August 17, 2015

'The dilemma of representation' in Founders' system

ALAN KEYES — These days, we often speak of elections as the time for choosing our leaders. The theme of leadership is common in the media, and in the ads and speeches candidates deploy to tell us about themselves. Candidates will stress that they are proven leaders. Pundits will wonder whether this or that candidate has the background or experience to provide leadership... (more)

August 17, 2015

WASHINGTON TIMES — Spurred by a series of undercover videos exposing the harvesting and distribution of post-abortive fetal body parts, pro-life activists are organizing more than 200 rallies at Planned Parenthood clinics and a coast-to-coast effort to reach members of Congress at their home offices this week.... (more)

August 17, 2015

GREG COROMBOS — A former Pentagon official is slamming Obama administration policies on ISIS and Cuba as the terrorists reportedly deploy chemical weapons against Kurdish enemies and the United States re-opens its embassy in Cuba, saying the president and his team are deliberately working against the best interests of the country.... (more)

August 17, 2015

WASHINGTON TIMES — Actor John Rhys-Davies declared "we have lost our moral compass completely" in the West due to political correctness and fear to cast judgment on Islamic extremism.... (more)

August 17, 2015

NEWSMAX — Most of Hillary Clinton's explanations about her private email server have "proven to be false," says Benghazi Select Committee Chairmain Trey Gowdy, and that's the only reason he's still talking to the press about it.... (more)

August 17, 2015

JEROME R. CORSI — As the scandals arising from her use of a private email account and her foundation's receipt of foreign donations during her service as secretary of state evolve from allegation to investigation, Hillary Clinton's public defense of her actions aren't holding up, threatening her once "inevitable" path to the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2016.... (more)

August 17, 2015

NEWSMAX — The Rev. Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, told his followers in a sermon laced with racist invective and "allahu akbars" that white people deserve to die. The three-hour sermon, delivered last week according to Gateway Pundit, came after reports that he had called for 10,000 volunteers to "kill white people if the government doesn't give the black community 'justice,'" the website reported.... (more)

August 17, 2015

MICHELLE MALKIN — My Instagram and Facebook feeds have been filled with unwitting apologists for racism against Korean-American small-business owners. Heckuva job, Hollywood!... (more)

August 17, 2015

WORLDNETDAILY — U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., created a firestorm on Capitol Hill recently when he presented evidence the Centers for Disease Control destroyed data linking the MMR vaccine, (measles, mumps and Rubella) and autism.... (more)

August 16, 2015

WORLDNETDAILY — Apparently, reporting on crime is a crime. Colin Flaherty, who chronicles racially motivated violence by blacks against whites, awoke Thursday to find YouTube had terminated his account.... (more)

August 16, 2015

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — There is suddenly lots of Huma Abedin coverage owing to the fact that the Hillary Clinton confidant and top aide is enmeshed in several scandals with potential criminal liability, not least Mrs. Clinton's email hijinks that now plainly involve mishandling of classified information. Standing out in that coverage is our Brendan Bordelon's excellent report on Ms. Abdein.... (more)

August 16, 2015

BREITBART — GOP 2016 contenders Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are joining forces in a confrontational intervention that intends to defund Planned Parenthood.... (more)

August 16, 2015

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Billionaire and Republican candidate Donald Trump said Saturday that he would spend $1 billion on his presidential campaign, if necessary, to win the White House.... (more)

August 15, 2015

WASHINGTON POST — The leader of the Islamic State personally kept a 26-year-old American woman as a hostage and raped her repeatedly, according to U.S. officials and her family.... (more)

August 15, 2015

NEWSMAX — Most Americans would cast a resounding "no" vote on a nuclear agreement with Iran that's being considered by Congress -- and don't think Tehran would stick to the deal anyway, a Fox News poll shows.... (more)

August 15, 2015

NEWSMAX — Political analyst Dick Morris is convinced Hillary Clinton's email scandal will lead to her being indicted and forced out of the race for president. During an interview with Newsmax TV's "Newsmax Now," Morris tells host Miranda Khan Clinton's actions -- using a private email address and server during her time as Secretary of State, which presumably allowed classified material to be passed over the non-government server -- will lead to "overwhelming" evidence that she broke the law.... (more)

August 15, 2015

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE — Gov. Gary Herbert has ordered all state agencies to stop funneling federal funds to the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah. The federal government provides grants to Planned Parenthood, which are distributed through the Utah Department of Health. Utah law bars any organization from using state funds for abortions, and that prohibition extends to Planned Parenthood's federal grants, Herbert said in a statement Friday afternoon.... (more)

August 15, 2015

JOSEPH FARAH — The biggest and most shocking news story of the week may have been written and published by the Atlantic magazine -- a lengthy investigation into how America's college campuses have become a battleground over the offensiveness of everyday words.... (more)

August 15, 2015

BRUCE DEITRICK PRICE — The most striking thing about our public schools is that they have been in perpetual decline for many decades. Why? The government has its own tests called the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP); these tests regularly suggest that two-thirds of fourth-graders and eighth-graders are "below proficient" in reading.... (more)

August 15, 2015

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Sen. Ted Cruz and his supporters are taking over the world of social media, the latest example being a "Twitter Rally" for the GOP presidential candidate that sent tweets to 1.1 billion followers.... (more)

August 14, 2015

MRC NEWSBUSTERS — ABC, NBC and CBS are doing their best keep the public from seeing abortion for what it really is: the ripping apart of little baby bodies. Since the release of the first Center for Medical Progress (CMP) video July 14 exposing Planned Parenthood's harvesting of aborted baby parts, the three broadcast networks have spent only 1 minute and 13 seconds playing CMP video footage with audio. That's 1 minute, 13 seconds out of 243 hours and 30 minutes of morning and evening news shows.... (more)

August 14, 2015

AARON KLEIN — Since Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., came out against President Obama's deal with Iran, a number of other key undecided Democrat lawmakers have quietly weighed whether or not to oppose the international nuclear agreement in a vote next month.... (more)

August 14, 2015

CBS DENVER — The Colorado Court of Appeals has sided with a gay couple in the fight over a wedding cake saying a baker cannot cite religious beliefs in refusing service.... (more)

August 14, 2015

MICHELLE MALKIN — Get off that late-summer snooze button, America. The Obama administration is plotting to break a major promise made under oath -- and jeopardize our nation in the name of social justice.... (more)

August 14, 2015

NEWSMAX — Conservative journalist James O'Keefe, known for his guerrilla journalism, says that he's been targeted by the Department of Homeland Security for his previous reports in which he tries to demonstrate how easy it is to cross the border.... (more)