April 18, 2013

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — American Muslims tell us that Islam is a religion of peace. Jihadist leaders abroad describe Islam as a religion of war against infidels. Who is correct? Both are correct. If both are correct, does this mean there are two Muhammads and two Qurans? Yes, in the sense that Muhammad was like two different persons at two different times and the Quran is like two contradictory books pasted together... (more)

April 18, 2013

THE HILL — The Senate delivered a devastating blow to President Obama's agenda to regulate guns Wednesday by defeating a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks. It failed by a vote of 54 to 46, with five Democrats voting against it. Only four Republicans supported it... (more)

April 18, 2013

POLITICO — Never before had President Barack Obama put the moral force and political muscle of his presidency behind an issue quite this big -- and lost quite this badly. The president, shaken to the core by the massacre of 26 innocents at Sandy Hook Elementary School, broke his own informal "Obama Rule" -- of never leaning into an issue without a clear path to victory... (more)

April 18, 2013

NEWSMAX — An angry President Barack Obama denounced Senate Republicans on Wednesday for failing to pass stricter background checks on gun purchases, calling it a "pretty shameful day" for Washington... (more)

April 18, 2013

CNSNEWS.COM — Only 4 percent of Americans think guns and gun control are an important problem facing the country, according to Gallup, and far more Americans are concerned about the economy, unemployment and the federal debt... (more)

April 18, 2013

ANN COULTER — When Republicans start lying like Democrats, you can guess they are pushing an idea that's bad for America. During his William Ginsburg-like tour of the Sunday talk shows last weekend, Sen. Marco Rubio was the Mount Vesuvius of lies about his immigration bill... (more)

April 18, 2013

CNSNEWS.COM — Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said today that the Senate immigration bill is even worse than feared, since it legalizes illegals' relatives and even those previously deported... (more)

April 18, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — Speaking for the first time about the murder trial of an abortionist in Philadelphia, President Obama said Wednesday that any abortion provider who violates the law should be prosecuted... (more)

April 18, 2013

TIM CARNEY — Flash back to 1972. Dr. Harvey Karman, a star of the abortion movement, came up with a bold publicity stunt. The 1972 "mass Mother's Day abortion," as the Chicago Tribune described it, was designed to show that late-term abortions could be easy and safe... (more)

April 18, 2013

LOS ANGELES TIMES — Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing have been singled out in surveillance videos of the scene, sources told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. U.S. counter-terrorism and law enforcement officials told The Times that the suspects in the Boston bombings were seen in a department store video that caught images of a man leaving a backpack near the finish line... (more)

April 18, 2013

BLOOMBERG — California officials asked an appeals panel to enforce the state's first-in-the nation law barring gay conversion therapy for minors after two judges disagreed about whether its unconstitutional... (more)

April 18, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest Wednesday, and the "Iron Lady" is being remembered as a steadfast and principled leader. Thatcher died April 8 following a stroke. She was 87. Thatcher served as prime minister from 1979-1990... (more)

April 18, 2013

CAMPUS REFORM — Brevard Community College (BCC) has fired a professor after a school investigation concluded she required students to sign a pledge to vote for President Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election... (more)

April 17, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Neighborhood House Charter School has to bring in counselors for children who will never again see their 8-year-old classmate Martin Richard. The mother of Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager, said it "doesn't make any sense" that she is gone... (more)

April 17, 2013

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON — Law enforcement and intelligence authorities investigating the Boston terror bombings suspect al Qaeda terrorists were behind the blasts that killed three and injured scores although so far there is no firm evidence... (more)

April 17, 2013

NEWSMAX — The pressure cooker bombs that were used in the Boston Marathon attacks have been a staple of al-Qaida for years -- and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has known about their use by terrorists since at least 2004... (more)

April 17, 2013

NEWSMAX — The prosecutor who put the terrorists in the 1993 World Trade Center attack behind bars says the kind of counter-terrorism needed to stop horrors like the Boston bombings is now "a dirty word'' because of fears of profiling and racism... (more)

April 17, 2013

MICHELLE MALKIN — In brief remarks to the nation yesterday on the Boston Marathon bombings, President Obama said that "we all have a part to play in alerting authorities. If you see something suspicious, speak up." In Washington, D.C., electronic signs urged commuters to be on guard. Law enforcement, big-city mayors, and security experts all echoed that famous post-terrorism refrain: "If you see something, say something."... (more)

April 17, 2013

DREW ZAHN — Time and again in the history of the United States, when the nation faced need or crisis, America's leaders have called upon the country to turn to its surest hope in darkened days: to bend its knees before Almighty God... (more)

April 17, 2013

JOSEPH FARAH — "We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities." -- MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry. Much has been said about Melissa Harris-Perry's claim that kids don't belong to their parents and families but rather to the community at large... (more)