December 28, 2009

ALAN CARUBA — If you felt a frisson of fear on news that the Senate had passed Obamacare the day before Christmas, then you now know what it was and is like to live in a dictatorship. The voice of the People was ignored in a demonstration of raw political power. There was a time when Americans took Communism seriously. It challenged us in the form of the Soviet Union and we witnessed its takeover of China... (more)

December 27, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — With trillions of dollars at stake in the battle over global warming, now would be the time for the press to closely scrutinize the claims of those who would reorganize the world's economy from farm to factory and laboratory to living room... (more)

December 27, 2009

BOB OWENS — At ThreatsWatch.org, Steve Schippert and Clyde Middleton have dug up the bizarre and unsettling issuance of an executive order recently signed by President Barack Obama... (more)

December 27, 2009

JED BABBIN — Handguns and concealed carry permits. Mace. Tasers. Faithful watch dogs. That old pump gun loaded with buckshot stashed in the back of a coat closet. These are the things conservatives invest in to defend our families, our homes, and ourselves... (more)

December 27, 2009

ED LASKY — Almost a year has passed since January 20, 2009 -- when the waters of the ocean no longer rose and America began to heal from the depredations of Republicans. Barack Obama has been our president for that long, and the people have started to wise up... (more)

December 27, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Obama claims Democrats "scored a big victory for the American people" with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's latest compromise health bill. That's only true if you believe petty bribery and protection money are the road to useful reform... (more)

December 27, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — Traditional marriage advocates in the nation's capital are seeking to roll back the city's pending gay marriage law by forcing a voter referendum on the issue. As part of the effort, conservative group Stand for Marriage D.C. has launched an ad campaign through the city's transportation system... (more)

December 27, 2009

NEWSMAX — When ACLU officials bullied Duluth, Minn., into removing its Ten Commandments display, it looked like another victory in the organization's ongoing crusade to make America a secular nation. Imagine the ACLU's chagrin, however, when the single memorial soon was replaced by four new ones at various locations -- and each larger than the original... (more)

December 26, 2009

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — "I just jumped, I didn't think," said Dutchman Jasper Schuringa, who has emerged as a Christmas Day hero for his impulsive smackdown of a terror suspect who tried to blow up a US-bound airliner... (more)

December 26, 2009

FOX NEWS — Extending federal benefits to same-sex couples will cost taxpayers $898 million over the next nine years, according to an analysis of "domestic partnership" legislation released last by the Congressional Budget Office... (more)

December 25, 2009

PAT BOONE — It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old. From angels bending near the earth, to touch their harps of gold. "Peace on the earth, good will to men. From Heaven's all gracious King." The world in solemn stillness lay, to hear the angels sing... (more)

December 25, 2009

WASHINGTON TIMES — Mariah Jordat, 8, was reading her Bible during quiet time at Madison Park Elementary School in Oldbridge, N.J., when her teacher told her to put the book away. Mariah put her Bible under her desk, but that wasn't away enough. The teacher banished the book to the student's backpack... (more)

December 25, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — In her first major interview since becoming President Obama's newly appointed anti-Semitism czar last month, Hannah Rosenthal yesterday blasted the Israeli government for its criticism of a lobby group accused of anti-Israel activity... (more)

December 25, 2009

REV. AUSTIN MILES — This story was first published on December 20, 2001. It has been picked up and re-published all over the world every year since, becoming a Holiday Tradition. In 2004, it caught the attention of producers of Hallmark Films and the writer was cast in the movie, Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus, playing The Mall Santa who magically receives the gift of sign language. The film is re-aired annually... (more)

December 25, 2009

HERITAGE FOUNDATION — Christmas, 1776. Summer had begun with strong declarations of noble ideals, but by winter the cause of liberty seemed to be at low ebb. Having suffered defeat after defeat, many had all but given up hope. It looked like freedom would succumb yet again, as it had throughout history, to the forces of authoritarianism and tyranny... (more)

December 25, 2009

FOX NEWS — President Obama's controversial choice to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel is spending the holidays in limbo after Senate Republicans -- in a last jab at Democrats for passing a massive health insurance bill -- blocked her nomination and five others... (more)

December 25, 2009

RENEWAMERICA — Philip J. Berg, former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania and an activist attorney who brought a lawsuit challenging the eligibility of Barack Obama to become president of the United States, has written the following reply to Jamie Freeze's Dec. 22 RenewAmerica article "Facts are stubborn things: Obama is a natural-born citizen"... (more)

December 25, 2009

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR — ...An annual poll to be released on Dec. 25, the day the final Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, suggests that a durable majority of Russians continue to "deeply regret" the demise of the USSR and wish that the collapse had been avoided. The survey, conducted by the independent Levada Center in Moscow, found that nearly 60 percent of Russians are stuck in that nostalgic frame of mind... (more)

December 25, 2009

DICK MORRIS — Parker Griffith's decision to refuse to drink the Democratic Kool-Aid illustrates the Achilles' heel of the Democratic regime in Washington: The radical reign of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid is held up by pillars of moderate and conservative Democrats who come from districts that regularly vote Republican... (more)

December 24, 2009

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — By now, most of my readers have heard of the scandal nicknamed "Climategate," involving the suppression of information that contradicts a supposed consensus of the science establishment about global warming... (more)