March 25, 2013

STEPHEN STONE, RA PRESIDENT — In logic, the most important element is our premises. The premises of our reasoning determine the reliability of our conclusions – no matter how valid our facts or logic may otherwise be... (more)

March 25, 2013

ALAN KEYES — The headline said, "Meese promotes Returning America to Founding Principles": "Former Attorney General Edwin Meese told CPAC 2013 attendees that the best approach for the country's future is one that emphasizes returning to the original principles that built America, as opposed to the more powerful centralized government favored by President Barack Obama... (more)

March 25, 2013

ABC NEWS — New York City health officials are urging some men to get vaccinated against meningitis amid an outbreak that has sickened 22 New Yorkers and killed seven. The dangerous strain of bacterial meningitis appears to be spreading through sexual encounters between men who meet through websites or smartphone apps, or at bars or parties, according to the City's health department... (more)

March 25, 2013

NEWSMAX — GOP strategist Karl Rove says he can imagine a Republican candidate in the next presidential campaign supporting gay marriage. The statement from the former adviser to President George W. Bush appears to acknowledge that opposition to gay marriage has waned in some conservative circles... (more)

March 25, 2013

NEWSMAX — The Senate voted to prevent the United States from entering into a United Nations arms treaty -- even before one is drafted. The measure passed by a 53-46 vote in the wee hours of Saturday morning as the Senate considered amendments to the fiscal 2014 budget... (more)

March 25, 2013

NEWSMAX — National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre on Sunday declared that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg "can't Buy America" when it comes to the national gun debate. He described Bloomberg as "reckless" and "insane"... (more)

March 25, 2013

CHARLES C. W. COOKE — All things being equal, New York State's infamous new gun laws will go down in history as a prime example of the folly of hysterical calls to action; and Governor Andrew Cuomo, who led the chase for the measures, will join them in disgrace... (more)

March 25, 2013

JOSEPH FARAH — Sometimes you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. That's what a Washington state teaching veteran of 21 years found out recently when she tried to offer some illustrations for her government-mandated lessons against bullying. After all, to understand what bullying is all about, some examples might be enlightening... (more)

March 25, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez's nomination by President Obama as labor secretary has been met with criticism from Republicans and widespread concern among current and former Justice Department attorneys who question whether the Civil Rights Division chief is qualified for the post... (more)

March 25, 2013

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — What happens when China and the United States clash in a subsidy-fueled solar panel arms race? The world gets a lot more solar panels than anyone wants to buy, manufacturers go bankrupt, and taxpayers get stuck with the tab... (more)

March 24, 2013

ASSOCIATED PRESS — An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters domestic programs targeted for cuts by House Republicans... (more)

March 24, 2013

DAILY CALLER — School officials at Minnesota State University Moorhead have selected left-wing radical and admitted terrorist Bill Ayers as the 2013 College of Education and Human Services "visiting scholar," according to Campus Reform... (more)

March 24, 2013

NEWSMAX — "It's a free country. You can sell your shares of Starbucks and buy shares in another company," CEO Howard Schultz told a shareholder opposed to the company's stand for same-sex marriage this week... (more)

March 24, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — The wife of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini says she's "very encouraged" by Secretary of State John Kerry's call for Iran to release Abedini from prison. Kerry released the statement while traveling in the Middle East with President Obama... (more)

March 24, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — A Roman Catholic priest reports that 50 out of 52 Catholic Churches in Nigeria's Maiduguri Diocese have been destroyed. According to a report by on Shoebat.com, Father Jerome Ituah of Christ the King Catholic Parish in Kurudu said the buildings have been knocked down, but the people are not discouraged... (more)

March 24, 2013

NEWSMAX — Mitt Romney plans a get-together this summer to consider his future political and business roles -- and he's invited Chris Christie and Paul Ryan. The Los Angeles Times obtained an email to guests in which Romney said he hoped to see the conference unite "political, business and other thought leaders"... (more)

March 23, 2013

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY — Republicans are getting a lot of unsolicited advice about how to recover from last year's defeat, and most of it is either ignorant or coming from people who don't have Republican Party victories in their game plan. One of the worst of these bits of advice is that Republicans should join a bipartisan push for immigration amnesty... (more)

March 23, 2013

DAILY CALLER — Democrats celebrated the third anniversary of the passage of President Obama's signature health-care legislation on Friday by voting down a Republican amendment to repeal the entire law... (more)

March 23, 2013

FOX NEWS — In the past 20 years, stem cell research has been thrust into the medical spotlight as celebrities like Michael J. Fox and Christopher Reeve have advocated for it. Also, numerous studies have shown stem cell therapies have successfully treated a plethora of diseases... (more)

March 23, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — Bureaucrats from 150 nations are ramping up efforts to impose gun control through international pact. Here in the United States, the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty has become the vehicle to drive an agenda that is deeply controversial because once a treaty is ratified by the Senate, it becomes the supreme law of the land... (more)