Insane: New York Times Sells False Meme of ‘Reasonable’ Stewart-Colbert Rally


Cross-posted from American Power. Folks at the fish wrap of record really do need to get out more. See, “At Rally, Thousands — Billions? — Respond” (at Memeorandum). The unwavering message is that the Stewart “Rally for Sanity” was uniquely reasonable, ” a political event like no other.” I wasn’t there. But I’ve live-blogged this [...]

Daniel Ellsberg Works to Give Radical Imprimatur to Latest WikiLeaks Disclosures


I’ve been following the latest WikiLeaks document dump, but haven’t had a chance to comment. Certainly the truth about the morally bankrupt Julian Assange is starting to go mainstream, “WikiLeaks Founder on the Run, Trailed by Notoriety.” And it’s no surprise that when under some real journalistic questioning the dude can’t take the heat: But [...]

Rand Paul Responds to ‘Anti-Christian’ Attack Ad


Cross-posted from American Power. ***** It seems eons ago, but back in May I wrote in defense of Rand Paul’s comments on the meaning of the Civil Rights Act. Paul had just won his Senate primary race and he took a big gamble debating the nuances of states’ rights and federal policy on the Rachel [...]

Cartoonist Ted Rall Calls for ‘Proletarian Dictatorship’ in the U.S.


Cross-posted from American Power: “Cartoonist Ted Rall Calls for Communist Revolution: ‘I Would Like to See a Completely Leftist Proletariat Dictatorship’.” Ted Rall’s discusses his new book in an interview at Washington City Paper: Here’s the book: The Anti-American Manifesto. Washington City Paper: What’s your new book about? Ted Rall It’s about the desire to [...]

David Horowitz at ‘Securing America’s Future’ in Beverly Hills


This essay is cross-posted, with additional pictures, at American Power. ********** The event, sponsored by the Jewish Policy Center, was held at Saban Theatre on Wilshire. The event press release is here. Michael Medved moderated. And the panel was awesome: Cliff May, Mona Charen, and David Horowitz. Medved’s opening question asked the panelists: “What was [...]

Seriously? Brown Leads Whitman 49%-44% in New Poll


Cross-posted from American Power. ********** Last I heard Jerry Brown was running a shoestring campaign, but he’s come up with the cash for a major ad buy with this clip, “Serious.” And that’s exactly what I’m thinking. Seriously? That’s all he’s got? A pledge for no new taxes without voter approval, just like the current [...]

Anti-Intellectualism and the Marxist Idea


I had a brief exchange the other day with Brendan of BJKeefe blog. I don’t normally go over there, but his link showed up in my Sitemeter and I found a post suggesting that someone should “take the shovel away from Donald Douglas.” Brendan apparently thinks leftist demonization is a barrel of monkeys, and as [...]

No Mosque at Ground Zero: September 11, 2010


See the full report: “Faith, Freedom, and Memory: Report From Ground Zero, September 11, 2010.” I took hundreds of pictures. I’m still going through them, and will post more later. It’s hard to describe just how meaningful it was for me to travel to New York to cover the event on my blog, but mostly [...]

Antiwar Groups Battle for Survival?


Actually, no. See, “The Myth of the Struggling Antiwar Movement.” The old-fashioned understanding of the “antiwar” movement hardly explains the left’s anti-everything protest agenda nowadays. But wouldn’t you know it, the folks at Politico played right into the sweaty palms of America’s domestic enemies with its whitewash of a report: “Anti-war groups battle for survival” [...]

The Absolution of Barack Obama


Newsweek‘s Jonathan Alter just doesn’t get it. See, “‘The Illustrated Man’.” Obama’s certainly socialist — or neo-socialist, as Jonah Goldberg has explained — and that’s to say nothing of “terror-coddling.” Our maddening times demand that the truth be forthrightly stated at the outset, and not just that the president has nothing in common with the [...]