Following the release of five senior-level Taliban operatives in exchange for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the White House spin-masters immediately took to the airwaves to defend what appeared to be a clear reversal of the U.S.’s long-standing policy to not negotiate with terrorists. Appearing on the Sunday talk shows, …
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Why Democrats are winning, Republicans are losing
It is a line I have used to open speeches on the lecture circuit for years and it never fails to get a laugh: “I’m happy to be here tonight from Washington, D.C., where the only politicians with convictions are in prison.” That’s only partially true. Democrats have convictions. They …
Read More »Andrew Breitbart — one year later
Editor’s note: Andrew Breitbart died one year ago on March 1. The following piece originally appeared on Breitbart.com. It is used with permission. “The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.” – Lao Tzu The funny thing is, Andrew would give me an endless hard time for …
Read More »Search Intensifies for Georgia Girl Missing More Than a Week
Police in the small Georgia town of Aragon are stepping up the search for Amber Graham, a 14-year-old ninth grader who vanished eight days ago. U.S. Marshals and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will be joining what has been a low-key search for the last seven days as concern for …
Read More »Radicals Are Following a Playbook From Europe
We saw pictures this weekend of May Day protests, but has anyone asked: Who organized these rallies? Who put these marchers on the street so fast? We’ll give you that answer in a second, but first I want to show you a book I read this weekend. Last year we …
Read More »Homegrown Terror on the Rise in 2009
The five young Americans accused last week of traveling from Washington to Pakistan to wage jihad cap what appears to be a record year for homegrown terror plots, exposing a dangerous trend that experts say poses the biggest challenge America’s security officials have ever faced. Not including the Pakistan case, …
Read More »If McChrystal Is Happy, So Am I
President Obama’s West Point speech wasn’t a bad one, but it wasn’t a great one either. If anything, it reminded me of bin Laden’s speech — the one where he told us beforehand exactly when he was attacking New York. And remember when the Japanese Imperial Headquarters let us know …
Read More »George Christy Explores the Summer of Nora Ephron
Famed Beverly Hills Courier columnist George Christy gives you an insider’s peek into Hollywood’s A-list parties and personalities. This is the summer of Nora, and the year of the penis. The New York Times’ press coverage about Nora Ephron, as Nikki Finke points out on her Website, Deadline Hollywood Daily, …
Read More »President Obama and Corporate Corruption
As you may know, the vicious recession we have now was largely driven by irresponsible corporations selling and buying bad mortgages, and big oil raising gas prices because of speculation. The Bush administration failed to oversee the chaos and now most of us are suffering. President Obama campaigned on cleaning …
Read More »Let's Go Crazy
I think there are two types of people on this planet: rational people and crazy people. Rational people try to analyze and not upset. Crazy people don’t bother to analyze and are always upset. Rational people do their best to avoid controversy. Crazy people live for controversy. I think terrorists …
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