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October 31, 2008
Spreading the Wealth and Killing the Goose
Gregory V. Helvering
If your goal is "redistributive change" a shrinking pie makes no difference. More

October 31, 2008
Getting the 'Ayers Issue' Straight
M. Jay Wells
If we move beyond the retort of being 8 years old at the time, and consider what we already know, there is plenty of disturbing evidence from Obama's own past about the Ayers relationship. More

October 31, 2008
Has Obama Overplayed the Race Card?
Marc Sheppard
Many who may have previously felt inclined toward politically correct acceptance are now moving in the direction of downright indignation. More

October 31, 2008
Obama the Justifier
Selwyn Duke
Obama has spoken of how legal "justifications" could be found allowing the courts to order redistributive policies. That rveals a frightening attitude toward constitutional jurisprudence. More

October 31, 2008
Spotting the Camouflaged Candidate
Randy Fardal
Sometimes it's possible to spot a camouflaged animal not by watching for motion but by doing just the opposite: watching for motionlessness. More

October 31, 2008
Obama to Critics: Just Shut Up
Anat Hakim
The Obama campaign's suppression of dissent on the road to the White House More

October 30, 2008
Barack Obama: Red Diaper Baby
Andrew Walden
Barack Obama is a "red diaper baby" who spent his formative years living and interacting with members and sympathizers of the Communist Party, USA. More

October 30, 2008
Dreams from Frank Marshall Davis
Paul Kengor
Barack Obama's childhood mentor left a written record of his views on handling an economic crisis. Most intriguing indeed. More

October 30, 2008
Vote for National Survival
Walid Phares
After Comparing the war on terror agendas of McCain and Obama, I made my choice. More

October 30, 2008
The Repugnance of Socialism
Kyle-Anne Shiver
The reasons for loathing socialism are as clear as the nose on anyone's face. More

October 30, 2008
Do-It-Yourself Fact-Checking
Randall Hoven
Taxes are back in the news. Barack Obama promises to raise them, but only on people making more than $250,000, or maybe $200,000, or maybe $150,000. More

October 30, 2008
Upset of the Century?
Jerry A. Kane
It's hard to say what Marine Corps Captain John Murtha thought of the people of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, when he took command of the 34th Special Infantry Company Reserves back in 1959. More

October 29, 2008
Exactly Wrong, Again
Randall Hoven
Now tell me, if George W. Bush is the problem, why has Europe's economy declined worse than the US? More

October 29, 2008
Negative Liberties and Obama Newspeak
Bruce Walker
The 2001 audio tape of Barack Obama describing the Constitution as a document of "negative liberties" reveals an utterly Orwellian Obama. How can liberty be anything other than negative? More

October 29, 2008
Who Enforces the Constitution's Natural Born Citizen Clause?
Mark J. Fitzgibbons
If you believe in individual rights and the notion that our Constitution is a document granting enumerated but limited powers to the federal government, then you have reason to be troubled by the recent dismissal in Berg v. Obama et al. More

October 29, 2008
It's 3 a.m. and the Prime Minister of Israel is Calling
William A. Jacobson
Joe Biden's warning that America's enemies will test the mettle of Barack Obama is a reminder that this election should be about which presidential candidate is best equipped to handle an international crisis. More

October 29, 2008
This Jew for McCain
Lori Lowenthal Marcus
When PBS asked me to do an interview for a television newsweekly because I am a Jew supporting McCain, I didn't hesitate to say yes. More

October 29, 2008
Democrats Should Fear the 'Brady Effect'
Brad O'Leary
Never mind the "Bradley Effect." Democrats should worry about the "Brady Effect." More

October 28, 2008
McCain's End Game
Richard Baehr
McCain can still win. But it will not be easy, and Obama remains a heavy favorite. State-by-state, here's how he could do it. More

October 28, 2008
Time for McCain to ruffle some feathers
C. Edmund Wright
The conventional wisdom is that John McCain's only hope for this election is for the economy and markets to "settle down" so that he can focus on foreign policy. Wrong. More

October 28, 2008
Time for a Gut Check, America
James Edmund Pennington
McCain and his supporters have only a single battle cry for the last week, but it could be powerful: America, do you want to give unchecked, unlimited, near total power to the left wing of the Democratic Party? More

October 28, 2008
Strengthening Mac's 'Fear The Redistributor' Message
Marc Sheppard
John McCain must make clear why a President Obama might prove uniquely capable of realizing his Leftist vision. More

October 28, 2008
The Left Keeps Hate Alive
Paul Miller
As America witnesses the closing of the racial divide, some people refuse to believe that the attitudes that gave us the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow are taking their final breath. More

October 28, 2008
The Memory of Liberty Haunts Iran
Amil Imani
Iran's Mullahs are trying to stamp out the memory of a great hero of human rights, a Persian who preceded Islam and therefore threatens it. More

October 27, 2008
Senator Obama's Four Tax Increases for People Earning Under $250k
Ned Barnett
And for those earning as little as $25k a year, too. More

October 27, 2008
The Left Tries to Find John McCain's Bill Ayers
Humberto Fontova
Fine. Let Democrats equate an anti-communist U.S. citizen who honorably stood up to 28 years of torture by sadists serving a Stalinist regime to Bill Ayers. More

October 27, 2008
Libelous allegations of 'fifth column conspiracies' from prominent progressives (updated)
Thomas Lifson
A prominent liberal magazine has published lies about American Thinker, spinning an absurd "fifth column" conspiracy theory. More

October 26, 2008
Democide
J.R. Dunn
Over the past fifty years, something on the order of a half-million Americans have been killed by liberal policies. More

October 26, 2008
Why the Mortgage Crisis Happened
M. Jay Wells
The Obama narrative of the crisis puts free-market capitalism at the root, denying the real history of government interference in the mortgage market. More

October 26, 2008
The Economic Meltdown and Obama's Bounce: An American Paradox
Kenneth Levin
A plot line like that of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" runs through assigning responsibility for the mortgage meltdown on John McCain and the GOP. More

October 26, 2008
The Dangerous Reasoning of the Connecticut Supreme Court
Larrey Anderson
The Supreme Court of Connecticut recently embraced legal reasoning that opens a Pandora's Box. More

October 25, 2008
Signs Pointing To A McCain Victory
Steven M. Warshawsky
Conservatives continue to allow themselves to be unduly influenced, and even demoralized, by what they read and hear in the big city newspapers and on network television. More

October 25, 2008
Obamanomics
Amil Imani
Obama's economic plan is a recipe for long-lasting disaster. Keep in mind that wrecking anything, as opposed to building things, requires very little time and effort. More

October 25, 2008
The Green Religion
Miguel A. Guanipa
If we look closely at some of the social initiatives and assorted orbiting causes that are championed by the so called "green movement", one may discern some eerie similarities with some less well organized religions. More

October 25, 2008
Bill Ayers, the Marxist Revolutionary in the 1960s
Peter Barry Chowka
Before he was in the Weather Underground, Bill Ayers was already a revolutionary, and was rather forcoming about his goals. More

October 25, 2008
Europe's Sorry Lesson
Steve McCann
Internationalism and Eurosocialism have been tried before, with horrible cosequences. More

October 24, 2008
In Defense of Negative Campaigning
Paul Shlichta
Obama and his supporters have decried McCain's "negativity" and "hateful rhetoric". We are told that we should stick to the issues and not attack a candidate's personality or competence. These complaints are wrong More

October 24, 2008
The monied left under Obama
Clarice Feldman
The financial turmoil has taken its toll on the purveyors of goods to the wealthy left. More

October 24, 2008
Betting Against the Elites on Sarah Palin
J. Robert Smith
Sarah Palin is the latest in a long line politicians who have been discounted by those comfortably ensconced in positions of power and privilege. More

October 24, 2008
The Supreme Court and the Ohio Voting case
Eileen McDevitt and Larrey Anderson
Why didn't the US Supreme Court uphold the order directing the Ohio Secretary of State to check for voter fraud? Conservative Justices are holding fast to the application of the doctrine of separation of powers. More

October 24, 2008
The Risk of Obama
Brenda Giguere
We need to choose a scenario that legitimately has the best hope of our not only surviving, but thriving, one where the word "liberty" is not just a nostalgic phrase More

October 23, 2008
Secret of Obama tax plan revealed?
William Tate
I have learned how Barack Obama plans to cut taxes for 95% of the public, even though only 60% of people pay income taxes. The explanation came from a young man calling from an Obama phone bank More

October 23, 2008
Obama as a War President
Philip C. Bom
Many Americans view Obama as the peace president who will end the war in Iraq. On the contrary, he will be Commander in Chief for a global crusade, a global war to end all wars. More

October 23, 2008
Noonan's Slipped a Peg
Jan LaRue
Peggy Noonan had to cough up her Sarah Palin fur ball sometime, I suppose. We heard it coming. More

October 23, 2008
Social Issues Can Save McCain
Zach Krajacic
McCain can still pull out a victory if he starts talking about something he has ignored thus far: the social issues. More

October 23, 2008
Choose Wisely
James Lopez
Before we make our choice at the polls we must ask ourselves what we want for our children and grandchildren. More

October 22, 2008
The Joe-the-Plumber vote is bigger than you think
John Berlau
Joe Wurzelbacher of Ohio just may have awakened a swing bloc of voters that could make the difference in this election: "the rich" and those who aspire to be. More

October 22, 2008
Obama's Culture of Death and the Catholic Vote
Kyle-Anne Shiver
Measured at approximately 25% of the American electorate, Catholic voters often determine electoral outcomes in a number of important battleground states. More

October 22, 2008
The Second Coming of Jimmy Carter
Rick Richman
Barack Obama is taking America down a path modeled by Jimmy Carter, and threatens to be as bad a president as his trailblazer. A unlikely guide unwittingly will help make the case. More

October 22, 2008
Obama the 'Light-Worker'
Lance Fairchok
In San Francisco you can buy votive candles that featured Obama dressed in Monks robs with a hallo, giving a benediction while holding a cross. It would be funny if it weren't for the actual Obama worship that hammers our senses. More

October 22, 2008
Hey Joe -- About That License Thing
C. Edmund Wright
Well Joe, now the entire world not only knows you are an unlicensed plumber. Is Brian Williams a licensed broadcaster? Of course not. His employer, NBC, is. Just like Joe. More

October 21, 2008
Hedge Funds, Politics, and the Market Crash
Ed Lasky
There are several culprits in the recent market crash, but one key source of the problem has hitherto escaped attention: an economic index that can be easily manipulated by hedge funds and whose gyrations have shaken the foundation of Wall Street. More

October 21, 2008
Obama's campaign built on lies
Richard Baehr
Two lies in particular have been especially consequential in boosting Barack Obama so far toward the presidency. More

October 21, 2008
Al Qaeda and the Election
Raymond Ibrahim
Is al Qaeda trying to influence the American presidential election? More

October 21, 2008
Palin's People Power
Ben Voth
One of the more awkward realities of this election is Governor Sarah Palin. More

October 21, 2008
Media Polls: Pimping for Obama?
William Tate
The New York Times and their comrades-in-harm, CBS, last week declared Barack Obama the winner of the 2008 presidential election. Well, okay, not officially. More

October 21, 2008
Obama and Dohrn and Ayers
Zee Towner
In all likelihood Barack Obama first learned of Ayers and Dohrn in his college years. His claim to not know their terrorist background is ludicrous. More

October 20, 2008
The Buying of the Presidency 2008
Richard Baehr
Barack Obama is well on his way to buying the Presidency. More

October 20, 2008
Stealing the Presidency: An Obama/ACORN Primer
Kyle-Anne Shiver
Here we are two weeks out from what may very well be an actual, stolen presidential election. More

October 20, 2008
Judging Who is Smart
Randall Hoven
Apparently, the skill most highly prized in a President is articulateness in extemporaneous public speaking. More

October 20, 2008
Don't Forget the Undecided Voters
Steven M. Warshawsky
Apparently it has become my mission in life to try to persuade you to stop believing polls that supposedly show Barack Obama "winning" the race for president over John McCain. More

October 20, 2008
Two Top Ten Lists
Tom Scheffelin
I have not seen a simple list of reasons to vote for or against either Presidential candidate. To fill this need, I offer my two top ten lists below. More

October 19, 2008
How Obama Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the R-Bomb
Marc Sheppard
The skin color of their current candidate has created an irrational PC ecstasy amongst the fourth estate, one that finds them simultaneously agitating and exploiting racial divides to an extreme that borders slimy. More

October 19, 2008
The Last Two Years
Randall Hoven
The Obama/Biden ticket's entire campaign theme is based on "the last eight years." Maybe we should really look at "the last two years," or the time period when both the House and the Senate were run by Democrats. More

October 19, 2008
The Mendacity of Hope
Paul Shlichta
I am deeply indebted to Barack Obama for reminding me that hope is often used as bait in scams. More

October 19, 2008
A Harvard Trial Lawyer for McCain
William A. Jacobson
I would seem to fit the profile of a Barack Obama supporter. For over 20 years I represented investors against brokerage firms. Now I teach at an Ivy League law school. And I went to Harvard Law School. Yet I wholeheartedly support John McCain. More

October 19, 2008
Presidential Race: A Mommy vs. Daddy Thing
William D. Zeranski
Maybe this election has less to do with Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and more to do with Leave it to Beaver More

October 19, 2008
It's a question of judgment, not patriotism
Bob Weir
In a 1970 interview, Bill Ayers summed up the Weatherman philosophy as: "Kill all the rich people! Break up their cars and apartments! Bring the revolution home! Kill your parents! That's where it's really at!" More

October 18, 2008
An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy
Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
More in Sorrow than in Anger: An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy. More

October 18, 2008
Deconstructing the Liberal Media's Funny Bone
Oleg Atbashian
A unanimously negative media response to the political slapstick movie American Carol reinforces my theory that humor -- and satire in particular -- is an accurate litmus test of one's political and ideological convictions. More

October 18, 2008
Obama's Big Lie in the Last Debate
James Simpson
In the final presidential debate Wednesday night Obama reiterated that his only tie to ACORN was representing them along with the U.S. Justice Department, in a lawsuit demanding the Illinois state government enforce the new Motor Voter law More

October 18, 2008
An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy (2)
Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
More in Sorrow than in Anger: An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy. More

October 18, 2008
An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy (3)
Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
More in Sorrow than in Anger: An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy. More

October 18, 2008
An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy (4)
Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
More in Sorrow than in Anger: An open letter from The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley to Senator John McCain about Climate Science and Policy. More

October 17, 2008
Evidence Mounts: Ayers Co-Wrote Obama's Dreams
Jack Cashill
Evidence continues to mount that Barack Obama had substantial help from Bill Ayers in the creation of his 1995 book, Dreams From My Father. More

October 17, 2008
Hey Plumber Joe: Been There, Done That
C. Edmund Wright
16 plus years ago I was where you are now. And I must tell you if Obama wins, I am pulling the plug in a few months. I am out. I have had it. I am preparing to destroy almost 100 jobs More

October 17, 2008
Barack O'Bonaparte, Man of Destiny
James Lewis
What's so odd about Barack Obama is his extreme sense of self-confidence, matched with his extreme lack of experience. It seems as if Obama is utterly convinced he can do no wrong, and that Destiny is on his side. More

October 17, 2008
Planetary President Obama
Philip C. Bom
Senator Obama could well become our first planetary president. More

October 17, 2008
Will an angry electorate hand the election to Obama?
Rosslyn Smith
I sense a very angry electorate, but not a particularly nihilistic one. They know they have been kept in the dark and been fed a diet of compost about the anointed one. More

October 17, 2008
The Next 18 Days
James Edmund Pennington
The last debate is over, and the race is in its final stretch. And in all probability McCain's debate performance changed little. At least not for the better. More

October 16, 2008
McCain's War Story
Adam G. Mersereau
A broad consensus is forming -- encompassing the likes of Bill O'Reilly and Whoopi Goldberg -- that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake regardless of the outcome. More

October 16, 2008
Fidel Castro Endorses Obama -- Again
Humberto Fontova
Barack Obama's Kenyan cousin Raila Obinga did well in naming his son Fidel Castro Odinga. From Havana this week, Obama's nephew's namesake issued his 2nd Barack Obama endorsement. More

October 16, 2008
Sarah Palin Rumor Number Seventy-two
Charlie Martin
A Sarah Palin rumor that has been thoroughly debunked shows up in an Op-Ed at the New York Times, and an editorial in the Boston Globe. More

October 16, 2008
Conservative Victory in Canada and Lessons for Republicans
Bruce Walker
The triumph of Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party in Canada's general election offers some hope for conservatives in the United States. More

October 16, 2008
Obama's Religious Ruse: The Cult of the Marxist Messiah
Alexander LaBrecque
Barack Obama has identified himself with Christianity as a cloak for his political agenda. The founder of community organizing, Saul Alinsky, regarded churches as an ideal vehicle for advancing the Marxist cause. More

October 16, 2008
All the One's Men
Amil Imani
Please let me assure you, I do not say that Mr. Obama is a bad person. I say he's not the right person for America. He would lead this country to an abyss. More

October 15, 2008
Obama's Radical Revolution:Its Alinsky Root and Global Vision
Kyle-Anne Shiver
In Obama's book, Dreams from My Father, there is a strange revelation, perhaps intended as a signal More

October 15, 2008
On Bill Ayers and small 'c' communists
James Lewis
Bill Ayers said in 1995 that he was just a "small 'c' communist." He said it with a little laugh. And most of us aren't even shocked. More

October 15, 2008
The Buckley Apostasy
J.R. Dunn
Christopher Buckley, in and of himself, is not important. But the symbolism of his act is. More

October 15, 2008
Barack Obama's Campaign of the Lie
Selwyn Duke
Absent the ability to read minds and hearts, I can't really tell you if Barack Obama is uniquely dishonest. What is for certain, though, is that his campaign is uniquely deceitful. More

October 15, 2008
Preserving the Brilliant Dance Called Freedom
Janet Lynn
During the Cold War, I represented United States Figure Skating in two Olympic games and six World Championships. Performing numerous times behind the Iron Curtain showed me that a people whose government "gives" them everything are not free. More

October 15, 2008
Obama's Religious Ruse: His 'Conversion'
Alexander LaBrecque
During his presidential campaign, Obama the skeptic has touted his Christian identity as defining who he is. More

October 14, 2008
How to Steal Ohio
Rick Moran
Meet Jennifer Brunner, Ohio's Secretary of State, whose actions in the lead up to this election have been so shamefully partisan that it is doubtful any result on Election Day from Ohio is going to be accepted as credible. More

October 14, 2008
Will the Real John McCain Please Stand Up?
Jan LaRue
Sen. McCain, it's time for a new strategy -- a surge, if you will. More

October 14, 2008
What McCain Must Do
James Edmund Pennington
Here is what he must focus on for the rest of the election if he wishes to have any chance of victory: More

October 14, 2008
Understanding Current Presidential Race Polls
Elwin Tobing
How the pollsters determine their samples, and how McCain could still win. More

October 14, 2008
Obama's Religious Ruse: 'I've Always Been a Christian'
Alexander LaBrecque
Barack Obama insists that he is a "devout Christian" of "deep faith," and Big Media echoes his claim without question. Even some critics hesitate to challenge the validity of that claim. More

October 14, 2008
Remembering Yankee Stadium
William Staneski
During the eighty-five years of Yankee Stadium's existence, it has become the foremost sports venue in the country, and possibly, the world. More

October 13, 2008
Obama's Three Strikes
J.R. Dunn
Three is a meaningful and potent number, for both good and evil. In this case, three is all that is required to establish a pattern of malignant activity. More

October 13, 2008
The Left has destroyed anti-nuclear proliferation
James Lewis
In a sane world every responsible nation and political party would pull together to keep the nuclear genie bottled up tight. By that standard we are not living in a sane world. More

October 13, 2008
Why Obama's socialism matters
Bookworm
The only way to explain the disinterest in Obama's past and its relationship to his present is that Americans no longer consider the label "socialist" to be a pejorative. More

October 13, 2008
What an Obama Administration Might Look Like
William Tate
With the media having all but declaring Barack Obama the winner in the presidential election, it could be time to consider what an Obama administration might look like. More

October 13, 2008
John McCain and the Limbaugh Effect
Bruce Walker
A majority of Americans consider themselves conservative. If only John McCain knew.... More

October 12, 2008
The Exact Word
Jerry A. Kane
What is the right word for Obama. He once told us "words matter." More

October 12, 2008
Israel doesn't have much time to attack Iran
Edward Bernard Glick
It was in October 2005 that the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, first said that the "Zionist regime" must "be wiped off the face of the Earth." And it was in April 2006 that he called Israel a "fake regime" that "cannot logically continue to live." More

October 12, 2008
Islam's transcendent challenge
Mike Gonyea
November 4th will be historic not only because the U.S. will elect its first black president or its first female vice president, but also because Pope Benedict XVI will convene the most important interfaith conference in recent history. More

October 12, 2008
It's Common Sense: The Experts are to Blame
Christopher Chantrill
It's pretty obvious by now, at least to conservatives, that the current financial maelstrom is a product of liberal government programs. More

October 12, 2008
The Lords of Life and The Lords of Death
Paul Shlichta
Physician-assisted suicide, which is now legal in Oregon and may soon become so in the state of Washington, is putting an intolerable strain on the medical profession. More

October 11, 2008
This could be the game changer (updated)
Thomas Lifson
Someone with the unlikely name of Molotov Mitchell has produced a 10 minute and 52 second video that could well change the terms of the election. Seriously. More

October 11, 2008
Terrorism as a Career Option
Douglas Stone
Among the greatest underrated factors energizing the tides of history is boredom. More

October 11, 2008
Che Guevara's Rendezvous With Justice
Humberto Fontova
41 years ago this week (Oct.9, 1967) in Boliva, Ernesto "Che" Guevara got a major dose of his own medicine. Without trial, he was declared a murderer, stood against a wall and shot. More

October 11, 2008
Liberal Catholic Bigotry Against Sarah Palin
Joseph D'Hippolito
The Catholic Left, which ostensibly advocates compassion and justice in the name of Jesus Christ, does not like Sarah Palin, and finds fault with her unwed 17-year-old daughter's pregnancy, and even accuses her of apostasy. More

October 11, 2008
What happened to the media?
Karyn Gaidos
What happened to our jaded media who looked for the fire when they even had a glimpse of smoke? More

October 10, 2008
Why Obama's Communist Connections Are Not Headlines
Paul Kengor
There's a lot of frustration among conservatives over how Barack Obama's radical past seems to be making no impact whatsoever among the American public. There is specific reason why. More

October 10, 2008
All That Darned Conservatism
Randall Hoven
Did you realize that we conservatives got all we wanted and that's what screwed up just about everything, from hurricanes and Iraq to the global financial meltdown? That's a rapidly-developing propaganda theme being disseminated in the Big Media. More

October 10, 2008
What is it about Democratic presidential candidates and terrorists?
Harold Kildow
What is it about Democratic presidential candidates and terrorists? More

October 10, 2008
Can America Afford Another Jimmy Carter?
Amil Imani
The last time American voters turned away from the GOP in a crisis was Watergate. The resulting presidency of Jimmy Carter was the sort of disaster we cannot afford again. More

October 10, 2008
What happened to the media?
Karyn Gaidos
I cannot think of an issue more pressing than the political agenda and theoretical basis of our next President and Commander-in-Chief. Can you? More

October 9, 2008
Who Wrote Dreams From My Father?
Jack Cashill
Prior to 1990, when Barack Obama contracted to write Dreams From My Father, he had written very close to nothing. Then, five years later, this untested 33 year-old produced what Time Magazine has called -- with a straight face -- "the best-written memoir ever produced by an American politician." More

October 9, 2008
Can McCain Come Back?
Richard Baehr
It's all about the Electoral College and a referendum on Obama. More

October 9, 2008
Polls: Obama or McCain Is Winning
Steven M. Warshawsky
Widespread, and indeed intentional, misreporting about what the polls allegedly show is one of the most frustrating -- and ultimately harmful -- aspects of the presidential campaign season. More

October 9, 2008
The Forgotten Issue: Illegal Immigration and Crime
J. James Estrada
Two new studies have been released this month on the relationship between illegal immigrants -- more aptly called border violators -- and crime in the U.S. More

October 8, 2008
Obama the Facilitator
Joseph Rosenberger
Candidate Barack Obama is not an executive, by profession, but a facilitator. And therefore, he is not fit to be Commander-in-Chief. More

October 8, 2008
The Crime of the Century: The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Lance Fairchok
America, we just got suckered. We fell for the biggest money grab in modern politics, possibly in the history of the nation. More

October 8, 2008
What If Obama Doesn't Have America's Best Interests at Heart?
A M Siriano
I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt. I'm not so sure about Obama. When I compare him to other prominent Democrats, I come away with a very different appraisal. More

October 8, 2008
Dirty tricks for a higher cause?
Paul Shlichta
The Democrats, having in true Yahoo fashion thrown every manner of filth at McCain and Palin, are now shocked to see some mud coming in their direction. More

October 7, 2008
What if McCain knows what he's doing?
Charlie Martin
Sometimes, if I'm puzzled by someone's actions, I like to ask myself "if he's really smarter than I am, why would he be doing what he's doing?" More

October 7, 2008
Sowing ACORNs to reap the biggest oak tree in Washington, DC
James Lewis
"From tiny ACORNs mighty oaks do grow" is the old slogan, from which the revolutionary organization ACORN derives its name More

October 7, 2008
The Great American Crapshoot
Jim H. Ainsworth
Well, they passed it. Wall Street bailout, Main Street Rescue, or whatever you want to call it, is now law. Now we will roll the dice 700 times, a billion on the table each time. More

October 7, 2008
How McCain Can Win
Patrick J. Casey
Even with their stumbles over the past two weeks, John McCain and Sarah Palin still have time to win the election and save our country. More

October 6, 2008
A Long Term Strategy for a Free Market Bailout
Larrey Anderson
This bailout legislation is the first step in an effort to socialize debt -- while it attempts to keep profits private. Markets work because they reward good investments and punish bad ones. More

October 6, 2008
Gwen Ifill's VP Debate Bias
Lee Cary
A careful reading of the questions Gwen Ifill asked during the VP debate reveals several that displayed her bias. More

October 6, 2008
The postman always rings twice
Bob Weir
It's called schadenfreude -- getting satisfaction out of someone else's troubles. It's not something to be proud of, but I must admit to having enjoyed every second of O. J. Simpson's agony as the court clerk read off a succession of guilty verdicts More

October 5, 2008
The Great Boomer Comeuppance
Richard Berry
My cohort, the sainted Boomer generation, now rules this country and its institutions. Now these new Masters of the Universe have made a shambles of the US and world financial system. More

October 5, 2008
Enough Already!
Victor Volsky
I have just about had it with the conservative punditry and their plaintive wailings about the unfairness of the self-proclaimed "mainstream media" More

October 5, 2008
Maybe Obama Does Not Know How to Use A Computer, Either
Jim H. Ainsworth
Senator Obama's campaign made fun of John McCain for not using email (and by implication, for not knowing how to use a computer). After the most recent debate, I think Obama may not know how to use one, either. More

October 4, 2008
Out of the West Comes an Alaska Cowgirl
James Lewis
It's Frontier Woman vs. Metrosexual Chic! Hold your breath. Sarah Palin is a mythic figure out of the American imagination. That why she scares the Effetes and Corruptocrats. More

October 4, 2008
Detecting Real Heroes
Barry Rubin
Who your heroes are tells a great deal about you and your society. Americans like their heroes flawed but not shattered. It's good for the hero to be reluctant. More

October 4, 2008
American Gothic Redux
Ed Kaitz
Photographer Jona Frank recently attempted to capture life at the Evangelical Christian Patrick Henry College (PHC), demonstrating how the Left in this country perceives both homeschoolers and Evangelical Christians. More

October 4, 2008
An Open Letter to Baroness Warnock on Assisted Suicide
Rita L. Marker
When she said people with Alzheimer's should be able to appoint someone to request euthanasia for them, Britain's leading medical ethicist, Baroness Mary Warnock, caused a firestorm of controversy. More

October 3, 2008
Palin Has Everything that Counts
Kyle-Anne Shiver
Sarah Palin has everything that counts. She has had my admiration since day one, and I've seen nothing of significance to change my mind. More

October 3, 2008
Romanticizing Obama
Bookworm
I think I have finally come to understand the appeal of Barack Obama to many of his devoted followers. It comes from the world of romance, not politics. More

October 3, 2008
The Enigma of Obama
Paul Shlichta
A school of thought is emerging that Barack Obama has an advanced form of narcissistic personality disorder. More

October 3, 2008
A Review of Bill Maher's Religulous
Tim McNabb
I saw Bill Maher's Religulous with a fellow Christian who occasionally offers to get me into press screenings. My first instinct was to take a pass, I prefer my faith to be mocked and derided in the style of Monty Python. More

October 2, 2008
Senate 'Bailout' Bill a Bizarre Blend Indeed
Marc Sheppard
Call it what you will, but the $700,000,000,000 credit rescue Bill that passed the Senate last night is one strange piece of lawmaking. More

October 2, 2008
Sarah Palin and the Experience Factor
J.R. Dunn
Why is it that liberal misrepresentations are never fully addressed before they become established as received wisdom? More

October 2, 2008
Fannie/Freddie and the Stealth Welfare State
Christopher Chantrill
Secret defense programs have their place, but surely it is wrong to create secret social programs. The meltdown of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac demonstrates why. More

October 2, 2008
Russia Suffers a Bloody Nose in Georgia
Joel J. Sprayregen
Russian armed forces performed poorly in Georgia, and Moscow sustained economic and political damage. It has set up puppet regimes in both breakaway regions, but the cost has been disproportionate/ More

October 2, 2008
Nancy Pelosi: The worst Speaker in History
J.R. Dunn
The House's failure to pass the first bailout bill was historic in more ways than one. More

October 2, 2008
Obama's Foreign Policy: Appeasement and Groveling
Gary Wolf
Mr. Obama would implement a foreign policy that is no longer based on America's concrete interests, but rather on some vague notion of what pleases the "world." More

October 1, 2008
The Unspoken Campaign Message of Obama
Bruce Walker
There is a theme to the political campaign of Barack Obama. It can be summed up easily: I will do anything to win. More

October 1, 2008
Time for McCain to Name Names
C. Edmund Wright
There is but one issue in the 2008 election. The economy. Or more to the point, the economic meltdown. Whoever wins this debate will win the election. More

October 1, 2008
Wrecks, Lies and Barney Frank
Marc Sheppard
Democrats have a lot to hide about their role in creating the current financial crisis and are doing their best to appear blameless, directing their charges elsewhere. More

October 1, 2008
Lessons from Hick U
A M Siriano
The Left is very worried we are about to put a brainless bimbo one heartbeat away from the White House. More

October 1, 2008
Caracas: Murder capital of the world
David Paulin
Caracas now ranks as the world's No. 1 murder capital, according to Foreign Policy magazine. It's an assessment that will surprise few credible Venezuela watchers. More