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“One by one, we have lost the freedoms that our forefathers, our brothers in arms and my son died for,” says the main character in a movie that my wife, Gena, and I have been waiting eagerly to see in theaters. It opens nationwide Friday, Sept. 14, coinciding with the Sept. 11 commemoration of Patriot […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On the door of my home office hangs a collection of press passes I have amassed since I attended the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta in 1988. When I return home at the end of this week, bruised, blistered and tottering from lack of sleep, I shall hang my new trophies with […]
My first political convention was in 1964 when Democrats convened in Atlantic City to nominate Lyndon Johnson for a full term as president. I was a young copyboy at the NBC News network bureau in Washington. We arrived from Washington aboard a chartered DC-3 plane that also carried the late anchor/reporter Frank McGee and his […]
Mitt Romney attended the #RNC & still made it to Louisiana three days before Obama. I guess Obama just doesn’t care about black people. #DNC — John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 1, 2012 All across America, liberals are throwing things at the TV and screaming, “Stop putting minorities on the screen! Make it stop!” #GOP2012 — […]
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is the first, as they call it “.. real full-service international law firm on the ground in Israel is an idea long overdue.” “Because they attract capital from all over the world and operate in countless jurisdictions, Israeli businesses know no boundaries. Neither should their law firm.” Another […]
California Democrat Party Chairman John Burton is setting the Democrat National Convention off on the sort of demagogic footing that has characterized the Democrat’s campaign this year by accusing Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan of being like Nazis, specifically Nazi official Joseph Goebbels. At a California delegation breakfast today, Chairman Burton went on one of […]
In a hit and miss article, USA Today takes a look at just what challenges are facing the American worker Labor Day means more than a chance to relax and eat hot dogs. It’s also a time to reflect on the challenges facing the American worker. Those challenges range from the profound to the prosaic: […]
This is what modern Progressivism looks like (via The New Nostradamus of the North) (Spiegel Online) Now that 100-, 75- and 60-watt bulbs have already been eliminated, as of Sept. 1 the smaller 25- and 40-watt bulbs will also slowly disappear from the lives of 500 million Europeans — without any of those citizens having […]
The Washington Post thinks the answer is “no” After being pummeled for days at the Republican National Convention for his remark that business owners “didn’t build that,” President Obama heads to the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina this week facing mounting questions about how he will respond to charges that he is hostile to […]
I’m off today for Labor Day although, of course, other columnists and bloggers at RWN will be posting and there are plenty of links. I’ll be back tomorrow and while I’m gone, hope you have a great Labor Day!
The Republican convention has ended, and it was a rousing success. We know this because of the amount of venom spewed on MSNBC. On the Chris Matthews Flying-Spittle Meter, it rated at least an 11 out of 10. In a desperate attempt to distract from the positive vibe coming from Republicans in Tampa, Matthews, who […]
The 40th Republican National Convention is now history, and political strategists and pundits are poring over the poll numbers to see whether Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are getting a post-convention bounce in what have been very closely divided polls. Romney’s convention managers made some correct and some interesting decisions. First, don’t relitigate 2008, as […]
Just a few stories from the past week, whether I blogged them or not. Click the links for more info on each story. Link: Trog, with a coy smile at Pat. Link: Trog. Longtime readers may recognize the old Sarahmotivator. Click the link for a sorta-archive. Link: Bill Teach. Link: Grandpa Steve. And in a […]
At least in terms of when he was stating that he would bring a new era of “post-partisan” politics (Washington Post) On the January night in 2008 when he won the Iowa caucuses, Barack Obama delivered a victory speech that would reverberate forcefully across a divided America. Iowans, he said, had come together – Democrats, […]
Almost all of what is argued here could also be applied to the social sciences. The problem with this argument is that such really original scholarship is rare and getting ever more rare. While there are exceptions, little original research is left to do in most fields of the humanities. Few important books are published […]
History seems to be repeating on the Upper West Side. Whenever real estate stagnates, the industry spies an opening. In a depressed housing market, it has greater purchasing power. Back in the 1990s recession, New York magazine declared, “Small business is no longer the dominant industry on the Upper West Side. Homelessness is.” The city […]
Much has been said in the media about how Paul Ryan is an “extremist”, how he plans to “destroy” the lives of everyday people, especially the elderly.: A lot has being written about how his fiscal positions make him hostile to middle class Americans.: After extensive, intensive, investigative research there is now a Top Ten […]
TAMPA, Fla. — You could say that the film “2016: Obama’s America” is the GOP equivalent of Michael Moore’s “Roger and Me.” The documentary is based on conservative firebrand Dinesh D’Souza’s 2010 book, “The Roots of Obama’s Rage.” As the film’s narrator, D’Souza argues that Barack Obama’s philosophy is “anti-colonialist,” a legacy passed on from […]
Remember when Nancy Pelosi promised to “drain the swamp” in Congress? Yeah, me neither. So imagine my surprise when the House Ethics Committee announced on Friday that their investigation of Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ) has born fruit. The House Ethics Committee on Friday announced it has extended its investigation into Rep. Rob Andrews over allegations […]
The Atlantic illicitly portrayed GOP House Speaker John Bohner as saying that he “said out loud he hopes blacks and Latinos ‘won’t show up’ this election,” but a look at what Boehener actually said proves that The Atlantic is purposefully misleading its readers. In its headline, The Atlantic Wire story for August 27 screams, “Boehner […]
It was only a matter of time before some uber-leftist linked abortion (which is apparently the primary focus of the DNC) with raaaaacism. In this case, it’s Brian Fung at the Atlantic The Quiet Racism of Abortion Bans Like prohibitions on other goods and services, an abortion ban of the kind national conservatives propose would […]
Oh, really? (Daily Caller) Obama was asked, “So how are you going to talk to Republicans differently if you are reelected?” “Republican voters, if you ask them about my particular policy positions, often agree with me. So there’s a difference between Republicans in Washington and Republican and Republican-leaning voters around the country,” Obama said in […]
#1 surprised me.
“An exciting new study published in the: New England Journal of Medicine: suggests that: coffee drinking may add years to your life span.”
Yesterday, I did another HuffPostLive appearance. There were three liberals, a libertarian, and me talking about a convention that hasn’t happened yet. It was still a lot of fun, especially since I got to call the host a racist on air. I think you’ll like this one and if you want to watch it, you […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Clint Eastwood put on an odd skit Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. It was awkward to watch and hard to hear, but I have to hand it to Eastwood. He achieved the impossible; he made the gaffe-prone Mitt Romney come across as supremely tactful. Four years ago, when Barack Obama […]
Ze’ev Jabotinsky: who is considered one of the most influential Zionist thinkings ever: wrote in 1932: “ The work of the publicist is a legacy from the Prophets of Israel…Our passion is to speak, to proclaim–“Shouting” is what the same audience calls it, ‘we have no need for words, give us actions.’ One thing that audience forgets […]
Missed the convention? Catch up with our: countdown of the top ten speeches…: 10) Grant Bennett 9) Pam Finlayson : Chris Christie 7) Artur Davis 6) Rick Santorum 5) Condi Rice 4) Mike Huckabee 3) Ann Romney 2) Mitt Romney 1) Paul Ryan
Well, obviously, because you need to find out what all those “racist dog whistles” you heard at the Republican National Convention actually mean. Take this zinger from Mitch McConnell, for example,: “(Obama) hasn’t been working to earn reelection, he’s been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour!” Did you know that’s actually a coded […]
In our new media era where everything said, thought, or alluded to is “racist,” we can now add the word “Chicago” to that growing-by-the-minute list of words that are now to be considered racial slurs. Thanks to MSNBC’s resident “biggest jerk in the room,” Chris Matthews, we now know that just saying Chicago makes you […]