June 14, 2010

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — As a phenomenon, political dirty tricks should shock no one in the adult world. Nonetheless, not every political precinct is in Chicago, and there is less tolerance for that way of attracting votes in some places than in others... (more)

June 13, 2010

JIM KOURI — An enraged supporter of President Barack Obama attacked former congressional candidate Nathan Tabor during a Tea Party demonstration in North Carolina... (more)

June 13, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Fired-up Republican activists in no mood for compromises threw out their party chairwoman Saturday, then bucked Texas Gov. Rick Perry by pushing for a crackdown on illegal immigration similar to Arizona's new law... (more)

June 12, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — A skirmish is breaking out on the right just when key components of the Republican coalition - the fiscal, social and national-defense conservatives - appeared to have a tacit agreement to focus on economic issues going into the 2010 midterm elections... (more)

June 12, 2010

CHRISTIAN POST — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday vetoed what some called one of the strongest pro-life measures in the state's history... (more)

June 12, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The lawyers in the landmark federal trial over the constitutionality of California's gay marriage ban may have to check their dazzling oratory at the courtroom door during next week's closing arguments... (more)

June 12, 2010

MONA CHAREN — Newly minted Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle is a kook: That's what Sen. Harry Reid's people are telling reporters. ABC, CNN, and other outlets seem to agree, noting that Mrs. Angle wants to shutter the federal Department of Education, get the U.S. out of the U.N., phase out Social Security, and eliminate the IRS... (more)

June 12, 2010

CONNIE HAIR — Senate Democrats yesterday voted to empower unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), trial lawyers and activist judges to enact Obama's cap and trade national energy tax through regulation and against the will of the American people... (more)

June 12, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — A college instructor who worked as a senior elections clerk for the city and county of Honolulu in 2008 is making the stunning claim Barack Obama was definitely not born in Hawaii as the White House maintains... (more)

June 12, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The tea party movement shows some growing pains, but it still wields remarkable powers to shape the Republican Party and set up a fall election with unconventional candidates and stark choices for voters... (more)

June 12, 2010

JOHN R. LOTT JR. — It wasn't supposed to happen in England, with its very strict gun-control laws. And yet last week, Derrick Bird shot twelve people to death and wounded eleven others in the northwestern county of Cumbria. A headline in the London Times read: "Toughest laws in the world could not stop Cumbria tragedy"... (more)

June 12, 2010

MICHAEL REAGAN — As we pass the 50-day mark of the terrible oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, it seems like the more things change the more they stay the same. As I have previously discussed, sometimes terrible tragedies occur for which even the most diligent administrations cannot prepare... (more)

June 11, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Harry Reid faces one wild-card factor in November's election: None of the above. Nearly 11 percent of voters in Nevada's Democratic primary last week chose "none" over Reid, reflecting a sense of frustration within his own party over the Senate majority leader's performance... (more)

June 11, 2010

NY DAILY NEWS — Twisted Taliban militants took terror to a new low by accusing a 7-year-old boy of spying - and hanging him high. That outrage drew immediate condemnation from the Afghan president, who called the execution a "crime against humanity"... (more)

June 11, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — The American public thinks the federal government's debt is as much a threat to the future of the country as terrorism, a new Gallup survey finds. The same survey also shows that the public trusts Republicans more than Democrats on both issues... (more)

June 11, 2010

CHRISTIAN POST — A little-known amendment that would allow abortions at military hospitals is advancing in Congress. Tucked inside the massive Pentagon policy bill is a provision that would lift the ban on privately-funded, elective abortions at military hospitals... (more)

June 11, 2010

CNET NEWS — A new U.S. Senate bill would grant the president far-reaching emergency powers to seize control of or even shut down portions of the Internet... (more)

June 11, 2010

CARRIE SEVERINO — Last Friday afternoon the first batch of documents from the Clinton Library were released, giving the public the first insights into Elena Kagan's work for the Clinton White House. We made a preliminary review of the documents available Friday evening, but here is an update after a few more days of reading through the nearly 47,000 pages... (more)

June 11, 2010

RICH GALEN — After proclaiming loudly that the GOP's tough immigration stance was going to really, really hurt them among Hispanic voters, Democrats have finally looked at some polling and decided that to a great degree the country agrees with the Republican position... (more)

June 10, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — Another lawsuit has been filed against "Obamacare," the president's plan to give government more control over health care, which was adopted by Congress and signed into law over the opposition of a majority of Americans... (more)