September 10, 2009

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — There has been a huge surge in the influence of the Glenn Beck Show on Fox News. Beck has become one of the airwaves' premiere conservatives... (more)

September 10, 2009

STEVEN M. COHEN — While historians continue to be divided among the factual and the apocryphal, at the conclusion of the American Revolution, so the legend goes, George Washington was confronted by a movement within the Continental Army to declare him king... (more)

September 9, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Just one day after President Obama plans to recapture the initiative in the health-care debate with a speech to a joint session of Congress, thousands of taxpayers plan to storm Washington, D.C.... (more)

September 9, 2009

BOB JUST — As I watched the tea party protests and crowded town halls, I couldn't help but think of President Reagan. For millions of us, the dismal Carter era sparked a similar political awakening, and Ronald Reagan was the key... (more)

September 9, 2009

FOX NEWS — In an extraordinary breach of congressional decorum, a Republican lawmaker shouted "You lie" at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress Wednesday. The incident came directly after Obama said, "There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too, is false... (more)

September 9, 2009

NEWSMAX — Conservative talker Glenn Beck says Cass Sunstein, who is awaiting Senate confirmation as President Obama's new Regulatory Czar, "is probably the most dangerous czar out there"... (more)

September 9, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — With a deadline to cooperate or face tougher sanctions fast approaching, Iran has presented a new "proposal" relating to its nuclear program to a group of leading governments. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called envoys from six countries to the foreign ministry in Tehran Wednesday to receive a copy of the document, details of which have yet to be released... (more)

September 9, 2009

DAVID G. MULLER, JR. — The classic 20th-century political spectrum is gravely flawed as a depiction of the range of philosophical opinion. The common depiction of the political spectrum traditionally shows communism at the left end, fascism at the right end, and less extreme political systems at various points in between... (more)

September 9, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Americans would be fined up to $3,800 for failing to buy health insurance under a plan that circulated in Congress on Tuesday as divisions among Democrats undercut President Barack Obama's effort to regain traction on his health care overhaul... (more)

September 9, 2009

BAPTIST PRESS — A bill that would encourage California public schools to observe "Harvey Milk Day" and to remember the deceased homosexual leader with "commemorative exercises" passed the state Senate Tuesday and is heading to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who hasn't taken a position on it... (more)

September 9, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Sixty South Carolina House Republicans asked Gov. Mark Sanford to resign Wednesday, questioning his ability to lead the state since his unannounced summertime trip to see a mistress in Argentina and investigations of his state and private travel that followed... (more)

September 9, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A California judge on Tuesday tentatively scheduled a trial for Jan. 26, 2010, for a case that challenges Barack Obama's eligibility to be president based on questions over his qualifications under the requirements of the U.S. Constitution... (more)

September 9, 2009

REUTERS — The Supreme Court returns on Wednesday to consider ending long-standing limits on corporate and union spending in political campaigns - a move critics say could give big money more influence over U.S. elections... (more)

September 9, 2009

ANN COULTER — Lie #12: Only national health care can provide "coverage that will stay with you whether you move, change your job or lose your job" -- as Obama said in a New York Times op-ed... (more)

September 9, 2009

KEN BLACKWELL — Fearing a diplomatic embarrassment, Mr. Reagan's aides asked for confirmation. They brought back a correction. The president would receive the Legion d'Honneur - for statesmanship. Grinning, Mr. Reagan straightened the over-large knot of his tie and said: "Well, I can play that role"... (more)

September 9, 2009

DAVID LIMBAUGH — With the resignation of green czar Van Jones despite their efforts to protect him, the mainstream media have finally been reduced to sputtering incoherence, as they've observed the un-deification of their anointed messiah and experienced firsthand their own diminishing relevance... (more)

September 9, 2009

ROBERT MAGINNIS — The Obama administration has embarked on an Afghan war strategy that will fail because it has not defined the enemy or decided to fight it in a manner calculated to win decisively... (more)

September 8, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Few issues in American politics are as supercharged as health care, and when presidents choose to touch the subject, a surge of high voltage often scorches not only the chief executive, but his party in Congress... (more)

September 8, 2009

CHUCK NORRIS — President Barack Obama is taking a bold move this week to address both American public schools and, in prime time, a joint session of Congress. I pondered what I would say to both groups about Obamacare if I had the chance... (more)

September 8, 2009

THOMAS SOWELL — The most important thing about what anyone says are not the words themselves but the credibility of the person who says them. The words of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff were apparently quite convincing to many people who were regarded as knowledgeable and sophisticated. If you go by words, you can be led into anything... (more)

September 7, 2009

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Is it time to explore a new means of keeping parents up to date as to what their children are learning in school? Modern technology should facilitate that. Consider what follows... (more)