July 13, 2009

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — Self-deceiving pride leads the sons of Adam into many foolish vanities and conceits. Some people concentrate on the petty vanities, and others indulge in grandiose delusions about themselves. It has long been clear to me that grandiose delusions of pride are sometimes the motor force behind the personal ambitions of political careers... (more)

July 13, 2009

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — "I recommend my soul to that Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins." -- From the will of Samuel Adams, forefather of the American Revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence... (more)

July 13, 2009

The message -- shut up if you disagree

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — When it comes to reasons why Sonia Sotomayor is not qualified for a seat on the highest court in the land, critics of the judge have an embarrassment of riches. There are so many, one has to pause at the opening gate and say -- for example -- how am I going to get all this in one column?... (more)

July 12, 2009

CNN — After weeks of meeting senators and preparing for tough questions, Sonia Sotomayor on Monday begins the formal hearings on her nomination to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice... (more)

July 11, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — Despite a still-lagging U.S. economy and rising unemployment rate, House Democrats announced late yesterday that they will seek a massive increase in federal income taxes to help pay for the national health-care reform proposal that President Obama is urging Congress to enact this summer... (more)

July 11, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — In their first meeting Friday, President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI touched on the ethics of abortion and stem cells... (more)

July 11, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Former Vice President Al Gore, whose "An Inconvenient Truth" video epistle on the claims of global warming has not weathered recent scientific research, now has promised at a conference in the United Kingdom that the impending virtual energy tax under the U.S. "cap-and-trade" legislation will bring about "global governance"... (more)

July 11, 2009

MICHELLE MALKIN — Let there be no doubt: Democrats are the party with two ideas: borrow and spend. The only vigorous internal debate on the left revolves around two questions: How much and how much more? Even as the first trillion-dollar stimulus craters, the debt-o-crats are floating yet another grand act of generational theft to create the illusion of jumpstarting the economy... (more)

July 11, 2009

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — Recent news that President Obama's approval ratings are beginning to slip is understandable. Even popular leaders lose appeal once they have to govern, and therefore offend, rather than merely promise and please... (more)

July 11, 2009

NEWSBUSTERS — On AOL Politics Daily, long-time White House reporter Carl Cannon bluntly declared that the political press gave Sarah Palin a raw deal in the 2008 campaign, and seriously failed to scrutinize Joe Biden, especially his fact-mangling and odd statements in the vice presidential debate... (more)

July 11, 2009

DAVID RITTGERS — Congress seems intent on passing new hate-crime legislation. It may sound like a surefire way to tamp down on hate crime, but it won't work... (more)

July 10, 2009

NEWSMAX — The American people continue to move to the pro-life perspective on abortion according to the latest Moral Compass survey by the Knights of Columbus and Marist Poll... (more)

July 10, 2009

DAVID LIMBAUGH — There is still time to stop the legislative monstrosity known as the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill before the Senate approves it. But for that to happen, Americans must learn how bad it is... (more)

July 10, 2009

REUTERS — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned the United States Friday that if it did not reach agreement with Russia on plans for missile defense systems, Moscow would deploy rockets in an enclave near Poland... (more)

July 10, 2009

WASHINGTON POST — A month-long political stalemate in New York's state capital, Albany, appeared resolved Thursday when a defecting state senator rejoined the Democratic caucus, once again giving the party a razor-thin majority in the chamber... (more)

July 10, 2009

WES VERNON — Even with the Marxist influence in President Obama's background-and even with the reluctance to raise his voice against bloodthirsty tyrants such as Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad-even with all of that, trust Helen Thomas to find Obama too hard-line with America's enemies and too easy-going with America's friends... (more)

July 10, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Prisoner and free-speech advocates are demanding a written guarantee that inmates at a Virginia jail can receive letters containing religious material after a prisoner said his mail was censored... (more)

July 10, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Talk of another economic stimulus package on Capitol Hill has Republicans sharpening their knives and Democratic leaders vacillating, though some economists and Democrats say the sagging economy badly needs another jolt of federal spending... (more)

July 10, 2009

BAPTIST PRESS — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is under criticism for seemingly saying in a new interview she thought the initial purpose of Roe v. Wade was to rid the country of those "that we don't want to have too many of"... (more)

July 9, 2009

CLIFF KINCAID — With Al Franken replacing Norm Coleman, Senate Democrats have another vote for the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Treaty, and there are strong indications that they intend to bring this controversial document up for a vote within days or weeks... (more)

July 9, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman... (more)

July 9, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — The Internal Revenue Service has told members of the Coalition for Life of Iowa they would have to give up their 1st Amendment rights in order to be recognized as a non-profit organization, according to a complaint being pursued by members of the Thomas More Society... (more)