May 14, 2009

CBN NEWS — The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that church leaders can keep their tax-exempt status and speak out on social issues. The decision comes in response to a complaint against a group of Texas pastors, but churches can still not endorse or oppose political candidates... (more)

May 13, 2009

NEWSMAX — Former Attorney General Edwin Meese tells Newsmax "it would be a very perilous thing" if President Barack Obama appoints "politically biased" judges to the Supreme Court... (more)

May 13, 2009

RICHARD VIGUERIE — Republican politicians have failed conservatives, the GOP itself and America. We're heading down the tracks to socialism or worse, with the GOP as caboose. Conservatives can share the blame, but not for reasons expressed by the liberal media aligned against us... (more)

May 13, 2009

DAVID LIMBAUGH — Of the dozens of reasons to be concerned about the ever-growing and unchecked power of the federal government under President Barack Obama, the upcoming assault against conservative talk radio may surpass them all... (more)

May 13, 2009

CBN NEWS — New York is one step closer to becoming the sixth state to legalize gay marriage. The state assembly passed legislation Tuesday night, but the bill could face a tougher battle in the state senate... (more)

May 13, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked President Obama's nomination for the No. 2 post at the Interior Department, the latest in a series of partisan clashes over personnel as the White House tries to advance its ambitious agenda... (more)

May 13, 2009

MICHELLE MALKIN — "We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama -- $60.7 million to be exact -- and we're proud of it," boasted Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, to the Las Vegas Sun this week... (more)

May 13, 2009

JED BABBIN — At an early April press conference in Muslim Turkey, our Secularist-in-Chief Barack Obama said, "One of the great strengths of the United States is ... we have a very large Christian population -- we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation... (more)

May 13, 2009

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY — Barack Obama promised that he wouldn't raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year. He neglected to mention that this tax exemption would go only to those who don't use electricity, gasoline, heating oil or natural gas... (more)

May 12, 2009

DICK MORRIS — Despite Gen. Colin Powell's advice that the Republican Party must move to the center, now is not the time for triangulation by the GOP. It is, rather, the time for the Party to stand firm and fast upon its principles and let this nation come around to its way of thinking, driven by horror at the consequences of Obama's program... (more)

May 12, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A movement to reclaim for states all rights not specifically designated to the federal government in the U.S. Constitution is exploding across the nation, with 35 states already acting or at least considering such proposals... (more)

May 12, 2009

POLITICO — Hoping to recapture the grassroots energy of last month's "tea parties," Republican Govs. Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Rick Perry of Texas will host a tele-town hall Thursday that's being dubbed "Tea Party 2.0"... (more)

May 12, 2009

JOSEPH FARAH — I chose not to attend the White House Press Correspondents Dinner Saturday. And am I ever glad I made that decision. The organization tapped a lesbian "comedienne," Wanda Sykes, to address the group -- a virtual who's who of Washington politicians -- some masquerading as journalists and some as public servants... (more)

May 12, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — House Democratic leaders are scaling back their plans to cut the gases blamed for global warming and to transition the country to cleaner sources of energy... (more)

May 12, 2009

CHUCK COLSON — As more states--like Iowa--approve same-sex "marriage," conservatives are claiming that freedom of religion is in peril. Same-sex "marriage" supporters accuse them of engaging in hysterical gay-bating. Who's telling the truth?... (more)

May 12, 2009

NEWSMAX — Texas Rep. Pete Sessions, chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee, says President Obama is attacking the free enterprise system... (more)

May 12, 2009

REUTERS — The Obama administration proposed on Monday to raise nearly $60 billion by closing loopholes including those related to the estate tax, and also revived a bid to cap deductions wealthy individuals can claim. Funds raised from the estate tax and other changes would go to beef up a healthcare reserve fund... (more)

May 12, 2009

FRANK J. GAFFNEY, JR. — Give Janet A. Napolitano her due. The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has taken to heart President Obama's campaign pledges of "change" and "hope." Unfortunately, the changes she has effected seem generally to be to dismantle sensible Bush-era internal security policies and practices, replacing them with politically correct nostrums and generally inadequate programs... (more)

May 12, 2009

MICHAEL BARONE — Many years ago, political scientists came up with a theory that elites lead public opinion. And on some issues, they clearly do. But on some issues, they don't... (more)

May 11, 2009

Rethinking the presidential rating game

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The trouble with many of the past ratings of America's presidents is that the "consensus" has been arrived at by academics who act alike, do alike, and think alike. In the view of many, they are suspect of viewing history exclusively through the prism of Ivy League faculty lounge discourse... (more)