The New York Post‘s editorial board is apparently undergoing some ideological reflection after Governor Andrew Cuomo opined on the matter yesterday morning, suggesting the paper has a “extreme conservative philosophy,” especially in regards to Mr. Cuomo’s teacher evaluations proposal that the publication feels caters to the teacher’s union rather than the students.

Well, the Post fired back with some Barry Goldwater rhetoric today, penning an editorial entitled “When extremism’s no vice.”

“Extreme? Ultra-conservative? Us?” they rhetorically asked. “Yes, we believe there should be accountability and transparency in public schools. If that makes us ‘extremists,’ so be it.” Read More

Yesterday, you may recall, Bob Turner attempted to host a photo op with students at the Brooklyn school that had banned the singing of Lee Greenwood’s “Proud To Be An American” in favor of Justin Bieber’s “Baby.”

We say “attempted,” because the attempt was drowned out by a number of hecklers.

Well, that attempt has received high praise from the high priest of conservative politics, Rush Limbaugh, who on his radio show said today: 

Bob’s going for all the marbles. He’s running for the Senate. And there’s a Republican primary in New York on June 26th, and he’s got a good chance of winning this thing, and we want him to win this seat. He’d be great in the Senate. If he wins the primary, he’d be up against Kirsten Gillibrand for all the marbles Read More

President Barack Obama was interrupted during his big immigration reform announcement by a Neil Munro, a reporter with the conservative outlet The Daily Caller   who shouted at the president “Why do you favor foreigners over American workers?”

Mr. Obama quickly grew annoyed by the exchange

“Excuse me, sir,” he said when the reporter first spoke up, raising a finger to quiet the reporter down.

When he didn’t, Mr. Obama responded “It’s not time for questions, sir. Not while I’m speaking.” Read More