STEPHEN STONE, RA PRESIDENT — A new website calling for the impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama and his inner circle, including Vice President Biden, has just been launched by Americans United for Freedom. The new site, PledgeToImpeach.com, is based on the premise that impeachment is the constitutional remedy for tyranny by high public officials on the scale we've seen deliberately perpetrated by Obama and his collaborators.... (more)

December 23, 2013

ALAN KEYES — After announcing the budget deal he worked out with Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, GOP Rep. Paul Ryan suggested that the fruit of their collaboration would improve his political prospects in the 2014 congressional elections: "We need to win a couple of elections. This, I believe, helps us better do that," he said. "It allows us to focus on laying out our conservative vision in 2014."... (more)

December 23, 2013

CLIFF KINCAID — As 2013 comes to a close, two important developments have the potential to turn the tide against Obama's "fundamental transformation" of the United States. First is the public rejection of the so-called "Affordable Care Act" due to its cancellation of health care plans for millions of Americans. Second is the public backlash against the suspension of a character in the "Duck Dynasty" television show, over his critical comments about gay rights... (more)

December 23, 2013

ALAN CARUBA — A December 17 Reuters article was titled "Obama's Current Approval Rating Is The Ugliest Since Nixon." "President Barack Obama is ending his fifth year in office with the lowest approval ratings at this point in the presidency since President Richard Nixon, according to a new Washington Post/ABC poll released Tuesday."... (more)

December 23, 2013

NEIL BRIAN GOLDBERG — I had a chance to watch some episodes of the TV series "House of Cards." If you don't know, it is a fascinating series about how Washington D.C. works.... (more)

December 23, 2013

ROBERT KNIGHT — We went last week to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Va., which is staging Christmas Town, a spectacular display of lights, rides and holiday themes. It's all pretty amazing, with a 50-foot Christmas tree, a snow machine at the "North Pole," nuts roasting on an open fire, and even live penguins.... (more)

December 23, 2013

JOSEPH FARAH — I confess I have never watched "Duck Dynasty." I don't watch much TV at all. I lived and worked in and covered Hollywood for a long time, so I know it just doesn't have that much to offer.... (more)

December 23, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — On Dec. 19, the Obama administration made its 14th change to Obamacare without requesting congressional action to make the amendments. Such a move is precisely why an effort is underway in the House of Representatives to sue President Obama and force him to abide by constitutional restraints.... (more)

December 23, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — Democrats may have changed the rules on filibusters, but far from ending the intense battle over President Obama's nominations, the move has pushed Republicans to fight harder -- and to pioneer other tactics.... (more)

December 22, 2013

NEW YORK TIMES — The Obama administration moved late Friday to prevent a federal judge in California from ruling on the constitutionality of warrantless surveillance programs authorized during the Bush administration, telling a court that recent disclosures about National Security Agency spying were not enough to undermine its claim that litigating the case would jeopardize state secrets.... (more)

December 22, 2013

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — I'm not big on bipartisanship. Too often for conservatives in Washington, it's a euphemism for surrender, or at least the indulgence of ever-expanding government. But there are a few things we need a central government for, none more vital than national security. Because a political community's most important decisions are the ones made about its defense, it is essential that there be broad public buy-in. Compromise is essential.... (more)

December 22, 2013

NEWSMAX — Former President George W. Bush first authorized the National Security Agency's phone and Internet surveillance programs just after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, National Intelligence Director James Clapper said Saturday as part of declassified disclosures about the programs' beginnings.... (more)

December 22, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — Former Secret Service agent and congressional candidate Dan Bongino is taking another swipe at Republican leaders for what he sees as their abandonment of the conservative issues and positions on which the GOP is based.... (more)

December 22, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — A lawsuit against a California college over its decision to enforce a "free speech zone" and prohibit a student from handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution appears to be on track for a settlement that would revise the school's policy.... (more)

December 22, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — Sitting in the recording studio, Joni Eareckson Tada, a quadriplegic paralyzed since 1967, confessed her weaknesses before God.... (more)

December 21, 2013

CLIFF KINCAID — The brouhaha over "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson is revealing the massive power of the homosexual lobby and their determination to destroy influential figures standing in the way of a forced acceptance of their lifestyle.... (more)

December 21, 2013

JOHN FUND — Yesterday the Obama administration suddenly moved to allow hundreds of thousands of people who've lost their insurance due to Obamacare to sign up for bare-bone "catastrophic" plans. It's at least the 14th unilateral change to Obamacare that's been made without consulting Congress.... (more)

December 21, 2013

WALL STREET JOURNAL — It seems Nancy Pelosi was wrong when she said "we have to pass" ObamaCare to "find out what's in it." No one may ever know because the White House keeps treating the Affordable Care Act's text as a mere suggestion subject to day-to-day revision. Its latest political retrofit is the most brazen: President Obama is partly suspending the individual mandate.... (more)

December 21, 2013

NEWSMAX — Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz is blasting the bipartisan budget deal that passed the Senate this week, saying the deal "went backwards" and would only worsen the nation's spiraling debt.... (more)

December 21, 2013

NEWSMAX — Sen. Ted Cruz has been named "Man of the Year" by The American Spectator, which describes the freshman tea party Republican one of the most important and effective senators in the country.... (more)

December 21, 2013

JOSEPH FARAH — A controversy was ignited by Megyn Kelly at Fox News when she refuted a blogger who found the legend of Santa Claus offensive because he was a fat, old white man. I've got a bulletin for Megyn Kelly at Fox: You are dead wrong.... (more)

December 21, 2013

WASHINGTON TIMES — A federal judge in Utah has struck down a voter-passed ban on same-sex marriage, saying it was unconstitutional. An appeal is expected in the case, which is the first of many that challenge the marriage amendments passed in the 1990s and 2000s.... (more)

December 21, 2013

WASHINGTON POST — Ugandan lawmakers Friday passed an anti-gay bill that calls for life imprisonment for certain homosexual acts, drawing criticism from rights campaigners who called it the worst such legislation in the world.... (more)

December 21, 2013

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY — In an attempt to shift public discussion from the Obamacare train wreck, as well as toady to the feminists, Barack Obama is again promoting universal tax-paid day care for preschoolers. But spending $75 billion on free preschool for all won't work any better than the numerous times it's been tried before.... (more)

December 21, 2013

WORLDNETDAILY — Yet another Barack Obama relative has surfaced to cause the president grief over the credibility of the story he recounted in his autobiography, "Dreams from My Father," a bestseller that helped propel him to the presidency in 2008.... (more)

December 19, 2013

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Let's accept certain basics as to what is going on and where we Americans are being led. The goal of those who do not like America or its culture is the final trashing of the Constitution of the United States... (more)