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The Washington Post has an "expose" on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's use of the per diem. The breathless headline: "Palin Billed State for Nights Spent at Home; Taxpayers Also Funded Family's Travel." A few things to note: First, as governor, her "home" is the governor's residence in Juneau. Her Wasilla home is not considered her […]

The Instapundit has up a collection of links on Gov. Sarah Palin and the "bridge to nowhere." I encourage you to check them all out. What is interesting to note is two things: First, the media -- inculding USA Today and The New Yrok Times -- and the Alaska Democratic Party all credited Palin with […]

Sen. Barack Obama this weekend decided to go after Gov. Sarah Palin. Set aside for a moment the stupidity of spending time as the No. 1 guy on the Democratic ticket attacking the No. 2 on the GOP ticket and just focus on the subject. Barack Obama took his first direct swipe at Republican vice […]

The New York Times is getting some grief -- perhaps deserved -- for its seeming failure to consistently label GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a governor. A secondary complaint is that the married Palin is also described as Ms. and not Mrs. The article in question is this one, a […]

The Wall Street Journal is keeping score on judges, and the numbers put to the lie the Democrats' promise to treat Bush's nominees like Clinton's were treated -- only better. The promise: In a letter to us in June, Mr. Reid said Senate Democrats would "treat President Bush's judicial nominees with more respect than President […]

Coach Don Haskins dead at 78.

Charles Martin has helpfully collected what is sure to be the definitive list of Sarah Palin truths and falsehoods.

Clark Hoyt has been a tremendous disappointment as the New York Times' public editor. The skepticism that an experienced reporter like Hoyt should have to authority vanishes far too often when it comes to his own boss. Today, Hoyt covers for the Times' embarrassing reporting on Sarah Palin. Let's start with this: And, yes, it […]

Fox News last night aired the first part of Bill O'Reilly's interview of Sen. Barack Obama. It's probably the toughest interview Obama's had to face and, while he keeps his composure, he's less than honest. As recently as July, the Democratic presidential candidate declined to rate the surge a success, but said it had helped […]

Some celebrities are adults: When Barack Obama finished his acceptance speech Thursday night (Aug. 28) at the Democratic National Convention, a lot of country fans were no doubt surprised — or downright shocked — that Brooks & Dunn’s “Only in America” provided the soundtrack to the festivities while the Obama family and vice presidential candidate […]