Nir Rosen's Offensive Tweets Shouldn't Have Surprised Us
As I recently noted, Nir Rosen, a left-wing war journalist, resigned his NYU fellowship amid uproar over offensive Tweets he sent immediately following news of the brutal sexual assault suffered by CBS reporter Lara Logan in Egypt. As the news about Logan was breaking, Rosen Tweeted several utterly disturbing remarks, including: "Lara Logan had to outdo Anderson [Cooper]. Where was her buddy [General Stanley] McCrystal." "Yes yes its wrong what happened to her. Of course. I don't support that. But, it would have been funny if it happened to Anderson too." "Look, she was probably ...
So It's the Media vs. Haley Barbour?
By now you may have heard of the outrage spawned by a proposed Mississippi license plate that honors Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. (For those searching for a pop culture reference, he was Forrest Gump's namesake). As Tom Diemer noted earlier, Forrest "is regarded by admirers as a military genius who left the Klan because of its violent ways," but "critics point out he was a Klan grand wizard, and during the Civil War he led a massacre of African-American Union troops in the 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow in Tennessee." While the license plate controversy is certainly an ...
Justin Bieber: 'I Really Don't Believe in Abortion'
It finally happened: I'm writing about Justin Bieber. In case you've been waiting to find out what he thinks about abortion, Rolling Stone asked him: "I really don't believe in abortion," Bieber told the magazine. "It's like killing a baby?" When asked about abortion in cases of incest or rape, he answered: "Um. Well, I think that's really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I guess I haven't been in that position, so I wouldn't be able to judge that." Steven Ertelt over at LifeNews.com asked some pro-lifers what they think of the news: Erik Whittington of Rock for Life, a ...
How Vulnerable Democrats Might Attack Obama's Health Care Bill
With 2012 approaching, vulnerable Senate Democrats representing red states are desperately searching for creative ways to distance themselves from President Obama's health care law. Of course, if they attack it too harshly, they risk angering their liberal base -- and donors. (This, of course, is the kind of "wedge issue" Republicans relish seeing Democrats struggle with.) Recent court decisions have focused on the constitutionality of the individual mandate, but moderate Democrats hoping to move to the right to stave off defeat must tread carefully. As liberal blogger Greg Sargent has ...
Nir Rosen Resigns as NYU Fellow After Trashing Lara Logan on Twitter
Be careful what you say, especially in the heat of the moment, on Twitter. As you may recall, immediately following the shootings in Tucson last month, some liberals were quick to blame Sarah Palin for the tragedy. Now, a liberal journalist is taking heat for offensive Tweets he sent immediately following news of the brutal sexual assault suffered by CBS reporter Lara Logan in Egypt. As the news was breaking, Nir Rosen, a journalist and NYU fellow, Tweeted several disturbing remarks, including: "Jesus Christ, at a moment when she is going to become a martyr and glorified we should at least ...
The Case for Conservatism (vs. Libertarianism)
Anyone who attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last weekend knows that, although Republicans won big in November, the conservative movement is still facing an identity crisis. There are many facets to this, but one way of looking at it is to say that libertarian ideas are encroaching on conservatism. Of course, social conservatism -- which I would argue is an implicit component of traditional conservatism (though many Christian conservatives in America were politically dormant prior to the 1970s) -- has been, perhaps, the most vulnerable victim of the political ...
Report: Petraeus May Leave Afghan Campaign by End of Year
The Times of London reports that "General David Petraeus, the most celebrated American soldier of his generation, is to leave his post as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan." "The Times can reveal that the Pentagon aims to replace General Petraeus, who was appointed less than eight months ago, by the end of the year," it adds. A Petraeus departure might raise serious questions about continued support for President Obama's Afghan plans, as well as rekindle speculation about a possible 2012 presidential run for General Petraeus (though if he were to stay on until the end of 2011, ...
Rush Limbaugh Slams Mitch Daniels, CPAC
On his radio show Monday, Rush Limbaugh went after Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, by name, for his desire to declare a "truce" on social issues. "You had a candidate promoted by the Republican establishment -- who didn't write off conservative voices -- but said, let's...we're going to move beyond that," said Limbaugh. Limbaugh noted that it's fine to want to grow a movement, but added: "You don't diss the people who are already audiences of those shows...who won election for your party year after year after year after year. And all of this, of course, done to impress the mainstream ...
Jeff Flake's Problem With Social Conservatives
It's still early, but Arizona Rep. Jeff Flake appears poised to win the GOP nomination to replace retiring Sen. John Kyl. He has already been endorsed by The Club for Growth and RedState's Erick Erickson, and the most likely conservative competitor -- former Rep. John Shadegg -- has declined to run. But while many conservatives are excited about Flake, some social conservatives are less enthusiastic. For example, Mike Mears, who runs the Concerned Women for America PAC, posted this on his blog: So what's my problem with Flake? 1. He's bad on Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He obviously ...
A Valentine's Day Tribute to the Power of Love in Politics
We are so often reminded of salacious sexual affairs in politics, but on Valentine's Day, perhaps we can spare a few moments to celebrate love? This should not be a foreign concept to us, and yet the contribution that love makes to keeping the ship of state afloat is too often ignored. Anyone who watched HBO's "John Adams" knows of the wonderful love affair between our second president and his wife, Abigail. If you have not seen it -- or read of this great American partnership between a man and a woman -- today is a good time to do so. Abigail was not only the devoted wife and mother of two ...
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