and issue that has pitted a younger generation Lady Gaga against the 2010 talk show political culture incarnation of former moderate/maverick Senator John McCain, Congress will today take up repealing today the Don't Ask Don't Tell gays in the military policy -- and it's likely to die in a filibuster. In his State of the Union address last January, President Obama … [Read more...] about Move to Repeal Military Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Gays In Military Ban Likely to Die in Filibuster
Will Nationalizing the Elections Backfire for the White House?
The Democrats are trying to regain their (long lost) momentum. But how to do that? Should the mid-term elections be nationalized or will that backfire? Here's a good backgrounder from CBS that has lots of video clips that put this question into context: … [Read more...] about Will Nationalizing the Elections Backfire for the White House?
The Official End of the Great Recession (Guest Voice)
The Official End of the Great Recession by Martha Randolph Carr Think back and try to remember where you were in June of last year. That’s when the official end of the Great Recession took place according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a nonprofit organization that officially calls the beginning and end of American business cycles. I was moving out of New … [Read more...] about The Official End of the Great Recession (Guest Voice)
Dog Bites Rove
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Christine O’Donnell’s Damaging Campaign Funding Controversy: One More Piece of Baggage
As the Tea Party movement continues to pick up steam nationwide, one perceived weak link in the general election is Delaware, where Christine O'Donnell has gotten some unwelcome coverage about her claims to have once dabbled in witchcraft -- but, even worse, that she used campaign funds from another campaign in a questionable way. She is enmeshed in a controvery over her use of … [Read more...] about Christine O’Donnell’s Damaging Campaign Funding Controversy: One More Piece of Baggage
Another Poke In The Eye From Economists
Police arrest you. Beat you to a pulp in the station house. Then let you go when they find you're innocent of any crimes. Do you feel good about the incident because you've been exonerated? You have a stroke. It leaves you paralyzed and unable to speak. But the doctors assure you that you're lucky because the stroke didn't actually kill you. Do you feel healthy … [Read more...] about Another Poke In The Eye From Economists
Clinton Global Initiative Poised to Begin: Needed More than Ever
New York City, NY -- The press accreditation room at the Sheraton Hotel here on 7th Avenue is busy right now as staffers search through lists of names of reporters, bloggers, and media producers who've been cleared to cover the Clinton Global Initiative which runs through Thursday. And boy is it ever needed now. As American political"debate" and "discussion" sinks to a … [Read more...] about Clinton Global Initiative Poised to Begin: Needed More than Ever
What It’s Like To Be A Peregrine Falcon
Can Comedy Central Rally the Radical Middle?
When Americans badly needed a few laughs during the Great Depression, a cowboy comic named Will Rogers became a huge star--and influential public figure--by tweaking politicians and announcing, "I don't belong to any organized party, I'm a Democrat." Now that Democrats and their independent ilk are even more disorganized and disheartened, here comes another comic calling … [Read more...] about Can Comedy Central Rally the Radical Middle?
Quote of the Day: Newt Gingrich Is On His Way to No Longer Be Taken Seriously
Our political Quote of the Day should be filed in the Great Minds Think Alike File since the Chuck Todd and the folks at MSNBC have now said what I've noted for the past week: former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who love him or unlove him was always an idea man, is now well on his way to lose his right to be taken seriously (by anyone other than people who write … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Newt Gingrich Is On His Way to No Longer Be Taken Seriously