January 26, 2012

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — What we witnessed Tuesday night on Capitol Hill was the oratorical version of a typical White House late Friday afternoon document dump that one would expect on a Friday afternoon (i.e., when forced to reveal bad news, the Obama White House releases a blizzard of paperwork Friday at about 4:30 or 5, hoping most reporters have launched their weekends at the bar)... (more)

January 26, 2012

FRANK J. GAFFNEY JR. — Knowing President Obama's Alinskyite proclivities, his third State of the Union address -- coming as it did amidst a re-election campaign -- could have been predicted to be filled with lofting, sometimes inspiring but routinely bait-and-switch rhetoric... (more)

January 25, 2012

NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama has one remarkable ability that few presidents ever have emulated, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said on Wednesday: the ability to say something with a straight face when he really thinks exactly the opposite... (more)

January 25, 2012

JOSEPH FARAH — You probably heard the news that House Republicans voted overwhelmingly last week to oppose another $1.2 trillion hike in the debt limit. Why would 240 Republican House members vote to oppose a hike in the debt limit this month when only 22 of them opposed a hike in the debt limit last summer?... (more)

January 25, 2012

WORLDNETDAILY — The state of Georgia is warning Barack Obama of the "peril" of simply ignoring today's hearing on his eligibility to be on the 2012 presidential election ballot in the state... (more)

January 25, 2012

DEROY MURDOCK — Liberals love to laugh off voter fraud. It's "a made-up problem invented by GOP operatives," Robert Koehler snickered in the January 5 Huffington Post. Regarding ballot hijinks, Democratic National Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz chuckled: "There is almost none"... (more)

January 25, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — Authoritarians nationwide were disappointed to learn Monday that a unanimous Supreme Court had denied their ability to place hidden global-positioning-system (GPS) tracking devices on cars without a warrant. The decision is long overdue in a society where government officials have quietly turned to technology to spy on the public... (more)

January 25, 2012

AUDREY HUDSON — Republican lawmakers are working to strip President Barack Obama of his authority to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline in a last ditch effort to bring Canadian oil to the U.S. "What irritates me and a lot of people concerned about the economy is the president made a political decision to throw away 25,000 jobs," said Rep. Steve Scalise (La.)... (more)

January 25, 2012

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann swept aside doubts about her political future Wednesday, declaring less than a month after ending her presidential bid that she will seek a fourth term in Congress... (more)

January 25, 2012

MARLO LEWIS — At the end of last year's legislative session, Congress let two of corn ethanol's market-rigging policy gimmicks--the 45-cents-per-gallon tax credit (VEETC) and the 54-cents-per-gallon ethanol import tariff--tumble into history's dustbin... (more)

January 25, 2012

CNSNEWS.COM — President Barack Obama says the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is the chance to recognize the "fundamental constitutional right" to abortion and to "continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams"... (more)

January 25, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — Some arrived with fellow parishioners, others with classmates or alongside family members, but the thousands of pro-life activists who rallied Monday on the National Mall to mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade all came to support the same goal: life... (more)

January 25, 2012

DAVID LIMBAUGH — Republican internecine squabbles this primary season seem to turn on the vying candidates' respective electability against incumbent Barack Obama. But if even uber-liberal New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has finally awakened to President Obama's arrogance, what does it say about his electability?... (more)

January 24, 2012

JOHN HAYWARD — Senator Rand Paul was on his way from his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky to Washington, D.C. Monday morning, when he caused some kind of "anomaly" in a body scanner at the airport in Nashville. Agents of the Transportation Security Agency declared that he would have to submit to one of those legendary full-body pat-downs, but before a single rubber glove had snapped into place, Senator Paul refused... (more)

January 24, 2012

POLITICO — The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request for debate over whether Justice Elena Kagan should recuse herself from the health care reform case due to be argued in March.Freedom Watch, a group led by Larry Klayman, asked the court for permission to file a brief on Kagan's participation in the case. The court on Monday denied the request without comment, though it did note that Kagan did not participate in the discussion... (more)

January 24, 2012

ADAM GRAHAM — Dear Fellow Conservatives, There is a time when it is time, to put aside what Speaker Gingrich's aide once called "tweets and trivia" and to lay out our concerns in a rational way. I write this as a supporter of Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and is the first in a series of letters to those who support Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) for the presidency of the United States, as well as those who are leaning towards this due to the belligerent tactics of some Gingrich supporters... (more)

January 23, 2012

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The life story of George Washington is "a miracle." After all, Glenn Beck asks, what other mortal "can lay claim to a legacy that has allowed so many to experience freedom around the world?" In "Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man as You've Never Seen Him," Mr. Beck brings the "father of our country" and first president to life... (more)

January 23, 2012

MARK STEYN — The nature of this peculiar primary season -- the reason it seems at odds with both the 2009--2010 political narrative and the seriousness of the times -- was determined by Mitt Romney. Even if you don't mind Romneycare, or the abortion flip-flop, or any of the rest, there's a more basic problem: He's not a natural campaigner, and on the stump he instinctively recoils from any personal connection with the voters... (more)