Return of the Ex-Im Bank?
Hard to kill Two months ago we examined the issue of whether or not the charter for the Export Import Bank of the United States should be renewed. (If you’re still unfamiliar with this somewhat...
View ArticleAre you Fugly? There’s an app for that.
“What your friends won’t tell you, the iPhone will” As the latest in our line of Hot Air Public Services to Improve Your Lives, we bring you yet another essential tool for managing your affairs. Even...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day!
Nurture, nature, and love. The staff at Hot Air would like to send our greetings to all of the mothers in our readership — and especially our own mothers — for Mother’s Day today, as well as our wives...
View ArticleVideo: When hubris meets karma
Jeopardy. Sorry to dump two Chris Matthews posts on Hot Air readers in one day, but I suspect you’ll appreciate this more than the first. Before we get to the video, however, we need a refresher...
View ArticleHot Air interview with Mitt Romney
First official comments on the Mack endorsement, and more. Earlier today, I had an opportunity to speak with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney about the campaign and the economy, as well as...
View ArticlePriebus: Anti-coal Biden mines for votes in coal country
New RNC offensive on energy. Occasionally, Hot Air will feature guest columns from high-ranking public figures to allow them to speak directly to our readers. Today, we welcome Republican National...
View ArticleShocker: The “Romney’s a Mormon” media suddenly aghast at mention of Jeremiah...
The next shiny-object distraction? Here’s a fun exercise for Hot Air readers. Go to the New York Times website and do a 12-month search for “Romney Mormon,” and see how many hits come back. I’ll end...
View ArticleObama wants to avoid the sequester?
Balance. In [Thursday's] White House press briefing, Jay Carney was asked about House Minority Leader Pelosi’s proposal to extend the Bush-era tax rates for those making up to one million dollars....
View ArticleWelcome Erika Johnsen, Jazz Shaw to Hot Air!
Wherein we steal from our Townhall colleagues. Hot Air is proud to announce that Erika Johnsen will join us as our new full-time contributor. Erika has guest-posted for us on numerous occasions,...
View ArticleHot Air Survey: Vice Presidential Edition
Safe choice or game changer? It’s baaaaack. If you’re on Twitter, you can send me questions here. Will publish the survey results later this weekend, so stay tuned. Loading… This post was promoted...
View ArticleThe Social Security trust fund will start going bankrupt in 2013
Don’t worry, we’ll just get a bailout, right? Right? Last week, Just Facts President James Agresti and I co-authored a post for Hot Air describing how some on the left mislead the public regarding the...
View ArticleHot Air Survey: Vice Presidential Results
Young guns. After a long run at the top, Marco Rubio has been overtaken by Bobby Jindal as Hot Air’s pick for vice president. Allen West came in third, followed by Paul Ryan and Condoleezza Rice. Over...
View ArticleVideo: Truthland is the answer to Gasland
Go see for yourself If you’ve read Hot Air even infrequently over the last few years, you’ve seen my rather disgusted comments over the filmmaker / fabulist Josh Fox and his pseudo-documentary...
View ArticleVideo: A friendly fireworks warning on this 4th of July
Please don’t try this at home. We here at Hot Air hope all of our friends and readers have a fun, patriotic, and safe Independence Day celebration — and just to be clear on that last part, here are a...
View ArticleThe Ed Morrissey Show: Podcast interview with David Limbaugh; Update: Video...
Author of The Great Destroyer. Thanks to the holiday week, we won’t have a live TEMS today, but I do have a treat for TEMS regulars and Hot Air readers. Earlier today, I interviewed David Limbaugh,...
View ArticleWelcome Hot Air’s new editor-at-large, Mary Katharine Ham
Introductions. This post is supposed to introduce her, but our longtime readers need no introduction. MKH’s work has been featured on Hot Air since the earliest days of the site. I doubt there’s a...
View ArticleHot Air VP Survey: July Edition
Closing in. It’s getting close to that time. Questions about the survey? Send ‘em here. Also if the survey doesn’t pop up immediately, wait about 10 seconds, and then try refreshing. Of all things,...
View ArticleHot Air Survey: July VP Results
Number 1 for Number 2 is … For the second survey in a row, Bobby Jindal takes the top spot in the VP preference poll. Marco Rubio again takes second. Paul Ryan moves into third ahead of fourth-place...
View ArticleABC News president to staff: Our coverage was excellent except for that whole...
Standards. It’s now day five of Rossgate and we continue to inch ever so slowly towards meaningful action. Consider this post the official launch of the Hot Air pool on when disciplinary measures will...
View ArticleArms-trade treaty talks collapse, supporters rip Obama
Smart power strikes again. I doubt anyone reading Hot Air will mind this, but it looks like the UN won’t get a chance to dictate terms of the Second Amendment any time soon. Yesterday evening, talks...
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