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"What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not but that his plans may be rendered unla...

Channeling her inner Zsa Zsa, Huffington Post creator Arianna Huffington is expending her considerable largesse to fund free bus transportat...

Wow, you know a Democrat has crossed the line when even MSNBC's Contessa Brewer calls him out on it. Such was the case on yesterday wh...

World's smallest electric plane takes flight ...

MSNBC did realize Schultz was unhinged when they hired him, right? The lib radio talker and MSNBC reportedly melted down in toxic anger af...

... as reported this afternoon by The Hill

h/t, NewsBusters

America’s Next Top Idiot: Congresswoman says, “Today we have two Vietnams, side by side”

A huge development and sign of widening recognition that Iran cannot be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. (story by way of Jerusalem Post...

... as can be seen in this YouTube clip via coverage by Fox. This from a man who chose to sing "I'm Down" in the Concert fo...

The Nation magazine, stalwart left-wing rag for decades, facing $1 million deficit ...

... as described here by my NewsBusters colleague Noel Sheppard, by way of Politico  ...

Heck, it took only a mere nine years of permitting. Early details of Interior Department approval, as reported by the Associated Press . C...

Eyjafjallajökull - Dawn Originally uploaded by hallgrg Great photo of Iceland volcano with unpronounceable name

Frank Sharry, founder of America's Voice, speaking on Ed Schultz radio show today about bipartisan immigration reform effort in Senate -...

... as described by me in NewsBusters post that went up yesterday. Keep up the good work, Ernie!

Poor guy never saw it coming ... as reported at Fox Nation

Interesting revelation today from MSNBC anchor David Shuster appearing as guest on Ed Schultz's radio show, about Democrats missing self...

... According to Newsmax , by way of National Enquirer, the tabloid that kicked so-called mainstream media's butt on reporting about Edw...

"I mean, you look at the Republicans, they attacked Jack Kennedy in Dallas with hate ads when he went there in November 22, '63...

The former Massachusetts governor and likely presidential candidate for 2012 will sign copies of his new book from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at BJ...

"You know, it's hard to believe President Obama has now been in office for a year. And you know, it's incredible. He took somet...

First, Scott Brown's stunning upset victory for Senate in Massachusetts, now this -- Air America Radio is filing for bankruptcy, accordi...

Transitory period in American history generally understood to have lasted just less than a year, from Barack Obama taking office as preside...

... omg, he's doing this without teleprompter ...

.... and before 9:30 .... life is sweet!

This today from Congressman Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee -- "Why would y...

... as reported here , based on an InsiderAdvantage poll. This will less than 13 hours before the polls open tomorrow. The not-so-fat la...

And yes, this is satire

h/t, Red Mass Group

 

... as reported tonight by the Boston Herald. Try not to hit the sidewalk on your way down, Martha.

There she is, folks, the top law enforcement official from the state of Massachusetts watching as one of her goons shoves a Weekly Standar...

Jon Stewart on the Underwear Bomber -- "Even if the bomb works, there's going to be 72 very disappointed virgins."

"We had Woodrow Wilson make the world safe for democracy. He was the first neo-con. We've been living with that." -- Ron Paul ...

I've been good about past NY resolutions and plan to follow through on this one. Too much happening in too consequential an era to let p...

Sen. Tom Harkin praising liberal radio host Ed Schultz on Schultz's show this past Friday -- I gotta tell ya, Ed, a lot of us have talk...

Bombshell revelation today I learned while listening to Laura Ingraham, as reported by ABC News . But not only was the suspect in Fort Hood ...

By way of National Review's NRO blog --

From "What's News" briefs on front page of today's Wall Street Journal -- A Russian court ruled against Stalin's grand...

Not something I can ever recall hearing a liberal admit -- that Nixon began withdrawing troops from Vietnam in his first year in office. Th...

This time about Dear Leader's unease with "notion" of "victory" in Afghanistan, as I describe in a post at NewsBuste...

An example of where real life and the world as seen by The Onion are indistinguishable. As reported in today's New York Post -- A sea o...

Sure looks like it, between unemployment hitting an official 9.8 percent and Chicago coming in fourth out of four entries for the 2016 Summe...

Appears on "60 Minutes" just over a week ago, then hits five -- count 'em, five -- Sunday morning talk shows yesterday, to be ...

Radio host Ed Schultz, who also has a TV show on MSNBC, talking today about Obama's speech before Congress on health reform -- We're...

Among the revisionist myths aired after Ted Kennedy's death, one that comes around frequently -- that after Kennedy's disastrous run...

"I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade ... " ...

Didn't agree with his politics but interviewed the man several times over the years, mainly during my time as political reporter at the ...

One kid back in school today, the other following tomorrow. Ah, autumn!

Caller on Ed Schultz's radio show today who identified himself as "Raymond," chairman of town Democratic committee in Dartmout...

An op-ed I wrote that ran in the Providence Journal-Bulletin on Aug. 15, 2006 to coincide with V-J Day, a state holiday in Rhode Island -- ...

As reported by CNN -- follow this link for details Update, 3:30 -- some "deal" -- the only news here is Blue Dog Dems getting Ho...

The Boston Herald posted the audio at its website today. Didn't add much to story, in this man's opinion, though Sgt. James Crowley...

A sign that Obama knows he shouldn't have waded full bore into the controversy after first acknowledging he wasn't sure on specifics...

More great coverage from the Boston Herald -- Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley, the cop at the center of a firestorm over the arrest of ...

A story in today's Boston Herald that surely has Professor Gates cringing in embarrassment -- The Cambridge cop prominent Harvard Unive...

Radio host Ed Schultz announced on his show today -- or more accurately, announced at a town hall meeting he moderated in Madison, Wisc., on...

... And Rev. Al says of the theory, "that's interesting." Almost as much as extent that Sharpton is willing to consider delusi...

This photo wasn't taken over the holiday weekend -- I took it at a 9/11 anniversary observance in Buzzards Bay a few years ago -- but it...

From an essay by Bill Clinton titled "Getting it Right" in Time magazine's "Annual Making of America Issue," with it...

Hard to believe idiocy of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford winging off to South America to hang with his mistress for a few days, leaving th...

Joe Scarborough cancels appearance on "The Ed Show" after locking horns with Ed Schultz earlier that day on "Morning Joe,...

It's not often I agree with Obama, but when it comes to Iran, I do. Fastest way for mullahs in Iran to brutally suppress this revolt is ...

... any more than George H.W. Bush was catalyst for the collapse of communism in Europe. No, much of the credit for both goes to their prede...

So reports foreign correspondent Michael J. Totten , whose incisive blog I discovered tonight ...

... so said HuffPo founder to journalists in NYC after receiving a lifetime achievement award from Syracuse University's Newhouse journ...

Came across this amazing footage at Andrew Sullivan's blog tonight, where I found the most comprehensive coverage so far of the disputed...

Can Obama get through a speech without gratuitous references to Dear Leader himself? Here he goes again, this time at Normandy in ceremonies...

Do I take any pleasure or satisfaction in the shooting death of abortion doctor George Tiller? Not in the least. A horrific crime, in a sacr...

Update, June 8: As for obligating myself to blog here every day -- easier said than done! I've been blogging at NewsBusters since last ...

Looks like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was prematurely optimistic about the prospects of his ailing colleague, according to a story in...

Can't recall where I read this, but I think it'll stick in describing what we're living through now.

As being reported by CNN, according to an email blast I received a few minutes ago. If true, hardly a surprise but begs the question -- will...

Why does this not come as a total shock? As described by John Leo in his "Bookshelf" column in today's Wall Street Journal, re...

Paraguay's president Fernando Lugo admits to fathering child while a Catholic bishop, as reported here by the Christian Science Monitor...

You remember, the best character ever on "Saturday Night Live"? Going by a different name this time around -- radio and MSNBC host...

"From getting rid of Saddam, to reducing violence, to stabilizing the country, to facilitating elections -- you have given Iraq the opp...

... And as I asked aloud back on March 22 , Schultz is bumping David Shuster from the 6-7 pm slot, with the nomadic Shuster co-hosting a two...

On her show last night, the ever-smarmy MSNBC pundit talked about Obama in London for the G-20 summit and "dancing on the grave of the ...

For lead story in today's New York Times -- OBAMA WILL FACE A DEFIANT WORLD ON FOREIGN VISIT

Caller on Ed Schultz's radio show today -- I'm what you'd call a true lefty and when I debate with centrist Democrat friends, I ...

It's no secret that liberal radio host Ed Schultz is negotiating with MSNBC for a weeknight show, with Schultz having guest hosted for ...

... With Freddie Mac planning to follow suit, according to a Moneynews story this morning -- Fannie Mae plans to pay retention bonuses of ...

"Freddie Mac Puts Restrictions on Refinances" -- headline of story in today's Wall Street Journal, page A3

Correction in today's New York Times -- An article on March 2 about President Obama's plan to sign a $410 spending bill that include...

When health care reform falls short, as it invariably does, Obama will claim that failure to enact the specific reforms he sought is why the...

"Will these bailouts ever end?" -- liberal talker Ed Schultz, guest hosting today on "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, referring to ...

Wouldn't surprise me in the least, seeing how Schultz's politics dovetail so neatly with those of MSNBC hosts Keith Olbermann and Ra...

Seeing how Rush Limbaugh now leads the Republican Party, at least according to the Obama White House, and Obama's willingness to negotia...

Former DNC chairman Howard Dean on Rachel Maddow's show last night, commenting on Rush Limbaugh saying he wants Obama to "fail...

Capping carbon emissions, thereby increasing energy costs -- in this economy? And having the gall to also claim, as Obama did last week in h...

None of the news I've seen so far answers this obvious question. Will 50,000 troops remain in Iraq indefinitely, as in Europe, Japan and...

Three hundred points -- or perhaps only 200? Then again, it's slumped so much since Obama was elected -- more than it did in September a...

My annual Oscar-watching ritual ended years ago, coinciding roughly with parenthood, but I caught the end of the awards Sunday night after w...

All hell breaking loose over at Nova M Radio, as described in a startling post by Brian Maloney at The Radio Equalizer -- Nova M boss and A...

... and shows it with the Dow Jones dropping nearly 300 points , almost 4 percent, today ...

Listen to it here in audio for NewsBusters post by Karen Hanna about radio host Mike Malloy, a man so fringe he was once fired by Air Ameri...

On this day in 1975, Margaret Thatcher is elected leader of Britain's opposition Conservative Party.

Watched last night, most of it well-trod ground, and struck by how the assassination of Lincoln saddens me more as I get older. Available at...

Harsh weather ... flu, stomach and cold bugs making the rounds, and hitting hard at this home ... the sudden and unexpected death of a belov...

Subtle revisionism by Air America's Thom Hartmann on Friday in observing the anniversary of FDR's birth in 1882. Here is what Hartm...

Complaining about a steep rise in his health insurance costs, radio host Ed Schultz made an alarming suggestion Wednesday after citing gover...

As of today -- my first post was on Jan. 27, 2004 while political reporter at the Cape Cod Times, making the Political Notes column publishe...

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont , a rare lefty who doesn't disavow the socialist foundation of his beliefs, gets a bit carried away Fr...

Great column by Karl Rove in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. After initially describing the sentimental plane ride back to Texas, Rove ...

So says The Daily Beast after a night of conflicting news Update, to add snarky comment -- Caroline we hardly knew ye

As described by Michelle Malkin ... change I can believe in!

... as reported by the Daily News . Not surprised it all, her heart wasn't in it.

Slumps more than 300 points on first day of Obama presidency.

Democrats and liberals no longer blithely disparaging prevention of another terrorist attack as a minor achievement. And media reports that ...

"I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law" -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

One of the most insipid interviews I've heard, between liberal radio host Ed Schultz and Congressman Keith Ellison, D-Minn. , the sole ...

From front-page story in today's Boston Globe under headline, "Treasury pick failed to pay taxes" -- President-elect Barack ...

"It is not, what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice, tell me I ought to do" -- on the 280th anniv...

National Air Traffic Controllers Association vice president Paul Rinaldi, speaking with radio host Ed Schultz on Friday about air traffic pr...

Arguably the most inept Sunday talk show appearance in memory, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the most recent "Meet the Press,...