Sep 2, 2008 – John McCain and the Republican National Convention have some unlikely characters competing for attention this week: Superman, Cain … Biden Jr. of Delaware delivered during his speech at the National Press Club on Sept. 10, 2001. … LOCAL YOKELS It remains to be seen how significant the antiwar protests will be during this week's Republican National Convention…

Aug 31, 2008 – Rogge, later given an honorary gold medal in synchronized cluelessness, announced at one news conference, “China has opened for the … What China learned, I’m afraid, is that political leaders throughout the world have little concern for freedom, for basic rights. … editor of the blog channel at Sohu.com, says Chinese athletes lack a personal motivation, seeing themselves as “just symbols of national…

Aug 29, 2008 – Throughout the Democratic National Convention, media outlets highlighted the faction within the Democratic Party composed of Hillary … It is tempting to laugh-off this news coverage as media exaggeration, but these women are standing their ground and organizing. … writes, “Many Clinton supporters say no, and to understand their gloom, one has to take into account the legacy of American women’s political…

Aug 29, 2008 – He is a political relativist." A political relativist is someone who will lie to you for his own political gain. … He also — and this is important — is someone who believes that lying for political gain is a moral act. … Not that those extreme horrors are a necessary result of an ideology of lying for political gain.…

Aug 28, 2008 – The star of the Democratic National Convention wasn't Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Hillary's husband -- certainly not Joe Biden … Must have been a slow news day. Of course, celebrity sensitivity and Temple Obama could be connected. … But then, suddenly, Temple Obama went up, and with it, like incense in the fire, all patience for hard news.…

Aug 28, 2008 – Conservatives are threatening a Republican National Convention walk-out if a pro-choicer is picked -- especially if it's Lieberman. … In related news, McCain plans to run an ad tonight that will refute Obama's speech ...If you're a political junkie, this is the place…

Aug 28, 2008 – Kicking in $10,000 were NBC, Fox Business, Fox News, News Corporation, and The Washington Post. … Good for $5,000 were ABC News and Bloomberg. … The political and ideological bias so readily apparent at the NLGJA convention reflects a glaring problem in the news industry as a…

Aug 28, 2008 – Examining stories from June 4, when Obama became the presumptive nominee, until Aug. 15, the Post ran 142 political stories about Obama … The likely explanation is that the Post considers itself a "news" organization, and was embarrassed when one of its own columnists … The act prohibits so-called soft money donations to national party committees, places restrictions on political ads that specifically…

Aug 28, 2008 – In an unusual public rebuke of a leading political figure, Washington, D.C., Archbishop Donald W. … The third item of bad news for Democrats, who thought they could fool serious Catholics and evangelical Christians, may not have the … Strang, 32-year-old editor of the "edgy" and "hip" Relevant Magazine, pulled out of delivering the benediction on the Democratic National…

Aug 28, 2008 – After tens of conversations with “non-political” Americans living outside of the poisonous echo chamber that is our Nation’s capital … Twenty years ago, a presidential candidate may have gotten a minute or two to relay his or her message on the nightly news. … Let’s forget about what the political pundits are saying about us.…

Aug 28, 2008 – My finding is that they are mediocrities in all things political, save one: huckstering. … pundits, liberal anchors, liberal guest historians, liberal weather gals and guys, liberal news-you-can-use chicks and liberal political … 'strategists' (i.e., out-of-work former Democratic National Committee gofers)."…

Sep 15, 2008 – For the most part ABC News anchor Charles Gibson's interview with Governor Sarah Palin was fair. … Feaver, who worked on the Bush National Security Council Staff, as saying there are at least seven Bush pronouncements which have … This immediately became a hot issue on the political blogs.…

Sep 15, 2008 – weekend, as Chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition (HILC), I was privileged to be a co-sponsor of the premiere Christian, political … Interestingly the term “Values Voters” was created by the news media as a way of describing people that voted against John Kerry in … Although it’s hard to measure the impact of a conference upon a regional or national election, the national media widely covered the…

Sep 14, 2008 – In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt’s Bull Moose/ Republican Party became the first national party to include a plank in its platform for the … A year later, the National Woman’s Party picketed the White House, demanding the right to vote.  … Of course a woman can run for national office, because they have before.…

Sep 13, 2008 – “It appeared to me there wasn’t the political will to subpoena Tibbles.” “Something’s fishy here,” Therriault replied. … news story after Palin’s vice presidential appointment. … Monegan told the Anchorage Daily News on August 30 that he was never pressured to dismiss Palin’s former brother-in-law.…

Sep 12, 2008 – The latest Fox News poll shows Palin with a 54-27 favorable/unfavorable ratio, which compares well with Barack Obama's 57-36, John … Democrats can't stomach seeing the feminist movement's impetus for greater female political participation and empowerment "hijacked … But the Fox News poll of Sept. 8-9 indicates a deeper reality of Palin's popularity.…

Sep 12, 2008 – (CNN reports -- news flash! -- that she apparently has never spoken in tongues.) … It turned an obscure state senator into a national figure and legitimate presidential candidate. … Reagan's revolution was rooted in concrete political ideas (supply-side economics, welfare-state deregulation, national strength) that…

Sep 11, 2008 – XXX Defense Secretary Robert Gates in the new “National Defense Strategy”: “Iraq and Afghanistan remain the central fronts in the … XXX The New York Sun: “If $1,000 gold and Bear Stearns aren’t enough of a wake-up call for the dollar, try the latest news out … of communist Vietnam, where the dong, like many other national currencies, is soaring as the greenback falls.…

Sep 10, 2008 – Televised debates have now been part of the political process. … This year the number of local and national radio talk-shows broadcasting from the national conventions nearly doubled. … From the time that the telegraph first brought national news to local papers, communication has become easier and more abundant.…

Sep 10, 2008 – Moreover, in an act of political alchemy, McCain's selection of the nationally inexperienced Gov. Palin only underscored Sen. … Obama's own national inexperience. Worse for Obama, Gov. Palin's presence has sucked the oxygen out of Sen. … predicted in a Feb. 28, 2007, column: "What does it mean to be a 'fresh face' in a 12-month primary campaign in an Interneted, 24-7 news…

Sep 10, 2008 – At the news that Sarah Palin would be John McCain's running mate, hundreds of thousands leaped to their feet. Hallelujah! … It was time for a woman on a national ticket. … The political marketplace was ready for this lady because she offers what? Normality?…

Sep 10, 2008 – You might say that's old news. … They want to impose national bans on gay marriage, human cloning, assisted suicide and online gambling, even while declaring that " … fundamental individual right to life" guaranteed by the 14th Amendment implies that the Constitution not only allows but requires a national…

Sep 10, 2008 – Last Friday, Howard Gutman, a member of the Obama campaign's National Finance Committee, attacked Sarah Palin's ability to be a good … Disney's Family Parenting website lauds her as "a modern mom balancing a thriving career as one of America's top news anchors along … Also at CNN, Campbell Brown flew to Las Vegas last year to moderate a political debate while 8 and a half months pregnant.…

Sep 9, 2008 – According to McCain political director Mike DuHaime, interest in volunteering for the McCain campaign more than quadrupled the weekend … Slate Magazine’s Timothy Noah noted, “According to both the Aug. 29 Anchorage Daily News and the June 13 Colorado Springs Gazette, … On Fox News and Townhall.com, I warned McCain that a pro-choice pick would be disasterous.  …

Sep 9, 2008 – “News” articles exploiting private family matters. … Sarah Palin with their news coverage.” … Rasmussen has even more bad news for the liberal media.…