It's been all over the Internet for the past couple of days and this morning political junkies everywhere got to see the famous Bill Clinton anger on "Fox News Sunday." You can check out the video, along with a bunch of links here. There isn't much to say about this that hasn't been said, so […]
It's something they teach in journalism schools across the nation, but leave ultimately leave up to the individual's conscience: How far should you go in the pursuit of a story? It's an issue that more commonly crops up when you're dealing with the legal system here in the United States. Case in point: the two […]
I must confess that I read the feature pages of newspapers next to never. I generally stick to the news, sports and opinion pages. However, yesterday I was flipping through the Union-Tribune Web site when I came across this column by the paper's religion reporter Sandi Dolbee. Now, Dolbee has done some solid reporting from […]
That's the number of career saves by San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman has after today's 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Congratulations Trevor! Oh, and congratulations on taking your dear, sweet time getting a story up ESPN.com. More than 45 minutes after a Major League record is set, the MLB homepage looked like this:
Something positive may have come out of the Council On Foreign Relations meeting with Iranian "President" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- it looks like the influential group may have come to the conclusion that the head of state of Iran is a madman. According to Maurice R. Greenberg, a holocaust survivor and head of the Nixon Center, […]
The details still aren't clear, but it appears that CIA interrogators can aggressively question terrorist suspects without running afoul of the Geneva Conventions. Andrew McCarthy reports: Early predictions that the President was getting rolled seem to have been greatly exaggerated. And the McCain bloc got its principles validated without disabling the CIA program, which they […]
It doesn't have quite the kick that the "Virginia is for Lovers" campaign by the Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau, but apparently for WUSA 9 TV, the voters in Virginia aren't fond of Jews (Hat tip: ThirtyAughtSix). In a promo for their sharp-as-a-bowling-ball reporter Peggy Fox, WUSA9 had this to say: Our Peggy Fox raised […]
After the mini-debate we've been having here over tough interrogation techniques and their use against terrorism suspects, I found the timing of this Bill O'Reilly interview with ABC reporter Brian Ross fortuitous. [Follow the link for video.] In the interview, Ross reveals that he has solid evidence from multiple sources that tough interrogation techniques (including […]
A letter to the editor in Wednesday's Union-Tribune raises the question: What are they teaching in our schools? Two speeches, two agendas In his political cartoon Sept. 13 Steve Breen apparently wanted to compare Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to President Bush's 9/11 speech. The difference is that Lincoln's speech was designed to bring the country together. […]
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, having solved all the other problems facing the state, has decided to sue carmakers over greenhouse gas emissions. Lockyer - a Democratic candidate for state treasurer in the November election - said the lawsuit states that under federal and state common law the automakers have created a public nuisance by […]