Liberal Talk Radio

I have to admit that I’m not quite sure if I should pat myself on the back or start chewing shoe now that the Louisiana oil spill shows just how dangerous off shore drilling can be. After all, I was pretty pragmatic back when Obama announced that he’d allow expanded drilling. “Will never see the [...]

In a philly.com poll on whether readers believe vigilantes should be prosecuted, “no” is leading “yes” by a 2-to-1 margin right now (64.6% to 27.6% with 7.8% “not sure”). This after residents in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia severely beat a “person of interest” in a case involving the rape of an 11-year-old: Many in [...]

Oh well. At least we’ll always have Madoff: The only real motivation that anyone at A.I.G.-F.P. now has is fear. Mr. Cuomo has threatened to “name and shame,” and his counterpart in Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, has made similar threats — even though attorneys general are supposed to stand for due process, to conduct trials in [...]

But it’s not anything President Obama came up with: “I want to apologize to you for what happened,” he said, looking earnest and speaking as if he felt pretty badly about it all. “But I can’t. Because I did nothing wrong.”

I was outside in the parking lot watching this on the screens the Phillies set up for fans who didn’t have tickets to the rally inside the stadium: 1) As you can tell by the YouTube, this basically summed up the mood of the day. 2) This was one of the ten to fifteen best [...]

Maybe it’s time for Obama to give a big come-to-Jesus red state-blue state speech to explain to America the cultural milieu in Hyde Park, Chicago that allows yahoos like Bill Ayers to remain unrepentant. It could be as groundbreaking as his Philadelphia race relations explainer! Sample opener: “I have already deplored, in unequivocal terms, the [...]

If you’ve ever wondered whether television’s rudimentary identity concealing measures actually worked, here’s a story for you: A Manhattan hooker interviewed by Diane Sawyer for an ABC special on prostitution was busted by her mom — who recognized her daughter, despite the network’s efforts to disguise her. “I’m mentioning the interview now because last night, [...]

One hallmark of a developed country is a responsive government that can identify a social problem and take steps to correct it: Whatever their reason might be, a passing hearse or simple discomfort, Italy’s highest court ruled that men may not touch their genitals in public. The ruling settled an appeal by a 42-year-old worker [...]

The Times may have blown it by spending so much time pussy-footing around with the infidelity innuendo–the real story is the lobbyist entanglements McCain has apparently decided to lie about. Because of the shoddy sex scandal lens through which the Times has focused, McCain may not have to account for himself. Still and all, I’m [...]

It’s not so much the idea that John Edwards knocked up someone but rather that a campaign aide would actually try to cover up for Edwards in such a ridiculous way. That basically makes me not want to trust not only Edwards but anyone surrounding John Edwards, no matter how “selfless” they come off in [...]