June 17, 2010

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The recent departure of Helen Thomas from the White House press corps struck a blow in favor of good journalism that has taken a battering in recent years partly because of this grand dame of Washington scribes... (more)

June 16, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a $140 billion taxes and spending package in a resounding defeat for President Obama and Democratic leaders that signaled the era of freewheeling stimulus spending is giving way to greater concern for deficits... (more)

June 16, 2010

REUTERS — President Barack Obama's muted call for comprehensive energy legislation failed to sway a hesitant Congress on Wednesday, with hopes for approval before November elections fading fast... (more)

June 16, 2010

MICHELLE MALKIN — Here is the Obama Disaster Management Theory: In times of crisis, you can never have enough unelected, un-vetted political appointees hanging around. Nearly two months after the BP oil spill, the White House will now name an oil spill restoration point person to oversee recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico... (more)

June 16, 2010

JOHN GIZZI — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer scolded Atty. Gen. Eric Holder for holding open the prospect of a lawsuit when Arizona is already facing five legal challenges over the state's new immigration law... (more)

June 16, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Tuesday that President Barack Obama is exceeding his legitimate constitutional authority in telling BP it must set up an independent fund, not controlled by the company, for compensating victims of the Gulf oil spill... (more)

June 16, 2010

WALTER E. WILLIAMS — George Orwell admonished, "Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious." That's what I want to do -- talk about the obvious. Suppose that a person is faced with the choice of spending $50,000 on a brand-new car or paying two years worth of college tuition for his 18-year-old... (more)

June 16, 2010

DICK MORRIS — Jon Leibowitz, chairman of Barack Obama's Federal Trade Commission, is at the epicenter of a quiet movement to subsidize news organizations, a first step toward government control of the media. In our book, "2010: Take Back America -- A Battle Plan," we reported that he had commissioned a study to examine plans for a federal subsidy for news organizations... (more)

June 16, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — More than 60 percent of U.S. voters are "angry" at the media -- and many think most reporters are trying to help President Obama pass his agenda, according to a new Rasmussen poll. Sixty-six percent of the voters described themselves as at least "somewhat angry" at the media, including 33 percent who said they are "very angry" at the news outlets... (more)

June 16, 2010

POLITICO — A Republican effort to repeal the individual mandate in the Democrats' health care overhaul failed Tuesday afternoon on a largely partisan vote. Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, the top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee, called for the repeal under a "motion to recommit"... (more)

June 15, 2010

KEVIN JACKSON — When slavery is implemented by force, it is certainly a despicable institution. But is it any less despicable when the slaves are there by choice? The interesting point about slavery is that whether it's forced or voluntary, the master is responsible for the slaves. The master feeds, clothes, and cares for his slaves, some masters better than others... (more)

June 15, 2010

PAT BUCHANAN — Even lifelong Democratic pol Steny Hoyer, majority leader of the U.S. House, is balking at Barack Obama's latest bailout proposal. "I think there is spending fatigue," said Steny. "It's tough in both houses to get votes." Hoyer was referring to Obama's weekend letter to Capitol Hill calling for a $50 billion bailout of state and city governments, to spare our elected politicians the pain of balancing their budgets with their own tax revenues... (more)

June 15, 2010

CARRIE SEVERINO — Another round of documents from Elena Kagan's time in the Clinton White House was released Friday afternoon, giving further evidence of her decidedly liberal legal and policy positions... (more)

June 15, 2010

CHUCK NORRIS — Last week in Part 1, I discussed a series of evidences about how God is being omitted from American life, culture and politics. In Part 2, I will detail the No. 1 advocate for a godless society: our president... (more)

June 14, 2010

NEWSMAX — A near-record 49 percent of Americans view the Democratic Party as "too liberal," according to a USA Today/Gallup poll that also underscores an increasingly positive view of Republicans... (more)

June 14, 2010

NEWSMAX — President Obama is using the environmental disaster of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as leverage to gain support for the stalled Democratic climate change bill in the Senate... (more)

June 14, 2010

IAIN MURRAY — The Senate undermined its constitutional role last week with a vote that allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The 53 senators favoring this huge delegation of authority to the executive branch disregarded the principle of separation of powers... (more)

June 14, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — A convicted felon and political consultant with close ties to the Obama administration helped provide a blueprint for the president's health-care legislation, a recently released book exposes... (more)

June 14, 2010

POLITICO — The author of Arizona's controversial new immigration law is considering a new proposal that would block the children of illegal immigrants from becoming citizens if they were born in the United States... (more)

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)