The author doesn't even attempt to follow up with John Reilly, who the article claims "slammed the use of their estimates". In fact, Mr. Reilly later confirmed those very estimates: http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/412cwueq.asp

I can only assume this article is tongue in cheek. Certainly, nothing I've read has made me laugh so much in quite a long time. However, the original submitter seems to think it's serious, so I'll review it that way. All I can say is "Good try". If anything, the tea party protesters are protesting against this very sort of "neo-McCarthyism" that the author fears. If he's really worried about that, he should be on their side. The protesters aren't out to scapegoat anyone, but instead find themselves scapegoated. They're afraid of the very sorts of large invasive government that was typified by HUAC.

The problem with this article is the same as most articles about taxation. It looks at ONE of the hundreds of ways that Americans are taxed and concludes we're not overtaxed. What about unemployment taxes, property taxes, vehicle excise taxes, sales taxes, etc.? My personal income tax burden is about 16%. But when I include all these other taxes, it zooms well past 30%. Without the rest of this data, the article is meaningless.

This is exactly the type of journalism we should be promoting at NewsTrust. An in-depth, but clearly "just-the-facts" reporting on politicos.

Insightful commentary on MoveOn.Org's ad mocking General Petraeus and the new McCarthyism.

Another interesting scientific article backing away from global warming.

This is a good story showing not only the reason for NewsTrust, but also detailing some of the challenges NewsTrust faces. We all know that the public is putting less and less faith in news and the MSM. It's also readily apparent in this story that the breakdowns also fall deeply along party/idealogical lines. I notice this every day at NewsTrust, and I wonder how NewsTrust will be able to overcome this. I don't have the answers. Perhaps Fabrice does. :) Still, this is worth a read.

Decent story about the author trying to get Murtha to apologize for his slanderous accusations of the Marines in Haditha.

Another very good article showing that pork reform still isn't happening.

Good, "just the facts" story that's scaring the citizenry of Indianapolis as they wake up this morning.

Once again, made up news is exposed as a falsehood.

Pete Hoekstra does a decent job of fact-checking the NYT. I think if someone were to then fact-check Pete Hoekstra, we might arrive at the truth. Both sides seem to tend to hyperbole and away from reality.

This is a pretty good article about an amazing event in Congress last week. Everyone should read this. It's stunning that the Democrats seem to have gotten away with this.

I normally shy away from stories that attempt to predict the future, but this one bears reading.

Given that the primary source of these stories of atrocities has been shown to be less than honest (Google 'Beauchamp Recants'), it's hard to give any credence to any story based upon it.

Another report showing what neither Democrats nor Republicans seem to get: when we finally have a Congress that is serious about ethics reform and cleaning up pork legislation, America might start to believe in government again. Good story, but would be better with some facts about earmark absurdities to show why pork reform is necessary.

Michael Yon with some more good news out of Iraq. This is his opinion, but he has the credentials to give one. Our Senators would do well to listen to someone like Yon.

I wanted to give this story a higher rating, but it makes the same mistake that it accuses Michael Barone of making, coming to a conclusion without evidence. The article claims that Barone claims that the recent surprising NYT Op-Ed showing improvements in Iraq shows that there is growing support for Iraq. Barone makes no such claim. Barone, instead claims that good news in Iraq is bad news for Democrats. And it is. So, the article is very good at refuting an argument that Barone never made. If Barone had made such an argument, this would be a great article. Since he did not, it's only mediocre.

As usual, Steve does a better job of analyzing and reporting on the economy than those who get paid to do so.

In some ways, this is also a piece about our MSM. Why hasn't the MSM jumped all over this? Surely if the Republicans had done this kind of "maneuvering", it would be front page news? Anyway, it's a good piece, but scary, showing the lengths our elected officials will go to these days.

Another article showing that the "culture of corruption" continues unabated in Washington, D.C.

Good editorial on the "Fairness" Doctrine.

One of Hitchens' better pieces which wonders why we bend over backwards to avoid insulting Islam, but make no such attempts concerning other faiths.

Scary report showing just how invested in defeat the Democrats have become. Well-written, and well-sourced.

This story is almost laughable in its efforts to be a smear piece. It purports to tell us that army personnel are in fact, poor and uneducated. However, nothing about their education or income status appears anywhere in the article. I wish I could give it less than one star.

Once again, Conover skips the politics and goes right to the facts.

CQ sometimes tends to hyperbole. If anything, he has toned down the rhetoric on this one. This issue should be dominating the headlines.

Good article showing how many of our "leaders" are against Free Speech.

The Democrat and Republican "leadership" seem to be in a battle to see who is more out of touch with mainstream America and reality. No clear winner yet. This is another example of why.

Another article showing just how serious are politicians are about earmark reform, i.e., not at all.

Susan has begun the digging into this 'mystery earmark'. She needs to keep digging though. We still don't know if CTC exists, and who's getting the money.

This is one of the better FactCheck pieces. Sometimes you feel as if you need to fact check FactCheck, but this is well sourced, and even in its criticism of both sides.

Mostly just a reprint of comments made by Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Shows just how out of hand things have gotten on the Senate floor, however.

This is a sad commentary on our times. No wonder this Congress is polling at 14% approval. This article shows how they've completely lost touch not only with their constituents, but also with reality.