May 12, 2010

CAL THOMAS — We are told by no less than President Obama and supporters of his nominee to the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, that she "loves the law." I love my cat, but what does loving the law mean for the court, for the law and for the public? What is the law? Is it a game played by insiders who went to Harvard (or Yale) law schools... (more)

May 12, 2010

JAMES W. ELY JR. — In seeking a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, President Obama indicated that he wanted to name someone in the Stevens mold. Among the qualities of Justice Stevens that Mr. Obama hoped to find in a successor, the president noted "a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the American people"... (more)

May 12, 2010

DAVID KUPELIAN — I'm haunted by the story of Taryn Hathaway, the 13-year-old Salinas, Calif., girl who reportedly was told by her art teacher at Gavilan View Middle School that her lovely drawing of the American flag with the words "God Bless America" inscribed on it was "offensive"... (more)

May 12, 2010

NEWSMAX — Republicans have recaptured voters who had drifted from the party in recent elections, dramatically increasing the GOP's potential for a strong comeback in November's mid-term campaign, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll... (more)

May 12, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Los Angeles on Wednesday became the largest city yet to boycott Arizona over its tough new law targeting illegal immigration in a move that likely will affect some $8 million in contracts with the state... (more)

May 12, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Reacting to the surprise announcement that congressional budget referees now predict healthcare reform could top $1 trillion, the Obama administration threatened Wednesday to veto parts of its own healthcare bill... (more)

May 12, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The Obama administration argues in its first court response to a challenge against the new health care law that Congress can require Americans to buy health insurance... (more)

May 12, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — In her undergraduate thesis at Princeton, President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, lamented the decline of socialism in the country as "sad" for those who still hope to "change America"... (more)

May 12, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — Two weeks after the Supreme Court said it could stay, the Mojave Cross war memorial has been ripped out of and stolen from its rocky embankment in the California desert. Thieves sawed through the welded bolts securing the 8-foot pipe-and-concrete cross to its platform atop Sunrise Rock in the Mojave National Preserve late Sunday or early Monday... (more)

May 11, 2010

CONNIE HAIR — Incumbent Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) was ousted Saturday from his state's Republican primary by caucus voters fed up with big government spending, "stimulus," bailouts and the passage of Obamacare -- for starters. His ouster from the primary is proof GOP voters are not limiting their ire to Democrats... (more)

May 11, 2010

JEROME R. CORSI — Two private investigators working independently are asking why President Obama is using a Social Security number set aside for applicants in Connecticut while there is no record he ever had a mailing address in the state... (more)

May 11, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — By a 96-0 vote, the Senate today passed an amendment to the financial reform bill that would force the Federal Reserve to disclose certain records, but falls short of the full audit requirement passed by the House last year... (more)

May 11, 2010

THOMAS SOWELL — One of the many fashionable notions that have caught on among some of the intelligentsia is that old people have "a duty to die," rather than become a burden to others. This is more than just an idea discussed around a seminar table. Already the government-run medical system in Britain is restricting what medications or treatments it will authorize for the elderly... (more)

May 11, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown plans to quit his post within the next 24 hours rather than in September as he previously announced, according to Britain's Sky News. Brown said during a news conference Tuesday that he was resigning in hopes of keeping his beleaguered Labour Party in power after it was punished in a national election in hopes the third-place Liberal Democrats will join his party in a coalition government... (more)

May 11, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — President Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court seat is elevating touchy social issues in an election year, just as the tea party is showing how volatile and unpredictable the political landscape has become... (more)

May 11, 2010

NEWSMAX — Conservative activist and commentator Phyllis Schlafly says President Obama owes the American people an apology for lowering the nation's moral tenor and marginalizing Christianity... (more)

May 11, 2010

DENNIS PRAGER — While it cannot be proven, there is little reason to doubt that many on the left are disappointed that the Times Square bomber didn't turn out to be the "white male" he was originally thought to be. This allegation may be wrong, but it is made on the basis of compelling evidence... (more)

May 11, 2010

CHRISTOPHER WOLFE — The oft-noted fault line of the conservative movement lies between economic conservatives and libertarians, on one hand, and social or cultural conservatives, on the other. The usual requirement for broad conservative electoral success is a "fusion" of these two wings... (more)

May 11, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — Since switching parties in 2009, Sen. Arlen Specter seemed to hold all the keys to winning his first Democratic Party nomination: the blessing of President Obama and Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, Ed Rendell, financial support from his new team and a commanding lead in polls... (more)

May 10, 2010

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Two events of the past week serve as warnings to Americans: jealously guard your freedom of speech -- it is your right under the first Amendment. Some government is of course necessary. But never forget it is the nature of government to want to curb the right of dissent... (more)