Jun 24, 2009 – Last week, both David Broder, The Washington Post's venerable and authoritative political voice, and Chuck Todd, NBC's new important … political voice, declared President Barack Obama's honeymoon over. … debt by $9.3 trillion over 10 years -- almost twice the total national debt from George Washington to George W.…

Jun 23, 2009 – been in a constant state of anxiety over the administration's assault on capitalism and America's very solvency, its thuggish political … A recent ABC News//Kaiser Family Foundation/USA Today survey indicates that 89 percent of Americans are satisfied with their health … Asked to respond to long-delayed criticism from President Bush over Obama's national security and domestic policies, Gibbs trotted…

Jun 21, 2009 – Walpin was asked by the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service to investigate the charity, St. … “On the face of it,” says Purdue University political-science professor Bert Rockman, “… ‘President Change’ looks a lot more like ‘ … In the political patronage system, if big-time donors think they are being harassed – which may simply mean they have run afoul of…

Jul 9, 2009 – Pieced together, news briefs tell us that on June 28 -- two days before Iraq's "victory" celebration, and 10 days after Lt. Col. … It was left to ABC's Martha Raddatz, who has been updating the story's essentials at ABC News' blog, to write that June 28 was a "terrible … This kind of thing is invisible on the national radar.…

Jul 8, 2009 – The network news divisions are enjoying the unprecedented coverage they're providing President Obama, not just because they support … Back in those days, ABC News president David Westin banned the wearing of flag pins by his employees. … It would be nice if the news media behaved like referees, without a rooting interest in one party or the other.…

Jul 8, 2009 – This proposition commanded huge majorities of every component of the population – regardless of income or political affiliation. … rest of us; during years of growth and prosperity they draw comparable hostility for their “disproportionate” or showy share of national … (The Department of Labor reported that the national average weekly income rose 2.5% from $598 in 2007 to $613 in 2008).…

Jul 8, 2009 – Professional politicians and political journalists don't waste energy on political corpses. … She was the only news phenomenon capable of knocking the Michael Jackson story off the cable news lineups. … earlier political years.…

Jul 8, 2009 – On closer inspection, the economic news, which seemed bad, is even worse. … There are political implications of a weak recovery -- none of them good for the president. … Along the fiscal path Obama has chosen (according to the Congressional Budget Office), our national debt will double in six years and…

Jul 8, 2009 – I've been to 10 national political conventions and long ago concluded that they are giant money-laundering operations whereby corporations … funnel money through news organizations for maximum schmoozability.…

Jul 4, 2009 – The U.S. news media, preoccupied with the sudden demise of Michael Jackson, ignored the event in Central America. … On March 23, he issued an executive decree directing a national referendum on a Venezuela-style constituent assembly to rewrite the … When asked about these events Sunday, the O-Team punted the issue to the Organization of American States, calling for "all political…

Jul 3, 2009 – From Philip Klein at the American Spectator: Carol at Alarming News believes Palin's political career is over, and writes, "What (Palin … One of the things that Palin had going for her was that she was, as Cindy McCain described her during the Republican National Convention … Maybe this news -- odd within the political realm -- actually makes her a pretty normal person by real world standards.…

Jul 3, 2009 – monopoly on news reportage and information dissemination. … gathering models and news line-ups across the newspaper, radio and television spectrum. … Israel today faces massive threats to its security, its economic viability and its national character.…

Jul 3, 2009 – Your beauty, your status as a working mom, your blue-collar husband, your bravery in taking on the political establishment in Alaska … Here's the good news: You have time. Here's the better news: You have something no one else in the party has -- charisma. … You'll still be a national figure come the primaries.…

Jul 3, 2009 – Fresh off its joint stage production with ABC News, the Obama administration broadcast another health-care propaganda play this week … It's the old Obama for Change political machine now housed under the Democratic National Committee. … At a health-care event in the East Room, the questioners included an Obama donor, a Democratic National Committee member, a former…

Jul 1, 2009 – The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paper clip. … This mode of thinking, prominent in foundation-funded reports, best selling economics texts, newspaper columns, and political platforms … Economics is all to do with growth and national prosperity.…

Jun 30, 2009 – There was symmetry in the news that barraged us one day last week -- Michael Jackson, not to mention Farrah Fawcett, had died, and … What would the late-night comedians joke about if political jokes fell flat? Would Jon Stewart even have a career? … It's also rarer and rarer, as political obsessions take over the whole of life.…

Jul 17, 2009 – In short, it's a "scare racket".National Journal’s Neil Munro recently detailed how the BPA scare benefited one company -- the BornFree … Let the bidding begin," he said with a laugh.… To boost press coverage, Vigdor hired Fenton Communications, which specializes in political … journalists and politicians, despite the fact that numerous independently funded studies have found BPA to be entirely safe.The good news…

Jul 17, 2009 – Our Fox News' "War Stories" team was here to record the event -- and a whole lot more -- so that we can tell the story about the heroes … More than a dozen members of the Colombian National Police and soldiers were killed and wounded as they searched for the hostages. … When Cesar was frog-walked across the tarmac at Reagan National Airport on Thursday night, he was "escorted" by U.S.…

Jul 16, 2009 – Perhaps we should, because the national survey we conducted this week for one of the publications we own indicates clearly that while … We polled 636 registered voters nationwide (margin of error 3.8 percent; poll weighted for age, race, gender and political affiliation … We poll for major news organizations.…

Jul 15, 2009 – Reporting last week on the president's choice to head the National Institutes of Health, Times writer Gardiner Harris noted that praise … But to the Times, Collins' open affiliation with 60 million American believers in Christ is headline news. … If a conservative blogger or Republican political candidate had published such lunatic claptrap, the Department of Homeland Security…

Jul 14, 2009 – In the mid-1990s, the National Academy of Sciences found that each native-born household paid $1,100 in additional taxes to accommodate … CALIFORNIA BEGETS A NATIONAL LOSS OF INNOCENCE Today, there are tens of billions of dollars flowing into California’s treasury for … This has fundamentally changed political process here from a representative democracy to a kind of oligarchic kleptocracy. …

Jul 13, 2009 – paper bags to the House and Senate Office Buildings over the weekend are to treat the hyperventilating of Members and staff over the news … the CIA leadership agreed with the Vice President then they were just following the policies as directed by what is called "the National … One or all will see this as further evidence that America's leaders are more focused on scoring cheap domestic political points than…

Jul 10, 2009 – In the wall-to-wall, breaking-news coverage of Jackson's death, there was much speculation about the pain in the singer's life that … The Jackson furor took one family out of the news -- the family of South Carolina Gov. … Perhaps in the case of a political family, the media needs to lay off completely when it comes to children.…

Jul 27, 2009 – My father the stockbroker was a pioneering news junkie, print and electronic; he wanted to watch/listen/critique the CBS evening news … The Cronkite Age was also a technologically backward, highly biased time for the TV news-consuming public. … But in the early 1960s, he was no passive, unquestioning recipient of liberal news and opinion.…

Jul 25, 2009 – After years of supporting a national law to limit carbon dioxide emissions through participation in the United States Climate Action … According to Energy & Environment News, the day before the House vote, Owens wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), saying, “We … Too many chief executives exaggerate their political influence only to discover that the “seat at the table” rationale for supporting…