May 16, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — So some social workers tell us "Children never lie" about sexual abuse? Garbage! Totally discredited herewith: Dr. Richard A. Gardner, a Columbia University professor of child psychiatry, is skeptical of the practice of many Child Protective Service (CPS) workers who describe their job as that of "validators"... (more)

May 16, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — After months of flirting with politics, Donald Trump said Monday he won't run for president, choosing to stick with hosting "The Celebrity Apprentice" over entering the race for the Republican nomination... (more)

May 15, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Mike Huckabee's decision to forgo a shot at the presidency further muddies the field for a worthy Republican challenger to President Barack Obama, and leaves America's social conservatives without a clear candidate to throw their support behind... (more)

May 15, 2011

DAVID LIMBAUGH — Can you imagine how insufferable President Obama would be about his record in office if he actually had abundant positive accomplishments? Have we ever seen a starker contrast between a politician's record and his self-assessment of it?... (more)

May 14, 2011

PATRICK GARRY, RA ANALYST — The advice of my grandmother, whom no one would call a spontaneous optimist, was: Be careful of success, because there's always a failure somewhere in it. The public relations corollary of that advice might be: If you boast too much about your successes, people will eventually begin to see the failures... (more)

May 14, 2011

NEWSMAX — Many Republican congressmen have expressed opposition to an increase in the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. And a new Gallup poll shows Republican voters feel the same way... (more)

May 14, 2011

POLITICO — President Barack Obama has ordered photos of Osama bin Laden's dead body to be kept secret, but a growing number of news organizations, conservative groups and transparency activists are pushing for their release -- pitting the public's right to know against fears of inciting anti-American violence... (more)

May 13, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Kansas legislators approved restrictions on private insurance coverage for abortions and adopted a state budget stripping funds from a Planned Parenthood affiliate, capping a string of victories Friday for abortion opponents only four months after sympathetic Gov. Sam Brownback took office... (more)

May 13, 2011

ROBERT KNIGHT — In Wymore, Conn., voters got fed up with a councilman who kept leaving meetings. So, on Tuesday, they voted him out in a recall election. It's part of a nationwide pattern as people discover that they don't have to wait until the next election to throw the bums out... (more)

May 13, 2011

REUTERS — Georgia's Republican governor signed Friday a tough new state law cracking down on illegal immigrants that is similar to one enacted in Arizona last year, handing new powers to police in the southern U.S. state... (more)

May 13, 2011

FOX NEWS — When liberal investor George Soros gave $1.8 million to National Public Radio, it became part of the firestorm of controversy that jeopardized NPR's federal funding. But that gift only hints at the widespread influence the controversial billionaire has on the mainstream media... (more)

May 13, 2011

MICHELLE MALKIN — If you listen to the passengers and crew who flew on American Airlines Flight 1561 last weekend, there's no doubt about what happened on their harrowing trip: A Yemeni man shrieking "Allahu akbar!" at the top of his lungs more than 30 times rushed the cockpit door twice intending to take down the plane and kill everyone on board... (more)

May 13, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The more Republicans get to know their potential White House candidates, the less happy they are with their choices. It's not that they dislike the individual candidates. They just give them a collective shrug as possible opponents for President Barack Obama... (more)

May 13, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Republican Mitt Romney outlined a national health care plan Thursday that would empower states to decide coverage rules, spelling out differences with President Barack Obama's overhaul but refusing to renounce his own Massachusetts law that was a precursor to Obama's... (more)

May 13, 2011

JEROME R. CORSI — A growing list of apparent anomalies in the Obama long-form birth certificate released by the White House continues to fuel suspicion that the document is a crude, computer-generated forgery. The Hawaii Department of Health and the White House have insisted that the document made public April 27 after nearly three years of public demand is genuine... (more)

May 13, 2011

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER — Constructive and civil debate -- like the one Obama initiated just four weeks ago on deficit reduction? The speech in which he accused the Republicans of abandoning families of autistic and Down syndrome kids? The debate in which Obama's secretary of health and human services said that the Republican plan would make old folks "die sooner"?... (more)

May 12, 2011

NEWSMAX — Invoking a provision of tax law that has rarely been enforced, the Internal Revenue Service is moving on big political contributors who could owe millions of dollars in contributions to nonprofit advocacy groups playing an increasing role in American politics, The New York Times reports... (more)

May 12, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — House Republicans controlling the Transportation Security Administration's purse strings are moving to cut off new funding for those advanced airport scanners that have sparked outrage over their revealing images of travelers' bodies... (more)

May 12, 2011

NEWSMAX — The killing of Osama bin Laden is a great feat for the U.S. Navy SEALs, but its overcall significance is being "overblown" and it certainly won't end the war on terror, retired Brig. Gen. Albin Irzyk told Newsmax.TV... (more)

May 12, 2011

Did he have pre-9/11 attack info?

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Hussain Al-Hussaini's comments to his therapist suggest there is much he knows about the Oklahoma City bombing that he has not revealed to the authorities -- and about which the FBI has avoided asking him... (more)

May 12, 2011

REUTERS — Republicans planned sharp cuts to foreign aid and education on Wednesday, while Democrats weighed a tax hike on millionaires, highlighting the yawning divide between the two parties in the budget debate... (more)