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Matthews vs Stewart

by Carol Hoenig on 10/3/2007 9:23:05 AM

One of the major reasons I make it a point to watch Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show is that he keeps it real. He respects his guests while giving them an opportunity to speak and tries to have an exchange of dialogue about important issues. He is not partisan in his views, which many believe is t... Continue »

The War On Film

by David Oatney on 9/24/2007 5:07:18 AM

Last night I watched Part One of Ken Burns' new documentary The War, about the lives and times of Americans during the Second World War. In an age when we are witnessing members of the Greatest Generation and veterans of the Great War pass on in ever-increasing numbers, a film like The War is desper... Continue »

JUST GO AWAY O.J.!!

by Kimberly Colabroy on 9/19/2007 10:48:30 AM

Today, with the thousands of outlets out there available to the public as a way for people to obtain daily news, I find it acceptable for news on television to entertain its viewers while also informing them. I understand that because there are so many different options for people to choose from, in... Continue »

Land of the Free, Home of the Crybaby.

by Ender on 8/6/2007 1:28:02 PM

A couple of weeks ago, popular television program, "So You Think You Can Dance," was lambasted by viewers because of a routine which made a political statement. "The routine was set to John Mayer's 'Waiting on the World to Change,' and each of the finalists wore white shirts with a peace emblem dr... Continue »

The Panic Festival

by David Oatney on 8/3/2007 11:48:44 AM

In writing about this week's tragic bridge collapse over the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota, some of you may think that I am demeaning the significance of the event in saying that the mainstream press is engaging in a festival of panic inducement and over-reaction, but ... Continue »

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RNC Chair Race: Don Wildmon Endorses Katon Dawson

by Marc Ambinder on 11/19/2008 10:21:40 PM

American Family Association founder Don E. Wildmon has endorsed South Carolina Republican Party head Katon Dawson's RNC chairman's bid.In an e-mail sent to supporters today, Wildmon writes that "if the Republican Party is to survive, it must get back to its roots. I believe that Katon Dawson...has t... Continue »

Should Congress freeze remaining bailout money?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

Click the play button to see what Jack and our viewers had to say. FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Republican Senator Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma wants to put a "freeze" on the remaining cash in the big government bailout of the financial industry. In this week's lame duck session, Inhofe plans to ... Continue »

State Budget Crunch: cut services or raise taxes?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

Would you rather your state cut services or raise taxes? FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Americans are feeling pretty cash-strapped these days and as a result, state budgets are feeling squeezed too. Many states are watching tax revenues simply melt away from sales taxes to corporate and capital gains t... Continue »

Public or Private School for Obama kids?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:21 PM

Should the Obama children attend public or private school? FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: The nation's president-elect will be confronting arguably the toughest set of problems this country has been faced with in a very long time. The economy is in crisis, the treasury is broke, Americans are losing th... Continue »

Those Oogedy Boogedy Christians

by Marc Ambinder on 11/19/2008 5:46:45 PM

Is there evidence that suburban independents chose not to vote Republican primarily or even pluralily* because they worried about what Kathleen Parker calls the Oogedy Boogedy sect within the party? (i.e., Andrew's Christianists, Ross's conservative evangelicals.)? Lots of people assume that there i... Continue »