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Please watch this heart-rending video now posted on YouTube by a young mother who does not know where to turn:VIDEO: Blaise talks to Oprah About "Prader-Willi Syndrome" - only 187 views, so far... Blaise Major Owings wants Oprah to feature his cause "Prader-Willi Syndrome"on her show -- so that a cure can be found for him and all the other children with this genetic disorder. Please Oprah We need your voice.

For expanding government, increasing debt, diminishing America's role in international affairs and promoting state involvement in every facet of American life, Mr. Obama can give himself high marks. From our perspective, however, his report card is nothing to brag about. In economics, civics and foreign affairs, Mr. Obama has flunked every test.

The rhetoric sometimes found here at Artorius can’t help but paint us as Right Wing crazies. Given some of the staffers working here, we agree at least with the crazy part. We are also accused of bias in our writing, and will admit that yes, we tow a conservative line. But because we post along opposition lines doesn’t mean we are wrong, or biased. It does however, permit a spirited defense of what we believe and how we think government should be run. Given that we really want people to read what we write, we at least try and get...

Any answer to Oprah's grade question would bring carping As much as we like to see politicians give straightforward answers, there are moments when the best course is to decline to comment, or to take the conversation in another direction. When Bill Clinton was asked, "Boxers or briefs?," he should have waited for the laughter to die down before gently scolding the young woman for the inappropriateness of the question. When Oprah Winfrey asked President Obama, "What grade would you give yourself for your first year?," I'm not sure there was an answer he could have given that wouldn't have...

Here is video of Oprah Winfrey's Christmas Special from the White House with President Obama and First Lady Michelle. The special shows a lot of the White House and some historical things about previous Presidents, as well as talking with the Obamas . . . (VIDEO)

Obama continues to grade himself and Michelle.

It's bad enough for America that President Barack Obama is a committed far-left ideologue, but when you couple that with his narcissism, you've got a recipe for a major disaster. He told Oprah Winfrey he deserves "a good solid B-plus" for his first year in office. The only things standing in his way for that coveted A are -- for the most part -- other people, such as evil Republicans who oppose socialized medicine. It's obvious that Obama is as self-absorbed as he is delusional. While most Americans are worried about the financial destruction of our country and our resulting...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama, in remarks aired late Sunday, awarded himself a B plus for his first 11 months in office, stressing in an interview with talk show queen Oprah Winfrey that there was still much to be done. "A good solid B plus," Obama said during an hour-long, intimate soft-focus ABC network Christmas at the White House special, when Winfrey asked what grade he would give himself. Explaining why he wouldn't give himself top marks, the president said his administration had "inherited the biggest set of challenges of any president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt" which they...

Here is video of President Obama being asked by Oprah to grade his first year performance as President. Most people would have just responded with, "I'll let the American people do the grading." But Obama instead gave himself a "Solid B+," and if he gets Health Care passed by year's end, he would give himself an "A-." Just to add to Obama as humility personified, he compares himself to Franklin Roosevelt in his response! As for the American people, they are not as impressed with Obama as he is with himself.(VIDEO)

When it comes to gifts, President Obama says he gives "nicer stuff that I get," an assertion disputed by First Lady Michelle Obama. A treasured girlhood Christmas gift for Mrs. Obama was a dollhouse; for the president it was a basketball from the father he met only once. This Christmas, Bo the dog will get a stocking along with the rest of the Obama family. All this information comes via Oprah Winfrey's upcoming "Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special," to be broadcast Sunday at 10 p.m. Eastern Time on ABC.

Two mega-celebrities with Jesus complexes coming together in honor of the actual Jesus. Perfect. All they need now is a cameo from Bono and the circle will be complete. On the upside: At least it’s not a “holiday” special. The queen of daytime will interview the president of the country during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama. The network has announced “Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special,” which includes an interview with the president, a conversation with the First Couple and tour of the White House. The special marks the first...

Can Oprah save Tiger? As Tiger Woods' alleged-mistress count rises by the day, a public confession on "Oprah" could be his best shot for redemption Can Oprah help Tiger rehab his image? Things just keep getting worse for Tiger Woods. As his number of alleged mistresses rises to six (or higher), his wife Elin Nordegren has reportedly moved out of their Florida home, his favorability rating has dropped 24 points, and gossip sites say his post-crash hospital records may indicate a drug overdose. Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey's producers have invited Woods to address the scandal on her TV show. Could a...

*Well, it's all over for "Oprah." Oprah Winfrey's production company says she'll announce Friday that her show will end in 2011. If you recall, earlier this month, we reported that there was speculation that she would end her daily syndicated show on broadcast TV and move to her cable network called OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network). Then on Nov. 9 her camp released a statement saying that she would make an announcement by the end of the year:

Oprah Winfrey's exit from daytime TV will mean more than just a studio scuffle for the time slot she mined for gold for TV stations. It also likely signals, many experts say, the beginning of an inexorable decline for the daytime syndicated talk show, which has occupied a central spot in mainstream culture ever since "The Phil Donahue Show" rolled out nationwide nearly 40 years ago. snip But many observers say that the all-encompassing cultural role of "Oprah" is unlikely to be duplicated by another talk show on broadcast TV, thanks to the changes that have shaken society and the...

The announcement that Oprah’s ending her show after 25 years came as no surprise. In fact, I have been expecting this sort of announcement since Oprah took the stage with Barack Obama to announce her support for his presidential run. During her first of many stump speeches in Manchester, I heard the crowd chant Oprah! Oprah, and listened to her give a well-crafted speech. I also noticed a transformation in her voice and delivery. She sounded more like a pastor giving a fiery sermon, closer to Reverend Wright, than a professional talk show host. She seemed to revel in the...

When the "Oprah Winfrey Show" ends its run after 25 years in 2011, what are America's women gonna do? OH NO!!! Note: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying the cartoon within this thread. thanks much, and Happy Thanksgiving!

MERRY O-MAS: ABC ANNOUNCES PRIMETIME OPRAH, OBAMA CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

The widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told Oprah Winfrey in an interview broadcast Wednesday that even as her husband knew he was dying of brain cancer he had been "in training" to make sure he had enough strength to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration. In the most extensive interview since her husband's death in August, Vicki Kennedy said she wouldn't try to run for her husband's former U.S. Senate seat and described how he battled brain cancer — but she would not talk about the last thing he said to her before dying. "I think I'll just keep...

Oprah to Visit White House For Christmas Special Play VideoCelebrity Video:The Latest From Hollywood ABC News By James Hibberd and Nellie Andreeva LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The queen of daytime will interview the president of the United States during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama. The network has announced that it will "Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special" on Sunday, December 13, at 10 p.m. The show will feature an interview with the president, a conversation with the first couple and a tour of the White House. The special also...

The queen of daytime will interview the president of the country during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama.

The queen of daytime will interview the president of the country during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama. The network has announced "Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special," which includes an interview with the president, a conversation with the First Couple and tour of the White House.

New Age teachings are dangerous because they encourage us to assume that we know what is best for our salvation and when we enter into these teachings we jeopardize our eternal life in ways that we may never know — until it is too late. Sharon Lee Giganti is a popular speaker on the new age phenomenon with tragic, first-hand experiences with its dangers. Sharon was recently a guest on Teresa Tomeo’s EWTN radio program “Catholic Connection” where she shared the family tragedy that resulted in her New Age philandering and her passions to ensure that new age teachings are...

- Debbie Schlussel - http://www.debbieschlussel.com - Buh-Bye, Oprah & DLtDHYotWO*Posted By Debbie On November 20, 2009 @ 4:07 pm In Blog Posts, Columns, Movies & Entertainment / Celebrities | 46 Comments By Debbie SchlusselYesterday, word leaked that Oprah Winfrey was to announce, today, that her daytime TV talk show would end in September 2011.(Oprah artwork by Six Meat Buffet/Preston Taylor Holmes)Many readers have asked me about this, since I own the domain name/URL OprahSucks.com, and since I regularly monitor and lambaste the propaganda spews forth on her show and in her magazine with my regular “HOprah Watch” updates.  My criticism...

For the first time since her legendary husband’s August death, Victoria Reggie Kennedy is poised to face the nation tomorrow in a rare and emotional sitdown with TV talk queen Oprah Winfrey - a heart-rending tribute in which the stately widow reveals her last months with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. During the wide-ranging, one-hour interview - taped last Friday at Winfrey’s Chicago studios - Kennedy talks about her 17-year marriage to the liberal lion and her late husband’s memoir, “True Compass” and discloses behind-the-scenes tidbits between the couple.

I have a history with Oprah Winfrey. Back in the eighties, Oprah and I worked at WJZ-TV, an ABC affiliate TV station in Baltimore. Oprah was co-host with Richard Sher of the local morning talk show, "People Are Talking". I was a Graphic Designer in the Creative Services/Art department. The late famous psychic, Jeanne Dixon was a guest on our morning show. After the show, Dixon read Oprah's palm. She predicted Oprah would achieve incredible fame some day. Dixon read my palm also and saw nothing. I am not saying psychics are real or unreal, I am simply telling a...

“I don’t have to go to church — God comes to me. He’s with me and around me wherever I am.” Those words, offered by a mother to her son, contributed to the apparent self-actualization of best-selling author — I’m talking been-on-the-New York Times-bestseller-list-for-hundreds-of-weeks-best-selling — Neale Donald Walsch. His books, which all revolve, in one form or another, around the very appealing premise of “Conversations with God,” speak to people in ways that apparently rival Sacred Scripture; however, Sacred Scripture they are not. This prompts the question: How do millions of Christians get duped into believing the ramblings of New...

November 20, 2009 Just a day after Oprah Winfrey announcing that she will be ending her talk show, we are already being overloaded by columns and news reports speculating on “Oprah's next move". I think she’s going to enjoy the attention from this PR stunt immensely. I can see it spinning out of control already and I’m not looking forward to listening to the speculation propounded ad nauseam by media pundits over the coming months. It’s on par to be bigger and more vexing than “who shot JR?”. Some, like Jon Friedman of Marketwatch.com are speculating that she may run...

CHICAGO – For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night. Now she's ready to say goodbye, leaving a huge void for broadcast TV even as she raises the possibility of more Oprah than ever when she starts her own cable network. Winfrey told viewers Friday that she will dim the lights on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at the close of its 25th season in late 2011. "I love this show. This show has been my life. And I love it enough to...

SARAH PALIN’S sit-down with Oprah Winfrey this week may have been the most tense TV encounter of the year, a palpable mix of suspicion and mutual need. Oprah was good for Obama, but she’s also good for books, and Palin is good for TV. When the two shook hands across the chasm of a coffee table, you wondered if the studio circuitry would blow. It didn’t, but of all of the interlocutors Palin faced in this week’s “Going Rogue’’ media blitz, only Winfrey managed to cut through Palin’s efforts to cast herself as a victim. Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly...

November 20, 2009 What's Next for Oprah? President? UN Secretary General? -and- WHY are we consumed by meaningless Speculation? by MrArbitrage Just a day after Oprah Winfrey announcing that she will be ending her talk show, we are already being overloaded by columns and news reports speculating on “Oprah's next move". I think she’s going to enjoy the attention from this PR stunt immensely. I can see it spinning out of control already and I’m not looking forward to listening to the speculation propounded ad nauseam by media pundits over the coming months. It’s on par to be bigger and...

Oprah Winfrey offically announced to her sudio audience that she was ending The Oprah Winfrey Show, her amazingly popular program that began in 1986. Although the announcement was made today, Friday November 20, 2009, the actual end will not be until be until Friday September 9, 2011, over 18 months from now. Oprah said: "Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit." ... Due in large part to The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah has become a cultural icon. She is the woman who recommends books few people have heard of, then each becomes a national...

CHICAGO (CBS) ― Oprah Winfrey's expected announcement that she'll end her show -- and the prospect that she'll say goodbye to Chicago – has Mayor Daley placing some blame on the media. Daley said Thursday evening he's going to call Oprah to get the real story. But he's obviously concerned that if she says farewell to this city it'll be a blow to Chicago's image. "I think she was the most successful woman that we will ever know in the history of this country," Daley said at a fundraising event for United Negro College Fund. The mayor says it was...

Oprah Winfrey will announce tomorrow that her long running day time talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is coming to an end on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. This will mark the end of 25 years on television. The decision seems to be a rather recent one, but obviously gives plenty of time for continued talk and discussion regarding the matter. ... Oprah's viewership has been declining, so perhaps this is a way to boost interest and ratings for the long-running daytime talk show. Although she proudly supported Barack Obama for President, Oprah recently had Sarah Palin on her show. That...

Oprah Winfrey just announced to her staff ... next season will be the last for her TV show. An Oprah insider tells TMZ "Oprah announced there will be layoffs after this season." The final show will air in Sept 2011. 2011 marks the 25th year of the show -- one of the most successful in TV.

Sarah Palin’s appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday rocketed the show to its best numbers in two years, averaging an 8.7 rating/13 share, according to Nielsen. The numbers could hint at a similarly strong showing for Barbara Walters’ interview with Palin tomorrow night on 20/20, writes Media Life.The Palin ep of The Oprah Winfrey Show was up 36% over the same day last year, and pulled more viewers than the Whitney Houston episode that began the television season. It was the highest rated Winfrey show in two years, since the Osmond family appeared in Nov. 2007. Palin is...

Breaking: WABC.com reports Oprah Winfrey will end her talk show. The announcement will come on her show tomorrow with the final airing expected to be Sept. 9, 2011. The Oprah Winfrey Show airs on WABC-TV in the afternoons but originates from Chicago on ABC station WLS where it airs at 9amCT. Winfrey saw her best ratings in two years on Monday with an interview with Sarah Palin.

What a great day, hey, why not replace Oprah with Sarah Palin? didn't she prove monday that she can get the ratings?

The Left and the media may hate her, but Sarah Palin is a ratings sensation. Such appears to be the case given the announcement that Monday's episode of "Oprah" was the most watched for the daytime talk queen in two years. Palin even drew more viewers than pop singer Whitney Houston when she sat with Oprah earlier this year. Just imagine all the sighs and rolling eyes in newsrooms from coast to coast. As THR.com reported Wednesday (h/t TVNewser): Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former vp candidate Sarah Palin scored the talk show host her highest rating in two years. Monday's...

Oprah Winfrey’s interview with former vp candidate Sarah Palin scored the talk show host her highest rating in two years. Monday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" drew a 8.7 household rating and 13 share -- the best since Oprah had the entire Osmond family on the show in 2007. That means Palin also topped Oprah's heavily viewed interviews with Whitney Houston at the start of the season. Palin is making the rounds to promote her new book, "Going Rogue," which came out Tuesday. Winfrey began the interview by asking Palin if she felt snubbed at not getting an invitation...

Sarah Palin delivered the vote for Oprah Winfrey, giving the Chicago-based talk show host her highest ratings nationally for a single episode in two years. The 8.7 household rating and 13 percent share of households watching TV for Monday's interview with the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice presidential nominee represented Winfrey's most-watched hour since Nov. 9, 2007, when her guests were the Osmond family. Palin outdrew either half of Winfrey's two-part season-opening confessional with singer Whitney Houston, as well as Winfrey's show the day after the election of President Barack Obama, according to her syndicator, CBS Television...

Best compilation of video I have yet found on the Web. Videos at link. Why Sarah Palin wrote Going Rogue The worst part of the entire 2008 campaign Sarah Palin on discussing her vice presidential campaign with her family The best advice Sarah Palin got during the 2008 campaign Sarah Palin on Tina Fey's impersonation

Here is audio of Brian Kilmeade and Judge Napolitano on their radio show "Brian and the Judge" criticizing Palin for saying that she expected her interview with Katie Couric to be "light-hearted fun" between two "working moms." Kilmeade asked "what was she thinking?" He said if "she had done a light family oriented interview, Katie Couric would have had to pack up right after the interview and call it a news career." Kilmeade went on to say "that's sexist, because she's talking to a woman she expected it to be a light-hearted mom interview?" (Audio)

Like a lot of people, as soon as I got my copy of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue," I immediately thought of the German literary critic Hans Robert Jauss. Jauss is known as the father of critical reception theory. According to Jauss, every book is read in a social context. In his view, the reader's attitudes, beliefs, values and judgments are just as important as the text. Sometimes more. Palin probably didn't set out to write a book that tested Jauss's thesis. But, in so many ways, the reaction to "Going Rogue" is as interesting as its content. Palin's memoir is...

I like Sarah Palin. There is something refreshingly genuine and un-smarmy about her. But, after watching Oprah’s interview this afternoon with the former candidate, I have not altered my fundamental opposition as a future president. I oppose her possible candidacy for two reasons. One, she is not smart and steely enough. Two, she is a feminist. Granted, she is not an extreme feminist and she differs with the mainstream movement in her opposition to abortion. But Palin wholeheartedly embraces feminist egalitarianism and the radical transformation of society that it entails. Palin made a number of interesting revelations in this interview....

Sarah Palin appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show on November 16th, the day before the much anticipated release of her new book, "Going Rogue, An American Life." "Going Rogue," which debuts on November 17th, skyrocketed to the top of the bestseller lists prior to it's release date.

Palin Says Presidency ‘Not On My Radar Screen’ TODAY staff and wire CHICAGO - Sarah Palin tells TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey that she doesn't have her sights set on the 2012 presidency. "I'm concentrating on 2010 and making sure that we have issues to tackle," Palin said in the interview taped last week and broadcast on Monday's "The Oprah Winfrey Show." "I don't know what I'm going to be doing in 2012. [Running for president is] not on my radar screen right now." Palin spoke to Winfrey as she began rolling out her 413-page memoir, “Going Rogue,” which...

Clips of the Sarah Palin interview with Oprah Winfrey are now becoming available on YouTube. Here is video of Palin talking with Oprah about the Katie Couric interview during the campaign. . . . (VIDEO)

So far there's video of Sarah Palin talking about Levi Johnston, why she stepped down as Governor of Alaska and her Katie Couric interview. Or as Mrs. Palin calls her: The Perky One. Here's the Oprah Palin interview videos.How do you think she did? What about Oprah..was she 'fair?'

Check out the outtakes from Sarah's interview with Oprah...they are great.

In one corner will be our second-favorite figure in American politics these days, the Thrilla from Wasilla, Saracuda herself, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin — a force to be reckoned with from America’s final frontier, campaign ready three years before what we expect will be her presidential campaign. In the other corner squats Lake Michigan’s very own Charybdis, the Beast Who Must Be Fed, with an ego the size of the Willis Tower and a gluttonous appetite for devotion, Oprah Winfrey.