Commentary One has to wonder if this was the first time this ever happened at a Calumet Township party, minus the tragic end, of course. From the Chicago Sun-Times: A Blue Island police report on the recent drowning death of a Calumet Township official reads like a college fraternity party[Read More…]
Opinion
Remember Recent History: Republicans Will Shut Government Down If They Win in November
Analysis First from John Quiggin: I’ve been too absorbed by my book projects and by Australian politics (of which more soon) to pay a lot of attention to the forthcoming US elections, but it seems to be widely projected that the Republicans could regain control of the House of Representatives.[Read More…]
Best Summary of a 2,300 Page Financial Regulatory Bill
Steven Davidoff writes as The Deal Professor at the New York Times, a commentator for DealBook on the legal aspects of mergers, private equity and corporate governance. He is a former corporate lawyer at Shearman & Sterling, he is a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. He[Read More…]
Win or Lose in Court, You Cannot Erase the News
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Sometimes the meaning of the 45 words of the First Amendment seems to escape even those trained in the law. In Pennsylvania last week, two judges in Centre County — home to Penn State University —[Read More…]
Treatment of Christian Campus Group Doesn’t Pass Smell Test
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes Director, Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Christian Legal Society v. Martinez on June 28, was it a victory for nondiscrimination, as one side claims — or an example of religious discrimination, as the[Read More…]
‘Real Food’ Advocate Limbaugh Falsely Claims ‘Leftist Kooks … Want To Ban Chinese Food’
Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)– Rush Limbaugh attacked the Center for Science in the Public Interest as a "wacko bunch of leftist kooks" who "want to ban Chinese food." In fact, CSPI, which advocates for nutrition, health, and food safety, has lauded Chinese restaurants and labeled most Chinese dishes "healthy." Limbaugh: CSPI "want[s][Read More…]
The Greatest Science ‘Scandal’ ‘In The History Of Man’ Predictably Falls Apart
Commentary By Ben Dimiero Media Matters for America In their never-ending quest to prove that they understand the intricacies of climate science better than actual climate scientists, conservative media figures routinely promote any ridiculous "evidence" they think undermines the scientific consensus about climate change. This is a group that repeatedly[Read More…]
Conservatives Rehash Debunked Myths and Caricatures For Kagan Hearings
Commentary By Eric Hananoki Media Matters for America Spoiler alert: Barring unforeseen circumstances, Elena Kagan will be confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Even Fox News admits as much. Reporter Carl Cameron called her confirmation "likely"; Fox News Sunday‘s Chris Wallace said she’ll "sail through"; Fox political analyst Charles Krauthammer[Read More…]
Meet the Conservative U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)– Media figures have emphasized the fact that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is technically "bipartisan" to hype its investigation of the Justice Department’s actions in the New Black Panther Party case. In reality, the commission’s chair has acknowledged that conservatives "gam[ed] the system" and packed the panel[Read More…]
Clean Energy, Progressive Groups Urge Media to Revisit Bogus ‘Climategate’ Reports
Washington DC–(ENEWSPF)– Media Matters for America joined 12 clean energy and progressive organizations in strongly urging news outlets that reported on the original "Climategate" controversy over stolen emails and the reliability of climate science to set the record straight. These outlets are urged to highlight recent developments that completely disprove[Read More…]