November 25, 2010

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — Thanksgiving Day is one of my favorite holidays. It's a time to personally reflect upon every reason one has to feel thankful. As Americans, we're most fortunate to have been born in our beautiful, scenic country. There is not one state that does not simply take your breath away with its special charm... (more)

November 24, 2010

NEWSMAX — Defeating the so-called DREAM Act must be a top priority before it provides an uncontrollable citizenship path to thousands of illegal immigrants, says Republican U.S. Rep. Steve King. On the surface, the act would provide a road to citizenship for students who are illegal immigrants... (more)

November 24, 2010

WALTER E. WILLIAMS — Do federal, state and local governments have a right to intervene in our lives when it comes to choices affecting our health? Recently, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to forbid restaurants from giving gifts with meals that contain too much fat and sugar, a measure aimed at McDonald's Happy Meals... (more)

November 24, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — House Republicans picked up two additional seats this week, winning with "tea party"-backed candidates in New York and Texas to give the party a net gain of 63 seats with two races still undecided. The GOP won in Texas when Democrat and 28-year-incumbent Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz conceded Tuesday to Republican challenger Blake Farenthold in Texas' 27th District, along the state's Gulf Coast... (more)

November 24, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged the United States would defend South Korea after what the White House branded a provocative, outrageous attack by North Korea on its neighbor... (more)

November 24, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Hers was the face on the grainy negative TV ads that helped defeat scores of Democrats. His agenda, re-election chances and legacy are on the line. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, chosen after a messy family feud among Democrats to remain as their leader in the new Congress, and President Barack Obama share a keen interest in repairing their injured party after this month's staggering losses... (more)

November 24, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — Radio host Rush Limbaugh is again calling into question the constitutional eligibility of Barack Obama to serve as president, declaring him to be a phony. "We have an impostor for all intents and purposes serving in the White House," Limbaugh said today... (more)

November 24, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — Is this the case that will break the presidential eligibility question wide open? The Supreme Court conferred today on whether arguments should be heard on the merits of Kerchner v. Obama, a case challenging whether President Barack Obama is qualified to serve as president because he may not be a "natural-born citizen" as required by Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution... (more)

November 24, 2010

NEWSMAX — Not only do a majority of Americans oppose full-body scans and security pat-downs at the nation's airports but also almost half say they will opt for a different mode of traveling when possible instead of submitting to such intrusions, according to a new Zogby Interactive poll... (more)

November 24, 2010

CNSNEWS.COM — Sixty-six percent of American voters favor a proposal to cut federal payrolls by 10 percent over the next decade, a new Rasmussen Reports survey found... (more)

November 23, 2010

LOS ANGELES TIMES — President Obama has passed the Big 4-0 -- going the wrong way. Turns out voters were not simply satisfied to spank the Democrat and his party in the Nov. 2 midterm elections with historic losses in the House of Representatives... (more)

November 23, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — Al Gore's most famous claimed invention, the Internet, has become a thorn in the side of the left. Online shopping protects consumers from having their pockets picked by the tax man... (more)

November 23, 2010

THOMAS SOWELL — No country has better airport security than Israel-- and no country needs it more, since Israel is the most hated target of Islamic extremist terrorists. Yet, somehow, Israeli airport security people don't have to strip passengers naked electronically or have strangers feeling their private parts... (more)

November 23, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Alaska's bitterly contested Senate election went to state court Monday when Republican Joe Miller sued the state over the way write-in ballots for his GOP rival have been counted... (more)

November 23, 2010

DAVID LIMBAUGH — Super-genius political science professor Charles H. Franklin of the University of Wisconsin, Madison recently gave loud voice to a widely held liberal belief: Ordinary Americans, especially conservative ones, are stupid... (more)

November 23, 2010

MARTHA ZOLLER — On the Tuesday before the election, Rep. Tom Price (R--Ga), who is now chair of the Republican Policy Committee, said, "we need to bring bills to the floor (if we take back the Congress) that we don't know what the outcome will be... (more)

November 22, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — It's monstrous to suggest abortions should be easier for minors to procure than other surgical procedures. Enter the American Civil Liberties Union. After losing in federal court, the ACLU has found new ways to delay a 1995 Illinois law requiring parental (or legal guardian) notification before subjecting minors to abortion... (more)

November 22, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — For only the second time, the U.S. government has approved human testing of a treatment using embryonic stem cells -- this time for a rare disease that causes serious vision loss... (more)

November 22, 2010

Economist says hope for the best but prepare for the worst -- think gold

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The following is not a prediction. It is presented as a possible scenario for the near future: The recent move by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to infuse $600 billion of paper money into the economy is seen by the Obama White House -- if not by Bernanke -- as a means of ginning up the economy in time for November 2012... (more)

November 22, 2010

RENEWAMERICA — Last week, former CIA Director James Woolsey headlined a forum at the National Press Club in Washington, sponsored by Freedom Watch and the Foundation for Democracy in Iran... (more)