Juan Williams Pushes NPR Over the Edge

Guy Bensen, National Review, on Juan Williams:

I have great admiration for Juan Williams. Although we rarely agree on issues, his arguments almost always strike me as thoughtful, measured, and ideologically unpredictable. Having had the pleasure of meeting Juan

Nadya Suleman is one weird person, Bill Zwecker, Sun-Times:

Along with many Americans, Angelina Jolie herself is said to be ”totally creeped out” by Nadya Suleman, the now-infamous mother of six who just gave birth to octuplets — all

It would appear that the rock Obama is going to continue looking for another commerce Secretary.  The senator Judd Gregg has withdrawn his name for consideration.  From a news release on his site, we find the following:

Sen. Gregg

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This is the “Gone with the Wind” edition.

As I was driving into work this morning, I was getting reports from all over

Ben Feller and Christopher Wills, Associated Press:

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called on Americans Thursday to follow Abraham Lincoln’s example of showing generosity to political opponents and valuing national unity – above all else.

 AFAIK, Abraham Lincoln never

I have wondered openly in answering feedback mail and in comments sections on other blogs, over the last few days, if the electorate were not being intentionally overwhelmed by the issues being thrown at us by the Democrats. Object being,

I don’t for a minute believe this speech was written by a twelve year old. But it is stunning in its presentation and delivery, video:

Hat tip:  Cassy Fiano.

Just think, in just twenty-three years, she will be old

I will not, will not say that the folks at CNN are slow:

(CNN) — Thousands of villagers in rural Alaska are struggling to survive, forced to choose between keeping their families warm and keeping their stomachs full,

From Fox Sports:

The brief Brett Favre era in New York is over.

Favre has informed the Jets he is retiring after 18 seasons in the NFL, ending a record-setting career in which he was one of the NFL’s

Earlies today, Eric rambled:

FAILURE: With all this going on, is it too early to call Obama a failed presidency, yet?  Remember, gang, the Democrats already had Bush so labled, at this point, relative, and with far less in

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• IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS THE PLAN: So, Geithner’s plan

Rasmussen :

When it comes to the nation’s economic issues, 67% of U.S. voters have more confidence in their own judgment than they do in the average member of Congress.

Nineteen percent (19%) trust members of Congress more, according to

I can’t say that I’m sorry at all to see a new Quinnipiac University poll, that reports Chris Dodd is in even more serious electoral trouble than we thought before:

A total of 42 percent of voters say they

Geithner:

Administration officials were greeted with sarcasm and laughter Monday night when they briefed lawmakers and congressional staff on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s new financial-sector bailout project, according to people who were in the room.

The laughter was at

Statement from the Institute for Energy Reserach:

“Less than 24 hours ago, the president urged Americans to support his plan to spend over $700 billion in taxpayer dollars to fight our economic downturn. Meanwhile, the Department of Interior this