‘Honest’ PBS Clinton Documentary Lies About the Economy

Public Television touted the Bill Clinton documentary as a long-awaited warts-and-all piece. USA Today called the two-parter a “solid and even-handed account … of a remarkably skillful politician with an immense intellect.” While calling it “tedious and predictable,” The Washington… Read More

Leave Race Out of It

What if actor Clint Eastwood gave an interview in which he explained why, in the 2008 presidential election, he voted for John McCain: “I voted for McCain because he was white. ‘Cuz that’s why other folks vote for other people… Read More

Whitney Houston, Black Republicans, and Other Uncle Toms

Whitney Houston died at the age of 48. Most articles about her death said something like, “Houston struggled with drug and alcohol problems for years …”
But Houston also struggled with something else that black Republicans and black non-Democrats can… Read More

Aren’t Republicans Supposed to be Colorblind?

“Which of our Hispanic leaders would you consider to serve in your Cabinet?” A woman attending the last Republican debate in Florida asked this of the four Republican rivals.
Oh, for crying out loud! Ethnic-based Cabinet appointees? Do we still… Read More

Democrats Love Taxes–They Just Don’t Want to Pay them

Forgive Republican candidate Mitt Romney for his alleged failure to adequately explain why he paid “only” 14 percent of his income in taxes. The honest answer — “Well, because my accountants couldn’t figure out how to get them any lower” — does not work in this or very many other election years. Romney seemed flat-footed because, like most business people, he seeks to minimize costs and expenses.

Newt Launches War on Media

The Republican re-embrace of former Speaker Newt Gingrich says a lot about whom he sees as his opponent — and it isn’t just President Barack Obama. It’s the media.

Obama Waffles on Gay Marriage — No News There

The media seem unbothered by Obama’s reversal on the question of same-sex marriage. Santorum, however, is pressed to explain his opposition.

Media Blackmail and Tio Taco

Why aren’t the Hispanic advocacy groups up in arms? Sen. Marco Rubio symbolizes the wrong kind of Hispanic — an anti-amnesty, pro-legal immigration Republican conservative who refuses to play the role of oppressed victicrat.

The Need for Ron Paul

If libertarian Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

Norman Lear’s Left-Wing Paranoia About “The Right”

Given the left’s dominance in the major media, academia and Hollywood, it is beyond insulting to hear influential Hollywood lefties like Mr. Lear whine about the supposed power of the right. Makes them sound like a, well, “Meathead.”

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