July 7, 2011

MICHAEL BARONE — It's racially discriminatory to prohibit racial discrimination. That's the bottom line of a decision issued last Friday, just before the Fourth of July weekend, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit... (more)

July 6, 2011

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — A federal court ruled Wednesday the US military had to immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even though the government is weeks away from scrapping the policy... (more)

July 6, 2011

NEWSMAX — Tea party groups are riled about a United Nations environmental initiative that they say smacks of socialism and one-world government... (more)

July 6, 2011

KRIS W. KOBACH — On May 26, for the first time in 35 years, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion on whether states may take action to stop illegal immigration. In Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, the Supreme Court upheld the Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007 against multiple challenges claiming that it was preempted by federal law... (more)

July 6, 2011

LONDON DAILY MAIL — Security at airports across the world is to be beefed up because terrorists may be using bombs surgically implanted inside their bodies to try to blow up planes, officials have warned... (more)

July 6, 2011

NEWSMAX — Several freshmen Republican senators are adopting strong parliamentary tactics to advance their policy agendas. And that's causing headaches for the Senate leadership -- Democratic and Republican alike -- Politico reports... (more)

July 6, 2011

POLITICO — When they took control of the House, Republicans could barely stop talking about their plans to "repeal and replace" the health care reform law... (more)

July 6, 2011

JOHN STOSSEL — What do Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Mark Cuban have in common? They're all college dropouts. Richard Branson, Simon Cowell and Peter Jennings have in common? They never went to college at all. But today all kids are told: To succeed, you must go to college... (more)

July 6, 2011

JAMES R. EDWARDS, JR. — The same pro-amnesty senators are again pushing the same amnesty bill, the so-called DREAM Act. Proponents love this legislation, which stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, because its beneficiaries are the most sympathetic subset of illegal aliens--giving advocates their best shot at achieving amnesty... (more)

July 6, 2011

MICHELLE MALKIN — First rule of Obama transparency: If it's a holiday, it's time for a White House document dump. Over the Independence Day weekend, the administration released its 2011 annual report to Congress on White House staff salaries. While economic data for the rest of America remains bleak, the financial outlook for Obama flacks looks rosier than the president's complexion after his latest round of golf... (more)

July 5, 2011

STEVEN GROVES — It's the year before a presidential election, so it must be time to debate the Law of the Sea Treaty ("LOST") again. As recently as last Thursday the Chief of Naval Operations pleaded for the U.S. to join the treaty. The Obama Administration has supported Senate action on LOST since at least May 2009 when it released its Treaty Priority List... (more)

July 5, 2011

BLOOMBERG — California's Assembly voted to require that public-school textbooks include the accomplishments of gay Americans, sending the measure to Governor Jerry Brown for his signature... (more)

July 5, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — The protections for faith-based groups in New York's new gay marriage law are getting mixed reviews from religious and traditional-values groups, with critics saying the provisions open the way to a "Pandora's box" of lawsuits from gay-rights activists... (more)

July 5, 2011

NEWSMAX — Both sides of the same-sex marriage issue agree on one crucial element: New York's approval of gay marriage launched a national movement. But they disagree strongly on the ultimate result. Proponents embrace it as ushering in a new wave of equality, while opponents deride it as undermining traditional marriage... (more)

July 5, 2011

THOMAS SOWELL — It is hard to understand politics if you are hung up on reality. Politicians leave reality to others. What matters in politics is what you can get the voters to believe, whether it bears any resemblance to reality or not. Not only among politicians, but also among much of the media, and even among some of the public, the quest is not for truth about reality but for talking points that fit a vision or advance an agenda... (more)

July 4, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — The despots, thugs, scoundrels, punks and various crooks at the United Nations have it all wrong again. Imagine that. Though the details have yet to be released, the U.N. wants to try to force strict small-arms control on the world under the pretense (lie) that such restrictions will make it tougher for terrorists and other assorted subhuman scum to get their hands on guns... (more)

July 4, 2011

NEWSMAX — Sen. Rand Paul said he's planning a filibuster this week so the Senate will take up debt ceiling negotiations, The Daily Caller reports. "We've not had one minute of debate about the debt ceiling in any committee," the Kentucky Republican told C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" in a Sunday interview... (more)

July 4, 2011

DANIEL J. FLYNN — Is the Fourth of July a right-wing holiday? When asked by a conservative, the question is self-serving; by a liberal, self-knowing. As it happens, two Harvard University professors not only ask the question but answer in the affirmative... (more)

July 4, 2011

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." -- Thomas Jefferson... (more)