February 16, 2009

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Hear ye! Hear ye! Judge, Jury and Prosecutor (JJP) Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wants a "truth commission." Little things like "the truth" rarely concerned the New England demagogue in the past (unless they fit his political dogma). But lo and behold, he's got "religion." Well, sort of... (more)

February 15, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Few cases better illustrate how dysfunctional this country's immigration and "justice" systems are today than that of Roger Barnett - a Cochise, Ariz., man who is being sued in federal court by a group of illegal aliens who accuse him of violating their "civil rights" for holding them at gunpoint after catching them trespassing on his property... (more)

February 15, 2009

REUTERS — U.S. President Barack Obama will soon issue an executive order lifting an eight-year ban embryonic stem cell research imposed by his predecessor, President George W. Bush, a senior adviser said on Sunday... (more)

February 15, 2009

BLOOMBERG — Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu, who fought a close election last week in Israel, should share power and agree to a rotation arrangement whereby each will serve two years as prime minister, members of Livni's Kadima Party said... (more)

February 15, 2009

FOX NEWS — Rod Blagojevich's brother asked Roland Burris for up to $10,000 in campaign donations before Burris was appointed to the U.S. Senate by then-Gov. Blagojevich of Illinois, a Burris spokesman told FOX News... (more)

February 15, 2009

ONENEWSNOW — An Oakland, California, pastor could face jail time for expressing his pro-life views. Pastor Walter Hoye ran into trouble with an abortion clinic while doing an informational picket. Dennis Howard, leader of The Movement for a Better America, believes Hoye is innocent... (more)

February 14, 2009

NEWSMAX — A little control over the media would be a good thing, according to California Attorney General Jerry Brown. Revealing the urge now felt by many left-wing Democrats and President Barack Obama supporters, Brown came out in favor of the Fairness Doctrine while appearing on the Michael Savage radio show Friday night... (more)

February 14, 2009

WALL STREET JOURNAL — President Barack Obama has turned fearmongering into an art form. He has repeatedly raised the specter of another Great Depression. First, he did so to win votes in the November election. He has done so again recently to sway congressional votes for his stimulus package... (more)

February 13, 2009

ABC NEWS — In a major victory for President Barack Obama, the Senate approved the $787 billion economic stimulus bill late Friday night by a vote of 60-38. The bill, which includes tax cuts, and billions in federal spending, now awaits Obama's signature on Monday... (more)

February 13, 2009

MARTHA ZOLLER — "The American people deserve a non-partisan census in 2010, and we hope the committee will ensure that goal comes to fruition by holding an oversight hearing on the administration's potential plans to reduce the future secretary of commerce's authority over the agency"... (more)

February 13, 2009

FOX NEWS — The judges in Minnesota's U.S. Senate trial said in a preliminary ruling Friday that Republican Norm Coleman has not yet shown a widespread problem with absentee voters being denied the right to vote... (more)

February 13, 2009

MICHAEL REAGAN — It is not true that grown men don't cry. I'm grown and I'm on the verge of tears. A Republic I have loved all my life is being is being murdered and the crime is an inside job. If you hear a whirring sound in the background it is my dad Ronald Reagan, who loved and served this nation, spinning in his grave as his latest successor plunges a carving knife into America's vital organs... (more)

February 13, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — Thousands of same-sex couples across the country applied for marriage licenses on Thursday, knowing they would be turned away... (more)

February 13, 2009

FOX NEWS — Republican Sen. Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination to be President Obama's commerce secretary on Thursday, citing "irresolvable conflicts" over issues like the economic stimulus package and the census... (more)

February 13, 2009

E. RALPH HOSTETTER — Former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Albert A. Gore Jr. was in the news again. Braving an ice storm, he appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in its first hearing in the new Congress to plead his case on global warming. The real purpose of his appearance should send shivers down the spine of every American taxpayer... (more)

February 13, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A high-powered team of Los Angeles attorneys representing President Obama in his effort to keep his birth certificate, college records and passport documents concealed from the public has suggested there should be "monetary sanctions" against a lawyer whose clients have brought a complaint alleging Obama doesn't qualify for the Oval Office under the Constitution's demand for a "natural born" citizen in that post... (more)

February 12, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — A Senate committee voted 11-1 Wednesday to give the District a full voting seat in Congress, adding momentum to legislation that would end decades of frustration for residents of the nation's capital. Backers declared that they have enough support pass the measure, while critics expressed concern about its constitutionality... (more)

February 12, 2009

LIFENEWS.COM — The Arkansas state House approved legislation today that would ban partial-birth abortions. The vote comes one day after a contentious committee hearing where abortion advocates cursed, attacked legislators and accused pro-life groups of not wanting to reduce abortions... (more)

February 12, 2009

DICK MORRIS — Theodore White wrote The Making of the President: 1960, a book which fascinated all political junkies as it recounted the ways and methods of the Kennedy triumph. He followed that volume with successor books each four years... (more)

February 12, 2009

JONATHAN WELLS — Today marks the bicentennial of two notable birthdays, Abraham Lincoln's and Charles Darwin's. Lincoln is a hero to many Americans, but an international campaign is now under way to declare Feb. 12 Darwin Day... (more)

February 12, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Fascination with the life and times of Abraham Lincoln is not new: Only Jesus Christ, after all, has had more books published about him. But in an angst-ridden era of terrorism, war and financial meltdown, the country has taken to the 16th president - born 200 years ago Thursday - like a depressive to a pint of ice cream... (more)