[Erick Erickson of RedState: Image courtesy of Joeff Davis at Creative Loafing.] As if there isn't enough insanity on the airwaves, enter CNN to the fray. They're rolling out a new 7PM ET show featuring John King (John King USA), a...

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that Israel must prove it is committed to the Mideast peace process with actions. "We know how hard this is, this is a very difficult, complex matter," she said. "But the Obama ...

AP: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print. Premiums are likely to keep going up even if the health care bill passes, experts say. If cost controls work as...

The Texas Board of Education has made a series of history revising moves to its curriculum, altering how the Civil Rights Movement is taught among a host of other things. These new changes include some very overt attempts to give wh...

I hope people keep jamming a microphone in Stupak’s face: Congressman Bart Stupak, D-Mich, responded sharply to White House officials touting a letter representing 59,000nuns that was sent to lawmakers urging them to pass the heal...

From Reuters: Pakistan, March 16 — A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles into Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on Tuesday, killing 10 militants, the latest such strike on a major al Qaeda sanctuary, officials and residents said. ...

By Michael J.W. StickingsCheck these out, all highly recommended:-- Media Matters: "The media myth of Obama's 'falling poll numbers'," by Eric Boehlert. Key quote: "Feeding off right-wing talking points, political journalists love...

Bart Stupak, still complaining. Leading a revolt against President Barack Obama’s healthcare legislation over abortion has been a “living hell” for Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.). The telephone lines in his Washington and district o...

On March 16, Fox News anchors during their self-described daytime "news hours" repeatedly forwarded the false suggestion that, by using a legislative procedure known as the "self-executing rule" to finalize health care reform in the...

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) is now the second Republican to reluctantly admit that “deem and pass” is a legitimate procedure that Republicans have used is the passed. Asked if he had ever voted for reconciliation or “deem and pass” si...

South Africa is another country in legal battle with online gambling. Reports are coming from different sources that South Africa has not yet cleared the mess, and they are still in legal limbo when it comes to online-gambling.

Apparently a day is all it took. We reported Tuesday that, although a variety of financial reform advocates believe the new Senate reform package lacks needed teeth, they stopped short of declaring outright opposition to the bill. T...

On the March 16 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom, co-host Bill Hemmer falsely claimed that the House was considering a "self-executing rule that does not require a single vote" to pass health care reform. In fact, the sel...

A WorldNetDaily article distorted a passage from a book by Rev. Jim Wallis to falsely claim that he "previously labeled the U.S. 'the great captor and destroyer of human life.' " In fact, Wallis, a member of President Obama's fai...

Rep. David Obey has made no secret of his skepticism of President Obama’s direction in Afghanistan. But when it comes to Obama’s economic policies, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday leaped to the presiden...

The newest inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are ABBA, Genesis, Iggy Pop's Stooges, The Hollies and Jimmy Cliff. "I'm very angry that Madonna got in before us," joked ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad....

A March 17 Washington Times article falsely described reconciliation and the self-executing rule as "rare procedural tools" that Democrats may invoke to pass health care reform. In fact, both procedures have been used repeatedly...

It's that time of the year where talented and accomplished law school applicants must decide: where should I go to law school? With multiple acceptances and shiny admissions packets in hand, these folks can have trouble deciding whi...

To his credit, Dennis Kucinich will be voting for health care reform.   This had led to some grimly predictable concern trolling from conservatives who have discovered their admiration for Kucinich’s integrity just in time to repudi...

Right-wing media have falsely accused Democrats of hypocrisy for considering the use of a legislative procedure known as a self-executing rule to finalize health care reform in the House. Those media have falsely claimed Democrat...