August 15, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — So how are things going for us in Libya? What's the latest? Haven't heard? Neither have I. That must mean things are going to hell in a rocket-ship, because with Obama in the White House, the media have accorded the silent treatment to any bad news on that war front. Why? The activist left can't play the "Bush is Hitler" card anymore, so their media allies ignore it... (more)

August 14, 2011

NEWSMAX — The appearances of Rep. Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry on the same stage in Waterloo, Iowa, Sunday evening were billed as the "shootout at the O.K. Corral," but the target for the two Republican candidates was President Barack Obama instead of each other... (more)

August 14, 2011

JOSEPH FARAH — It's been more than two years since Britain banned entry to American talk-radio phenom Michael Savage, along with a short list of terrorists, neo-Nazis murderers and other vile scum. It was in May 2009 that the British government released a list of 16 persona non grata -- banned so as to protect the country from provocateurs of violence... (more)

August 14, 2011

MARK KRIKORIAN — Members of the chattering classes keep hoping the immigration issue will just go away. I was once interviewed on a radio show along with an activist on the other side who said Mexico's falling birthrate would mean that pretty soon we'd be scratching our heads wondering what all the fuss over immigration policy was about... (more)

August 14, 2011

MARC SIEGEL — Last week, when the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Obamacare's mandate that everyone buy health insurance is unconstitutional, it paved the way for a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court. For the first time, the mandate was struck down separately from the rest of the health-reform law, raising the possibility that we could be left with the behemoth but without its controversial head... (more)

August 14, 2011

NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama's approval numbers have hit an all-time low, falling below 40 percent for the first time in Gallup's daily tracking poll. New numbers that Gallup posted today put the president's approval at 39 percent, compared with 54 percent disapproval... (more)

August 14, 2011

FOX NEWS — Tim Pawlenty announced an end to his presidential candidacy Sunday after what he called a "disappointing" third place finish in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll. The former Minnesota governor said he had hoped to get a jolt from the preference poll that is an early indicator of a candidate's potential strength in the primary season... (more)

August 14, 2011

STAR PARKER — Mitt Romney is a clever and talented man. But, as was evident in the most recent Republican debate, the former Massachusetts governor should not become our next president. Why? Eight of 10 Americans say the country is on the wrong track. We must consider clearly what kind of individual we need as president to take on the prodigious challenges facing us to get back on track... (more)

August 14, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann won the mega-hyped presidential straw poll here, while Rep. Ron Paul showed why he's been called the Babe Ruth of these kinds of contests, finishing a close second -- an outcome that's likely to give their candidacies a jolt of momentum heading into the fall campaign season... (more)

August 13, 2011

ABC NEWS — ABC's Jason Volack and Michael Falcone report: AMES, Iowa -- Pivoting away from his economic-focused speeches of the past week, presidential candidate Ron Paul told a crowd in Iowa on Saturday that "life does not come from the government-- it comes from our creator"... (more)

August 13, 2011

ALAN KEYES — Based on the evidence of both past experience and current events, I am bound by rational conviction to reach the verdict that the GOP offers no prospect but repeated bitter disappointment to those like me who seek the revival and perpetuation of constitutional, republican government in the United States... (more)

August 13, 2011

REUTERS — Rick Perry, the conservative governor of Texas, declared himself a candidate for U.S. president Saturday, shaking up the race for the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012... (more)

August 13, 2011

EMILY MILLER — The debt-ceiling agreement brokered behind closed doors by President Obama and congressional leadership was a failure in every respect. It neither soothed the markets nor produced a dime in actual spending cuts. The stock markets plunged and the United States suffered a humiliating downgrade - the very fate this deal was supposed to avoid... (more)

August 12, 2011

ASSOCIATED PRESS — An Arizona appeals court ruled yesterday to allow key parts of a state law restricting abortions to take effect, including one that requires women to see a doctor in person the day before getting an abortion to hear about risks and alternatives. The provisions have been on hold for two years after a state judge blocked them from taking effect in 2009... (more)

August 12, 2011

WASHINGTON TIMES — Perhaps the most telling moment during the whole of the debt-ceiling negotiations came from White House consultant David Axelrod. Appearing on CBS' "Face the Nation," Mr. Axelrod echoed a growing chant from the left wing: The Standard & Poor's downgrade of America's credit rating was "essentially the Tea Party downgrade," he charged, adding that the "Tea Party brought us to the brink of default"... (more)

August 12, 2011

REUTERS — An appeals court ruled Friday that President Barack Obama's healthcare law requiring Americans to buy healthcare insurance or face a penalty was unconstitutional, a blow to the White House... (more)

August 12, 2011

DEROY MURDOCK — To understand how the Obamaa+ administration is running America into the ground, consider the Department of Health and Human Services' August 1 decree ordering, essentially, free birth-control pills for all women. Through this brand-new entitlement -- announced the very day that Congress voted to "reduce" the national debt -- Washington mandates more giveaways, not just to poor women, but to every woman in America, regardless of employment, income, or trust fund... (more)

August 11, 2011

EMILY MILLER — The left's phobia of Rep. Michele Bachmann must be contagious. Anticipating a strong showing for the Republican presidential candidate in Saturday's Ames, Iowa, straw poll, Newsweek magazine printed a profile so nasty that the story ought to be judged by its cover... (more)