September 29, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — Of all the groups that Barack Obama bamboozled in 2008 and 2012, Catholics were the biggest suckers. They voted for Obama and now, according to the polls, they are backing Hillary. But evidence suggests that some people in the Catholic media are waking up. They are promising not to get fooled again. They could influence millions of Catholics to abandon the Democratic Party in this critical election year.... (more)

September 29, 2016

NEW YORK TIMES — Congress on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to override a veto by President Obama for the first time, passing into law a bill that would allow the families of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for any role in the plot.... (more)

September 29, 2016

YOUNG CONSERVATIVES — Today, Congress overrode President Obama's veto of a bill that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for their alleged connection to 9/11. Definitely an embarrassing moment for Obama.... (more)

September 29, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Congress headed off a shutdown showdown Wednesday, approving a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through early December, after breaking an impasse over assistance for Michigan residents suffering lead-laced water.... (more)

September 29, 2016

BREITBART — For the third consecutive week, ratings for the National Football League (NFL) have plummeted, as players continue anti-American protests during the playing of the national anthem. This week's drop-off also coincided with the Monday broadcast of the first presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.... (more)

September 28, 2016

NEWSMAX — Newsweek plans to release a story Thursday morning that Donald Trump did business illegally with Fidel Castro's Cuba even while calling on the embargo on U.S. trade with the island nation to continue as he sought the Reform Party's 2000 presidential nomination, MSNBC reports.... (more)

September 28, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — America was fixated by the presidential debate. Nielsen numbers released Tuesday revealed a record-breaking 84 million viewers tuned in to see nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face each other on stage for the first time on Monday night. Though the audience did not reach a predicted 100 million -- "Super Bowl status," according to analysts -- the audience is huge compared to the first 2012 debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, which drew 67.2 million viewers.... (more)

September 28, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — The rest of the world saw pretty much the presidential debate American pundits did, with many foreign critics saying Republican Donald Trump proved less than ready for prime time but faulting Democrat Hillary Clinton for failing to put away her less experienced foe.... (more)

September 28, 2016

JOHN FUND — At the end of President Obama's final State of the Union address, Donald Trump took to Twitter to offer what he viewed as a devastating insult: "Really boring, slow, lethargic -- very hard to watch!" The problem for Trump is that those words could be used to describe his debate performance last night. Yes, there were Trumpian moments where he effectively channeled voter frustration about trade and the loss of manufacturing jobs.... (more)

September 28, 2016

NATIONAL REVIEW — Donald Trump could learn a lesson from Pope Francis. The current pope, unlike his predecessor, has the gift of gab. But he has discovered, in his new role, that there is such a thing as talking too much. The secular media's knowledge of the Catholic Church being what it is (read: nonexistent), the pope's offhand comments are regularly interpreted as enunciations of doctrine.... (more)

September 28, 2016

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — "But, judges!" This is just about the only argument conservatives can make these days when trying to convince other conservatives to vote for a pro-choice, thrice-married, serial-philandering, Clinton-donating, factually challenged, eminent-domain abusing, pro-corporate welfare, crony capitalist con-man Donald Trump.... (more)

September 28, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — House Republicans voted Tuesday to exempt former Obamacare enrollees from the individual mandate if they lose insurance due to the collapse of one of the federally-backed markets.And while President Obama threatened to veto the bill if it reaches his desk, 16 Democrats joined with Republicans to pass the bill, which passed 258-165.... (more)

September 28, 2016

PAUL BREMMER — Black rioters in Charlotte, North Carolina, ruthlessly beat innocent white people last week, even as their victims begged for mercy. Some rioters tried to throw a photographer into a fire, while another physically attacked a CNN reporter during a live shot.... (more)

September 28, 2016

DAILY SIGNAL — The 2012 presidential race in Virginia was decided by just 3 percentage points, as was the next year's race for governor. In both 2005 and 2013, fewer than 1,000 votes decided contests for Virginia attorney general. Against this backdrop, watchdog groups have pushed local election officials in seven Virginia jurisdictions to reveal hundreds of noncitizens who are registered to vote. So far, they have found more than 550.... (more)

September 28, 2016

WASHINGTON POST — Two widely recognized trends in American society might have something to do with each other. Divorce rates climbed to the highest levels ever in the 1980s, when about half of all marriages ended in divorce. And in the present day, Americans are rapidly becoming less religious. Since 1972, the share of Americans who say they do not adhere to any particular religion has increased from 5 percent of the population to 25 percent.... (more)

September 27, 2016

BYRON YORK — As he prepared for the crucial first presidential debate, Donald Trump knew moderator Lester Holt would bring up the birther issue. He knew Holt would raise Trump's tax returns. And his old position on the Iraq war. None are among the voters' top concerns, but it was eminently predictable that they would be part of the debate -- not least because if Holt had not brought them up, Hillary Clinton would have.... (more)

September 27, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — In the immediate aftermath of Monday night's presidential debate, Frank Luntz's focus group of undecided voters handed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a victory, declaring her the "clear winner" of the first head-to-head matchup.... (more)

September 27, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, embracing his outsider's credentials, said Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton was the candidate of the establishment and urged the country to move beyond the anti-terror and free trade policies he said have failed the country for decades, as they faced off in the first presidential debate Monday.... (more)

September 26, 2016

NEWSMAX — Donald Trump "didn't do his homework" and spent his first debate against Hillary Clinton "coasting," political strategist Dick Morris told Newsmax TV on Monday.... (more)

September 26, 2016

NEWSMAX — Donald Trump declared Monday that he had the judgment and temperament to be president -- and Hillary Clinton countered that her challenger should not have "his hands anywhere near the nuclear codes."... (more)

September 26, 2016

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — "How is this not classified?" So exclaimed Hillary Clinton's close aide and confidante, Huma Abedin. The FBI had just shown her an old e-mail exchange, over Clinton's private account, between the then-secretary of state and a second person, whose name Abedin did not recognize... (more)

September 26, 2016

GREG COROMBOS — Former Justice Department official Victoria Toensing says more and more evidence shows FBI Director James Comey made basic errors in the investigation of Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information, and many FBI personnel believe his conduct has embarrassed the bureau.... (more)

September 26, 2016

THE HILL — Glenn Beck says he may have misjudged Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). "For the very first time I heard Ted Cruz calculate," Beck said about his interview with the Texas senator, where Cruz addressed his decision to endorse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to Business Insider.... (more)

September 26, 2016

The choice we face is not 'between Trump and Hillary'

ALAN KEYES — I often hear the argument that the 2016 election is a binary election, offering no choice but Trump or Clinton. If neither of the candidates represents you, this "binary" choice is no election at all. Yet representation is the defining practical goal of the U.S. Constitution. Turning voters into quantities that must go one way or another, according to the programming of an elitist clique that has abandoned America's common good, reduces human beings to irresponsible objects, doomed to follow the dictates of their master programmers.... (more)

September 26, 2016

BILL FEDERER — Daniel Boone served with George Washington in 1755 during the French and Indian War, under British General Edward Braddock. In 1765, Daniel Boone explored Florida. He once exclaimed: "I can't say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days."... (more)