December 17, 2012

ALAN KEYES — If you've been following events in Congress covered in connection with headlines about the so-called "fiscal cliff," you know that the top GOP leadership in the House of Representatives recently conducted an anti-conservative purge of certain of that body's committee assignments... (more)

December 17, 2012

JOSEPH FARAH — As American politics and culture turn further away from God, they also run to and fro looking for answers to rising crime, violence, mayhem, rape and sexual immorality of all kinds in all the wrong places. Predictably, this is happening once again as the nation's media and political elite react in horror, as they should, to the massacre in Newtown, Conn., at the Sandy Hook Elementary School... (more)

December 17, 2012

JOHN FUND — A few things you won't hear about from the saturation coverage of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre: Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media. In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U.S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections... (more)

December 17, 2012

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — They were 6 years old. Most of the victims in Newtown were the age of my oldest daughter. When I realized this on Friday, my urge was to go home and hug my kids. And not let them go. When I got home, I dropped to the floor and held all my kids tightly -- as if I could make them safer... (more)

December 17, 2012

THE HILL — Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Republican from Texas, says he wishes Dawn Hochsprung, the principal of the Sandy Hook Elementary School, was armed with an M-4 assault rifle when she confronted Adam Lanza, the shooter who killed 20 children... (more)

December 17, 2012

MICHELLE MALKIN — Here's more evidence that government "cures" are inevitably worse than the "diseases" they seek to wipe out. Buried in the trillion-dollar stimulus law of 2009 was an electronic medical records "incentive" program. Like most of President Obama's health care rules, this top-down electronic record-sharing scheme is a big fat bust... (more)

December 16, 2012

NBC NEWS — The 20 children and six adults killed in the Newtown school massacre were all shot multiple times, many with a rifle, Connecticut's chief medical examiner said Saturday. The children -- 12 girls and eight boys -- were all 6 or 7 years old, Dr. H. Wayne Carver said at an afternoon news briefing... (more)

December 16, 2012

NEWTOWN PATCH — Connecticut State Police have released the names of 20 children and six adults killed Friday in the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School... (more)

December 16, 2012

NEWSMAX — Banning gun-free zones and allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons could help eliminate mass shootings at schools, John R. Lott, one of the nation's leading gun experts, tells Newsmax in an exclusive interview Saturday... (more)

December 16, 2012

LONDON DAILY MAIL — Crazed killer Adam Lanza was a 'ticking time bomb' who suffered from Asperger's syndrome and was painfully shy and awkward, former classmates said yesterday. Last night, a troubling portrait began to emerge of the 'Goth' loner, who dressed all in black and was obsessed with video games... (more)

December 16, 2012

FOREIGN POLICY — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won't testify to Congress next week on Benghazi, after fainting and suffering a concussion Saturday and due to her ongoing stomach ailment. "While suffering from a stomach virus, Secretary Clinton became dehydrated and fainted, sustaining a concussion," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Philippe Reines said in a statement... (more)

December 16, 2012

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — President Barack Obama has chosen Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts to be the next secretary of state, a source has told Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed. His replacement as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will be Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the Sneed source said... (more)

December 16, 2012

J. ROBERT SMITH — Boehner has set himself up for a stupendous loss in his dealings with Mr. Obama -- a loss that will shatter the shaky pillars of the GOP. Losing the tax issue is more than a tactical loss; it batters common sense and turns on its head a conservative tenet: Uncle Sam's problem isn't too little tax revenue. Unc's trouble is too much spending and borrowing... (more)

December 16, 2012

WORLDNETDAILY — Florida, the battleground for many elections, has an opportunity right now to resolve the issue of Barack Obama's eligibility, according to a court filing in a case brought by a Democrat under state law that allows such challenges... (more)

December 15, 2012

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, including 20 children, by blasting his way through the building as young students cowered helplessly in classrooms while their teachers and classmates were shot... (more)

December 15, 2012

NEWSMAX — Gun-ownership groups were preparing themselves on Friday for another barrage of anti-firearm moves following the horrific mass killing at a Connecticut elementary school. The National Rifle Association and most groups were keeping silent on the day that 28 people, including 20 young children, were shot dead... (more)

December 15, 2012

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — In Cairo on Wednesday, a Coptic Christian blogger named Alber Saber was convicted of blasphemy and "contempt of religion." There's a tragic irony: As any of the country's Christians can tell you, contempt of religion is not merely permitted but encouraged in the new, post-Mubarak Egypt. What is criminal, what has become increasingly perilous, is any criticism of Islam... (more)

December 15, 2012

WORLDNETDAILY — A federal judge in Oklahoma has avoided making a determination on whether a police department order for officers to attend an Islamic event violated the constitutional religious rights of the officers... (more)

December 15, 2012

ROBERT KNIGHT — If you think the left is resting on its laurels after Barack Obama's re-election and the Democrats' retention of the U.S. Senate, think again. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who halted photo ID laws in South Carolina and Texas before the November election, suggested on Tuesday in Boston that the United States should consider adopting "automatic" voter registration... (more)

December 15, 2012

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — Nearly along party lines, Republicans in the Senate this afternoon killed a bill to extend a little-known but potentially costly bank bailout. The provision is the Transaction Account Guarantee, or TAG. Created amidst the financial panic of late 2008 and extended as part of Dodd-Frank, TAG puts a taxpayer guarantee on all deposits above and beyond FDIC's insurance... (more)