March 16, 2011

MICHAEL BARONE — The weakest part of our political system is the presidential-nomination process. And it's not coincidental that it's the part of the federal system that finds least guidance in the Constitution. There is no provision in the Constitution that says that Iowa and New Hampshire vote first... (more)

March 16, 2011

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS — House Republicans are escalating their war against National Public Radio, calling for an "emergency" meeting Wednesday to consider a bill that would strip the organization of federal funds... (more)

March 16, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — The devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan couldn't have been caused by purported man-made global warming. This reality hasn't stopped environmental alarmists from trying to exploit the tragedy to bolster their sagging cause. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake was the worst to hit Japan since detailed records have been kept... (more)

March 16, 2011

NEWSMAX — Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who along with 53 of her GOP colleagues voted against the three-week stopgap spending measure the House passed Tuesday, says the extent of no votes shows the Republican Party is listening to the American people. Bachmann Tuesday also said that most Americans want Congress to give "the boot to Obamacare"... (more)

March 16, 2011

NEWSMAX — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is one of many Republicans who blame President Barack Obama for higher gasoline prices, saying that's exactly what his energy policy was meant to achieve, Politico reports.... (more)

March 16, 2011

L. BRENT BOZELL III — In the public policy conversation today, there is nothing funnier than hearing the leadership of National Public Radio deny there's a liberal bias at play over there. Even when the Daily Caller posted sting video of their top fundraiser Ron Schiller describing America as remarkably under-educated and the Republicans as ruined by racist, gun-toting, phony Christians, NPR's reaction was repeating Sentence One: Who, us, biased?... (more)

March 16, 2011

MICHAEL TANNER — For the second time this month, Congress has passed a short-term continuing resolution and avoid a government shutdown. And for the second time, this was accomplished at the cost of dropping a provision that would have prevented the use of government funds to implement Obamacare... (more)

March 16, 2011

ERNEST ISTOOK — It's untouchable. That's the treatment Congress is giving to the $23.6 billion being spent right now to implement ObamaCare. This $23.6 billion is the current portion of the $105.5 billion appropriated by the last Congress to fund ObamaCare... (more)

March 15, 2011

LONDON DAILY MAIL — The rapid growth of smartphones and electronic tablets is making the internet favourite for people seeking news, a report released today said. News consumption online increased 17 per cent last year from the year before, the project said in its eighth annual State of the News Media survey... (more)

March 15, 2011

REUTERS — Calls by President Barack Obama's administration to meet with all sides to discuss making gun laws more effective are politically motivated, the National Rifle Association's top executive said Tuesday. The White House said Monday that the Justice Department is reaching out to "stakeholders on all sides of the issue... (more)

March 15, 2011

FRANK GAFFNEY — It is not every day that Congress breaks a major taboo and, in so doing, performs a real service to the nation. Last Thursday, however, was one such day when Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, demonstrated impressive leadership in conducting a four-hour hearing on "extremism" in the American Muslim community... (more)

March 15, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — Some of the most far-out anti-gun laws are found on the left coast, but that could change - for privileged politicians. A California state Senate committee will consider a bill next week that grants legislators permission to carry concealed firearms... (more)

March 15, 2011

NEWSMAX — Longtime Rep. Joe Barton tells Newsmax that the United States could cut the price of gasoline in half in the long term if the federal government permitted more domestic oil drilling... (more)

March 15, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — Administration officials are determined to grab hold of the Internet - for your protection. The latest scheme will be the subject of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday on "The State of Online Consumer Privacy"... (more)

March 15, 2011

CNSNEWS.COM — Likely Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain supports ending all federal funding to Planned Parenthood, an abortion business that he said was founded to target African Americans and is continuing that mission... (more)

March 15, 2011

HUMAN EVENTS — An agency spent $517 million to promote industrial development in impoverished areas, but an official review "could not find any evidence" it had "a significant impact" on poverty, so the government will cut its funding... (more)

March 14, 2011

REP. STEVE KING — Agreement is almost universal that the new healthcare law is overcomplicated. And it was made that way on purpose to prevent lawmakers from changing it, says Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa... (more)

March 14, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Two years into its pledge to improve government transparency, the Obama administration handled fewer requests for federal records from citizens, journalists, companies and others last year even as significantly more people asked for information... (more)

March 14, 2011

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — President Barack Obama exhibits very little to none of the biblical teachings of the Judeo-Christian faith. To this day, he has not become a member of any of the Christian churches in Washington, D.C.... (more)

March 14, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — There were some dramatic and silly moments at the congressional hearings on Radical Islam's war against America this past week. Homeland Security Committee Chairman Pete King (R-N.Y.) deserves our thanks for getting the much anticipated probe off the ground; especially given that his life has been threatened as he now has police protection — not at his request... (more)