December 30, 2016

WES VERNON — Having been soundly rejected by the American people for his seeming determination to "transform" America into a Marxist socialist state, President Obama's tin ear is adding to his self-delusion.... (more)

December 30, 2016

JOAN SWIRSKY — After watching all the pomp and circumstance of the presidential inauguration of January 20, 2009, I remember turning to my husband Steve and saying: "The sole mission of Barack Obama and his henchmen is to destroy Israel."... (more)

December 29, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — Patrick Buchanan's provocative column, "Is Europe's future Merkel or Le Pen?", reflects a limited and bad choice for America and Europe. Both of these leaders serve Russian interests. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's pro-immigration policies have destabilized Europe, leading to the rise of pro-Putin right-wing political parties. Marine Le Pen of France's National Front party, one of those pro-Putin political parties, wants to destroy NATO, a long-time Russian goal.... (more)

December 29, 2016

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Our ineffable secretary of state, John Kerry, delivered another parting shot at Israel today, offering the Obama administration's "vision" for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. There are many things to be said about it -- not least that Kerry's speech, like last week's venomous, Obama-orchestrated United Nations resolution on which it builds, is something "pro-Israel" Democrats make sure to do after Election Day.... (more)

December 29, 2016

JERRY NEWCOMBE — Early in Handel's Messiah come these enigmatic words: "Ev'ry valley shall be exalted, and ev'ry mountain and hill made low; the crooked straight and the rough places plain."... (more)

December 29, 2016

NEWSMAX — One day after "Star Wars" actress Carrie Fisher died, her mother Debbie Reynolds has died of a reported stroke. Reynolds, the star of the 1952 classic "Singin' in the Rain," was rushed to the hospital Wednesday from a Beverly Hills home owned by her son Todd Fisher. According to TMZ, the 84-year-old actress later died. The website reports that Reynolds told her son 15 minutes before she had a stroke that she was having a hard time dealing with Carrie's death.... (more)

December 28, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — The November election result was painful, but President Obama's worst moment of the year may have come weeks earlier when Congress voted to override his veto of a bill opening the courtroom doors to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks who wanted to prove that the government of Saudi Arabia was implicated.... (more)

December 28, 2016

JEROME CORSI — Documents made public by the Washington watchdog group Judicial Watch and separately by Wikileaks Julian Assange back up Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's assertion on Tuesday that U.S.-led coalition forces have given support to terror groups, including ISIS in Syria.... (more)

December 28, 2016

WORLDNETDAILY — A United Nations nuclear watchdog has revealed that the Obama administration gave Iran secret exemptions, allowing the terror-sponsoring state to stockpile uranium in larger amounts than the limits imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.... (more)

December 28, 2016

LEO HOHMANN — A 30-year-old woman was beheaded Monday night in Afghanistan by a group of armed men, local officials confirmed. Provincial Governor spokesman Zabiullah Amani, said the men were linked to the Taliban, according to a brief article in the Nation, which reported that the incident took place in the remote village of Latti in the Sar-e-Pul province.... (more)

December 28, 2016

NORTH JERSEY — From the moment he joined, 8-year-old Joe Maldonado eagerly looked forward to camping trips and science projects as a member of the Cub Scouts. But his expectations were dashed after his mother said she received a phone call from a Scouting official who told her that Joe would no longer be allowed to participate because he was born a girl.... (more)

December 27, 2016

INDEPENDENT — The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has uncovered evidence that US-led coalition forces have helped support terrorists in Syria -- including ISIS.... (more)

December 27, 2016

NEWSMAX — Israel is "deeply, deeply disappointed" by the actions concerning a United Nation Security Council resolution aimed at ending the nation's West Bank settlements, and has information that shows "beyond a shadow of a doubt" the Obama administration was behind the action, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.... (more)

December 27, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Israel's Foreign ministry has suspended all "working ties" with the countries that voted to pass a resolution condemning Israeli settlements. Foreign ministers and ambassadors from Britain, France, Russia, China, Japan, Ukraine, Angola, Egypt, Uruguay, Spain, Senegal and New Zealand will not be received at Israel's Foreign Ministry, according to reports.... (more)

December 27, 2016

GARTH KANT — "Never let a crisis go to waste," President Obama's first chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel once famously advised Democrats. Republicans look increasingly determined to now use that advice against Obama. The president's refusal to veto a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements, documented in detail by WND on Friday, is now causing such a backlash, the move could stunningly backfire on the outgoing commander in chief.... (more)

December 27, 2016

WORLDNETDAILY — Barack Obama couldn't help himself. He had to say it. In a friendly interview with his former top adviser, David Axelrod, the outgoing president tweaked Donald Trump by saying, had he run again, he would have beaten the president-elect.... (more)

December 27, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Law enforcement agencies have arrested nine Northern Virginia residents on charges of aiding the Islamic State since the terrorist group rose to power in Syria and Iraq in 2014 and launched social media propaganda to attract followers, a government message to police states.... (more)

December 27, 2016

THOMAS SOWELL — Any honest man, looking back on a very long life, must admit -- even if only to himself -- being a relic of a bygone era. Having lived long enough to have seen both "the greatest generation" that fought World War II and the gratingest generation that we see all around us today makes being a relic of the past more of a boast than an admission.... (more)

December 26, 2016

ALAN KEYES — Jesus Christ was born into a time not unlike our own. It could have been confusing when it came to the true authority of government. As part of the Roman Empire, His people lived under Caesar's authority. But as an inhabitant of Judah, Jesus was also subject to the authority of King Herod.... (more)

December 26, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — Liberal Democrats have been so busy accusing Donald J. Trump of being a Russian agent that they have missed the real Russian agent on the international scene -- Germany's Angela Merkel. Her pro-Muslim immigration policies have not only destabilized Europe and increased terrorism, but have also facilitated the rise of the right-wing political parties our media have expressed alarm about.... (more)

December 26, 2016

NEWSMAX — In boasting about his tenure in the White House, President Barack Obama often cites numbers like these: 15 million new jobs, a 4.9 percent unemployment rate and 74 months of consecutive job growth. There's one number you will almost never hear: More than 1,030 seats. That's the number of spots in state legislatures, governor's mansions and Congress lost by Democrats during Obama's presidency.... (more)

December 26, 2016

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Adding a final shameful chapter to a foreign-policy record that already runneth over with them, Barack Obama on Friday abandoned America's commitment to Israel's security, and to the vindication of democracy over sharia-supremacist aggression. In an act of cowardly venom, the president had the United States abstain from -- and thereby effectively enact -- a United Nations Security Council resolution that condemns Israeli settlement activity.... (more)

December 26, 2016

WORLDNETDAILY — Rising criticism of the Obama administration's decision to abstain in a United Nations Security Council vote to condemn Israel for building Jewish homes -- even in the capital city of Jerusalem -- could spur Donald Trump to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem sooner rather than later after assuming the presidency.... (more)

December 26, 2016

LEO HOHMANN — Evidence is mounting in support of the allegation that U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the nation's first Muslim congressman and a leading candidate for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is a Muslim Brotherhood operative and has been for years.... (more)

December 26, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Russia's penitentiary system has come under scrutiny after a Kremlin critic said he was tortured at a prison camp and forced to shout, "Putin is our president!" Ildar Dadin, 34, made the claims in letters that his attorney and his wife in November smuggled out of the prison camp in Karelia, a remote region in northwestern Russia. He also said he was severely beaten on numerous occasions, hung up by his cuffed hands and threatened with rape.... (more)