Tim Russert's Father, Timothy "Big Russ" Russert Dies at 85

The Russert Family has just released the following statement on the death of Timothy "Big Russ" Russert.  Mr Russert was the father of the late Tim Russert of Meet the Press.  The family related that...

All-White Tonight Show to Feature 5th Consecutive White Male Host

Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog.Soon Conan O'Brien will replace Jay Leno as host of the Tonight Show. Let's face it: Conan O'Brien's foremost "qualification" to host the Tonight Show is that he is a white man. If he were not a white man, he would not even be...

Obama: Still Smoking Cigarettes

On Sunday's Meet the Press, Barack Obama admitted to interim-moderator Tom Brokaw that he was still smoking cigarettes - though he didn't specify exactly how much."Mr. Obama had said he quit smoking at the...

David Gregory Succeeds Tim Russert on 'Meet the Press'

Meet the Press is the longest running television program on TV (61 years on the air) and following the death of former moderator Tim Russert earlier this year, NBC has appointed chief White House correspondent David Gregory to fill the role full-time.  Barack Obama was...

Memorial Held for Tim Russert

A funeral was held on Wednesday for NBC journalist Tim Russert, who died last week at the age of 58. In attendance were many of Russert's family, friends, and leading American journalists and politicians."Tom...

Russert is gone; hypocrisy lingers on

This is the first Sunday when Tim Russert will not be presiding over "Meet the Press". Whilst many mourn the passage of Tim Russert, others are making political hay over it one way or the other. Many of the...

Ted Koppel Does Understand the Threat to America

The western world has had to deal with violent jihad by Muslims for more than a thousand years. After the defeats of Muslim armies in Spain centuries earlier, and of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, the west largely relaxed regarding that particular threat. The...

Lincoln Obama

"Newt Gingrich on Meet the Press today was asked by host Tim Russert if Barak Obama had the experience to be President, having only two terms in the house. . Newt repled; "Lincoln only served two terms in the house." Bam."

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