February 25, 2013

ALAN KEYES — "California would strip the tax-exempt status from youth organizations like the Boy Scouts if they have policies that bar gay people from participating under a bill introduced at the Capitol Tuesday." So began the report at sfgate.com. With prominent elitist faction GOP leaders like Mitt Romney pressing the BSA to end its ban on homosexual activity, the campaign to enforce respect for so-called "homosexual rights" is quickly moving toward what I have for a long time warned would be its inevitable result... (more)

February 25, 2013

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — Nothing can prepare you for seeing your one-year-old nephew in a casket. Nothing can take away his parents' agony. And nobody could have expected how much good work this helpless baby would do in 14 months. John Paul Kilner was born with an advanced case of spinal muscular atrophy. Nearly paralyzed at birth, his body deteriorated further as he grew... (more)

February 25, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — A former Nobel Peace Prize nominee warns that Senate confirmation of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense would send a message to Iran of weakened U.S. resolve, making it less likely America's military might would in any way deter Iran's nuclear ambitions... (more)

February 25, 2013

CBS DC — Tea Party stalwart Sen. Ted Cruz has tough words for President Barack Obama in a recent interview. "I think President Obama is the most radical president we've ever seen, but I think an awful lot of Republicans fail to stand for principle and contributed to getting us in this mess," the Republican Texas senator told The Christian Broadcasting Network in a recent interview... (more)

February 25, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — A group of 18 former military and national security officials wrote to President Barack Obama on Friday urging the administration to cancel plans for further cuts in United States nuclear warheads, warning that new arms reductions would undermine U.S. security... (more)

February 25, 2013

JOSEPH FARAH — There's an old principle that government makes laws for everyone except itself. Nearly every piece of legislation passed by Congress and signed by the executive branch contains specific exemptions for -- you guessed it -- Congress and the executive branch... (more)

February 25, 2013

MICHELLE MALKIN — Here's the latest example of head-splitting cognitive dissonance in Washington: President Obama used his State of the Union address to crusade for a revitalized U.S. manufacturing sector... (more)

February 25, 2013

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Fox's Chris Wallace has landed the first postelection interview with defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann. Wallace said on "Fox News Sunday" that the interview will air on his show next week. Additional portions will be on Fox News Channel the next day. Wallace says he'll ask Romney how he has dealt with the defeat, what he plans to do and his thoughts about President Barack Obama's second-term agenda... (more)

February 25, 2013

JOHN FUND — President Obama and MSNBC's Al Sharpton share a common philosophical connection despite their different styles. Both are disciples of Saul Alinsky, the late community organizer whose book Rules for Radicals, has inspired many liberals to demonize and demagogue their opponents as a means of securing political advantage... (more)

February 25, 2013

MARK JOSEPH — By Hollywood standards, Lincoln has done respectable business at the box office and Daniel Day-Lewis's performance as America's 16th president is stunning, but a botched marketing campaign and a lack of ideological diversity among those who made the film have left tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars on the table -- money that could have lined the coffers of legendary director Steven Spielberg and his partners, Disney and 20th Century Fox... (more)

February 25, 2013

JOHN GRIFFING — There's a new controversy in Texas involving the online public school curriculum called CSCOPE, which already has been the subject of heated debate and state legislative hearings. There are reports now that students were made to wear Muslim burqas as part of their public school lessons... (more)

February 23, 2013

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — If a plane full of 200 American citizens is hijacked by foreign jihadists, the law does not tell us whether the president should shoot down the plane or let it be plowed into a skyscraper and kill 3,000 American citizens. It is the kind of excruciating decision that war makes necessary. Legal niceties do not tell us how to resolve it... (more)

February 23, 2013

JOSEPH FARAH — Joe Biden is at it, again. Now he's a firearms expert. He tells Americans nobody needs an AR-15. All anyone needs is a shotgun. One size fits all. This is typical talk from would-be authoritarian know-it-alls. People in Washington love to decide what works and what doesn't work for 315 million very different Americans in very different situations -- whether it's about firearms or refrigerators or toilets or automobiles... (more)

February 23, 2013

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE — The female questioner who prompted Joe Biden's advice, in the course of a Facebook town hall on Tuesday, to "buy a shotgun," called the vice president's remarks "a little sexist" and described them as "the poorest advice he could give anyone."... (more)

February 23, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — It may not stick, but the Obama administration might be getting a late education in the value of guns. When President Obama first exploited the tragedy at Newtown for more gun control, Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the National Rifle Association, suggested putting armed guards in the schools... (more)

February 23, 2013

NEWSMAX — A group of 23 Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee Friday sent letters to President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder demanding existing gun laws be enforced before additional limitations are passed... (more)

February 23, 2013

REUTERS — Arkansas on Friday became the latest state to exempt from public disclosure the names and zip codes of gun owners, those with permits to carry concealed weapons and applicants for gun permits... (more)

February 23, 2013

CNS NEWS — A growing number of firearm and firearm-related companies have stated they will no longer sell items to states, counties, cities and municipalities that restrict their citizens' rights to own them... (more)

February 23, 2013

NEWSMAX — The White House plans to give the Senate Intelligence Committee access to emails next week related to the controversial CIA talking points about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Fox News reported Friday... (more)

February 23, 2013

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — Iran is "closer than ever" to the ability to build a nuclear bomb, Israel said on Thursday, as a new UN report said Tehran has begun installing next-generation equipment at one of its main nuclear plants... (more)