The New Republic is now investigating the veracity of the claims made by the pseudonymous "Scott Thomas" that I outlined last week. This is probably something they should've done before they printed it, but The New Republic has a history there. I encourage you to visit The Weekly Standard's blog and just start scrolling for […]
On yesterday's "Fox News Sunday," National Public Radio's Juan Williams -- a left-winger -- proclaimed that the ultraliberal web site "Daily Kos" was mainstream. Daily Kos' view on the war in Iraq is where a majority of the American public is. And then they did this: At least we can quit with that fiction that […]
I mentioned a couple of days ago Sen. John Kerry's denial that any "bloodbath" occurred in Southeast Asia after the American abandonment of South Vietnam. I also menitoned an Orange County Register investigation that found at least 165,000 killed in communist Vietnam's "reeducation" camps. Today, James Taranto provides some more details from that Register investigation. […]
I finished the latest Harry Potter book, "The Deathly Hallows" this morning after approximately 7.5 hours straight reading. Like the title says, I offer no spoilers, but let me say that you won't feel cheated by the ending.
Chula Vista City Councilman Steve Castaneda appears to be getting the Patrick Fitzgerald treatment from Prosecutor Patrick O'Toole of the San Diego County District Attorney's Public Integrity Unit. Castaneda has been charged with perjury "for allegedly lying about whether he thought about buying one of the Sunbow condominiums." When asked in front of the grand […]
Courtesy of Don Surber we have this gem from Sen. John Kerry on how nothing bad happened to anyone after we abandoned South Vietnam to the communist North. Everybody predicted a massive bloodbath in Vietnam. There was not a massive bloodbath in Vietnam. There were reeducation camps and they weren't [inaudible] and nobody likes that […]
I generally like Canadians, if you know what I'm talking aboot. But this is just silly. Threatening someone with a gun may be enough to warrant being charged with a firearms offence, even if one isn't being carried, Canada's top court ruled Friday. In a unanimous ruling, the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada upheld a […]
First, The Washington Post: There was cleavage on display Wednesday afternoon on C-SPAN2. It belonged to Sen. Hillary Clinton. She was talking on the Senate floor about the burdensome cost of higher education. She was wearing a rose-colored blazer over a black top. The neckline sat low on her chest and had a subtle V-shape. […]
The New Republic, the liberal magazine that was made infamous because it printed dozens of articles made from whole cloth by Stephen Glass, may have been suckered again by a pseudonymous "reporter" by the name of "Scott Thomas." In an article entitled "Shock Troops" in the latest issue of the magazine, "Thomas" -- purportedly a […]
It's been a dozen or so hours since I wrote this post on Jennifer Hunter of the Chicago Sun-Times and I'm still in a state of shock. I must confess that I honestly expected a correction. I thought there might be some explanation and acknowledgement that journalists should use publicly available resources like OpenSecrets.org to […]