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Eric Holder may have never really understood his job
2/9/2015 10:01:12 AM  Jazz Shaw
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The days of my being surprised over what may come tumbling out of Eric Holder’s mouth at any given moment have long since passed, but this one caught even me a bit off guard. Appearing on MSNBC, Holder expressed regret over what he described as one
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WaPo: Williams' Katrina tales starting to sound fishy, too
2/9/2015 9:31:00 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Brian Williams may have taken a vacation from his job, but media analysts have worked overtime this weekend on his earlier stories to do some fact checking. As a result, the anchor and managing editor of NBC News may have more explaining to do on his
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Corporate stock buybacks "killing the economy"
2/9/2015 9:01:27 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Regardless of what’s actually happening on Main Street USA in terms of jobs and economic opportunity, there is no question that the stock market has been doing well. By November of last year, Wall Street was celebrating record gains and investors
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Video: Yes, ISIS is a threat to US
2/9/2015 8:31:53 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Last week, as the Obama administration attempted to relaunch a coherent national security policy, Susan Rice claimed that there were no threats “of the existential nature of what we confronted during World War II or during the Cold War” to
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Should we really be happy to see Brian Williams go?
2/9/2015 8:01:53 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Tonight will not be the first time that NBC Evening News goes on the air without Brian Williams at the desk. The man takes vacations, after all. But it will be the first night without him since he announced that he would be stepping aside while they
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Quotes of the day
2/8/2015 8:01:12 PM  Allahpundit
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Brian Williams decided on his own to step aside from his NBC newscast for several days and was under no pressure to do so by network executives, a person familiar with the situation says. The move on Saturday, developed in consultation with the NBC
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Ben Carson video: Fixing the economy "not going to be that difficult to do"
2/8/2015 6:31:14 PM  Jazz Shaw
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The week’s presidential politicking news wouldn’t be complete without at least one visit with Dr. Ben Carson. While other candidates have been attracting the stumblebirds and the associated media attention, Carson has been staying within
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UAE back in the fight against ISIS after Pentagon boosts Iraq capabilities
2/8/2015 5:01:12 PM  Noah Rothman
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In the wake of the brutal execution of a Jordanian pilot who was captured after his plane was forced down over Syria, the resolve of the Arab members of the anti-ISIS coalition seemed to be faltering. The New York Times reported last week that the United
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Film review: Project Almanac
2/8/2015 3:31:12 PM  Jazz Shaw
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It took a bit longer for me to make it out to the theater and see Project Almanac than I’d originally planned, but this week I finally got the chance to go see it. As usual – and particularly in the case of a film such as this – the
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The media led by the nose into reporting on a new Christie 'investigation' that never was
2/8/2015 2:01:19 PM  Noah Rothman
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There is perhaps no other gubernatorial administration in the nation that has seen its internal deliberations so heavily scrutinized and investigated by the press with so little resulting from those repeated inquiries. The latest tantalizing morsel of
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Does Jeb Bush have an "Amerophobe" streak?
2/8/2015 12:31:05 PM  Jazz Shaw
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Mark Krikorian has some extended commentary this weekend over at the corner which takes a long look at one of the larger questions looming over Jeb Bush’s nascent presidential ambitions. It deals with the issue of “comprehensive immigration
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Sunday reflection: Mark 1:29–39
2/8/2015 11:31:47 AM  Ed Morrissey
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"Sunday Reflection" is a regular feature, looking at the specific readings used in today's Mass in Catholic parishes around the world. The reflection represents only my own point of view, intended to help prepare myself for the Lord's day and
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Colorado Dems blocking ban of EBT cards in pot shops
2/8/2015 11:01:11 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Colorado continues to be the great laboratory which the rest of the states will watch as many of them wrestle with the idea of legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Since they adopted the policy, plenty of complications, both predictable and
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