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Media Alert: I will be on the FOX Report With Shepard Smith tonight around 7:45 est to talk about the key races in the Battle for the Senate....
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Here's a wrap up of the key Senate races in Missouri, Virginia, New Jersey and Tennessee from tonight's FOX Report with Shepard Smith. Since then there is a new SurveyUSA poll in Missouri that has McCaskill up 3 points and...
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Blacks and suicide
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It's important to read beyond the headlines on Iraq polls, especially the poll released in September by the Program on International Policy Attitudes -- as antiwar types point to it as proof that Iraqis want U.S. troops out.
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The New York Times has, on three separate occasions, put the lives of those on the front line at direct risk and hampered our efforts in the war on terror.
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This is one Republican who sincerely believes that continued Republican control of both houses of Congress and the White House is not in the national interest and is harmful to the conservative agenda I have worked all my life to implement.
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The former president of South Africa, who ruled during the struggle against apartheid, has died aged 90. How will he be remembered?
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NHS staff from across England are travelling to London to lobby their local MPs about the impact of reforms on patient care. Send us your comments.
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The Abbey bank is to dramatically increase the amount it is prepared to lend homebuyers. Is this good for would-be buyers or will it increase debt?
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Allow organ sales David Holcberg, Ayn Rand Institute - Irvine, Calif. Thousands die every year waiting for transplants because the National Organ Transplant Act forbids the sale of human organs. But people should have the right to harvest and sell...
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Political ad is ploy John Jacobs - Memphis Political ad is ploy As a lifelong Tennessean I am amazed that the mainstream liberal media across the country are expressing such outrage over a silly campaign ad (Campaign ads and attitudes,...
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Court ruling displays 'judicial activism' Steve Cornell, senior pastor, Millersville Bible Church - Millersville, Pa. Judicial activism strikes again. The people of New Jersey may be forced to embrace gay marriage. Where are the thinking people in this national discussion...
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Policies create need for private loans Paul Loeb - Seattle USA TODAY's article on the traps of private college loans was important and timely. But it glossed over specific Republican policies that have created a perfect storm of financial constraints...
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Sickness: IncumbencyThe cure: Term limits Election Day ’06 could be a day of reckoning for members of Congress. Though the voters’ verdict is important, what’s just as critical is what lawmakers do with it. Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist....
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Opposing view: Standards are essential As lower courts fail to restrict outsized awards, ruling is needed. By Robin S. Conrad Punitive damages — damages awarded for reprehensible conduct — are a great deterrent for corporate misbehavior. But like any other...
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Our view on big lawsuit awards: Let states regulate damages Supreme Court treads on uncertain territory in curbing large payouts. When retired school janitor Jesse Williams died of inoperable lung cancer in 1997 after smoking heavily for more than 40...
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Ailing Hubble gains new life as manned missions sputter No mission of NASA’s shuttle has been more exciting or successful than the one in 1993, when astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope. After 11 days in orbit and a record...
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Opinions from around the world.
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How can universties tackle students tempted by online cheat sheets?
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Do you agree with Internet Governance Forum's proposed Bill of Rights for the internet?
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Taking a page from women's clothing (but nothing else!), Special Contributor Lloyd Garver has the solution to the nation's obesity crisis.
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The death toll in Iraq may not equal that of the war in Vietnam, but as The Nation writes, when President Bush vilifies the "cut and run" strategy there are daunting echoes LBJ and Richard Nixon"s smug determination.
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It"s easy to get caught up in trivial matters, like politics, but the National Review Online looks to one woman " Bernice Kanner " who lived life on her own terms and did not let partisanship get in the way of friendship.
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(AP)Well, oops. With just one week left until the midterm elections, John Kerry has given the White House something to talk about other than its unpopular war and those pesky Congressional scandals. As you have no doubt heard by now, Kerry said this to a group of students: "If you make the most of it and you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't you get stuck in Iraq." The White House, surely elated to have such a gift fall in its lap, immediately pounced. "The senator's suggestion that the men and women of our military are somehow uneducated is insulting and shameful," said President Bush. "The members of the U.S. military are plenty smart and plenty brave and the senator from Massachusetts owes them an apology." Kerry insists his comments weren't an insult - just a botched joke. (He says he left out the word "us" - as in "If you don't you get us stuck in Iraq.") He maintains that he was talking about the president and his administration, not the troops. And, he says, the White House knows as much and are exploiting the situation anyway. Kerry also had some criticism for the press. "This is Swift Boat stuff all over again," he said this morning on "Imus." "Somebody says something, and they get excited and they love and have fun, because oh boy, isn't this good, you've got a controversy. But look behind the controversy. The controversy is based on a lie." Which raises the question - should it be getting the coverage it is? The story is dominating the 24 hour cable networks and the blogs. It led all three network newscasts last night, and all three morning shows today. The New York Daily News put "Kerry Kalamity" in its cover. All this over a missing "us?" That isn't to say that the press should be ignoring the controversy - thanks to the White House's reaction to Kerry's comments, this is a legitimate, if small, political story. But isn't that about it?
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(AP Photo)The White House Communications Office"s latest strategy - rebutting news coverage with its "Setting The Record Straight" press releases -- mirrors the "rapid response" methods used in campaigns. And now it appears that the Pentagon is employing similar tools to address negative publicity. In response to questions about the new strategy, Pentagon press secretary Eric Ruff invoked the same language, saying that the program "will help the department 'set the record straight" and provide accurate, timely information," wrote the Associated Press. The AP obtained a memo from Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Dorrance Smith describing the program. The Pentagon press office will be expanding its operations to include "new teams of people [who] will 'develop messages' for the 24-hour news cycle and 'correct the record,'" writes the AP. The plan also includes dispatching "surrogates" who would speak on behalf of the Pentagon and a focus on "new media," such as blogs. The changes have apparently "been in the works for months," and construction of offices for the expanded staff commenced Friday. According to Ruff, the program was not initiated to respond to sagging support for the war or to aid in next week"s elections. Instead it"s a response to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld"s criticism of how the Pentagon communications department is working to combat the messages that terrorists are effectively sending to the world. For months, Rumsfeld has been speaking publicly about such agitation, including a recent speech during which he said that terrorists had been successful in "manipulating the media." Months before that, he was addressing publicly his frustration with what he called an overemphasis on negative information about the war in the press.
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