September 5, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — History has pictured the great railroad-driven 19th century settlement of the deserts, mountains and flatlands of the American West as a mixed blessing. The railroad barons of the era were devious and knew how to cut ethical corners, but they achieved the noble end result of bringing our then-very-young nation together, much to our economic and cultural benefit to this day... (more)

September 4, 2011

DECLARATION ALLIANCE — International news sources report that Arab rockets and terror attacks continue to rock the Israeli countryside, despite Hamas and Islamic Jihad claims of a cease fire... (more)

September 4, 2011

BIG PEACE — Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) is the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and she has drawn a line in the sand for the United States. She has introduced a bill which would dramatically cut U.S. contributions to the United Nations if that body votes for Palestinian statehood next month... (more)

September 4, 2011

STAR PARKER — Florida's young Republican Sen. Marco Rubio gave an important speech at the Reagan Presidential Library in California that has set off the liberal talking head universe. He had the temerity to suggest that the huge growth in government's role in American life over the last century "actually weakened us as a people"... (more)

September 4, 2011

NEWSMAX — A crowd of 2,000 in Indianola, Iowa, braved torrential rain to hear former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blast "corporate crony capitalism" and the "permanent political class" in her speech to the Tea Party of America. It was no mystery that the barbs were aimed at Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate who has spent most of his career in office and who is perennially dogged by charges of rewarding his financial supporters... (more)

September 4, 2011

NEWSMAX — U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint slammed President Barack Obama, Democrats, and the media for maligning the grass-roots tea party movement. DeMint, Obama, jobs, tea partyThe South Carolina Republican also predicted on CNN's "State of the Union" today that Obama's jobs speech Thursday will be painful to watch as it the president touts "more of the same"... (more)

September 4, 2011

J. MATT BARBER — In "Batman," the Joker rhetorically asks a young Bruce Wayne: "Tell me, kid -- you ever danced with the devil by the pale moonlight?" Well, I have. Not by the pale moonlight, but in a brightly lit Four Points Sheraton in Baltimore, Md.... (more)

September 3, 2011

MICHELLE MALKIN — "Always remember. Never forget." The phrase is now emblazoned in red across the U.S. Department of Homeland Security website. But as the Obama administration disseminates its talking points to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 jihadist attacks, the White House remains stone-silent about the president's Uncle Omar problem... (more)

September 3, 2011

YAHOO NEWS — Ron DiFrancesco's voice softens and trails off. He barely finishes his sentences as he recalls his experience on Sept. 11, 2001. He speaks as if it happened yesterday. "It was a living hell," he says. "I was mere seconds from death. ... I didn't know I was going to get out"... (more)

September 2, 2011

NEWSMAX — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett triggered a major debate over taxes recently when he wrote in The New York Times that he should be paying more to the federal government. He called on Washington lawmakers to up tax rates on the rich... (more)

September 2, 2011

SELWYN DUKE — Unfortunately, many Americans have become inured to the trampling of freedom of association. You can work your fingers to the bone starting a business, and the government becomes a partner that contributes nothing but extracts much... (more)

September 2, 2011

WASHINGTON POST — The Internal Revenue Service allowed undocumented workers to collect $4.2 billion in refundable tax credits last year, a new audit says, almost quadruple the sum five years ago... (more)

September 2, 2011

REUTERS — U.S. President Barack Obama put a stop Friday to new rules that would limit smog pollution, unexpectedly reversing course on a key policy measure after businesses argued it would kill jobs and cost them billions of dollars... (more)

September 2, 2011

CHRIS ADAMO — All too predictably, the insidious onslaught against Texas Governor Rick Perry is now in full swing. On the heels of the very first rumors last spring that he might consider a run for the presidency, and long before he officially announced, the Democrat political hit machine, its collaborators in "mainstream" liberal media, and even the standard RINO mouthpieces were lining up to cut him down to size... (more)

September 2, 2011

FOX NEWS — The Federal Communications Commission may have killed off the controversial Fairness Doctrine this week, but conservatives -- offering faint praise for the move -- are sounding the alarm over what they see as backdoor attempts by the Obama administration to regulate political speech on the airwaves... (more)

September 2, 2011

MARK IMPOMENI — Stung by the 2000 presidential election that saw George W. Bush win a majority in the Electoral College despite losing the national popular vote to Vice President Al Gore, liberals nationwide have embarked on a largely unnoticed campaign to bypass the constitutional method of electing the President... (more)

September 1, 2011

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Ho hum. Another conservative presidential candidate is trashed by the civility-talking media. Rick Perry shoots to the top of the polls just days after entering the Republican field, and in no time, he gets the "he's stupid" treatment accorded Ronald Reagan (whose predecessors were not smart enough to figure out a way to bring down the Soviet empire or how to usher in two decades of unprecedented prosperity)... (more)

September 1, 2011

LOS ANGELES TIMES — The college dreams of thousands of students who are illegal immigrants moved closer to fulfillment Wednesday after the state Senate approved a bill that for the first time would give them access to public financial aid... (more)