I'm not sure I've ever witnessed a more disgraceful performance by a so-called journalist than what transpired on Wednesday's "Hardball."  In fact, from the moment MSNBC's Chris Matthews introduced his guest, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, the "Hardball" host ...

Quietly, without trumpets, fan fare, ticker tape parades or walks outside of the limo that give the secret service heart attacks, President Barack Obama has been changing the way the executive branch of the government does business online.  Not only that he's influencing the other branches, in part...

Whoa hey how’d the Entire News Media miss this one? Especially considering the main things we all jabber about, these days, are stock prices and whatever Jon Stewart said about Jim Cramer …. Anyway, get out your duct tape because a certified American Nazi was building a “dirty bomb...

David Vitter, who has racked up nearly a billion frequent whore miles, is On The Defensive, as Democrats are criticizing him for his earlier botched attempt to smuggle a bomb in his sneaker on an airplane. [CNN Political Ticker] Despite rumors and, arguably, logic to the contrary, embattled RNC Chai...

Over the weekend I read the following two news items: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is practically alone on the job, working night and day to cope with the worst economic downturn in decades. Barack Obama’s offhand approach to Gordon Brown’s Washington visit last week came abo...

Whatever happened to Chris Hughes, the Facebook cofounder who joined Barack Obama's fledgling campaign in 2007 and powered it to victory using social networking? He's joined a D.C. PR firm. How crushingly disappointing! Hughes has kept a low profile since the election. He gave a speech in Washington...

Why oh why isn't Barack Obama proud of his hugely important Irish heritage? Wait, didn't you know? The preisdent is 3.1% Irish, and to really annoying Irish people, that is enough. See, the president goes on and on about his "black" dad and "white" mom but he never acknowledges the importance in his...

Media outlets preyed upon people's emotions this week in its reporting of President Barack Obama's decision to overturn the Bush Administration ban on federally-funded embryonic stem cell research. Embryonic stem cell research is a hot topic among pro-life advocates because it involves the destructi...

Image via Wikipedia Look what never made it to the mass media outside of Bangor Maine. AlterNet James G. Cummings of Belfast, Maine, a trust fund millionaire who had ties to American Nazi groups, was murdered by his wife two months ago. But, as the FBI found out when investigating James' murder, a h...

I think once Thursday dodgeball finishes up, I may do these thrice weekly. * AP: “Every day, the economy is becoming more and more an Obama economy.” When the AP, which couldn’t be bothered to worry much about seriously examining Obama during the campaign, is starting to look at Ob...