May 28, 2009

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — "He who hates, disguises it with his lips, and lays up deceit within himself; when he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart" (Proverbs 26:24, 25). There is a helpless, sinister sense that seems to be hanging like a heavy weight over the country. One can compare the emotion to that of a death of a loved one -- America... (more)

May 27, 2009

LIFENEWS.COM — One day after President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to become the next Supreme Court justice, Senate Republicans appear unlikely to use a filibuster to oppose her... (more)

May 27, 2009

MICHELLE MALKIN — Since when did securing a Supreme Court seat become a high hurdles contest? The White House and Democrats have turned Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination into a personal Olympic event... (more)

May 27, 2009

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY — Does Barack Obama really want to make Americans subject to foreign law and courts? That is the question senators should ask when they vote on his nomination of Harold Hongju Koh, former dean of the Yale Law School, to be the top lawyer at the State Department... (more)

May 27, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, leading in the polls among likely gubernatorial candidates in Alabama, is expected to announce his bid for the top job in the state June 1, WND has learned... (more)

May 27, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Focus on the Family Action yesterday expressed alarm that President Obama's pick to replace David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court disregards "judicial impartiality" and believes her experience as a Latina enables her to reach a better conclusion than a "white male who hasn't lived that life." Talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh was a little more direct... (more)

May 26, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The California Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, but it also decided that the estimated 18,000 gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect will stay wed... (more)

May 26, 2009

FOX NEWS — President Obama nominated federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, citing her "inspiring life story" and "distinguished career" in his decision... (more)

May 26, 2009

DICK MORRIS — Obama's liberal philosophy dictates that when the news is bad, shoot the messenger. The newest data from Arbitron, the company charged with measuring the size of radio audiences, suggests that listenership to hip hop, inner city, and minority radio has been overstated in the past and that the popularity of conservative talk radio has been under-reported... (more)

May 26, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, long has opposed the power held by the Federal Reserve and its ability to manipulate the nation's economy and over the years has launched proposals to get rid of the quasi-governmental agency, without significant support... (more)

May 26, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a group of reporters at the National Press Club on Thursday that he wants to "coerce people out of their cars"... (more)

May 26, 2009

WASHINGTON POST — President Obama is expected to announce late this week that he will create a "cyber czar," a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation's government-run and private computer networks, according to people who have been briefed on the plan... (more)

May 26, 2009

Review of The Next Conservatism

WES VERNON — During the heyday of Reagan conservatism, Paul M. Weyrich would say that while his fellow conservatives had won the political war, the liberals were gaining the upper hand in the culture battle... (more)

May 26, 2009

CHERYL WETZSTEIN — It's rather ironic that as the most pro-choice government in U.S. history settles into its seats, a national poll finds that most Americans are pro-life. Some observers have tried to pooh-pooh this result, but it doesn't surprise me for two reasons explained below... (more)

May 26, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Obama and his allies in Congress have given the gun lobby a string of victories - from forgoing new gun laws to easing restrictions already on the books - since Mr. Obama took office and Democrats assumed complete command of political power in Washington... (more)

May 26, 2009

JOHN M. SNYDER — American gun owners face a double-whammy: A political establishment that seeks to undermine both 2nd Amendment rights and United States national sovereignty... (more)

May 26, 2009

NEWSMAX — If the Republican Party has any chance of regaining its leading position, it must put to "death" George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism," says top talker Glenn Beck... (more)

May 26, 2009

THOMAS SOWELL — They say that people mellow with age. However, the older I get, the less patience I have with cleverness. If increased government spending with borrowed or newly created money is a "stimulus," then the Weimar Republic should have been stimulated to unprecedented prosperity, instead of the runaway inflation and widespread economic desperation that ultimately brought Adolf Hitler to power... (more)

May 26, 2009

ROBERT M. ENGSTROM — In a game of law and punishment where the rules are unclear, First Amendment protected speech from the pulpit of a church clashes against the risk of financial punishment if the Internal Revenue Service revokes a church's tax-exempt status for crossing the line into politics... (more)

May 25, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Some see it as the universal symbol of sacrifice in World War I, others see it as the undisputed sign of Christianity, but it will be up to the Supreme Court to make a final determination as to whether a 7-foot cross remains standing in a California desert to memorialize war veterans... (more)

May 25, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A Minnesota sheriff says a mother who fled with her 13-year-old son last week to avoid cancer treatment for him has returned voluntarily and a warrant for her was lifted... (more)

May 25, 2009

STAMPEDE BLUE — This morning I awoke to thunder rumbling in the distance. Light rain was tapping at the windows as if it was beckoning me to take a look... (more)

May 25, 2009

Alger Hiss and Harry Dexter whitewashed

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Since the downfall of the Soviet Union, volumes have been written about that late superpower's penetration of American Society and its institutions before and during the Cold War years... (more)