November 2, 2015

Budget deal, GOP debate symptoms of betrayal

ALAN KEYES — Whether in our own personal experience, or by way of things we have read about or seen in the media, all of us have had occasion to ponder the pathetic spectacle of people who have repeatedly suffered brutally damaging betrayals at the hands of someone they chose to trust... (more)

November 2, 2015

CLIFF KINCAID — Before Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) electrified conservatives with his denunciation of liberal media bias at the GOP presidential debate last week, he took a little-noticed position on a major crime bill before the Senate that set him apart from the politically powerful Koch brothers... (more)

November 2, 2015

LLOYD MARCUS — I caught a prominent TV preacher whom I respect accusing conservative talk radio of being too negative. He specifically criticized Rush Limbaugh. He said Rush finds the negative perspective in every news story. The preacher said God is in control and we must cast all our cares upon Him.... (more)

November 2, 2015

CNN — Paul Ryan doesn't believe Planned Parenthood should get one "red cent" from taxpayers – but he cautioned Sunday against expectations that he'll be able to pull federal funding for the organization now that he's House speaker.... (more)

November 2, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT — Riding on the bright, efficient light rail through the downtown, a visitor can feel the vibes of a shifting urban environment, plus some spectacular mountains. It's a little like cruising the wide, clean streets of Disneyland, except that instead of Goofy and Mickey, you might spot a few homeless people here and there.... (more)

November 2, 2015

NEWSMAX — Republican presidential campaigns have agreed to cut the Republican National Committee out of the process of negotiating debates with networks, Breitbart News reports.... (more)

November 2, 2015

THE HILL — President Obama and his FBI director are sparring over whether the so-called "Ferguson Effect" is real, complicating the president's push to loosen the nation's sentencing laws. The dispute could threaten the growing bipartisan momentum behind a criminal justice reform effort that Obama sees as a top second-term priority.... (more)

November 2, 2015

WASHINGTON TIMES — When President Obama signs into law the new two-year budget deal Monday, his action will bring into sharper focus a part of his legacy that he doesn't like to talk about: He is the $20 trillion man.... (more)

November 2, 2015

AARON KLEIN — Insiders in the group that represents ISIS in the Gaza Strip claimed to WND Sunday that the global jihadist group will soon release information purporting to show how it helped to bring down the Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt, killing all 224 people on board.... (more)

November 2, 2015

LEO HOHMANN — At the upcoming United Nations Climate Summit in Paris, participating nations have prepared a treaty that would create an "International Tribunal of Climate Justice" giving Third World countries the power to haul the U.S. into a global court with enforcement powers.... (more)

November 1, 2015

TOM TANCREDO — In a panel discussion at the University of Colorado after the recent Republican debate, I was asked by a student why she should be a Republican. The question forced me to ask myself the same thing.... (more)

November 1, 2015

WORLDNETDAILY — In a recent town hall meeting where citizens had the opportunity to pose questions to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, he basically compared the judiciary in modern America with that of Nazi Germany.... (more)

October 31, 2015

CLIFF KINCAID — If you think media bias is bad now, brace yourself. It's no secret that students these days are being taught to be biased in the direction of the "progressive" point of view. The trend in journalism "education" is even more pronounced.... (more)

October 31, 2015

NEWSMAX — The Republican National Committee was right to cancel the GOP debate set for NBC in February because the liberal media are "agents" of Hillary Clinton who shouldn't be grilling conservative candidates, conservative commentator Richard Viguerie tells Newsmax TV.... (more)

October 31, 2015

WORLDNETDAILY — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus had a message for NBC on Friday: You're fired. The RNC said it was "suspending" its partnership with NBC News on Friday due to the disastrous CNBC debate in Boulder, Colorado, Wednesday night. Priebus has been under fire from conservatives for agreeing to the debate, which featured a litany of biased questions by moderators Becky Quick, Carl Quintanilla and John Harwood.... (more)

October 31, 2015

JOSEPH FARAH — Why did Mitt Romney lose? Why is the Republican establishment having so many problems? The former Republican presidential candidate confided to David Axelrod that it's all the fault of the emergence of the independent media, the demise of the establishment press and the rise of "insurgent" Republicans who prevent Republicans from compromising more with Democrats.... (more)

October 31, 2015

BOB UNRUH — A lawyer who won a federal judge's determination that the National Security Agency's spy-on-Americans program is "Orwellian" and likely unconstitutional is encouraging the judge to maintain his stance after a federal appeals court ruled the collection of phone metadata can continue.... (more)

October 31, 2015

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — The Justice Department has permitted Denny Hastert to plead guilty to a felony money-laundering violation. Under the plea agreement, the 73-year-old former House speaker may face no more than six months' imprisonment and, quite likely, no jail time at all.... (more)

October 30, 2015

PJ MEDIA — House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) got the gavel this morning as the votes in the House Freedom Caucus mostly went his way, giving him more than enough to become speaker of the House. At 45 years old, Ryan becomes the youngest speaker of the House since 1869 -- that was another Republican, James Blaine of Maine. Ryan was first elected at age 28.... (more)

October 30, 2015

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — House Speaker Paul Ryan has a harder job than many of his predecessors. Rarely has the speaker had to deal with such an irresponsible and unserious group of politicians so uninterested in good governance.... (more)

October 30, 2015

WASHINGTON TIMES — Senate Republicans managed to wrangle enough of their troops to overcome a filibuster early Friday morning and pass the new budget deal, granting President Obama yet another debt holiday, busting the budget caps and boosting spending some $80 billion over the next two years.... (more)

October 30, 2015

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican presidential candidate, conducted a 90-minute takedown late Thursday of his own Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, who he characterized by name as a weak leader unwilling to fight for conservative causes.... (more)

October 30, 2015

GREG COROMBOS — The fierce Republican backlash to the tone and tenor of questions to the 2016 GOP hopefuls during Wednesday night's CNBC debate leaves the party no choice but to remove liberals from the events and demand better work by the chairman to give conservative principles a chance to be expressed.... (more)

October 30, 2015

BILL FEDERER — John Adams was born Oct. 30, 1735. A Harvard graduate, he was admitted to the bar and married Abigail Smith in 1764. When the Revolution started, John Adams recommended that George Washington be the commander-in-chief and that Thomas Jefferson pen the Declaration... (more)

October 30, 2015

WASHINGTON TIMES — A Washington state football coach who likes to offer a postgame prayer on the 50-yard line has been officially sent to the lockers, and a Satan-worshipping group has promised to suit up to offer its own postgame incantations.... (more)