April 4, 2013

ALAN KEYES — [This is a comment from one of my Facebook readers, with my reply. It was occasioned by my last post entitled "Bullying 'bible thumpers,' O'Reilly rejects God-endowed rights."] THE COMMENT: The states should decide. It's not a federal issue... (more)

April 4, 2013

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — The crisis in public education is well known. High dropout rates, low test scores, deficits in reading, math, and history, and inarticulate young people who do not read books are so frequently reported in the news that we have almost come to expect bad news about education. Why are these chronic problems so difficult to fix?... (more)

April 4, 2013

CLIFF KINCAID — Offending the moral sensibilities of millions of Americans, Time Magazine is featuring cover stories showing two white homosexual couples kissing. The Right Scoop blog ran a "censored version of the offensive covers."... (more)

April 4, 2013

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States. "The moment of explosion is approaching fast," the North Korean military said, warning that war could break out "today or tomorrow"... (more)

April 4, 2013

JOSEPH FARAH — Is all this talk of war by North Korea just the kind of posturing we've heard off and on from three generations of "supreme leaders"? Maybe. But with the rhetoric of the kind emanating from Pyongyang in the last week, only one thing is certain -- if war comes, it will be the worst camouflaged sneak attack in history... (more)

April 4, 2013

F. MICHAEL MALOOF — An expert on North Korea predicts the isolated Hermit Kingdom could stage "some kind" of attack or bombing within a few days on the Korean Peninsula amid heightened rhetoric about nuclear war... (more)

April 4, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — Four months after the shooting rampage in Newtown, the Connecticut state legislature has signed off on what lawmakers touted as the strictest gun control package of any state in the nation. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy plans to sign the package at noon Thursday at the state Capitol in Hartford... (more)

April 4, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — Maryland's House of Delegates on Wednesday passed a package of gun restrictions making its laws among the toughest in the country and reinforcing what analysts say is a trend toward states with strict gun regulations passing laws making them stricter... (more)

April 4, 2013

NEWSMAX — Republican Mike Lee of Utah on Wednesday became the 34th senator to oppose an international treaty that would regulate the $60 billion global small arms trade, giving the opposition enough votes in the U.S. Senate to block its ratification... (more)

April 4, 2013

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — When liberal nanny-staters infringe on their citizens' freedom to enjoy anything from soft drinks to semi-automatics, they often flatter themselves as being science-based technocrats. But look into the science behind these government intrusions and you'll find little to no evidence justifying the power grabs... (more)

April 4, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — The open border so dear to the hearts of many Democrats, eager to get the 11 million illegal aliens on the voter rolls, ends short of compassion for refugees from First World countries, as Uwe and Hannelore Romeike have found out. The administration is working overtime to deport this family because they home-school their children... (more)

April 4, 2013

REUTERS — The Alabama Senate passed an abortion bill on Tuesday critics say would limit access to the procedure with stricter requirements for clinics that provide it. The Senate passed the bill on a vote of 22-10, after the House passed a similar bill in February. A committee will reconcile the two bills before the proposed legislation goes to the Alabama Governor, Dr. Robert Bentley, who is expected to sign it into law... (more)

April 4, 2013

NEWSMAX — Television and film star Gary Sinise, who has worked tirelessly to bring attention to the needs of the nation's veterans, is urging Americans to take a more active role in ensuring veterans get the care and support they need once their military service is complete... (more)

April 4, 2013

NEWSMAX — Dr. Ben Carson on Tuesday accused critics of his stance on gay marriage of trying to completely shut down debate on the issue and called his white liberal critics "the most racist out there." In an appearance on the Mark Levin radio show, Carson said he represents an existential threat to gay marriage proponents, which is why attacks on his stance against gay marriage have been so vicious... (more)

April 4, 2013

MICHELLE MALKIN — File this in the overflowing cabinet labeled, "No Wonder the Mainstream Media Is Dying." On Tuesday, the Associated Press announced that it is banishing the phrase "illegal immigrant" from its famous stylebook. The world's largest newsgathering outlet now advises reporters that "illegal" will "only refer to an action, not a person"... (more)

April 3, 2013

ROBERT KNIGHT — The last time I was in Ipswich, Mass., I had one of the tastiest plates of fried clams imaginable. They were fresh, full-bellied and cooked perfectly. Try getting something like this outside the Bay State. If it weren't for the bizarre political culture, which ranges from the Kennedys on the left to the Kennedys on the far left, Massachusetts would be a wonderful place to live, if only to enjoy the superlative seafood... (more)

April 3, 2013

DAILY CALLER — A contingent of liberal Democrats in Congress is proposing a new federal gun control idea: mandatory liability insurance for gun owners. When New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney introduced the legislation last month with eight other Democrats, she boasted that it is "the first bill to require liability insurance of gun buyers nationwide."... (more)

April 3, 2013

REUTERS — A small Georgia town on Monday passed a law requiring the head of each household to own a gun as a way to keep crime down. The ordinance, approved unanimously by the City Council in Nelson, is symbolic, however, because there is no penalty for violating it, according to Councilman Duane Cronic, who introduced the measure last month... (more)

April 3, 2013

NEWSMAX — While the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty attempting to regulate the $60 billion global small arms trade on Tuesday, the measure is likely to be dead on arrival in the U.S. Senate as Republicans have repeatedly voiced concerns that such a measure is a backdoor attempt to usurp Second Amendment gun rights... (more)

April 3, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — A research paper in a prestigious journal that claimed to show a dramatic increase in global temperatures in the 20th century caused huge headlines around the world. There's just one problem. It's not true. "Global Temperatures Highest in 4,000 Years," blared the New York Times on March 7... (more)