You heard the old joke about how the New York Times would headline a story about a giant asteroid heading toward earth with a deadly force that would cause massive worldwide devastation? Killer Asteroid Heading Toward Earth Women and Minorities at Risk Or how about this one: Global Warming May Turn Women into Hookers Hang…
Author Archives: Bernard Goldberg
Of Red Lines, Game Changers and U.S. Credibility
If the Syrian regime ever uses chemical weapons on its own people, the president said, then it will have crossed a “red line;” using chemical weapons is a “game-changer, he said.” The implication was clear: If Syria crossed that bright line, the United States would not tolerate it. We would take action. Military action, presumably….
The Boston Marathon Bombings and the Importance of Getting the Story Right
I don’t like second guessing journalists who are covering breaking news, especially on live television. It’s not easy. Early on the story is changing by the second and it’s hard to stay on top of each new development. So mistakes are going to be made. And in the Boston Marathon bombing story, journalists got an…
Media Ignore Mass Murder Trial
Remember all the attention the media gave to the O.J. Simpson murder trial? How could they resist, especially TV, since cameras were allowed in the courtroom? A super star football player, who’s black, is charged with killing his wife and the young man who was with her, both of whom are white. Never mind what…
Obama Compliments a Woman; Feminists Offended
Perhaps you’ve heard about the incredibly insensitive remark President Obama made the other day – the one that not only showed how indecent men can be, including even a progressive man like the president, but how words can be used as weapons to inflict great pain. I’m referring to the ugly comment the president made…
Conservatives Behaving Like Liberals
There was a time when I was invited by a well-known conservative magazine to speak on cruises that the magazine organized. Conservatives from all over America paid good money to visit far away places and listen to the likes of me talk about how corrupt the liberal media had become. But one evening, while cruising…
Is Gay Marriage An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of same sex marriage, it might be a good time to consider this tidbit that should make even the most ardent opponent of gay marriage feel uneasy: In the United States of America a convicted felon in prison for robbery, rape, murder or a whole…
Not a Profile in Courage
Every now and then, rarely to be sure, a profile in courage comes to our attention. Somebody who does something brave, and when we hear about it, we know this is a person of great character, that this is someone who knew all the risks, but spoke up anyway. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio is…
