Jul 23, 2009 – What follows is a column adducing still more evidence of the trivial nature of the contemporary American news media. … Moreover, I had good news for the booker. Choosing me to discuss the president's national origins was an inspired choice. … The news story is nonsense.…

Jul 22, 2009 – I was listening to National Public Radio's morning "news" Monday on the way to work, during which the newsperson read the apparently … And by the way, the dictionary defines totalitarian as "having and exercising complete political power and control."…

Aug 7, 2009 – He released a statement explaining the decision shortly after the news broke Friday morning:My priorities have always been my faith … Wendell ruined his political career, and it's not likely that Crist would do the same.This isn't the first time Martinez has left his … He resigned as chairman of the Republican National Committee after 10 months in 2007.UPDATE: Politico says that Martinez was rumored…

Aug 6, 2009 – the GOP is poised for a political comeback. … The National Republican Senatorial Committee, chaired by Sen. … That is all good news for Republicans," Duffy told me.…

Aug 6, 2009 – The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who recently announced she will announce her intentions to … More from the Dallas Morning News:“Hutchison missed all four Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearings that explored … This has been a winning strategy thus far, and one can anticipate the Dallas Morning News article will only serve to reinforce his…

Aug 5, 2009 – As if there isn’t enough political news to elevate our national blood pressure, a new study released this week in the Archives of Pediatric … still the healthiest and safest way to recreate, parents – propelled into fear thanks to the time they themselves spend on 24/7 news…

Aug 4, 2009 – Speaking of birthdays, I couldn't help but hear and read all over the news this past week about the fresh attention to your constitutional … Refusing to post your original birth certificate is an unwise political and leadership decision that is enabling the "birther" controversy … In fact, in your July 23 prime-time news conference, you said that your administration has been more transparent than previous administrations…

Aug 2, 2009 – Fox News ran a story with an eyewitness at the scene on Nov. 4. … activism," according to Devlin Barrett writing for Breaking News 24/7. … site states: "If you know of activities that intimidate, coerce, threaten, or oppress voters based on race, color, religion, or national…

Aug 18, 2009 – Novak was different from the news-page reporters because he didn’t hide his opinions. … Soon, Novak subtly but definitively changed the topic from my insights back to Reed’s views on the political scene. … But he was collecting political intelligence—again, not for quotes or gotcha moments, but just intelligence.…

Aug 18, 2009 – top four non-fiction best-sellers were written by conservatives -- columnist Michelle Malkin, talk-show host Mark Levin and Fox News … In 1969, the national press was writing that President Nixon must yield to the hundreds of thousands ringing the White House. … Nixon went on national TV to call on the Silent Majority to stand by him. They did, for four years. One recalls Sen.…

Aug 18, 2009 – One of those front-page editorials disguised as a news article in the New York Times begins: "The stubborn yet false rumor that President … have a nice hospital room with "amenities" rather than being in an unsanitary ward with inadequate nursing care, as under the National … He added: "It is very difficult to imagine the country making those decisions just through the normal political channels.…

Aug 14, 2009 – -won security, surge architects promised us, this same Islamic society was supposed to then respond by coming together in "national … And that's the good news. … by the state, and not by political parties competing to control the state."…

Aug 12, 2009 – That's not much of a news story since blacks typically give their votes to the Democratic candidate. … By 1960, before blacks achieved much political power, it fell to 47 percent. … I am not saying that blacks having political power is the cause of these problems.…

Aug 11, 2009 – But the White House, the Democratic National Committee, Obama's campaign apparatus, and their allies have been effectively smearing … the town hall protesters -- portraying them as "threatening" and "disruptive" and accusing them of being part of a political cabal … Claire McCaskill told Fox News. "It's a really bad idea not to respect the passion, the opposition they feel.…

Aug 11, 2009 – Ed Rubenstein, who has written for Forbes, National Review and the Wall Street Journal, blogs on VDARE.com that if one uses the household … Ponte quotes Fox News' Dick Morris: "The principal impact of the Obama health-care program will be to reduce sharply the medical … prize-winner and New York Times pundit Paul Krugman writes in his "The Town Hall Mobs" column that, as did Richard Nixon's men, "cynical political…

Aug 11, 2009 – A congressional Town Hall meeting on Aug. 6 reminds us of a memorable political moment when Bill Clinton and his chief aides were in … Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse mislabeled them as "angry mobs of rabid right-wing extremists." … Late breaking news: Sen.…

Aug 28, 2009 – Our national media are treating the passing of Sen. … It is not questioned that he enjoyed many friendships across the political aisle, but that has no bearing on political bipartisanship … And the national news media are doing a great disservice by omitting that from their Camelot narrative.…

Aug 28, 2009 – It's doubtful that the president actually wants to engage in a public examination of political conscience. … There are many complex, legitimate issues that blur the lines between moral obligations and political choices. … And while that is a matter for his eternal and political soul, as a policy matter, it's unconscionable.…

Aug 27, 2009 – Even if he had to disappoint his political base, notably including the teachers' unions. … Now, with the news of his death, the Kennedy mystique/myth will be dusted off and rolled out once again. … Such is the power of a political dynasty, as anyone who can remember the Longs' Louisiana will know.…

Aug 27, 2009 – But it didn't end Kennedy's political career as it should have -- and would have any non-Kennedy's. … His political career was indeed at times momentous, but "controversial" is a mild word for it. … This would make zero political sense if the media told the whole mixed and controversial truth.…

Aug 27, 2009 – With a long road ahead before Afghanistan’s first presidential election is decided, a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll showed … “The president and others in his administration need to spend some political capital for a war that they have said is vital to win, … An American counter-insurgency is very labor intensive, he said, but it will have huge national security pay-offs.…

Aug 24, 2009 – The election of Audra Shay to chairwoman of the Young Republican National Federation in July shined a national spotlight on what is … Massive GOP town hall protests have flooded the news, but it’s not really clear what hand, if any, the YRNF has in these – or even … Shay then attributed the attention paid to the entire ordeal to nothing more than political manipulation.…

Aug 23, 2009 – Everyone wanted to shake the hand of President William McKinley who had presided over a national economic recovery via a sturdy conservative … That very day, as the nation’s newspapers carried news about the death penalty sentence for the presidential assassin, newsreels were … It seems that some in our national leadership today have allowed time and other considerations to dull their senses about danger and…

Aug 21, 2009 – In just six months of the Obama presidency, those conservatives have altered the national agenda. … That bleak assessment came from Charlie Cook of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report and pollster Nate Silver. … The Internet revolution is inflaming political activists and politics may never recover.…

Aug 21, 2009 – At the time, US Senators were selected by state legislatures and both candidates were campaigning for their own political party to … The widespread news coverage of the debate and the popularity of published transcripts led to Lincoln's eventual nomination for president … by the 1860 Republican National Convention. …