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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Silent Night? UPDATE: Here’s a quick update on our Grapevine about The New York Sun story concerning the Princeton student who alleged he had been beaten — after coming out against the school distribution of condoms. The Daily Princetonian says Francisco Nava …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Climate Clash The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he will investigate a threatening letter sent to a global warming skeptic by the head of a group advocating the use of renewable energy. The Washington Times reports American Council on Renewable …

So “Kid Nation” premiered this week to a nation of yawns. This was the show where they put 40 kids in a town to fend for themselves. Their biggest challenge, so far, was deciding whether to get a few extra outhouses – or a TV. They chose the outhouses, obviously …

Paul McCartney | Carlos Santana, Sly Stone | Grammy Notes McCartney Snubs Sting, Bruce Paul McCartney did not like losing Best Album to U2 on Grammy night. After James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt announced that U2’s “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” had beaten McCartney’s “Chaos and Creation in the …

Once again, The New York Times has my name in a headline. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” A few weeks ago, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof said I fabricated the Christmas controversy, the standard far left position and that I was Mullah Omar for …

Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. Hating America.That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” According to a new poll, 40 percent of Canadian teenagers think America is an evil country. Among French-Canadian teens, the number jumps to 64 percent. Those numbers can be …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Burying the Big News? The Army’s Chief of Staff, General Peter Schoomaker (search), told reporters on Thursday that while the Army will probably fall short of its goal of 80,000 new recruits this year, those losses are being offset by soldiers already …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Massachusetts Senator John Kerry says that if the Democrats retake the House of Representatives in 2006, there’s a “solid case” for impeaching President Bush for misleading the country about pre-war intelligence on Iraq. Speaking at a holiday party for staffers who’d worked …

MARTINSVILLE, Va. – What a difference a fender bender makes. Spent the weekend following last year’s NASCAR Nextel Cup champ Kurt Busch (search), who raced for the first time in a purple race car (#97) that promoted his new sponsor — Crown Royal whisky. But while Busch christened his new …

It’s time to pay homage to the year’s outstanding junk science performances. Without further ado, the envelope, please… Best performance by Swedish meatballs. Swedish scientists alarmed us in April that baking and frying high-carbohydrate foods, like potatoes and bread, formed acrylamide, a substance that has been linked with cancer in …