November 12, 2009

WALTER WILLIAMS — At Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Oct. 29th press conference, a CNS News reporter asked, "Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?" Speaker Pelosi responded, "Are you serious? Are you serious?"... (more)

November 12, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Sen. Jim DeMint says Washington politicians are like fruit on the vine: the longer they hang around, the more rotten they get... (more)

November 12, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — South Carolina's "I Believe" license plate that features an image of a cross in front of a stained-glass window has been ruled unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie said the specialty license plate was motivated by a purpose to advance a specific religion and has the effect of state endorsement of Christianity... (more)

November 12, 2009

CNSNEWS.COM — Twenty years ago this week, the Berlin Wall fell, opening a door to freedom for millions of East Germans who had lived under communism for nearly 50 years... (more)

November 12, 2009

KYLE-ANNE SHIVER — Elected officials of every political stripe ought to be shaking down to their Gucci loafers and pumps. History is forming and firming up harder than the proverbial brick wall right outside their congressional glass house. Yet they seem utterly oblivious... (more)

November 12, 2009

DICK MORRIS — Don't assume that the 38 Democrats who voted against Nancy Pelosi's extremist version of health care reform wouldn't have supported it if their votes had been needed. The days before the final passage on Saturday were not filled with stirring appeals to get Democrats to back the bill so much as an auction to decide whom to let off the hook... (more)

November 12, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Time after time, public murder sprees occur in "gun-free zones" - public places where citizens are not legally able to carry guns. The list is long, including massacres at Virginia Tech and Columbine High School along with many less deadly attacks. Last week's slaughter at Fort Hood Army base in Texas was no different - except that one man bears responsibility for the ugly reality that the men and women charged with defending America were deliberately left defenseless when a terrorist opened fire... (more)

November 12, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — The only Republican to vote for the House Democrats' health care reform bill said he voted his conscience, putting aside concerns about the cost in hopes of providing health care access to all Americans... (more)

November 12, 2009

ERIK RUSH — Although U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan pulled the trigger, within hours, bloggers and commentators in the alternative press were speculating that it had been political correctness that really did the deed... (more)

November 11, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — Second Amendment advocates are expressing alarm that the most significant attack on gun rights across the United States in years soon could come in the form of a workplace "safety" regulation under President Obama's nominee to run the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration... (more)

November 11, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — The White House has not released any official photos of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting this week with President Obama -- just one of several signs indicating a rift between the two leaders... (more)

November 11, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — CNN's Lou Dobbs, a lightning rod for criticism following his transition from a business journalist to an opinionated anchor on such issues as illegal immigration, told viewers on Wednesday that he was quitting his nightly show to pursue new opportunities... (more)

November 11, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The Mormon Church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment... (more)

November 10, 2009

GEORGE ALLEN — Nov. 9, 1989 - 20 years ago Monday - should be remembered forever as a truly great day in the course of human history. Few could believe the exhilarating fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain, without a shot being fired, just a little more than two years after President Reagan audaciously demanded, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"... (more)

November 10, 2009

NEWSMAX — Imams preach jihad and extremism in 10 percent of the 2,000 mosques in the United States, the FBI estimates. That sums up the problem facing us as we ponder the meaning of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's slayings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas... (more)

November 10, 2009

NEWSMAX — The White House on Tuesday shook up its communications team, with Anita Dunn stepping down and an aide taking over President Barack Obama's vaunted messaging machine. Dan Pfeiffer will become White House communications director, and Dunn will be an outside adviser to Obama's White House, officials said... (more)

November 10, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Ten months into Barack Obama's presidency, Democrats are accusing Republicans of creating "a dark mark on the Senate" by delaying confirmation of his federal court nominees. The mark might not be as dark as Democrats make it seem... (more)

November 10, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd on Tuesday called for sweeping new government powers to prevent another economic collapse, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions... (more)

November 10, 2009

ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal says he wants the president to prove he is an American citizen. Deal says he has "no reason to think" that President Barack Obama is not a legal U.S. citizen but enough questions have been raised that he plans to write a letter to the president asking him to produce a birth certificate showing he was born in the United States... (more)

November 9, 2009

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The media are playing the role of Mr. Magoo again. Once more, an act of supreme violence occurs on our soil and the self-censoring media -- led by the man in the White House -- go wandering around Mr. Magoo-style, bending themselves into pretzels to avoid calling an act of Islamofascism -- well, an act of Islamofascism... (more)