November 30, 2009

Exclusive interview with Senator Inhofe

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The big media may think they can go on forever ignoring the Climategate scandal -- whereby "respected" scientists have been caught red-handed doctoring evidence so as to perpetrate the fraudulent perception of man-made "global warming"... (more)

November 29, 2009

JOSEPH FARAH — It's a funny thing about "consensus." Often we are told that because society has reached a "consensus" on a given topic, debate about it should be all but be extinguished. Those who are not part of the "consensus" are often ridiculed and marginalized... (more)

November 29, 2009

CHRISTOPHER BOOKER — A week after my colleague James Delingpole, on his Telegraph blog, coined the term "Climategate" to describe the scandal revealed by the leaked emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, Google was showing that the word now appears across the internet more than nine million times... (more)

November 29, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The 60 votes aren't there any longer. With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on healthcare overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing already. Yet majority Democrats will need 60 votes again to finish... (more)

November 29, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says... (more)

November 28, 2009

WARNER TODD HUSTON — The reason that I could never get elected to any government position is the same reason why conservatives have a tough time getting elected and, if they end up elected, can't govern in this era of the ill-educated voter. First I'll lay out my main principles... (more)

November 28, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has upheld a school district's ban on Christmas carols such as "Silent Night," "Joy to the World," "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful" and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" -- and approved "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman"... (more)

November 28, 2009

FOX NEWS — The nativity crèche and the menorah are no longer welcome inside the Washington state Capitol after Gov. Chris Gregoire banned non-government displays, including religious ones, from inside the building... (more)

November 28, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A poll released today shows Americans' belief in the current health-care system has risen dramatically in the last year, and support for a socialized solution to a health-care "crisis" has nearly evaporated... (more)

November 28, 2009

SCOTT LAZAROWITZ — If there's anything worse than a private-sector monopoly, it's a government-run monopoly. The difference is that in the private sector, everyone is free to compete and remove the monopolist's monopoly status, while a government monopoly forbids competition and compels the citizenry to patronize its operation... (more)

November 28, 2009

MICHAEL BILLY (PUBLISHED APR. 18) — On May 11, the US Post Office is raising the price of stamps by 2¢. Even in the face of increasing prices, many people will argue that the Post Office is necessary because a private organization could never perform these functions for a similar cost... (more)

November 28, 2009

THOMAS SOWELL — You can't really understand politics until you understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems - of which getting elected and re-elected are No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Whatever is No. 3 is far behind... (more)

November 27, 2009

MICHELLE MALKIN — As we gather round the Thanksgiving table, bow our heads in prayer and feast on the holiday bird, it is only fitting to take a moment to fete the unforgettable turkeys of 2009: (1) The stimulus. Back in February, I wrote that if the trillion-dollar stimulus plan were a Thanksgiving dinner entree, it would be a Turbaconducken... (more)

November 27, 2009

FOX NEWS — Conservative activists in the Republican Party are pushing a proposal to deny funding to GOP candidates who fail what is being called a purity test, a move that is being met with skepticism by some Republican commentators... (more)

November 27, 2009

NEWSMAX — You haven't heard it from America's mainstream media yet -- even Fox News hasn't covered it -- but the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Dr. John P. Holdren, is a key player in the Climategate e-mails flap, which is shaping up as the biggest scandal in the history of modern science... (more)

November 27, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — President Obama's new anti-Semitism czar serves on the board of a controversial Israel-lobby group accused of working against the Jewish state, while her writings suggest Israel's policies are to blame for anti-Semitism... (more)

November 27, 2009

HERBERT LONDON — As many analysts have noted, political correctness has insinuated itself into the analysis of the murders at Fort Hood. Far better to rationalize the atrocity by referring to the assailant, Major Nidal Hasan, as a deranged individual, rather than a radical Muslim intent on bloodshed... (more)

November 27, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — More than 150,000 people have so far signed the Manhattan Declaration, just a week after the document was unveiled. And one of the document's drafters, Chuck Colson, hopes the number will soon reach a million so that Christians would put America on notice that they will not compromise their faith, no matter what... (more)

November 27, 2009

GOUVERNEUR TIMES — The election results certified by the St. Lawrence County Board of Elections for New York's 23rd Congressional District contain some numbers that are mathematically impossible. These numbers were requested in person and transmitted by e-mail just hours before certification on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009... (more)

November 26, 2009

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — Conservatives will soon have one of the great joys of this life: the joy of rebuilding with like-minded comrades. I happen to believe that the time for rebuilding is coming soon. First, consider the following facts that convince me that this is so. Subsequently, I shall portray rebuilding as a time of special blessing for united groups of like-minded people... (more)

November 26, 2009

TIM DUNKIN — Thanksgiving is perhaps one of the most desacralized holidays on the American calendar today. For many Americans, perhaps for most, this day will be about nothing more than engorging themselves on turkey and watching football games... (more)