December 21, 2009

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — As this column has written, Washington is buried beneath well over a foot of snow and the city for two days ground to a standstill -- except for the U.S. Senate... (more)

December 21, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation's medical system and cover 30 million uninsured... (more)

December 20, 2009

IRISH CENTRAL — Will Bill O'Reilly be one of the "founding fathers" of the latest American political party, the Tea Party, which is being taken very seriously by many Americans? It may well be. O'Reilly had two fellow Irish Americans on his show the other night to seriously discuss the formation of the Tea (Taxed Enough Already) Party... (more)

December 20, 2009

JEFFREY T. KUHNER — Barack Obama is on his way to being the worst president in U.S. history. This has not dawned on him - yet. But it will soon. Last week, Oprah Winfrey in her "Christmas at the White House" special asked the president what grade he would give himself for his first year in office... (more)

December 20, 2009

KEN BLACKWELL — The liberal newspapers are hailing the passage of a counterfeit marriage bill by the District of Columbia City Council as a breakthrough for what they call "marriage equality." It's not. It's abolishing marriage... (more)

December 20, 2009

LONDON TIMES — The United Nations climate change conference ended in recrimination yesterday without reaching a clear deal on emissions targets... (more)

December 20, 2009

CLAUDE SANDROFF — If you've misspent your youth conducting experiments, taking graduate courses in physics and chemistry, and learning about thermodynamics, molecular spectroscopy, fluid mechanics, modeling data and publishing scientific papers, then the current debate over anthropogenic global warming can make you hurl... (more)

December 20, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — One day after the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao snubbed President Obama at the United Nation's Copenhagen Climate Summit, the Chinese warned the United States that China's ability to continue buying U.S. Treasury debt was limited... (more)

December 19, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A holdout no more, Sen. Ben Nelson agreed Saturday to provide the 60th and deciding vote for sweeping healthcare legislation in the Senate, capping a year of struggle and a final burst of deadline bargaining on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority... (more)

December 19, 2009

DAVID LIMBAUGH — I'm wondering whether there's anyone out there with the guts to pretend that it's insignificant that President Barack Obama keeps appointing radical after radical to his czar positions. Can anyone honestly say Obama's appointments don't tell us a great deal about Obama himself -- as if we needed any further proof he is a left-wing extremist?... (more)

December 18, 2009

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE — For Democrats, the Holy Grail of health care has always been "universal coverage." The words have flowed effortlessly out of their mouths so often that most of them probably long ago stopped thinking about what it would mean in practice if their dream were ever really implemented... (more)

December 18, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is wondering why President Obama apparently is suppressing information assembled by an investigation into the Nov. 5 attack at Fort Hood by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who reportedly shouted "Allahu akbar," or "Allah is greatest," while killing more than a dozen soldiers and civilians... (more)

December 18, 2009

VALERIE RICHARDSON — With President Bush no longer wielding a veto and a Hawaiian in the White House, Democrats would need to stumble badly to botch the passage of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act. Fortunately for conservatives, that's exactly what's happening... (more)

December 17, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A new Islamic mosque will open its doors just steps from Ground Zero where Muslim terrorists murdered 2,751 people in the name of Allah on Sept. 11, 2001 -- and its leading imam, who conducts sensitivity training sessions for the FBI, has reportedly blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians... (more)

December 17, 2009

NEWSMAX — Rep. Steve King tells Newsmax that a recent judicial ruling restoring federal funding for ACORN contains "outrageous claims," and says a "junkyard dog attorney" will seek to play down links between ACORN and President Obama... (more)

December 17, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — About two thirds of Americans celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday, a new survey reveals. Meanwhile, 20 percent celebrate the event as a secular holiday, according to Rasmussen Reports... (more)

December 17, 2009

TIMES LEADER — A familiar nativity scene and menorah were removed from the Luzerne County Courthouse lawn Wednesday night because the American Civil Liberties Union threatened to get a restraining order. County Solicitor Vito DeLuca said a Pittsburgh lawyer from the ACLU contacted him Wednesday to give the county an opportunity to remove the items before it filed court action that was already in the works... (more)

December 17, 2009

NEWSMAX — The Tea Party Patriots conservative grassroots movement is now more popular than either major party according to a major new poll. According to the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday, 41 percent of likely voters now have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party Patriots... (more)

December 17, 2009

JOHN STOSSEL — I just got a free golf cart. Actually, it cost me $6,490 -- but the dealer, Colin Riley of Tucson, Ariz., points out that there's a $6,490 federal tax credit on such vehicles. Riley runs ads that say: "FREE ELECTRIC CAR ... !" Some consumers probably assume it's a car-dealer scam, but it's not. It's an Uncle Sam scam... (more)

December 17, 2009

REP. DUNCAN HUNTER — In light of immigration reform legislation introduced today by Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) that provides citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants, Congressman Duncan Hunter reaffirmed his opposition to any comprehensive reform effort that grants amnesty or fails to put border security first... (more)