By MICHAEL JOHNSON
Apparently, it’s okay for the media to pay their sources, to buy news. ABC news does it and so do others.
More proof of that came on Sunday when CNN’s Reliable Source Anchor Howard Kurtz asked one of his panelists about ABC paying $200,000 to the central figure in a news story for information [...]
BY MICKEY EDWARDS
(this article was first published on Atlantic.com)
On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry rose in St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia and, aware of the risks inherent in undertaking a rebellion against the British crown, chose the principle upon which he would stand. “Give me liberty,” he said, “or give me death.”
It [...]
BY GARY ANDRES
For the Weekly Standard
President Obama missed a host of opportunities to remedy Washington’s fever of polarization during the health care debate. Instead of forging a bipartisan coalition and ratcheting back the campaign-style rhetoric, he agreed to a one-party strategy and consistently demonized his opponents with over the top rhetoric.
Mr. Obama also falsely raised [...]
BY JOHN FEEHERY
As it turns out, we don’t have to re-enact the Civil War. The Health Care law is so bad, we don’t have to stretch back to the 18th or 19th centuries (or the 20th century for that matter) to come up with analogies to fight it.
BY BILLY PITTS
For Ripon Society
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood deserves praise for focusing public attention on distracted driving.
The market today is flooded with electronic devices that can be used in motor vehicles and millions of motorists are using them with reckless abandon, putting themselves, their passengers and their fellow travelers in danger.
We’ve all seen these accidents [...]
BY MICHAEL JOHNSON
part one
Two rather bizarre diatribes by public figures recently broke through the health care coverage for a brief moment and focused much needed attention on the plight of the news media.
The first was an emotional outburst by Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island against the media for not covering the House [...]
BY JOHN FEEHERY
for The Hill
WASHINGTON — JMU News Service reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is considering a variety of different procedural and intimidation tactics in order to win passage of the president’s healthcare bill later this week. The tactics, according to well-informed sources, include hiring a voodoo specialist, jerry-rigging the voting machines on the [...]
BY JOHN FEEHERY
From CNN
When the Founding Fathers decided to create a bicameral legislative branch, they were trying to make things difficult for the federal government to grab power from the people.
What the Founding Fathers may not have foreseen was how much the House and the Senate would grow to dislike and distrust each other. Why [...]
BY JOHN FEEHERY
I have a theory.
America is going through its version of a mid-life crisis.
According to Wikipedia, the term midlife crisis was first coined “in 1965 by Elliott Jaques and used in Western societies to describe a period of dramatic self-doubt that is felt by some individuals in the “middle years” or middle age of [...]
BY MICHAEL JOHNSON
The Sunday talk shows again this week devoted a lot of attention to the dysfunction of Congress. In fact, it was the theme of Face the Nation, which featured two members of the Senate with a reputation for bipartisanship, Democrat Bayh of Indiana and Republican Graham of South Carolina.
