February 24, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — As far back as the 2008 presidential campaign, then-candidate Barack Obama let slip a vision for his own personal civilian army. Not to protect you and me from enemies of this country, which is his number one constitutional responsibility... (more)

February 24, 2011

PATRICK GARRY — A great struggle is taking place in Wisconsin. And it is not just over the projected $3.6 billion state budget deficit; it is over the integrity and functioning of our democracy. Tens of thousands of public employees are skipping work to protest Governor Scott Walker's plan to restructure the collective bargaining rights for some public employees... (more)

February 23, 2011

WORLDNETDAILY — One of the main groups organizing the Wisconsin union protests is a spinoff from an activist academy modeled after Marxist community organizer Saul Alinsky and described as teaching tactics of direct action, confrontation and intimidation... (more)

February 23, 2011

CNSNEWS.COM — The Justice Department has announced that it will no longer defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because the president and Attorney General Eric Holder now believe the law is unconstitutional... (more)

February 23, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex civil unions into law Wednesday, calling it "a triumph for everyone" that gay and lesbian couples will have the same state rights as married partners... (more)

February 23, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Wednesday said potential White House rival Mitt Romney should offer an apology for the health care overhaul he oversaw as Massachusetts governor... (more)

February 23, 2011

DEROY MURDOCK — Politically, Americans often use the word "coward" loosely and inaccurately. On Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush condemned al-Qaeda's attack as the work of "a faceless coward." In fact, the 19 hijackers had learned martial arts, bulked themselves up, and then brutally overpowered airline crews in order to kill themselves and 2,980 innocent people -- all in the despicable service of Islamofascism... (more)

February 23, 2011

DICK MORRIS — Democracy is on the line in the streets of Madison, Wis. Will the popularly elected state legislature and governor (both now Republican for the first time in forever) get to run the state or will the union thugocracy, now crowding the streets, prevail?... (more)

February 23, 2011

ROBERT J. THORPE — The Framers anticipated that the U.S. Constitution would need to be amended from time to time, necessitating what James Madison referred to as government's ability "to originate the amendment of errors"... (more)

February 23, 2011

MICHELLE MALKIN — First lady Michelle Obama said, "Let's Move!" Who knew Democratic politicians in Wisconsin and Indiana would take her literally? Faced with stifling debt, bloated pensions and intractable government unions, liberal Midwestern legislators have fled those states -- paralyzing Republican fiscal reform efforts... (more)

February 23, 2011

BLOOMBERG NEWS — The Obama administration's health- care reform law survived a constitutional challenge in federal court in Washington, marking the third U.S. victory against cases seeking to block the measure... (more)

February 23, 2011

MICHAEL GAYNOR — Stanley Kurtz's Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism, officially released on October 19, 2010, is a valuable book, as far it went. It is required reading for people concerned about America's future and cognizant of the need to understand the past in order to cope with the present and shape the future... (more)

February 22, 2011

WORLDNETDAILY — Staff investigators with the House and Senate intelligence committees say they are probing the domestic security threat posed by the radical Muslim Brotherhood and, specifically, whether Brotherhood operatives have penetrated the U.S. government... (more)

February 22, 2011

PAT BUCHANAN — As a large and furious demonstration was under way outside and inside the Capitol in Madison last week, Barack Obama invited in a TV camera crew from Milwaukee and proceeded to fan the flames. Dropping the mask of The Great Compromiser, Obama reverted to his role as South Chicago community organizer, charging Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin legislature with an "assault on unions... (more)

February 22, 2011

JOHN HAYWARD — People are naturally inclined to cultivate valuable resources to improve their lot in life. In a politicized economy, influence is an extremely valuable resource. In fact, as more of the economy falls under political control, influence becomes the most important commodity. What we are witnessing in Wisconsin is the cultivation of this political resource... (more)

February 22, 2011

NEWSMAX — Indiana Republican lawmakers, following the lead of their Wisconsin counterparts, are pushing a proposal to bar unions and companies from negotiation contracts that require non-union members to pay fees, the Indianapolis Star reported Tuesday. House Democrats stalled the proposed law by not attending the legislative session Tuesday, denying the state House the quorum it needs to do business... (more)

February 22, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Dr. Bernard N. Nathanson, an early abortion rights champion who had a change of heart and became a prominent anti-abortion activist, died at the age of 84 in New York City. Nathanson died Monday at his Manhattan home after a long fight with cancer, said his wife, Christine... (more)

February 22, 2011

NEWSMAX — Voters aren't satisfied with Republicans' return to control of the House, according to a new poll by Newsweek/Daily Beast. The survey shows they want the GOP to take over the Senate as well in next year's elections... (more)

February 22, 2011

WALTER E. WILLIAMS — It is truly disgusting for me to hear politicians, national and international talking heads and pseudo-academics praising the Middle East stirrings as democracy movements. We also hear democracy as the description of our own political system. Like the founders of our nation, I find democracy and majority rule a contemptible form of government... (more)

February 21, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The lofty, privileged hear-no-evil see-no-evil advantage that Islamofascism has enjoyed in the United States may soon be a thing of the past. For starters, this likely means a look at the Muslim Brotherhood and Islam's persistent and silent invasion of the U.S.... (more)