Another Aging Rocker Tells a Republican to Stop Using Song

I guess hate is More Than A Feeling for aging rocker Tom Scholz, former member of the band Boston. Scholz, it appears, is none too happy that presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was using his old Boston tune, More Than A Feeling on the …

A Washington Post Labeling Double Standard in Sex Scandal Stories

This is no way should be used to make excuses for dreadful Republican behavior with minors. But it shows that the Post, like many other liberal media outlets, earn the liberal-bias charge by showing the partisanship on their scandal …

Open Thread

For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Did Obama get votes robbed from him in New York (paragraph breaks removed):. Barack Obama’s primary-night results were strikingly under recorded in several congressional …

Schumer: 'Of Course' Neither Hillary Nor Obama's Word Is Good

For a guy who’s supposedly a savvy pol, Chuck Schumer has sure made a damning admission about the Dem presidential candidates. The senior senator from New York has flatly admitted that their word is worthless. On today’s Meet the Press, …

NYT Surprisingly Attacks Climate Friendly Light Bulb

With that in mind, maybe the dangers associated with this highly-touted light bulb will remind media to not advocate folks diving into the deep end before they assess how far it is to the bottom.

NYT Travel Writer Bias? Four Alarm Gag Alert

(I didn’t point out that Mr. Ellsberg, did not in fact serve time for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the news media. Why ruin a good story?) There’s lots more in the article if you have the stomach for it. Be forewarned though!

McCain's Top Adviser Won't Fight Obama Open Thread

ABC’s “Political Radar” blog reported Wednesday (h/t NBer Gat New York, paragraph break removed for space):. On Wednesday, a top adviser to John McCain said more definitively than he has in the past that he will step down from the …

CNN Invites Charles Barkley to Trash Conservative 'Fake Christians'

Eyeblast has the video: On CNN’s The Situation Room on Friday, former NBA star (and current TNT basketball analyst) Charles Barkley trashed conservatives as “fake Christians.” You could tell how much CNN was going to enjoy this. …

Rich, Fisked

Let’s have some fun deconstructing Frank Rich’s NY Times column of today. The gist of The Grand Old White Party Confronts Obama is that it will be near-impossible for McCain to defeat Obama because the Arizona senator reflects the …

Don't Blame Us For Berkeley/Toledo Attacks Against Marines Say …

It is also well known that in Toledo, Ohio and Berkeley, California protesters for and against the Marines have been deployed to face each other and the news media have been there to chronicle it all. But, one paper has taken it upon …