When Rush Limbaugh apologized to Sandra Fluke after calling her a ‘slut’ for daring to argue that the government should force health insurance plans to include medicinally beneficial birth control pills in their plans, I thought this was a good thing.  If there’s one thing I’m much in favor of, it’s civility in the political discourse. Rush was uncivil in his comments, period. And unlike what some of my conservative friends believe, I don’t think apologizing for a mistake like that makes you weak. I actually think it shows that Rush isn’t a coward; instead, he mans up to his mistake. This is how things are handled in the real world. You make a mistake, you apologize for it, and that’s the end of it.

Well, that should have been the end of it. Instead, Ms. Fluke rejected the apology, saying it only came after advertisers started pulling support. Fine, that’s her prerogative.| MORE ›

Today in State of the Union with John King, former Bush-Cheney administration Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge had the audacity to mildly – very mildly – criticize conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh.| MORE ›

Rick Moran and Robert McCain have a go at each other: is Glenn Beck a loon?

Hot Air headlined an essay by Rick Moran yesterday, called “Glenn Beck and the Radical Right.” In it, Moran argues that conservatives should distance themselves from the conservative talk show host, because he’s “a kook.”

The man who works for Pajamas Media and the American Thinker continues:| MORE ›

David Frum has been criticized a lot lately due to his somewhat strange habit to go after fellow conservatives. The criticism was well-deserved.

Today, he deserves to be praised, however:| MORE ›