August 26, 2021 Press unloads on Larry Elder as Republican may be poised to oust Gavin Newsom With three weeks to go, the national media have suddenly woken up to the fact that Larry Elder could be the next California governor, and are hitting him with a sledgehammer.
August 25, 2021 Media pummeling Biden from left and right as Afghanistan crisis deepens The debacle in Afghanistan has spawned the most confrontational coverage of Biden’s young administration.
August 13, 2021 Larry Elder’s radio rhetoric could boost or bust him in California recall If an action movie star can become governor of California, as Arnold Schwarzenegger did nearly two decades ago, what’s to stop someone who makes his living behind a microphone?
August 12, 2021 Why Biden should crack down on bureaucratic foot-dragging over vaccines The Biden administration had plenty of early success with its vaccine program—but there’s a level of foot-dragging going on right now that is totally unacceptable. Lives are at stake and in some respects, the government’s response is downright meandering.
August 11, 2021 Cuomo resigns, but his apologies for ‘insensitive’ behavior seem clueless Cuomo said his sense of humor could be “insensitive.” I mean, seriously? These women were revolted. They feared for their jobs.
August 10, 2021 The folly of political worship: Cuomo sinking as another accuser hits the airwaves Cuomo, with his tough-guy persona, was never exactly loved, but after a decade of knocking heads to achieve liberal goals, he was respected, and his folksy virus briefings gave him a national fan base well beyond New York. Behind the scenes, meanwhile, he would do things like scream at the top editors of the Albany Times-Union, to the point that they vowed never to talk to him off the record.
August 6, 2021 Biden flips on eviction ban he called likely illegal, but the media don’t care Biden made the very move that he’d said, according to most legal experts, was “not likely to pass constitutional muster.” Now you might expect a flurry of stories accusing the president of defying the courts. But you would be disappointed.
August 5, 2021 Why the press wants Cuomo, their onetime shining knight, to resign From major news organizations to liberal commentators, there is a remarkable unanimity of opinion that the governor must resign.
August 4, 2021 Media slam Cuomo as he denies graphic findings of sexual harassment The events surrounding New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are a sorry spectacle in a number of ways.
August 3, 2021 No more shot-shaming: Virus surge finally pushing up vax rates Now, finally, thankfully, vaccination rates are inching up. Nearly 800,000 shots were delivered on Sunday, the highest one-day total in many weeks.