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Dershowitz Doubles Down on Trayvon Martin Case

Roger Aronoff — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:47:09 +0000

As part of a recent AIM Report, I wrote briefly about the release of documents last week in the George Zimmerman case. Zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. But more has come out since then, and attorney Alan Dershowitz has stepped up his criticism of the special prosecutor [...]

Romney: From ‘Bullying’ to ‘Raping’ [Video]

Kate Powley — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:30:17 +0000

In a discussion on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co., Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina made a statement comparing the actions of Mitt Romney’s company, and presumably to Romney himself, to that of rape. “This is not an attack on free enterprise,” Clyburn said. “But there’s something about that enterprise that I have a problem with. [...]

Dem. Congressman on MSNBC: Mitt Romney, Bain “Raping” Companies

Accuracy In Media — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:29:02 +0000

Can We Avoid “Taxmageddon” in 2013?

Alan Caruba — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:16:02 +0000

In 1959, during an interview with the late Mike Wallace, Ayn Rand, the author of “Atlas Shrugged”, said “A free market will not break down. All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure that is always offered is more of the same poisons that caused the disaster.” After the stock market crashed on [...]

New York Times Public Editor to Depart in September

Don Irvine — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:17:02 +0000

The New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane will leave his post on September 1, after completing his two-year contract, according to Erik Wemple of The Washington Post. Brisbane told Wemple that he made the decision last fall to serve two years and not exercise the third-year option in his contract and that the paper [...]

Washington Post Ombudsman Admits Paper Falls Short on Catholic Coverage

Don Irvine — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:09:57 +0000

Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton dismissed reader complaints that the paper is anti-Catholic, but admitted it could have done a better job in covering the different opinions of Catholics on a broad range of issues. Pexton defended the paper at first by saying that the Post’s OnFaith blog has a wide range of voices including [...]

Exposing Communist China’s Forced Abortion and Gendercide Policies [Graphic]

Accuracy In Media — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:54:26 +0000

The Jewish Vote, Do The Numbers Make A Difference?

Gadi Adelman — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:34:26 +0000

Thursday, May 10th, US UN Ambassador Susan E. Rice spoke before an audience of 400-500 at B’nai Torah synagogue in Boca Raton, Florida. The event was sponsored by some rather ‘liberal’ Jewish groups; the ADL, the American Jewish Committee and the Jewish Community Relations Council of South Palm Beach County. Rabbi David Steinhardt, the senior [...]

Circling the Drain

Tom McLaughlin — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:28:56 +0000

Ten years ago a young couple I know visited Greece, Italy and Spain on their honeymoon. The young husband told me he was amazed at what a leisurely life people in those countries led. “They don’t bust their butts working long hours like we do,” he said. “They spend most of their time sitting in [...]

Washington Post Hires Left-wing Blogger to Bash Conservatives

Cliff Kincaid — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:20:25 +0000

The decline of The Washington Post was again on display when a Post blogger reported that a literary agency representing Obama had committed a mere “typo” when it identified him as being born in Kenya. Conservative blogger Doug Ross notes that this “typo” ran for 17 years, and that the Kenyan birthplace changed just weeks [...]