May 8, 2014

CLIFF KINCAID — Vladimir Putin's aggression in Ukraine has apparently surprised a lot of people who thought the Cold War was over, and that Russia had been integrated into the "community of nations." In 2012, President Obama pushed through Permanent Normal Trade Relations for Russia, giving Putin access to billions of dollars of Western capital... (more)

May 8, 2014

JEROME R. CORSI — The controversy that developed in 2012 when Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and four other GOP members of the House sent letters to the inspector generals at the departments of Homeland Security, Justice and State asking for an investigation of the influence played by the Muslim Brotherhood on U.S. government officials in the Obama administration took on new light last week... (more)

May 8, 2014

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — "We must stand up to terrorism," bleated Hillary Clinton a few days ago in a tweet expressing outrage against Boko Haram, the jihadist organization that has abducted hundreds of young girls in Nigeria. Yet, when she was actually in a position to stand up to Boko Haram's terrorism as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton instead protected the group... (more)

May 8, 2014

WASHINGTON TIMES — A four-star Marine general laments an American public that cannot comprehend why young Marines sacrifice their lives to defend the country, saying millennial Marines shun a popular culture that celebrates the self-absorbed and materialistic... (more)

May 8, 2014

BRYAN FISCHER — The Supreme Court's ruling on public invocations in the name of Jesus is a ruling of seismic proportions. It begins the process of ratcheting back the strangulation of religious liberty in America that began with the Court's egregious ruling in Emerson in 1947, which led to the removal of Bible reading and prayer from our public schools by the early 1960s... (more)

May 8, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — Attorneys for Matt Sissel -- a small-business owner who wants to pay medical expenses on his own and has financial, philosophical and constitutional objections to being ordered to purchase a health plan he does not need or want -- have argued to a federal appeals court that the authors of the Constitution meant different things when they used different words... (more)

May 8, 2014

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY — It looks like all sorts of people are joining the game of rewriting parts of the U.S. Constitution. It started with state legislators who apparently had time on their hands, and now it's even extended to U.S. Supreme Court justices... (more)

May 8, 2014

FRANK PAVONE — When the Roman Empire persecuted the early Christians, they tried to force them to do what seems like a small, simple act: Take a pinch of incense, throw it on the fire, and say "Caesar is Lord." The Christians objected, even at the cost of their lives, because this small act was actually a big betrayal of their only Lord, Jesus... (more)

May 8, 2014

WASHINGTON TIMES — Despite assurances to the contrary, the IRS didn't destroy all of the donor lists scooped up in its tea party targeting -- and a check of those lists reveals that the tax agency audited 10 percent of those donors, much higher than the audit rate for average Americans, House Republicans revealed Wednesday... (more)

May 8, 2014

FOX NEWS — The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold former IRS official Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups. The House voted 231-187 for a resolution holding Lerner in contempt. All Republicans voted yes, along with six Democrats... (more)

May 8, 2014

WASHINGTON TIMES — Inspectors general are the taxpayers' policemen. Their beat is the corridors of the bureaucracy, which they patrol for waste, fraud, abuse and even crime. This often puts them at odds with a president, his administration and his congressional allies... (more)

May 8, 2014

Death knell of the republic

NEW YORK TIMES — Florida has been an afterthought in electoral politics over the last few cycles, but it is positioned to return to the forefront. No state looms larger as the Republican Party mulls its future... (more)

May 7, 2014

NEWSMAX — Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy's name has been floated as the possible staff counsel for the Benghazi select committee, which is to be headed by Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina.... (more)

May 7, 2014

WASHINGTON TIMES — A new book written by a former top federal prosecutor -- Andrew McCarthy -- takes a look at all the scandals and secrecies that have plagued the Obama administration, dissects the facts and then sums: Impeachment is a valid notion.... (more)

May 7, 2014

DAILYCALLER — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz released a definitive list Wednesday of 76 "lawless" Obama administration actions and abuses of power.... (more)

May 7, 2014

THE BLAZE — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Tuesday blasted an Obama administration proposal to create up to 100,000 more guest worker permits for the spouses of foreign workers, calling it a plan that would keep 100,000 Americans from finding jobs.... (more)

May 7, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — At the center of a Nevada "good old boys" network of movers and shakers through which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his family have profited for decades is the Las Vegas-based law firm Lionel Sawyer & Collins... (more)

May 7, 2014

DEFENSE ONE — Virtually every country on Earth will be able to build or acquire drones capable of firing missiles within the next ten years. Armed aerial drones will be used for targeted killings, terrorism and the government suppression of civil unrest. What's worse, say experts, it's too late for the United States to do anything about it.... (more)

May 7, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, have decided not to appeal an adverse court ruling that swamped their plans to silence pregnancy centers, and the decision is expected to have a ripple effect on similar cases in New York, San Francisco, Austin and Baltimore.... (more)

May 7, 2014

JOSEPH FARAH — Kathleen Willey, the former volunteer aide to Bill Clinton who claims she was sexually harassed by the president in the 1990s, says she is very sympathetic toward Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern who, after 21 years, has decided to tell all about the lies and deceit surrounding the sexual relationship that ultimately led to impeachment.... (more)

May 7, 2014

FREE BEACON — Movie posters for a spoof entitled "Saving Barack Obama" have hit Los Angeles ahead of the president's visit the city.... (more)

May 7, 2014

WORLDNETDAILY — Americans now are being blasted as "racist" for the simple act of waving an American flag. It happened Monday in California to a small group of protesters who waved U.S. flags in front of a school where officials had banned the practice to avoid violence threatened by Hispanic students celebrating Cinco de Mayo.... (more)

May 5, 2014

ALAN KEYES — In a recent blog post, I discuss the slander offensive against Cliven Bundy spearheaded by a deceitful New York Times piece that used the age-old practice of selective quotation to smear him with the charge of racism... (more)

May 5, 2014

CLIFF KINCAID — The announcement that the House will vote on a special congressional committee to investigate Benghazi is long overdue. Accuracy in Media's two special conferences on Benghazi helped mobilize the public and the press to demand this outcome... (more)

May 5, 2014

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW — House Speaker John Boehner has officially chosen Rep. Trey Gowdy to lead the congressional hearings on the terror attacks that left four Americans dead in Benghazi, Libya.... (more)