March 28, 2016

Americans could use the method the Founders gave them, if they chose

ALAN KEYES — [Note to the reader: In my Daily Caller column last week, I promised to use this column to review the approach to presidential elections that rejects the elitist faction's sham "two party system." I have posted an article on my blog on the purpose of the "Electoral College." Reading it at some time, before or after reading this column, will be of use.]... (more)

March 27, 2016

CBS NEWS — In the wake of the bombings in Belgium this week -- and increasing criticism of officials for their inability to thwart those attacks -- police in the last 24 hours have made at least four arrests in a series of raids in Belgium and four other countries across Europe.... (more)

March 27, 2016

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — With no hope of winning an argument on the facts, demagogues resort to the argument ad hominem. Too often, it works. And in the modern "progressive" West, no demagogic tactic works better than branding one's political adversaries as racists.... (more)

March 27, 2016

MCCLATCHY DC — Organizers for the Republican National Convention are preparing security for the gathering in Cleveland in July amid an unusually combustible environment, in which the threat of terrorist attacks is now joined by the unpredictable behavior of foes and supporters of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.... (more)

March 27, 2016

NEWSMAX — Two new polls in Wisconsin are showing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with narrow leads over Donald Trump in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. In a statewide Emerson College Polling Society survey conducted from March 20-22 of 439 likely GOP primary voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 points:... (more)

March 27, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders handily won the day, sweeping two Democratic caucuses held on Saturday and appearing set to win a third. But the independently affiliated lawmaker's surge may prove shortlived, as front-runner Hillary Clinton heads into vital coastal states where she leads in polls with what remains a nearly insurmountable lead in delegates.... (more)

March 27, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — North Korea released a video Saturday threatening a nuclear attack on Washington, D.C., and also warned that its military is ready to attack Seoul's presidential palace unless South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologizes for "treason" and executes officials responsible for what Pyongyang says are plans to attack its leadership.... (more)

March 27, 2016

ABC NEWS — A federal judge has permanently struck down an Alabama law that required abortion doctors to obtain admitting privileges at a local hospital... (more)

March 26, 2016

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — It's a good thing the politicians who formed our Constitution more than two centuries ago were not politicians of the cheaper kind. That was a time when they could have initially pondered picking this newly formed nation's chief executive via the simple expedient of crowning a king... (more)

March 26, 2016

PJ MEDIA — President Barack Obama confirmed all conservative doubts and worries about him in comments to young people in Argentina on Thursday. Not only did he say that the differences between communism and capitalism are intellectual rather than practical, he also declared that people should choose from either system whatever idea best suits the moment. This is the kind of thinking that created Marxism in the first place.... (more)

March 26, 2016

POLITICUS USA — The source for the Ted Cruz sex scandal tabloid rumors is owned by a very close friend of Donald Trump. The fact that the story comes from one of Trump's pals highlights that there is no dirty trick that is off limits to the Republican frontrunner.... (more)

March 26, 2016

MARK DICE — Allegations of a #CruzSexScandal is blowing up on the Internet after the National Enquirer tabloid just published an article claiming Ted Cruz has cheated on his wife with five different women. Is this the biggest smear in the history of presidential campaigns, or is there any truth to it? Here's the latest.... (more)

March 26, 2016

YAHOO NEWS — Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz turned to Twitter to defend their wives' honor after a Super PAC put out an ad featuring Trump's wife nude and Trump threatened to "spill the beans" on Cruz's wife.... (more)

March 26, 2016

BREITBART — The Islamic State has agents working in Western airports, metro stations and "very sensitive facilities in the world," a leading Islamic State-allied militant claimed in an exclusive interview.... (more)

March 26, 2016

NEWSMAX — Islamic State fighters were on the retreat in the strategic Syrian city of Palmyra on Friday, as the United States said it likely killed several senior leaders of the militant group this week including its top finance officer.... (more)

March 26, 2016

NEWSMAX — Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday signed a law that cuts off state funding for preventive health services to clinics providing abortion and imposes abortion restrictions already being tested before the U.S. Supreme Court.... (more)

March 25, 2016

NEWSMAX — Reince Priebus is an amateur and lightweight who has been a "disaster" as chairman of the Republican National Committee, says Chris Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax Media.... (more)

March 25, 2016

JEREMY CARL — The GOP primary is a battle between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. This has been fairly obvious since at least Super Tuesday, and it is overwhelmingly obvious today.... (more)

March 25, 2016

GLENN BECK — As the election of 2008 approached, America was in crisis. And as we would soon learn, that crisis would not go to waste. Years after Bill Clinton disingenuously claimed that the era of big government was over, Obama won his party's nomination by promising its furious revenge.... (more)

March 25, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Ben Carson was panned as possibly the worst campaign surrogate ever after giving a series of cringe-worthy quotes in defense of Donald Trump on "The View" Thursday.... (more)

March 25, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER EDITORIAL BOARD — Many of Donald Trump's supporters labor under the impression that he is not only electable, but is the most electable candidate in the Republican field. If you find yourself believing this, we'd like to show you what the polls, which take up most of Trump's campaign rhetoric, actually have to say on the matter.... (more)

March 25, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Ted Cruz called Donald Trump a "sniveling coward" Thursday after the billionaire businessman repeatedly attacked the Texas senator's wife, Heidi Cruz, and someone on the Internet is getting in on the action.... (more)

March 25, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., went after Donald Trump's attacks on Heidi Cruz's appearance and threats to spill the beans about her past Thursday. In a pair of tweets, Sasse called Trump a "fake tough guy" while calling on all those with a sister, wife or daughter to "reconsider supporting this tiny little man."... (more)

March 25, 2016

NEWSMAX — A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court's dismissal of a suit seeking to remove Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz from the state's primary ballot because of his Canadian birth.... (more)

March 25, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence enacted legislation late Thursday that will further expand the state's abortion restrictions. House Enrolled Act 1337 effectively prohibits a woman from getting an abortion following the diagnosis of a disability, like Down Syndrome, in the fetus. It would also ban abortions for the purpose of sex selection.... (more)