January 17, 2013

TABITHA KOROL — To the members of the hierarchy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – I find myself writing on behalf of Stephen Stone for several reasons, not the least of which is that I am dismayed that you have a hierarchy that allows man to rule over man, and allows some to dictate to others when they have not the authority to do so... (more)

January 17, 2013

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Alger Hiss, Soviet agent inside our State Department, had far more influence at the Yalta Conference than previously imagined... (more)

January 17, 2013

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — The culture war is part of a collision of two worldviews. Can the disagreements between these worldviews be settled through rational discussion?... (more)

January 17, 2013

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — Whenever a politician proposes a policy surrounded by children, skepticism is in order. But skepticism, logic and sound argumentation are the enemies of President Obama in his gun control push, which kicked off Wednesday on a White House stage filled with kids... (more)

January 17, 2013

WASHINGTON POST — The National Rifle Association cast its opposition to Obama's plans as "the fight of the century" in a letter circulated at the 35th annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show and Conference, known in the trade as "the SHOT show," in Las Vegas... (more)

January 17, 2013

NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama's proposals for gun control are unlikely to even be considered by Republicans in the House, let alone approved. Obama Wednesday is announcing his plan for bans of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, mandatory federal background checks for all gun buyers, and a new law to snuff out gun trafficking... (more)

January 17, 2013

NEWSMAX — The conservative group FreedomWatch is suing the White House task force that led to the gun control proposals offered by President Barack Obama Wednesday. FreedomWatch's suit is based on the argument that the White House group conducted illegal meetings with lobbyists without public notice that's required... (more)

January 17, 2013

NEWSMAX — A veteran Oregon lawman has told the White House he'll refuse to enforce any and all regulations proposed by President Barack Obama, CNN reports. "Politicians are attempting to exploit the death of innocent victims for laws that would prevent honest, law-abiding Americans from possessing certain firearms and ammunition magazines," Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller says in a defiant letter to Vice President Joe Biden... (more)

January 17, 2013

JERUSALEM POST — A day after American Jewish columnist Jeffrey Goldberg quoted President Barack Obama as saying that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu does not understand what is in Israel's best interest, Netanyahu visited the Gaza border on Wednesday and essentially shot back, "Yes I do"... (more)

January 17, 2013

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday the U.S. "will take all necessary and proper steps" to deal with an Islamist attack on a natural gas field in southern Algeria that has resulted in Americans and other foreigners taken hostage... (more)

January 17, 2013

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A Florida Senate panel says police should be banned from using drones to spy on citizens. A bill (SB 92) that would prohibit law enforcement agencies from gathering evidence or other information flew through the Criminal Justice Committee with a unanimous vote Tuesday... (more)

January 16, 2013

BLOOMBERG — President Barack Obama proposed the most ambitious set of gun control proposals in decades, calling for a renewal of a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and setting out 23 executive actions he'll take such as ordering agencies to share data for background checks and addressing mental health issues... (more)

January 16, 2013

MICHELLE MALKIN — The president of the United States will release a binder full of new gun-control executive orders on Wednesday. Instead of standing alone, bearing full responsibility for the imperial actions he is about to take, President Obama will surround himself with an audience of kids who wrote to him after the Newtown, Conn., school massacre... (more)

January 16, 2013

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — A day before President Barack Obama is scheduled to release Vice President Joe Biden's recommendations to curb gun violence in the United States, the National Rifle Association told U.S. News and World Report that they have seen membership grow by 250,000 in the month since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut... (more)

January 16, 2013

DENNIS PRAGER — Last week the New York Times published an opinion piece that offered atheism's response to the evil/tragedy in which 20 children and six adults were murdered at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut. What prompted Susan Jacoby to write her piece was a colleague telling her that atheism "has nothing to offer when people are suffering."... (more)

January 16, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — "The favorite news outlet of conservatives ranks just ninth in presser questions in President Obama's first term, getting to ask questions at only half the rate of the 'Big Three' broadcast networks," reports Eric Ostermeier, a University of Minnesota media analyst who literally counted the number of questions at White House press conferences from 2009 through Monday... (more)

January 14, 2013

ALAN KEYES — Any effort to disarm the American people is unlawful. That is clear according to the "laws of nature and of nature's God" and the clear, plain language of the Constitution. Moves to disarm the people are unequivocally the benchmark of a design "to reduce them under absolute despotism."... (more)

January 14, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — Anti-gun politicians are wasting no time while the Newtown, Conn., school shootings are still fresh in Americans' minds. The White House task force on gun violence will issue recommendations on Tuesday, and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said President Obama might bypass Congress and implement unpopular gun-control measure through executive orders... (more)

January 14, 2013

JOAN SWIRSKY, RA ANALYST — When Sandy hit, my husband Steve and daughter Karen and I spent day after day after day freezing in our ordinarily-cozy home, unable even to leave the premises, as police tape cordoned off every means of egress to protect all the shivering residents of our block from the massive trees that had blown over like toothpicks and the downed wires that were strewn all over the place like spaghetti gone wild... (more)

January 14, 2013

BLOOMBERG — President Barack Obama plans to push for a comprehensive immigration plan that includes a legislative solution to issues such as undocumented immigrants, according to administration officials... (more)