May 5, 2011

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — "When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting." -- Proverbs 11:10. Should God's people consider mourning the death of Osama bin Laden? One wonders how people of faith should appropriately respond to his demise... (more)

May 4, 2011

THE ATLANTIC — The White House Tuesday blamed "the fog of war" for conflicting statements in its recounting of the events surrounding the Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but the history of misstatements from U.S. government officials about various combat operations raises questions about whether briefers also were subjecting us to a counterterrorism strategy and not just completely confused in their initial statements... (more)

May 4, 2011

JOSEPH FARAH — So I'm listening to Sean Hannity in my car in New York recently, and he's interviewing "The Architect" Karl Rove. I love Sean, but he's always interviewing Rove ... and Newt Gingrich ... and Dick Morris. Normally I tune out for these immersions in conventional wisdom. "The Architect"?... (more)

May 4, 2011

POLITICO — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday publicly revised the administration's account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, telling reporters that the Al Qaeda leader wasn't armed during the assault and didn't use one of his wives as a shield... (more)

May 4, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The states challenging the federal health care overhaul have filed a brief urging a U.S. appeals court to strike down the law. The filing by 26 of the 50 states on Wednesday asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to uphold a federal judge's ruling that the changes were unconstitutional... (more)

May 4, 2011

CNSNEWS.COM — The House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would set as permanent law the prohibition against taxpayer funding for abortion -- except in cases or rape, incest, or when the mother's life is at risk -- which is usually attached to congressional appropriations through the Hyde Amendment each year... (more)

May 4, 2011

NEWSMAX — After several failed attempts in recent years, Texas lawmakers were able to approve legislation Tuesday authorizing "choose life" specialty license plates. The measure has passed the Texas Senate and now goes to Gov. Rick Perry, who is expected to sign it into law... (more)

May 4, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — A year after suing Arizona over its tough immigration law, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told Congress on Tuesday that his department is prepared to sue Utah for going the other way and creating its own guest-worker program - though he is giving the state some time to change its law... (more)

May 4, 2011

NEWSMAX — The America Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit in Utah to try to stop the state's recently enacted immigration enforcement law... (more)

May 3, 2011

CNSNEWS.COM — Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., told a House subcommittee today that in one U.S. attorney's district in Texas illegal aliens are allowed to be caught crossing the border 7 times before they are charged with a misdeamanor and 14 times before they are charged with a felony... (more)

May 3, 2011

W. THOMAS SMITH JR. — Barack Obama may well be the proverbial rooster trying to take credit for the sunrise. But in the case of the elite U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command Development Group's killing of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, credit should rest with America's special operations forces and their years of planning and near 10-year commitment to eliminating bin Laden... (more)

May 3, 2011

WORLDNETDAILY — Did President Obama allude to the targeting of Osama bin Laden in remarks he made last week regarding the release of his long-form birth certificate? Last Wednesday, the White House posted online a copy of Obama's long-form birth certificate from the state of Hawaii... (more)

May 3, 2011

ABC NEWS — Video of Osama bin Laden's dead body being dropped into the North Arabian Sea from the USS Carl Vinson early this morning could be made public, according to officials. The 40-minute ceremony, and perhaps photos of his corpse, will be released "cautiously," according to The Associated Press, citing two Pentagon officials... (more)

May 3, 2011

WORLDNETDAILY — The death of Osama bin Laden will bring a "new era of jihad," predicted British extremist cleric Anjem Choudary. Warning there are motivated jihadists "in the heart of America," Choudary said al-Qaida will likely carry out revenge operations with "meticulous accuracy" and "devastating affect" comparable to that of the 9/11 attacks... (more)

May 2, 2011

FRANK J. GAFFNEY JR. — The liquidation of Osama bin Laden is a cause for full-throated national celebration. It must also be the occasion for a redirection of our efforts to wage and win what has been misnamed the war on terrorism. At last, we must recognize the struggle we are in for what it is - the war for the Free World - and begin taking allthe steps necessary to win it, not just some of them... (more)

May 2, 2011

ORLANDO SENTINEL — Actor Jim Caviezel, his voice sometimes cracking with emotion, spoke of being "rejected in my own industry," the problems of his friend Mel Gibson and his son's cancer in an appearance Saturday night at First Baptist Church of Orlando... (more)

May 2, 2011

DICK MORRIS — If the same methodology that was used in 1980 to chronicle the double digit inflation of that era were in use today, we would have an inflation rate of ten percent right now, according to Shadow Government Statistics... (more)

May 2, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Two very horrifying 21st century problems are front and center this week. They are inextricably linked. It is urgent that we deal with one -- Obamacare -- in part because failure to do so would threaten to exacerbate the second problem -- our national debt... (more)