October 6, 2010

SEN. JIM DEMINT — Some companies have a policy that once someone is fired, they aren't allowed back on the premises out of fear they might do further damage to the company. It's too bad Congress doesn't have the same policy. Because before they're replaced in January, all of the Democrats who are put out of a job in November will be able to come back and rob the nation blind... (more)

October 6, 2010

POLITICO — In a new twist in the fight over Arizona's immigration law, Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday asked a federal court to disallow foreign governments from joining the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit to overturn the law... (more)

October 6, 2010

REUTERS — Republicans could keep their promises to stop healthcare reform even if they cannot repeal it, simply by blocking legislation needed to pay for it, one expert argued Wednesday... (more)

October 6, 2010

POLITICO — On a chilly January morning in Erie, Pa., members of the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List stood outside Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper's office to thank her for opposing a health care bill that didn't include stringent abortion restrictions... (more)

October 6, 2010

NATIONAL REVIEW — Our recent editorial making the case for preserving the institution of marriage as the union of a man and a woman has drawn predictably indignant responses from Andrew Sullivan, Amy Davidson (a writer for The New Yorker), and Jonathan Rauch. The last of these writers, when not sputtering, comes close to making a counterargument... (more)

October 5, 2010

POLITICO — Six months ago, as the Republican base lined up against the Democratic health care overhaul, Mitt Romney stood by his signature achievement as Massachusetts governor, a comprehensive health care law that served as a model for the national program... (more)

October 5, 2010

NAT HENTOFF — Before his forced resignation, President Richard Nixon declared, "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal." Our current chief executive, however, speaking this year at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, said of our terrorist enemies: "They may seek to exploit our freedoms, but we will not sacrifice the liberties we cherish or hunker down behind walls of suspicion and distrust"... (more)

October 5, 2010

PAUL KENGOR — When you write a book, particularly one that requires several years of research, you tend to encounter a bunch of unexpected information. Sometimes you find things that, if reported, will undoubtedly prompt partisans to demand you explain yourself. For me, this begins that process of explaining, given that one of the major characters in my new book on American Communists, Dupes, is Frank Marshall Davis... (more)

October 5, 2010

NEWSMAX — The tea party movement represents all that is great about the United States, and the Obama administration reflects many of the nation's worst attributes, says Daniel Hannan, a British politician who is a member of the European Parliament... (more)

October 5, 2010

REUTERS — Many supporters of the conservative Tea Party movement that has shaken up politics share the same views as the Christian right on social issues like abortion and the role of religion in public life, according to a poll released Tuesday... (more)

October 5, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — Almost 23 million American households have already had their federal taxes raised by an average of $3,900 this year, but they may not know it yet. They could get a big surprise when they prepare their tax returns next year... (more)

October 5, 2010

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — Democrats running in November's midterm US elections have made slight gains, according to a poll published on Tuesday, which nevertheless showed Republicans retaining a big lead ahead of next month's vote... (more)

October 4, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — President Obama's Department of Education, where Secretary Arne Duncan appointed a longtime homosexual activist who was part of the sometimes-violent Act Up organization to head his "safe schools" office, now is proposing to force colleges and universities to submit to a political agenda, according to critics... (more)

October 4, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — Islamists say the Koran is destined to rule America. In fact, the Muslim takeover of the White House is not just an unfolding action plan but a directive from Muhammad himself... (more)

October 4, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — Defenders of the First Amendment are worried about the Supreme Court term that opened yesterday. With potentially explosive First Amendment cases on the docket, new Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is in prime position to push odd and dangerous ideas about free speech... (more)

October 4, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — Four billboard trucks bearing the message "Stop the Liberal Bias, Tell the Truth!" began circling the Manhattan headquarters of ABC, CBS, NBC, and the New York Times on Friday... (more)

October 4, 2010

LAUREN LEVIN — Vice President Joe Biden recently announced that "there's no possibility to restore 8 million jobs lost in the Great Recession." In essence, Biden is admitting that despite all the profligate spending and redistribution of wealth that are the hallmarks of the Obama Administration--with its massive inter-generational deficits--Obamanomics is a failure... (more)

October 4, 2010

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS — Who rules the "tea party"? Is it Sarah Palin and her lunchpail brand of God, guns and the Constitution? Is it Dick Armey, the former House majority leader who danced to his own tune and was the mastermind behind the GOP's Contract with America? Or is the tea party led by a few private megafunders -- a George Soros clan of the conservative movement?... (more)

October 4, 2010

POWER LINE BLOG — Global warming alarmism is not science. It is a toxic combination of pseudo-religion and totalitarian politics. To the extent that there is any debate over climate science--the alarmists run from debate like vampires fleeing garlic--the "skeptics" always win... (more)

October 4, 2010

CONNIE HAIR — A crowd of about one trillion people attended the hard-left progressive One Nation rally on the Mall Saturday in Washington, D.C. Leave aside for a moment that there are around seven billion people inhabiting the entire planet... (more)