April 12, 2012

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — How important was freeing the slaves to Abraham Lincoln? Was that his top priority? How did Lincoln view his primary mission as president? I have heard these issues debated all my life. The issue is now resolved for me by reading One Last Card to Play, a book review by Peter Schramm of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, by Allen C. Guelzo. Lincoln was a greater president than I had realized... (more)

April 12, 2012

WALTER E. WILLIAMS — When NBC's "Today" show played the audio of George Zimmerman's call to a Sanford, Fla., police dispatcher about Trayvon Martin, the editors made him appear to be a racist who says: "This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black."... (more)

April 12, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — Social conservatives who backed Rick Santorum's presidential campaign said his supporters will get behind Mitt Romney, but warned that the presumptive Republican nominee still has a lot more to do if he wants those activists to man phone banks and knock on doors in the drive to win in November... (more)

April 11, 2012

DAILY CALLER — For the hordes of Republicans left thinking post-2008, "Had only we run a real moderate!" yesterday's news that Rick Santorum is dropping out, thus clearing the way for Mitt Romney, was quite a relief. Finally we'll be able to prove that stubbornly unprovable theory that the only way to beat Democrats is by running Republicans who sound and govern just like Democrats... (more)

April 11, 2012

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — When Republicans abandon the free market and smaller government, the culprits are often the industry lobbyists within the GOP's inner circles. Former K Street lobbyist Ed Gillespie, who joined Mitt Romney's campaign last week as adviser, shows how industry can muddle Republicans' economic message... (more)

April 11, 2012

JOSEPH FARAH — It's time to be very honest about why one political party -- and one political party only -- is dead-set against requiring voters to properly identify themselves at the polling place before casting their ballots. That party is the Democratic Party. And the reason it opposes voter ID is because it makes voter fraud easier when identification is not required... (more)

April 11, 2012

REUTERS — Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam on Tuesday refused to sign a bill that would permit discussion of creationism in classrooms alongside the traditional evolutionary-based explanation of the origins of life, but allowed it to become law anyway... (more)

April 11, 2012

DAVID LIMBAUGH — Can anyone think of an innocuous reason that President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder oppose state voter ID laws? Obama and Holder appear to view almost everything through the prism of race or, at the very least, use race as an excuse to justify otherwise very dubious policies, from immigration enforcement to voter intimidation actions to strong-arming banks to make loans via allegations of racism... (more)

April 11, 2012

WASHINGTON TIMES — What is it about the Justice Department and the Black Panthers? On March 24, Mikhail Muhammad, leader of the New Black Panther Party, offered a $10,000 bounty for the "capture" of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin... (more)

April 11, 2012

NATIONAL REVIEW — Let's stipulate: Activists on the left are free to exercise their rights of speech and assembly to boycott businesses whose politics they oppose. Conversely, activists on the right are free to exercise the power of their pocketbooks and refrain from supporting businesses that shun their values... (more)

April 11, 2012

NEWSMAX — March's gloomy jobs report would be a lot gloomier if the government accurately depicted the health of the labor market, says real-estate mogul Donald Trump. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the economy added a net 120,000 jobs in March, well below expectations... (more)

April 11, 2012

RICH LOWRY — For the first time in 34 years, Chuck Colson won't be in a prison for Easter. The famous Watergate figure and Christian convert usually spends the day ministering to prisoners, but is recovering from surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain... (more)

April 10, 2012

CBS PHILLY — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has suspended his campaign. Senator Santorum appeared at a hotel room in Gettysburg at 2 p.m. where he announced he was suspending his campaign... (more)

April 10, 2012

BREITBART — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has declared that there is no proof that in-person voter fraud is a problem. He's about to see proof that even he can't deny... (more)

April 10, 2012

WORLDNETDAILY — Not many weeks ago, Barack Obama announced that Congress was being uncooperative, so he would have to go it alone with executive orders to make changes he wanted for America... (more)

April 9, 2012

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Several years ago during the Jesse Helms era, a top staffer for a relatively conservative East Coast U.S. Senator told me that Senator Helms was probably the only true unalloyed conservative in that august body... (more)

April 9, 2012

NATIONAL REVIEW — Americans are an enterprising people, and we start churches like we start businesses. (It is not always possible to tell the two apart.) There are more than twice as many distinct religious communities as McDonald's restaurants in the United States, and eight times as many religious congregations as ZIP codes... (more)

April 9, 2012

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Conservative leaders, increasingly concerned that the Republican Party is about to nominate a presidential candidate too moderate for their tastes, met with Rick Santorum in Tysons Corner on Thursday to work out a plan to beat front-runner Mitt Romney... (more)

April 8, 2012

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Justly regarded as the most aggressive abortion defender to ever occupy the White House, President Obama has spent two years prosecuting pro-life advocates, using the Department of Justice as his weapon... (more)

April 8, 2012

THE HILL — The case of a Marine who is facing discharge for posting disparaging comments about President Obama on Facebook has renewed a debate about free speech rights for members of the military... (more)