October 7, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — Leaders in the U.S. House plan to slip the hate crimes bill into the 2010 Defense Authorization bill that could be voted on as early as Thursday, a conservative public policy organization warned... (more)

October 7, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised President Barack Obama's drive to overhaul the nation's health care system on Tuesday and urged fellow Republicans to join in efforts to finish the job this year... (more)

October 7, 2009

JONAH GOLDBERG — Watching the House of Representatives on late-night C-SPAN, you might have any number of reactions, including seppuku-inducing boredom. Depending on who's talking, you might also feel disgust, rage, contempt, or, in rare cases, inspiration. But one reaction you probably won't have is: "Gosh, if only there were more of these jokers"... (more)

October 7, 2009

JIM SIMPSON — Last Friday, we posted an article on these pages asserting Bill Ayers' authorship of President Barack Obama's 'Dreams From My Father,' based on claims made by Obama biographer Christopher Andersen. It is possible that we have now gotten direct confirmation of this from Bill Ayers himself... (more)

October 7, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — An Arizona sheriff known for aggressively cracking down on illegal immigration has been stripped of some of his special power to enforce federal immigration law, and he claims the Obama administration is taking away his authority for political reasons... (more)

October 6, 2009

DAVID LIMBAUGH — I continue to be amazed at the naivete of people who keep giving President Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt concerning his radical appointments, saying his administration isn't doing its job in vetting the appointees. When will they wake up to the reality that Obama is deliberately picking people, such as Kevin Jennings, who share his radical values?... (more)

October 6, 2009

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE — Wait for patients to die before taking their organs, and the organs won't be as fresh. Let doctors take the organs from living patients -- even if it means causing them to die a little faster than they otherwise would -- and the supply of usable organs will go up... (more)

October 6, 2009

PAT BUCHANAN — The Pentagon's pre-emptive strike came with the leak of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's confidential review of the Afghan war to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post. McChrystal's painting of the military picture was grim... (more)

October 6, 2009

BAY BUCHANAN — Between the town hall meetings and the tea party rallies, millions of Americans are taking to the streets to protest a government gone berserk. They are angry and determined to take their country back. But there are snakes in the grass intent on using this movement to return to power, not the people, but the Republican establishment. If this happens we lose everything, including our country... (more)

October 6, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Following major setbacks in 2008, the national political landscape for Republicans has improved so dramatically in recent months that election analysts say the only remaining question is how deep the Democrats' losses will be in the 2010 congressional midterm races... (more)

October 6, 2009

MONA CHAREN — Strangely, chatter about the "death of conservatism" is circulating this fall. I say "strangely" because we are in the midst of the greatest left/liberal moment in living memory. Liberal policies are careening out of Washington and mowing down innocent bystanders... (more)

October 6, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and former Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. misled the public about the financial weakness of Bank of America and other early recipients of the government's $700 billion Wall Street bailout... (more)

October 6, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — The nation's nearly 10 percent unemployment rate has raised fresh doubts about the impact of President Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan, with some economic analysts arguing there is little or no evidence that it has helped create or preserve the millions of jobs Mr. Obama promised... (more)

October 6, 2009

Not everything that happens in a classroom is “education”

THOMAS SOWELL — Recent videos of American children in school singing songs of praise for Barack Obama were a little much, especially for those of us old enough to remember pictures of children singing the praises of dictators like Hitler, Stalin, and Mao... (more)

October 6, 2009

CLAUDE CARTAGINESE — When ultrasound technology (sonogram) became readily available to physicians, it was a boon to the medical profession, which quickly realized its practical applications. Relatively inexpensive, portable and un-invasive, ultrasound scans soon became one of the first tests to be performed in the routine examination of a patient's heart, liver, lymph nodes, etc.... (more)

October 5, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The Federal Trade Commission on Monday took steps to make product information and online reviews more accurate for consumers, regulating blogging for the first time and mandating that testimonials reflect typical results... (more)

October 5, 2009

CNN — Driving along a pockmarked road amid rocks and Joshua trees in a lonely southern California desert, religious controversy might be the last thing you'd expect to encounter. And if you don't look too closely, you're likely to zip right past the focus of a hotly contested Supreme Court battle... (more)

October 5, 2009

LIFENEWS.COM — The Supreme Court today let stand a ruling in a case involving Choose Life license plates in Illinois. The decision means that the Illinois officials who declined to issue the license plates in Illinois have won a legal victory against the pro-life advocates who wanted the plates to raise funds for adoptions... (more)

October 5, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A federal judge in California today listened to government lawyers argue that a lawsuit over President Obama's eligibility should be immediately dismissed but refused to grant their request, saying he would make his decision and announce it later... (more)

October 5, 2009

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Good shot! John Mackey -- the boss of Whole Foods -- has struck a blow for freedom. Unlike other businesses that have caved like cheap umbrellas when pressured to steer away from doing or saying anything that runs afoul of "political correctness," Mackey has stood his ground against those urging his customers to take their business elsewhere... (more)