February 2, 2012

STEPHEN STONE, RA PRESIDENT — I began writing A Mormon Story while lying in a hospital bed back in June and July of 2011. I'd been thinking for a long time about putting into words the true story of the politically-insensitive persecution our family has endured for years at the hands of Mormon church officials, but I hadn't decided whether to proceed -- and even if I wanted to, I didn't have time... (more)

February 2, 2012

MICHELLE MALKIN — President Obama and his radical-feminist enforcers have had it in for Catholic medical providers from the get-go. It's about time all people of faith fought back against this unprecedented encroachment on religious liberty. First, they came for the Catholics. Who's next?... (more)

February 2, 2012

VANDYFORRELIGIOUSFREEDOM.COM — Last year, Vanderbilt University placed five longtime extracurricular religious groups on "provisional status" -- jeopardizing their continued role on campus -- because these groups required their leaders to share the groups' core religious beliefs... (more)

February 2, 2012

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — After Newt Gingrich failed in his Florida bid to overtake Mitt Romney as the GOP front-runner, he now faces a three-man struggle out west to hold on to his status as the top conservative alternative to Romney. "Just yesterday a poll was released showing that I am leading Mitt Romney by double digits in Missouri," former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum wrote in a fundraising email to supporters... (more)

February 2, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — So, what's up with the AMA? You know, the American Medical Association, venerated representative of the American physician, right? Wrong. This long-lived and generally respected organization, one that represented more than 70 percent of American doctors in the 1960s, has become a shell of its former respectable self, now representing less that 15 percent of America's practicing physicians... (more)

February 2, 2012

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Gallup released their annual state-by-state presidential approval numbers yesterday, and the results should have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue very worried... (more)

February 2, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — House Republican freshmen have been in Washington for a year, but they haven't become part of the established order. A group of these members gathered at the Capitol Wednesday to announce they would do their share to pay down the nation's crippling $15.4 trillion debt. They believe fiscal responsibility begins with their own office budget... (more)

February 1, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Washington state Senate approved 28-21 Wednesday a same-sex marriage bill, handing advocates their biggest victory of the 2012 legislative session and all but ensure legalized gay marriage in the Evergreen State... (more)

February 1, 2012

HUFFINGTON POST — The nastiest campaign is about to get nastier -- and will stay that way all the way to November. The Democrats are planning to play the game the same way the Republicans have been playing it: on character more than issues... (more)

February 1, 2012

WEEKLY STANDARD — The Romney-Gingrich slugfest in Florida appears to have produced slightly fewer than 1.7 million voters in this year's primary. That's down by about 12 percent from the 1.94 million who voted in 2008. Not a good sign for the GOP in this key swing state, especially following a flat GOP turnout in Iowa and only a slight uptick in New Hampshire (also swing states)... (more)

February 1, 2012

ADAM GRAHAM — Dear Fellow Conservatives, In our previous letter, we discussed the general character of Newt Gingrich. In this final piece, I want to focus on one particular aspect of Gingrich's character, and that is pride and what Senator Santorum has called "grandiosity." Gingrich's grandiosity can be divided into two areas: 1) grandiosity about himself, and 2) grandiose ideas... (more)

January 30, 2012

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — The 3-year-old daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was admitted to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Saturday and the candidate canceled his Sunday-morning campaign events to be at her side... (more)

January 30, 2012

PATRIOT UPDATE — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) had a strong message Saturday for President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "Get the hell out"... (more)

January 30, 2012

LONDON DAILY MAIL — The supposed 'consensus' on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years... (more)

January 30, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — Those who say man alone is responsible for overheating the planet frequently dismiss any role the sun might play. As can be seen in an ongoing freedom-of-information lawsuit leveled against the University of Virginia (UVA), sunshine is precisely what the heralds of climate catastrophe fear most of all... (more)

January 30, 2012

WORLDNETDAILY — The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a trial at the district level for a graduate level counseling student who was dismissed from her program for asking that a client with "gay" issues be referred to another counselor because as a Christian she could not affirm that lifestyle choice... (more)

January 30, 2012

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Mitch McConnell wanted you to know he was livid on Thursday. The Senate was about to Greece the wheels for adding yet another trillion and change to President Obama's yet-again tapped-out credit card. "More spending, more debt," brayed the minority leader. "That's what we've gotten from this administration." Well, no, Senator, that's what we've gotten from you... (more)

January 30, 2012

ROBERT KNIGHT — When I was a copy editor at the Los Angeles Times, a young reporter submitted an article about a single mother having trouble obtaining government checks. The story was designed to elicit outrage at callous bureaucrats who should have been showering the poor woman with subsidies... (more)