January 14, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — After months of divisive debate, a final deal on President Barack Obama's health care remake appeared within reach Thursday as negotiations picked up speed and House Democrats prepared to hear directly from the president... (more)

January 13, 2010

GEORGE WILL — Although Democrats think their health-care legislation faces smooth sailing to implementation, there is a rock dead ahead -- a constitutional challenge to the legislation's core. Democrats who assume it is constitutional to make it mandatory for Americans to purchase health insurance should answer some questions... (more)

January 13, 2010

MICHAEL BARONE — In his New York Times column last week, David Brooks contrasted "the educated class," which supports Barack Obama and his liberal worldview, with the tea party movement, "a large, fractious confederation of Americans who are defined by what they are against ... the concentrated power of the educated class"... (more)

January 13, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Lawyers for the nation's top military officer are recommending holding off on an internal Pentagon effort that could lead to the repeal of the ban on openly gay military service... (more)

January 13, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — In a statement that reflects widespread trust by lawmakers in homeschoolers, the New Hampshire House of Representatives today resoundingly rejected a proposal that would have imposed draconian new regulations on the students and their parents... (more)

January 13, 2010

PAUL MORENO — One hundred years ago, Congress sent a constitutional amendment to the states to permit the federal government to tax incomes. The pressure for an income tax had been building ever since the Supreme Court declared the 1894 income tax unconstitutional -- as a "direct" tax, it had to be apportioned among the states according to population... (more)

January 13, 2010

MARC SHEPPARD — On Monday, scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute reported that they'd measured sea temperatures beneath an East Antarctic ice shelf and found no signs of warming whatsoever... (more)

January 13, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — A political correspondent is making waves with his stern warning that Democrats are scheming to manipulate the electoral process this election year by implementing a federal mandate to involuntarily register millions of people to vote -- making the system ripe for unprecedented fraud and abuse... (more)

January 13, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The Supreme Court on Wednesday indefinitely blocked cameras from covering the high-profile federal court trial on the constitutionality of California's ban on same-sex marriage... (more)

January 13, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — Despite a commanding election win some 14 months ago, a new Quinnipiac University poll shows that more Americans now say Obama is performing "about the same" as or "worse" than President George W. Bush, and that he does not share their views on important issues... (more)

January 13, 2010

CONNIE HAIR — The Democrats are sweating bullets over the special election next Tuesday to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts. State Senator Scott Brown has turned the race into a referendum on the Democrats' proposed takeover of America's health care industry, unabashedly putting himself forth as the 41st vote that will stop the so-called health care reform bill from passing the Senate... (more)

January 13, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Massachusetts's top election official says it could take weeks to certify the results of the upcoming U.S. Senate special election. That delay could let President Barack Obama preserve a key 60th vote for his health care overhaul even if the Republican who has vowed to kill it wins Democrat Edward M. Kennedy's former seat... (more)

January 13, 2010

WALTER E. WILLIAMS — Manmade global warming, for many, is an Earth-worshipping religion. The essential feature of any religion is that its pronouncements are to be accepted on the basis of faith as opposed to hard evidence. Questioning those pronouncements makes one a sinner... (more)

January 13, 2010

ANN COULTER — The recently released book Game Change reports that Sen. Harry Reid said America would vote for Barack Obama because he was a "light-skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one"... (more)

January 12, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — At the annual March for Life Jan. 22, pro-life groups will use the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision to raise the profile of "personhood"... (more)

January 12, 2010

DAVID LIMBAUGH — Could we all agree that we are doomed as a nation if President Barack Obama continues his deficit spending at unprecedented levels? Can you think of any reason, then, to justify this spending? Oh, our president says it's to jump-start the economy? Sorry, that dog won't hunt. So what's his real motive?... (more)

January 12, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — In step with the title of her No. 1 best-seller "Going Rogue," former GOP vice-presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin is skipping the traditional summit for conservatives this year, the Conservative Political Action Conference, while planning to speak at a tea party event... (more)

January 12, 2010

HUMAN EVENTS — Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb) was one of the holdouts blocking Senate passage of the president's health care "reform" measure. His pro-life stance seemed a show-stopper but after some language was added -- weaker than the House "Stupak" provision which clearly blocks federal funding of abortion -- Nelson was on the fence... (more)

January 12, 2010

CHUCK COLSON — The new year is normally a time of optimism. And after a rocky 2009, certainly hopes should be high for a better year ahead. But that's not the mood of the people as we begin 2010. Not since the dark days of Watergate and Vietnam do I recall a time when the American people were more pessimistic... (more)

January 11, 2010

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Prior to President Obama's most recent TV appearance to discuss the failed Christmas Day attempt to blow up an international flight at Detroit, his White House minions promised "shocking" revelations in the president's announcement... (more)