Commentary By Jamison Foser No Apology When it became clear that Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke fabricated the story for which she and the paper were honored, Washington Post executive editor Benjamin Bradlee apologized to the Pulitzer advisory board, and the prize was withdrawn. When The Boston Globe[Read More…]

Commentary By Karl Frisch On Friday, the nation awoke to the news that the Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to President Barack Obama. "I am both surprised and deeply humbled," Obama said that morning. "I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as[Read More…]

(PHOTO: ENEWSPF) Commentary The news of President Barack Obama has circulated and percolated throughout the world for just over three hours now. I’m not even taking a look at what anyone on the far right is saying at this point. No doubt the right wingnuts now have to figure out[Read More…]

Commentary By Karl Frisch Since President Obama took office, Fox News has been acting more like the propaganda arm of the Republican National Committee than a legitimate news outlet. Back in March, Fox News vice president of programming Bill Shine described his network as the "voice of opposition [to Obama][Read More…]

Commentary by Eric Boehlert Because as the story reads right now, the Washington Times, in its headline and article, reports that ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis, during an address at the National Press Club on Tuesday, claimed ACORN critics are "racist." Slight problem: The WashTimes fails to include any quotes, any evidence, any anything,[Read More…]

Blog Commentary President Obama has not yet found his Grant. Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal was promoted to top commander in Afghanistan in May, 2009. He replaced General David McKiernan, who had been calling for big troop increases in the months before he was relieved. McChrystal has been calling for troop[Read More…]

Commentary This was once America, rescued at last from the gilded age. We can do this again. We can revive and seal the New Deal. The rich were on board because they had lived through the Great Depression, and they knew a thriving middle class was the path to the[Read More…]

First Lady Michelle Obama handled herself well in the face of the worst attack yet by Birthers, this time coming face to face with Sesame Street’s Big Bird. Big Bird, remember, was hatched. Thanks to Conan O’Brien for sharing this remarkable footage with us. Here’s a transcription: Conan O’Brien: First[Read More…]

Jill Abramson, the managing editor for news, agreed with me that the paper was "slow off the mark," and blamed "insufficient tuned-in-ness to the issues that are dominating Fox News and talk radio." She and Bill Keller, the executive editor, said last week that they would now assign an editor[Read More…]

eNews Park Forest Welcomes 64,057 Site Visits in September Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Welcome to eNews Park Forest, where we’ve been publishing a lot of news for years, for hardly any money at all. I tell my friends I feel like a ham radio operator. This has become a hobby[Read More…]