Before some bumbling "plumbers" in Watergate gave him much bigger headaches, newspaperman Jack Anderson was one of the biggest thorns in Richard Nixon's side. The columnist was, according to a new book by Mark Feldstein, akin to the Wikileaks of his day, publishing state secrets in his syndicated column and giving Nixon fits. Read More
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The great Koran (Quran, Qur'an)-burning controversy launched by Terry Jones, the crazed pastor of a tiny Gainesville, FL church, may have been defused: Sarah Palin (or maybe her ghostwriter) has taken to Facebook to add her 2 cents. And she agrees with everyone else who has publicly commented on the matter--it's Read More
Thomas Kubica, a paid intern working for Senate candidate Rand Paul, has been caught "concern trolling" no less than the Daily Kos, the 800-ton gorilla of progressive blogs. Concern trolls are Internet forum users who post messages or comments that appear to support one point of view when in fact they support the Read More
Earlier today it was book lovers, now candy makers have made it clear that they are unhappy with President Obama. Reuters reports that U.S. makers of gum and chocolate blame the Obama administration for a new 20% Mexican tax on American gum and chocolate exports south of the border. National Confectioners Read More
Innocuous nonagenarian Sidney Harman might be an ideal owner (read: steward) for Newsweek, but what about his wife, California congresswoman Jane Harman? Her opponent, Republican Mattie Fein, has penned an open leter to Jon Meacham as a public service to the American press. Nothing political here:
As managing editor of a preeminent news magazine, Read More
