Ironically, the “Talking Points Memo” this evening is about debating anti-war guy Phil Donahue (search). Because of that plane situation in L.A. last night, we had to go to our news desk and did not run my debate with Phil Donahue on the early edition of “The Factor.” It did …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Today’s blog is short… I am up very early because I have to drive 60 plus miles and through two rush hour traffics to attend to a family event. I will be back in D.C. in …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Reasons for Ratings? A new CBS poll (search) shows the president’s job approval rating has hit an all time low of 35 percent and 68 percent of respondents tell CBS that the country is on the wrong track. CBS cites the Iraq …

The battle lines are drawn over how to deal with captured terrorists. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” In this corner, “The Factor” and the nation’s largest newspaper, “The Wall Street Journal.” Across the ring, the leading secular progressive new operations, “The New York Times” and …

SAMORIN, Slovakia – “Oh my gosh,” I said to producer Kim and cameraman Barnaby as we rolled into Samorin, Slovakia. “This doesn’t look like “New Europe”…this looks like Stalag 17!” We were on the last leg of our trans-European Odyssey, trying to find out what were the continental feelings about …

WASHINGTON – Not only has China (search) become an exporting giant, dumping cheap goods and creating enormous trade deficits all over the globe, but it continues to reach out to historically oppressive regimes for trade, economic partnerships and greater influence on the world political stage, policy watchers say. A number …

Christmas in the media, that’s the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Only one newspaper in the USA has been sympathetic to our reporting on the national trend away from acknowledging Christmas. One. That paper is The Ventura County Star in California. Every other newspaper has either ignored the …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education (search) wants universities to provide personal information about every student in the country in order, they say, to produce more accurate and useful information about the school system. But critics are already lining up to prevent any proposal from going forward. “While we …

NEW YORK – Winona Ryder’s alias for buying prescription painkillers is “Emily Thompson.” Christian Slater has been known to fear Germans when he’s under the influence. And despite his vigorous political stumping during Election 2000, Ben Affleck hadn’t voted in years. This isn’t the stuff of trashy tabloids. It’s the …

Puff Daddy | Elliot Wilk| Norah Lawlor Puff Daddy Celebrates Independence Two Days Early Last night, the big scene in hot, humid, stifling New York City was in front of Eugene’s nightclub on West 24th Street. It was there that Sean “Puff Daddy/P. Diddy” Combscelebrated Independence Day 48 hours early. …