Category Archives: Media Watch

The Washington Post Discovers Ted Cruz

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Washington Post writer Aaron Blake pays serious attention to Ted Cruz, and his role as Tea Party favorite. It’s a decent write-up for an out-of-state MSM outlet playing catch-up, but there are several statements about which I have at least … Continue reading →

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The Unexpected Return of This Week in Jihad

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I stopped doing This Week in Jihad because it was eating up too much of my time. But this week there were enough big Jihad-related stories to justify putting one up: Michael Totten has an interesting interview with Claire Berlinski … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update: Ricardo Sanchez to Run

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Various news outlets are reporting that former U.S. general Ricardo Sanchez will be announcing his Senate run today. I’m linking to the USA Today story of Catalina Camia because, unlike her journalistic brethren, she actually noted that Sean Hubbard was … Continue reading →

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Osama Bin Laden IS Norma Desmond!

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So the Pentagon has released captured video of Osama Bin Laden watching footage of himself on TV: Setting aside why he would have had anyone filming him watching TV (maybe he was testing a new camera, or maybe he was … Continue reading →

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Texas Taxpayers Defeat Liberal Interest Groups

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Over on BurkaBlog I chanced across this framing of the debate over passing the state budget: Who has more clout: A fictional Texas Ranger and a former major corporate CEO or a cadre of right wing interest groups? Texas Senate … Continue reading →

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And Still More Bin Laden Fallout

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A few more post-Osama postmortem tidbits: Ace of Spades presents a timeline of the hunt for Bin Laden. It turns out that, despite initial reports, Bin Laden was unarmed when the SEAL team sent him to Allah. I’ve got absolutely … Continue reading →

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Obama Doesn’t Know Jack. Or Texas.

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Lawrence Person

An interview that Brad Watson of WFAA-TV in Dallas conducted with Obama has been getting a lot of attention. A lot of it has centered on Obama’s visible testiness at the questions, but I’d like to point out his baffling … Continue reading →

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P. J. O’Rourke on the Atlas Shrugged Movie

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Some people have asked me if I’ll be reviewing the Atlas Shrugged movie, since one of my gigs is reviewing science fiction movies, and Ayn Rand’s original novel certainly qualifies as science fiction. (I’m also familiar enough with the novel … Continue reading →

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“Obama’s the biggest affirmative action baby in history”

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

That’s the money quote from Mickey Kaus, a Democrat who voted for Obama (and may very well vote for him again), in an article about why Obama seems so bad a politics. Now that Kaus has uttered an obvious truth, … Continue reading →

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Geraldine Ferraro RIP

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Former Walter Mondale Vice Presidential pick Geraldine Ferraro has died at age 75. If Mondale had not made this liberal New York congresswoman his running mate, her obituary would barely be a blip nationally. If the Ferraro pick was meant … Continue reading →

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