November 29, 2010

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — There is a reason we call the current dead men and women walking on Capitol Hill "lame ducks." They have been rejected, discredited, disavowed, and repudiated by their betters -- the voters... (more)

November 28, 2010

ABC NEWS — In a lame-duck session that will be anything but lame, the ties that bind the Democratic Party will be tested anew. The week's big focus will be on the bipartisan summit to be held Tuesday at the White House -- a key indicator of how the president plans to govern under the new reality imposed by voters in the midterm elections... (more)

November 28, 2010

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Although fixing the economy is the top priority, Republicans who won greater control of state governments in this month's election are considering how to pursue action on a range of social issues, including abortion, gun rights and even divorce laws... (more)

November 28, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — With President Obama blaming his party's midterm losses, at least in part, on his failure to change the way Washington works, transparency advocates say now is the time for him to follow through on a slew of unfulfilled pledges he made during the 2008 campaign... (more)

November 28, 2010

KATIE TARAN — The American people sent a message to Washington, D.C., two weeks ago, and more than 200 participants descended on Santa Barbara, California from November 12 to 13 to learn how to send the same message to their professors and the Obama administration... (more)

November 28, 2010

CHUCK COLSON — If you're like me, you typically associate national security with diplomacy, intelligence, and, of course, the military. That's why I was intrigued by a recent conference at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University. The conference was called "Religious Freedom and National Security Policy"... (more)

November 28, 2010

HAROLD WITKOV — Once upon a time, there lived a vain Emperor. Because he was a man of little substance, he knew he had to project a grand image to fool his subjects. Consequently, he was forever talking with raised chin, dressing in elegant clothes, and just acting pompously in general... (more)

November 27, 2010

THE HILL — The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over the past few days, according to TorrentFreak.... (more)

November 27, 2010

ROGER HEDGECOCK — Just in time to avoid the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner, students at the University of Texas, Austin, staged a hunger strike to support Congressional approval of the DREAM Act. Student activists want you to believe that they are taking a stand for "fairness" and "justice," but the DREAM Act is a turkey designed to amnesty most illegals and force you to subsidize their U.S. college education... (more)

November 27, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — Today, U.N. negotiators will begin two weeks of meetings in Cancun, Mexico, looking for a way to move the climate action agenda forward, impose global carbon emissions caps and compel countries to pay a series of new international taxes to underwrite environmental programs. Maybe they'll get what they want when hell freezes over... (more)

November 27, 2010

THE HILL — A decision this week by a federal judge in Ohio marks at least the third time a legal challenge to Democrats' healthcare law has been allowed to go forward, underscoring the extent to which the legal push for repeal is gaining momentum... (more)

November 27, 2010

WASHINGTON TIMES — Whew. Liberals are breathing a sigh of relief after the Associated Press released a poll this past week showing that Tea Partiers are out of step with the rest of America. Doctrinaire liberal: "We just knew those people were wacko. Now we have proof"... (more)

November 27, 2010

REP. DARRELL ISSA — In his January 1989 farewell address to the nation, President Reagan warned, "Man is not free unless government is limited. ... There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts." Earlier this month, we saw countless Americans heed Mr. Reagan's warning, turning out in droves to cast their vote in defense of liberty... (more)

November 26, 2010

PEGGY NOONAN — A reporter covering the president's trip to Indiana this week said Mr. Obama was visiting the heartland in part to get out of the presidential bubble. I'm sure this was true. Presidents always get to the point where they want to escape Washington, and their lives, and their jobs. But they never can... (more)

November 26, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — It isn't only happening in airports. American citizens have been subjected to potentially dangerous, super-sensitive body scanners in train stations, sports arenas, and even while they're driving down public streets -- and images of their virtually nude bodies allegedly may be stored on computer hard drives... (more)

November 26, 2010

WORLDNETDAILY — Want to know how the lame ducks in Congress plan to "cut" federal spending -- which seemed to be a dominating theme of the 2010 elections? They're proposing a plan to take upwards of $44 billion a year from taxpayers and hand it over to illegal aliens who are in the United States so they can go to college... (more)

November 26, 2010

DEROY MURDOCK — As Americans fly this Thanksgiving holiday, critics of new security measures are arriving at airports in kilts. Subsequent pat downs will be enhanced, indeed. Pre-flight screening has moved from safety to comedy. Before it devolves into tragedy, officials should start profiling terrorists... (more)

November 26, 2010

MICHELE BACHMANN — Nearly four centuries ago, a group of settlers seeking religious freedoms, known as the Pilgrims, marked their thankfulness to God for countless blessings with a Thanksgiving celebration. The Pilgrims came to this land by believing in the establishment of a new colony so their children could grow up without needless interference from the government and come to know true liberty... (more)

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 25, 2010

RENEWAMERICA — In a Thanksgiving message issued through Declaration Alliance, former Reagan UN ambassador Alan Keyes said America's problems are the result of four decades of moral decline. "The stinging truth [is]: America's many problems stem above all from 40 years of faithlessness, of failure to live fully, openly, and unashamedly in righteousness as we are called [by God] to do"... (more)