Mar 12 2011
Eye of the Newt By Gail Collins, March 11, 2011 … The presidential race is barely under way, but already we have had our first Big Thought. I am speaking, of course, of Newt Gingrich’s suggestion that he was driven into serial adultery by hard work and patriotism. “There’s no question that at times in my …
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Mar 06 2011
King James Bible: ‘Twas a work most modern By Stephen Tomkins, Tuesday 1 March 2011 13.05 GMT … Everyone from Richard Dawkins to Sarah Palin seems agreed that the King James Bible is Basically A Good Thing and wishes it many happy returns. It’s more majestic than modern translations, easier to follow than Shakespeare, has enlivened …
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Mar 01 2011
The Liberal Media Strikes Again By William Rivers Pitt Tuesday 01 March 2011 … If I hear one more person talk about the “liberal media” in America, I will probably vomit on them. It was a stupid and ridiculous thing to say last week – take a long look at which mega-corporations own which news …
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Feb 27 2011
Santorum: Left hates ‘Christendom’ By Andy Barr, 2/23/11 2:35 PM EST, updated 2/24/11 7:57 AM EST … Rick Santorum launched into a scathing attack on the left, charging during an appearance in South Carolina that the history of the Crusades has been corrupted by “the American left who hates Christendom.” “The idea that the Crusades and …
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Feb 20 2011
A diet too-long confined to nothing but the thin soup of Fox News has unfortunate consequences. Among them is acute cognitive indigestion when cherished beliefs are challenged by contrary points of view. Such were the symptoms that manifested themselves yesterday. [Jane], a relative newcomer to an ongoing email discussion of Middle Eastern realities (between ex-expats who once lived “over there”), has …
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Feb 14 2011
FOX NEWS INSIDER: “Stuff Is Just Made Up” By Eric Boehlert, February 10, 2011 7:20 am ET Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial cable channel, a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch was quick with a response: “I don’t think people would believe …
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Feb 08 2011
Ketchup Is a Vegetable & Other Republican Myths – Remember Reagan By H Scott Prosterman, Sun Feb 06, 2011 at 11:33:09 AM PST There they go again, trying to whitewash the legacy of Ronald Reagan. As his centennial approaches, Republicans are trying to make us remember what THEY want us to remember about Reagan. Mainstream …
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