Articles

August 31, 2010
The File Clerks of Racism
Bruce Walker
When someone in America is charged with racism today, what does it mean to most Americans? It means nothing morally serious at all. More

August 31, 2010
Covering up for George Soros
Ed Lasky
The sinister, omnipresent moneybags of the American left, George Soros, knows that distraction and misdirection make for a good defense. More

August 31, 2010
Restoring Honor and Our Higher Selves
Lloyd Marcus
While I am repulsed by liberal politicians pandering to the lower nature of all Americans, I find it particularly offensive the way they appeal to the lower self of blacks. More

August 31, 2010
The Party of Know-Nothings
Jeffrey Folks
Lack of real-world experience may actually be the primary criterion for employment in the Obama White House. More

August 31, 2010
Keynes as 'Useful Idiot'
Monty Pelerin
The mother's milk of American politics may be money, but the fuel for American socialism is Keynesian economics. More

August 31, 2010
The Envious Feminists
Selwyn Duke
People are emotional beings, often governed more by feelings than reason. And this is never truer than with leftist people. More

August 31, 2010
Oath Keepers: A Different Perspective
Derek Israel
As an Army veteran, a veteran police officer, and a strong conservative, I had previously researched this organization to see whether it was something that would reflect my own values and beliefs. Sadly, it was not. More

August 30, 2010
The Education of Glenn Beck
Matthew May
Depending on where you get your news, I was one of about 87,000 -- or a number approaching 350,000 -- on the National Mall this past Saturday. More

August 30, 2010
Nobody Here but Us 400,000 Chickens
Christopher Chantrill
After insisting for a generation that Martin Luther King is a national figure who needs a national holiday and a street in every city, our liberal friends now tell us that Martin Luther King is off-limits for conservatives. More

August 30, 2010
Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
J.R. Dunn
With the rise of birthright citizenship as an issue, we've witnessed a transformation of media and left-wing gadflies from knee-jerk constitutional relativists to strict textualists. More

August 30, 2010
NYT vs. Linda McMahon: Sex, Drugs...and $44 Sea Bass
Stuart Schwartz
It's a fight for the ages, brought to you by the New York Times as it struggles to keep the nation safe for the ruling class. More

August 30, 2010
Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama: Lifestyles of the Rich and Progressive
David Pietrusza
No heavy lifting for either Barack Obama or Woodrow Wilson More

August 30, 2010
Dr. King and the Tea Partiers
Sally Zelikovsky
It's obvious that tea partiers share an affinity for King's civil disobedience. More

August 30, 2010
'Islamophobia' and Islamo-reality
Andrew G. Bostom
The living legacy of Muslim anti-Jewish hatred and violence remains firmly rooted in mainstream, orthodox Islamic teachings, not some aberrant vision of "radical Islam." More

August 30, 2010
America to Be Reviewed by Thugs of U.N. Human Rights Council
Eileen F. Toplansky
Barack Hussein Obama now has the United States positioned to come under international review by some of the most brutal and despotic nations in the world. More

August 30, 2010
Obama's Foreign Policy Flies in the Face of Reason
Lauri B. Regan
A person does not need to be a military expert or have a Ph.D. in foreign affairs in order to understand the disastrous implications of Obama's foreign policy for America's national security. More

August 29, 2010
Clarice's Pieces: Reach Out
Clarice Feldman
A week of controversy and "outreach" as seen (and overheard) by Clarice Feldman. More

August 29, 2010
The Oath Keeper -- Villain or Valiant?
Jon Watts
It has been proposed by various groups and individuals that an organization known as "Oath Keepers" is racist, seditious, hateful, and pernicious. I'm here to tell you the real story. More

August 29, 2010
Fascism as Sadism
James Lewis
Fascism is not just national socialism as a political ideology. It also involves a mob frenzy in which cruelty is whipped up and celebrated. More

August 29, 2010
Destroying Jobs at 2.5 Gallons per Minute
John F. Di Leo
The consequences of pernicious regulations. More

August 29, 2010
Who're You Calling a 'Bigot'?
Brendan Goldman
Middle East Studies professors attack opponents of the Ground Zero mosque. More

August 29, 2010
Labeling People the Quebec Government Way
Tony Kondaks
If he lived in Quebec, that bastion of liberalism, Barack Obama would be officially counted by the government a Muslim. More

August 29, 2010
The Truth About 'The Occupation' and 'The Settlements'
Ted Belman
The pro-Palestinian propaganda machine has succeeded in stigmatizing the Israeli occupation and the settlements. Here's the truth about the legalities. More

August 29, 2010
Hard Endings: Rome, China and the Modern West
Jack Curtis
It's clear that Europe and North America -- the interlinked West -- are reaching an ending. More

August 28, 2010
Who Owns 8/28?
Lisa Fritsch
Are we remembering the same dream? More

August 28, 2010
Prime the Pump, or Fill the Tank?
Jim Yardley
As the electoral silly season heats up, it's always interesting to listen to Liberals/Progressives/Democrats argue with their Republican opponents about how to fix the limping economy. More

August 28, 2010
Target of Boycott Rebuffs Shakedown Attempt
Gary Larson
Facing down boycott threats from the Soros-funded left. More

August 28, 2010
The Pentagon's Budget Is Not Bloated
Zbigniew Mazurak
With America facing a $1.4-trillion deficit, ideological opponents of a strong defense -- liberals and libertarians alike -- have called on the Congress to severely reduce the defense budget. More

August 28, 2010
Engagement with Castro Has Clearly Failed -- Time to Try an Embargo
Humberto Fontova
The U.S. elite's fetish for "engagement" with Fidel Castro began before he was even in "office." More

August 28, 2010
Debt, Depression, Default. America is in Deep Trouble
Eileen F. Toplansky
Consumers are spending less. Small retailers are closing shop -- even cable television subscriptions are seeing a loss in revenue. More

August 28, 2010
The Crisis President Finds No Issues with Social Security
Joseph Ashby
President Obama, if nothing else, is a prolific discoverer of crises. But he is adamant that the word does not apply to Social Security. More

August 28, 2010
The Left's Unlikely Alliance with Islam
Robert Eugene Simmons Jr.
A pattern of political and moral support for Islam. More

August 28, 2010
The Military Gets a Dose of 'Hope and Change'
Adam G. Mersereau
In President Obama's push to legislate acceptance of homosexuals and bisexuals in the military, much more is at stake than unit cohesion and troop levels. More

August 28, 2010
You're Right, I'm Wrong, Washington Is Venal
Deane Waldman
I wrote here that people in Congress and the White House were magical thinkers. Readers commented that I was wrong. Washington is just plain venal. More

August 28, 2010
'Free' Speech in the U.K.
Scott Varland
Freedom wanes in the mother of democracies. More

August 28, 2010
It's Not Just about Getting Something
Elihu Perkins
Shopping can be more than the acquisition of goods. More

August 27, 2010
President Obama's Compulsive Appeasement Disorder
Robert Weissberg
Everything about Obama, regardless of his "tough" Chicago activist background, suggests a man not taken seriously by foreign dictators. More

August 27, 2010
Religion and Politics: What Obama could learn from Benjamin Disraeli
Allen Z. Hertz
Could it be that growing uncertainty about President Obama's present religious affiliation is connected with his religious history from childhood, just as there was always lively interest in Disraeli's Jewish childhood? More

August 27, 2010
Top Ten Things America Has Done for Muslims
Ben Voth
Many passionately believe the argument that the United States is mistreating Muslims. Nonsense! More

August 27, 2010
How to Regulate America Out of Business
Jeffrey Folks
Vladimir Lenin had a much simpler time of it. American leftists are far more civilized. More

August 27, 2010
Harry Reid: Praying that History Won't Repeat
David Pietrusza
Being a Democratic leader of the United States Congress may be hazardous to your political survival. More

August 27, 2010
Synagogues Burning
Eileen F. Toplansky
Again there is talk of a two-state solution. It cannot work. More

August 27, 2010
Are the Poor Subsidizing the Rich via Credit Card Rewards? Don't Be So Sure
Tim Chen
Do credit card reward systems subsidize the rich at the expense of the poor? The Boston Federal Reserve claims that credit card payments are a form of regressive wealth transfer More

August 26, 2010
Does 'Barely True' Mean True?
Randall Hoven
I've been truth-checked. The St. Petersburg Times fact-checked my piece on the cost of the Iraq War. More

August 26, 2010
Dear John
Randall Hoven
Our relationship has certainly had its ups and downs, but if you are willing to give it one more try, I guess I am, too. More

August 26, 2010
We've Made a Deal: America Picks Door Number 2
Larrey Anderson
In the next few years, one of two doors will open in America. More

August 26, 2010
Ad Wars: Republicans Are Winning
Rosslyn Smith
In an extraordinary political year, Republicans are finally grabbing the lead in advertising creativity and appeal, while Democrats are stumbling. Enjoy the videos! More

August 26, 2010
Public Service: Nice Work If You Can Get It
Carol Peracchio
Today's public employee is definitely not your dad's civil servant. More

August 26, 2010
The Unrepentant Republican Party
Sam Foster
Never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. More

August 26, 2010
Democrats Drove President Obama's Car into the Ditch
Morgan Philpot
Obama's favorite metaphor fails to properly identify the real drivers: Reid & Pelosi. More

August 26, 2010
Don't Ask, Don't Tell at Ground Zero
Stella Paul
Time for a quick refresher course for our itty-bitty-brained politicians: Why did bin Laden choose the World Trade Center as his target? More

August 25, 2010
Soros Has a Pastor Close to Obama On His Payroll
Ed Lasky
The tangled web woven by George Soros served as a safety net for Barack Obama when he needed rescue from the exposure of Jeremiah Wright as an America-hating radical. More

August 25, 2010
'Sustainable' Poverty: The Real Face of the Leftist Environmental Agenda
John Griffing
If we follow the suggestions of the radical environmentalists, human beings will be sacrificed on the altar of "sustainability." More

August 25, 2010
Dhimmis are Dummies
Lauri B. Regan
We've come a long way, baby. And not in a good way. More

August 25, 2010
Excusing Islam for the Fort Hood Massacre
Lance Fairchok
The Department of Defense's recommendations from an independent review of the Fort Hood massacre assiduously avoid the central issue. More

August 25, 2010
Apologia for the Left
James Lewis
In the spirit of Obama the Apologist, I have to tell you how sorry I am. Just like Obama, I get to pin my apology on other people. More

August 25, 2010
The New Generation of Security Threats
Elise Cooper
Al-Qaeda and the Islamists may be the focus of current national security efforts, but other scary threats are multiplying. More

August 25, 2010
The 'Party of No' is the Party of the People
Chad Stafko
While campaigning, President Obama took the opportunity to lambaste Republicans as obstructionists and the Party of No. Let's hope he keeps it up. More

August 24, 2010
Ground Zero Imam Eyes Another Landmark
Jack Cashill
Rauf has largely escaped attention for his efforts to build a sawed-off version of the Ground Zero mosque on the grounds of the venerable and historically Christian Chautauqua Institution in western New York State. More

August 24, 2010
Now, why would 20% of Americans think Obama is a Muslim?
Kyle-Anne Shiver
Let me count the reasons. More

August 24, 2010
Rauf, the Peter Principle Imam
Jack Kemp
If we take him at his word, that his intention is to build bridges, not to aggravate tensions, then his rise to prominence illustrates the Peter Principle. More

August 24, 2010
Who but Hoover? Maybe Obama
J. Robert Smith
Herbert Hoover's fall from grace with the public could be instructive for Barack Obama if Obama had the humility to pay attention. More

August 24, 2010
Black Conservative Supports Glenn Beck Rally
Lloyd Marcus
I am a black American who wishes to thank brother Beck for honoring Dr. King in such a powerful way. More

August 24, 2010
Even in Massachusetts, A GOP Surge
Charles Johnson
"Massachusetts Republican" -- once an oxymoron, now a cliché? More

August 24, 2010
What Liberals Should Have Known
Christopher Chantrill
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has changed his mind about Fannie and Freddie. More

August 24, 2010
One Mosque at a Time
Jeannie DeAngelis
Conquest and mosque construction go hand in hand. More

August 24, 2010
Gloomy Progressive's Prescription for Eliminating the Middle Class
Chuck Rogér
Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich reveals the limitations of progressive thinking on the economy. More

August 23, 2010
Paul Krugman Is a Liar: Does the New York Times Care?
Richard Baehr
Paul Krugman's New York Times column for August 23 on extending the Bush tax cuts is not merely misleading; it is an outright and deliberate fabrication. More

August 23, 2010
Why Jews are Deserting Obama and the Democrats
Ed Lasky
Obama's treatment of Israel is only part of a bigger picture in the political realignment of of American Jews. More

August 23, 2010
The Truth about Obama's Muslim 'Faith'
Selwyn Duke
In reality, calling Obama a "Muslim" gives him too much credit. More

August 23, 2010
The No-Go Mojo Man
Carol A. Taber
Being President of the United States is not an episode of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." More

August 23, 2010
GOP in Default Mode
J.R. Dunn
It's widely acknowledged that in 2010, the Democrats are on the ropes. But just about the same could be said for the Republicans. More

August 23, 2010
The Obama Recovery
Jeffrey Folks
Obama may be the only president since Woodrow Wilson to believe that tax increases spur economic growth. More

August 23, 2010
Gallup Ignoring Its Own Big Stories
Bruce Walker
The articles which accompany Gallup's polls lately seem calculated to hide the real story. More

August 22, 2010
Clarice's Pieces: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Clarice Feldman
The week began for Obama with him basking in the love of his invited guests at a White House Iftar dinner and ended with his party in disarray. More

August 22, 2010
Let Me Translate: We Don't Believe Him -- or You.
C. Edmund Wright
Memo to the ruling-class media: We are not ignorant or stupid. We've not forgotten Jeremiah Wright. It's not that we don't "know" what faith Obama subscribes to -- it's more that we don't believe him. Or you. More

August 22, 2010
A President Who Wants to Be Anywhere but Here
Rosslyn Smith
Obama's political résumé is that of any office but the one he is in. Now, as he approaches the half-century mark, this restlessness may be catching up with him. More

August 22, 2010
Iraq: The War That Broke Us -- Not
Randall Hoven
What did the Iraq War cost? More

August 22, 2010
Black Conservative Campaigns in Alaska for Joe Miller
Lloyd Marcus
Lloyd Marcus finds out who's been naughty and nice when he visits the North Pole. More

August 22, 2010
Conviction Conservatives and the American Renaissance
Greg Richards
These are not ordinary times. The large question going forward is what kind of America we will have. More

August 22, 2010
Entrepreneurial Value Creation and the Professors Who Can't Understand It
Michael Strong
There's no fool like an educated fool. More

August 22, 2010
Atheists and Anti-Semites
G. Murphy Donovan
The heart of evangelical atheism is cowardice. What many cannot say is what they truly believe. More

August 22, 2010
Speaker of the Institutionalized
Jan LaRue
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is a national embarrassment with a long train of gaffes and abuses. It can give you angina to bear in mind that she's two heartbeats from the presidency. More

August 22, 2010
Dreams From My Father: Conservative Truths to Live By
Jason McNew
As a kid, I thought listening to my father was like being lectured by a See n' Say -- pull Dad's string and get some predictable, pre-recorded message. More

August 22, 2010
The Expanding Horror of Life on Earth
Louis René Beres
Why, exactly, is it that "we can't get no satisfaction"? More

August 22, 2010
Ida May and the Ponzi Scheme
Anthony G.P. Marini
Ida May Fuller has the distinction of being the first person to receive monthly benefit checks from the Social Security trust fund. Her story tells us what went wrong. More

August 22, 2010
The Case For Capitalism
Sally Julian
Human nature has been well-understood (and misunderstood) since ancient days. More

August 21, 2010
The Ride Down
Jeffrey Folks
The fact is that Obama's economic policies have always been laughable. More

August 21, 2010
Clinton Administration's Chickens Come Home to Roost
Ed Timperlake
A very real clear and present danger to America and our Pacific Rim allies has its roots in the state-of-the-art military technology stolen by China in the late 20th century. More

August 21, 2010
Strip Mines into Elk Habitat
Rosslyn Smith
As many as 10,000 elk that freely roam in Eastern Kentucky today, though greenies rarely celebrate the fact. More

August 21, 2010
Hospitals vs. ObamaCare: Care to Guess Who's in the Middle?
Eileen F. Toplansky
Your well-being will depend on who determines your state of health. More

August 21, 2010
California: New Is Not Necessarily Improved
Karen Karacsony
Meg Whitman would like to build a new California. Not me. More

August 21, 2010
Iraq and the Middle Eastern Cold War
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Saudi Arabia and Iran jostle for influence in Iraq as a new Cold War emerges in the Middle East. More

August 21, 2010
National Education Association Selling its Saul
Bill Costello
For the past several months, the NEA website has recommended that its members read books by communist sympathizer Saul Alinsky. More

August 20, 2010
He's Not a Muslim! (Not that There's Anything Wrong with That)
C. Edmund Wright
The Jurassic media's panicked reaction to polling data indicating millions believe Obama to be a Muslim can be characterized only as hilariously Seinfeld-esque More

August 20, 2010
The Tyranny of Google
Matt Patterson
Google watches us, but who will watch the watcher? More

August 20, 2010
A Coming Landslide?
Bruce Walker
The indicators of a political tsunami seem to grow bigger and more persistent each day. More

August 20, 2010
Never Enough
Marcia Sielaff
Liberalism has no limiting principle. More

August 20, 2010
The Nexus between Liberals and Racists
Chris W. Bell
Institutionalizing contempt. More

August 20, 2010
The Economy Must Change
Steve McCann
Only by a reduction in government interference and an emphasis on massive wealth creation can the country be saved from its headlong dash toward fiscal disaster and the end of the United States as a global superpower. More

August 19, 2010
Obama's Point of No Return
J.R. Dunn
There comes a moment in a failing presidency where the incumbent, through some single gesture, action, or statement, crosses a certain line from beyond which there is no return. More

August 19, 2010
The GOP's Lost Brand
Randall Hoven
This is not your father's America, nor is it your father's Republican Party. More

August 19, 2010
Race War A'Comin'?
John Dale Dunn MD JD
I was stunned a few weeks ago when a black professional colleague told me there were all-black cruises that featured speakers such as Louis Farrakhan. More

August 19, 2010
The Civility Gap
Bruce Walker
One of the unspoken truths of the political and ideological wars which rage around us is the civility gap between the left and conservatives. More

August 19, 2010
Michelle's Flawed Crusade
Michael Applebaum, MD
The recently passed child school nutrition legislation is exemplary of the administration's deficiency in basic knowledge and its willingness to elevate politics and ideology over scientific fact. More

August 19, 2010
Civilizational War
Bill Warner
The civilization of Sharia is not just different from civilization -- it contradicts our civilization. More

August 18, 2010
Just How Smart Is Obama?
Victor Volsky
Mindless sycophancy of Obama groupies aside, what gives his admirers the reason to believe in the incomparable intellectual faculties of their idol? More

August 18, 2010
Obama Continues Pushing Absurd College Agenda
George Leef
Dragooning more people into college won't give us a better workforce or better jobs. More

August 18, 2010
Shared Sacrifice in Obamaland
Jon N. Hall
One hears a lot about shared sacrifice nowadays. But the government is the last to share. More

August 18, 2010
So What Happens if the Ground Zero Mosque Moves a Few Blocks?
Stella Paul
As the Victory Mosque for the Nineteen Martyrs debacle explodes across the headlines, New York's courageous politicians are running for cover. More

August 18, 2010
The Divine Right of Government
Monty Pelerin
History is a great teacher. Ancient regimes' concept of divine right of kings seems pertinent to today. More

August 18, 2010
The Fishy Politics of Fisheries
Mike Johnson
A buyout that looks like a sellout. More

August 17, 2010
Bam to New York: Drop Dead!
James Lewis
President Obama's Friday night declaration of support for the Ground Zero Mosque was a giant middle finger aimed at New Yorkers and America. More

August 17, 2010
The Main Thing
Vasko Kohlmayer
That the world economy is in turmoil is quite obvious. But it is less obvious what the problem is and where it will lead. More

August 17, 2010
How's That 'Spread the Wealth Around' Going?
Christopher Chantrill
Obama said, "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." So how''s it working out? More

August 17, 2010
The Real Problem Is Not the Mosque, but the Nukes
Paul Hsieh, MD
All the energy devoted to this issue of the Ground Zero Mosque is distracting us from the far more serious problem of Iran's nuclear weapons program. More

August 17, 2010
Understanding 'Austerity'
Mark W. Hendrickson
The IMF imposes "austerity programs" on virtually bankrupt third-world governments in need of a bailout. What awaits the virtually bankrupt American government? More

August 17, 2010
What If It Were the Klan, Mr. Mayor?
Michael Margolies
The United Realms of America, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, proclaim their religious convictions through their White Christian Church. Would it be welcome at Ground Zero too? More

August 16, 2010
The Tea Party and the Spider's Web
Mark J. Fitzgibbons
As the liberal establishment is trying to understand the Tea Party movement, dangers lies ahead. More

August 16, 2010
Two Cheers for Old-Fashioned Political Scoundrels
Rosslyn Smith
Dan Rostenkowski, who died last week, was one of the last of the honest scoundrels. More

August 16, 2010
Surprise! Economic Numbers Are 'Worse Than Expected'
Claude Sandroff
July's numbers were worse than expected, and June's numbers were revised downward. Even the past surprises Obama's economists. More

August 16, 2010
Obama Fiddles While Economy Falters
Raymond Richman, Howard Richman, and Jesse Richman
We can't afford to keep stimulating the economy without fixing the trade deficit. More

August 16, 2010
Do We Really Need a New Tax?
Allan C. Stover
Government's "ultimate cash cow" is a big spender's dream. More

August 16, 2010
2010 Politics and the Cult of Me
Jeremy Meister
The "Me Generation" was cute until it got in charge. More

August 15, 2010
Obama Is Colluding with a New Fascist Imperialism
James Lewis
Nothing is more like the fascist Axis of the 1930s than Islamist expansionism today. More

August 15, 2010
Clarice's Pieces: Requiem for a Heavyweight
Clarice Feldman
This was a week with a focus on congressional corruption, real and imagined. More

August 15, 2010
American Muslims Debate Loyalty to America
Eileen F. Toplansky
A debate in which the stakes could not be higher. More

August 15, 2010
Rifqa Bary's New Problem
Pamela Geller
Rifqa Bary, the teenage girl who fled to Florida from her Ohio home after her Muslim parents discovered her conversion to Christianity, has just turned eighteen. Her life is now hers, but her problems are just beginning. More

August 15, 2010
Back to the Classroom
Emily Greenwood
I believe that our public education system will not be repaired until teachers speak truthfully and publicly about their own classrooms. More

August 15, 2010
The 'Right to Health Care' Can Be the Right to No Care
Deane Waldman
Health care as a right leads to government rationing of health care. More

August 15, 2010
Liberalism's Sin
Jim Mahoney
Recently, liberalism's been characterized as a mental disorder. While that assessment makes entertaining rhetoric, it misses the mark. More

August 15, 2010
The Games We Play
Ariel Harkham
The cultural divide separating the West from the Orient can best be described by the differences one finds in the games of chess and backgammon. More

August 15, 2010
The Case For Capitalism
Sally Julian
Rooted in human nature. More

August 15, 2010
Who Needs Torrid?
Janice Shaw Crouse
"Torrid" is the word the nearly 60-year-old congressman used to describe his extended adulterous relationship with a married staffer that destroyed his political career. More

August 15, 2010
Lebanon Positioned to Take a Beating
Anthony Tsontakis
The gods of geopolitics have once again forsaken Lebanon. Along with the Lebanese people, the big losers are America and Israel. More

August 15, 2010
Have You Ever Noticed?
Steve McCann
These are tough times for our friends in the Left. More

August 14, 2010
The Other 'Historic' Choice: How Hillary Would Have Governed
James Waite
How much better or worse off would the nation be at this point if America had its first woman president instead of its first black president? More

August 14, 2010
Making November a Political Victory
Bruce Walker
It is not just premature to predict victory in November; it is dumb. More

August 14, 2010
Governing against the People
Frank Burke
Priorities and the people. More

August 14, 2010
Refusing to Name the Enemy
Steven Simpson
Why America is losing the "War on Terror." More

August 14, 2010
'Facts,' 'Values,' and the Redefinition of 'Marriage'
Nancy R. Pearcey
The ruling that overturned California's Proposition 8 last week is a significant step in America's descent into secularism. More

August 14, 2010
What a Difference Five Years Make
Cindy Simpson
Birthright citizenship is a far more complex topic than those on the left wish to acknowledge. More

August 14, 2010
Taking Back Our Constitution
Anthony G.P. Marini
We have let our guard down one too many times with regard to our constitutional responsibilities, rights, and liberties. More

August 14, 2010
Regarding Ground Zero, Bloomberg Misses the Point
William Sullivan
Slightly more absurd than any other political argument today is the concerted defense of a proposed mosque at Ground Zero. More

August 13, 2010
An Argentina-like Economic Crisis
Scott Strzelczyk
The United States' economic decline precariously resembles Argentina's recent economic collapse. More

August 13, 2010
Ramblings About Race
Lloyd Marcus
Without question, America has zero tolerance for "white racism," while "black racism" is given a pass. More

August 13, 2010
Will the Real Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf Please Stand Up?
Eileen F. Toplansky
The Ground Zero Mosque promoter has an English face and an Arabic face. More

August 13, 2010
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Gay Conservatives in 2010
Robert Klein Engler
As the nation gears up for another election cycle, some gay conservatives are wondering about their role in the body politic. More

August 13, 2010
America's Slipping Grasp on Self-Governance
Joseph Ashby
The accelerating pace of America's deconstitutionalization is no coincidence. More

August 13, 2010
The Enumerated Powers Act: A Simple Test
Michael Fraley
A brief and obvious piece of legislation that all should support. More

August 12, 2010
How A GOP November Victory Could Bring Its Death
Lee Cary
If the GOP wins big in November and then retreats into a "moderate" stance, there is big trouble ahead. More

August 12, 2010
Manufacturing Liberals
Larrey Anderson
Liberals are not insane, as many conservatives believe. Here is a brief summary of why most liberals are liberal and what we can do to help. More

August 12, 2010
President Coburn?
Bruce Walker
Conservatives, above all else, do not want to elect as president in 2012 some politician who tells them what they want to hear to win office and then morphs into a big-government moderate. More

August 12, 2010
Summer of No Recovery
Alan Aronoff
Summer time, and the living is easy -- that is, if you are one of the 22.77 million people employed by the government. More

August 12, 2010
Lack of Intellectualism Is Losing the Marriage Debate
Selwyn Duke
Judge Vaughn Walker's legal ruling striking down California's Proposition 8 flies in only a certain cultural milieu -- a milieu that, in part, has been shaped by conservatives. More

August 12, 2010
The Inkblot Mosque
F. Owen Smith
What you see in the Ground Zero Mosque depends on what's on your mind. More

August 11, 2010
Cambridge City Council to MIT: Halt Layoffs
Peter Wilson
A local story in Cambridge, Massachusetts illustrates the sense of entitlement that government officials have adopted under the Obama administration. More

August 11, 2010
The Livable Communities Act
Ed Braddy
The Livable Communities Act is a social engineering hammer in the progressive toolbox, changing where we live and work and how we travel, like it or not. More

August 11, 2010
Howard Zinn's Dupes?
Paul Kengor
The shocking background of the author of the most widely assigned history book in American higher education. More

August 11, 2010
The Pleasures of Racism, Selfishness, and Fear
Jed Gladstein
JournoList and its implications. More

August 11, 2010
Counter-Terorism vs. Counter-Insurgency in Afghanistan
Elise Cooper
What America needs to do is implement both a counter-terrorism (CT) and counter-insurgency (CS) policy. More

August 11, 2010
Joe Biden and Other Obstacles to Preventive Sick Care
Michael Applebaum, MD
Joe Biden's demonization of anabolic steroids (AS) has made a valuable medication for preventive care into a pariah. More

August 11, 2010
WikiLeaks and the Geneva Convention
Daniel Pascal
WikiLeaks has created a new level of crime that will negatively impact the entire world for a long time to come. More

August 10, 2010
Free Speech Lawsuit: NYC Bans '9/11 Images'
Pamela Geller
It seems that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg invokes certain freedoms only when they serve his 2012 agenda -- and freedom of speech is not high on his list. More

August 10, 2010
A Liberal Judge Lights a Fuse
Christopher Chantrill
Last week, when Judge Walker's decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger came out, I felt a dreadful fear. More

August 10, 2010
Lessons from a Turkish Wedding
John F. Di Leo
It horrifies the left to say so, but this is indisputable. More

August 10, 2010
Desperate Economic Action Ahead?
Monty Pelerin
The economic condition of the country continues to decline toward its rendezvous with an as yet unknowable catastrophe. More

August 10, 2010
Those Racist Cops Are At It Again
Bob Weir
The grievance industry is up in arms. More

August 10, 2010
Washington, Arizonans, and the Primal Right to Self-Defense
J. Robert Smith
Based on the people's primal right to self-defense, the Obama administration's lawsuit against Arizona is a declaration of moral abandonment. More

August 9, 2010
Costa Del Solace
Jeannie DeAngelis
Those of us who thought the "Michelle tours Marbella" saga ended after the First Lady dined on char-grilled turbot with the King and Queen of Spain and returned to Washington, D.C. were mistaken. More

August 9, 2010
Why Obama Does Not Address Connecticut Shootings
Jack Cashill
A missed opportunity for a teachable moment. More

August 9, 2010
Harry Reid Plays the Religion Card Against Sharron Angle
Lee Cary
Senator Harry Reid can't play the race card in his race against Sharron Angle. He wouldn't dare play the gender card. So he's playing the only face card he holds -- the religion card. More

August 9, 2010
The Deadly Pact: How ObamaCare will 'Save' Money
John Griffing
The official sanction of "mercy death" for America's seniors as a means of reducing federal medical outlays, as found in the ObamaCare legislation. More

August 9, 2010
Obama's 'Cool'
Frank Burke
Barack Obama's affinity for pop culture is emblematic of his administration's greater disconnect on programs, policy, and ideology from the mainstream of American society. More

August 9, 2010
Coping with Turkey's Islamist Lurch
Joel J. Sprayregen
As Congress wakes up to Turkey's terrorist alliances, Britain's new Prime Minister made a fool of himself in Ankara. More

August 8, 2010
Clarice's Pieces: From Cordoba to Marbella
Clarice Feldman
The no-good, horrible, terrible week for the credentialed morons. More

August 8, 2010
1913 Was a Very Bad Year
J.B. Williams
Laying the foundations for the federal power-grab. More

August 8, 2010
So Long to the Dusty Trail
Geoffrey P. Hunt
What a wonderful notion: federal regulators, by simple rule-making fiat, saving us from the natural world. More

August 8, 2010
Should The U.S. Continue Military Support to Lebanon?
C. Hart
What's the point? More

August 8, 2010
Of Trees and Tribunals: Lebanon's Growing Headache
Matthew R.J. Brodsky
The border skirmish between Lebanon and Israel is at heart a strategic power play whose target is not even Israel. More

August 8, 2010
Playing Politics with Stem Cells
Gene Tarne and David Prentice
When scientists play politics with science, society, and science both suffer, sometimes with life-threatening implications. More

August 8, 2010
Sharia Law in Canada and Britain
Eileen F. Toplansky
The spread of sharia law to the entire world is part of jihad. In Canada and Britain, jihad is advancing. More

August 8, 2010
The Islam I Left Behind
Amil Imani
My alienation from Islam started as far back as I could discern things. More

August 7, 2010
Global Warming, R.I.P
Claude Sandroff
Dr. Roy Spencer delivers the fatal blow. More

August 7, 2010
About November
Jeremy Meister
Many conservatives are chomping at the bit for the November elections. My fear is that the November elections aren't going to change anything going on in Washington. More

August 7, 2010
Benign Dictatorship and the Progressive Mind
Andrew Thomas
The pieces of the "benign dictatorship" of Obama have been set into place. More

August 7, 2010
The Manhattan Mosque and Women
Jan LaRue
NOW and its feminist allies need to explain their deafening silence. More

August 7, 2010
The Monument at Ground Zero
Jed Skillman
Subject to reinterpretation. More

August 7, 2010
The Hiroshima Question
Bruce Walker
Representatives of the American government yesterday attended, for the first time, the Hiroshima Ceremony, which this year marked the 65th anniversary of the use of fission weapons on Japanese cities. More

August 7, 2010
U.S. Growth Slows Due to Trade Deficit
Howard Richman, Raymond Richman, and Jesse Richman
Shipping money overseas does not stimulate domestic economic growth. More

August 7, 2010
Tea Partiers: Do You Still Beat Your Wife?
Mike Landry
The Narrative pushed by the leftist establishment puts Tea Partiers in a no-win situation. More

August 6, 2010
Ten Reasons to Love the Bomb
J.R. Dunn
Sixty-five years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we still have not arrived at a true measure of the atomic weapon. More

August 6, 2010
The Politics of Disgruntlement
Curtis Frantz
The politics of many liberals is motivated by a lack of self-love and self-esteem. More

August 6, 2010
The Death of the Dollar
Vasko Kohlmayer
Nothing can save our financial system in the long run. More

August 6, 2010
If Not Now, When?
Bargain Citizen
Federalism is on the verge of some very interesting times. More

August 6, 2010
Booker T and the Reparations Hustle
Jeannie DeAngelis
They call this "progressive"? More

August 6, 2010
ObamaCare for the Internet
Anthony Kang
Ever wonder what the combination of ObamaCare, affirmative action, and the Postal Service would look like? More

August 5, 2010
The Prophet of the Ruling Class
Jeffrey Folks
The man who pointed the way for the Ruling Class takeover. More

August 5, 2010
The Revolt of the States
Gayle Kesselman
The revolt of the states is real and growing, much of it below the media radar. More

August 5, 2010
The Renewable Electricity Standard is a Hoax, a Fraud, and a Rip-Off
S. Fred Singer
The U.S. Senate's proposed Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) would force electric utilities to generate a large and increasing percentage of their power from wind and solar. More

August 5, 2010
The Education Gimmick of the Year Club Strikes Again
Robert Weissberg
Since sometime in the 1960s, American educators have been enrolled in the Education Gimmick of the Year Club. More

August 5, 2010
Another Silly Education Fad
Jonathan F. Keiler
I am a conservative and a public school teacher. There are a few of us. More

August 5, 2010
Conservatives: Abandoning Counterinsurgency Is Not Abandoning the Afghan War!
Thomas Snodgrass
There is a better way. More

August 4, 2010
JournoList and the Leftist Mentality
J.R. Dunn
The publication of JournoList discussions has opened a door into the private world of the left, revealing important insight into how their minds work. More

August 4, 2010
The Autumn of the Left
Bruce Walker
The number of Americans who embrace the stupendous folly, the conspicuous malice, the selfish childishness, the sneering mendacity which struts around us wearing the label of "liberal" or "progressive" is even smaller than we have suspected. More

August 4, 2010
The Winds of Over-Regulation
Rosslyn Smith
The EPA is on the verge of declaring that naturally occurring dust is a pollutant. More

August 4, 2010
The Big Lie of Preventive Care
Michael Applebaum, MD
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will change the face of American medicine based on a big lie about preventive care. More

August 4, 2010
Catch-22s Mounting for Democrats
Trevor Thomas
No matter what U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled in United States vs. Arizona, the Democrats could not have won. More

August 3, 2010
Paul Krugman Gives Up
Fred Douglass
A marvelous thing happened over on Paul Krugman's blog at the New York Times last week. More

August 3, 2010
The Obama Aristocracy
Christopher Chantrill
Even the Boston Globe is muttering about Marie Antoinette. More

August 3, 2010
Europe's Lynch Mob Mentality
James Lewis
Why they hate. More

August 3, 2010
Inflation: The Last Gasp of the Obama Economic Crisis
Monty Pelerin
The only questions are how much and when. More

August 3, 2010
The (R)Ad Council and Progressives
John Peeples
Public Service Announcements are messages for the common good...at least in theory. More

August 3, 2010
John Esposito, Islamophobia, and the Ground Zero Mosque
Stephen Schwartz
America's best-known apologist for Saudi Wahhabism and his spurious arguments for the Ground Zero mosque. More

August 2, 2010
Poison Pill: The New Senate Energy Bill
Brian Sussman
The latest Senate energy bill looks like sweet compromise on radical measures like cap and trade, but buried within is a bitter poison pill. More

August 2, 2010
The Conservative Phoenix
Bruce Walker
Subtle changes are entering politics. Predictions of doom are premature. More

August 2, 2010
Shirley Sherrod and the Race Grievance Industry
Rosslyn Smith
Shirley Sherrod ironically may help usher in a long-overdue post-racial era in America. More

August 2, 2010
The Pottery Barn Rule
Jed Skillman
A few years ago, Colin Powell warned George W. Bush of the Pottery Barn Rule: "You break it, you own it." More

August 2, 2010
The War on Terror at the Mexican Border
Norah Petersen
The border situation, at its core, is not an economic issue, a cultural issue, or a racial issue. It is a national security issue. More

August 2, 2010
This Will Make You Sicker
Eileen F. Toplansky
In addition to the grave medical concerns pertaining to the appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is another issue that speaks to his political perspectives. More

August 1, 2010
America's First Black President Seriously Damaging Race Relations
Noel Sheppard
Sold to America as a racial healer, Barack Obama is widening the racial rift in America. More

August 1, 2010
Conservatism's Double Dilemmas
Larrey Anderson
Forced to choose between unfavorable alternatives. More

August 1, 2010
Clarice's Pieces: Long Hot Summer
Clarice Feldman
What really seems to have motivated Judge Bolton was cowardice. More

August 1, 2010
Brave Russian Dissident Ignored by Obama White House
Kim Zigfeld
A brave soul speaking truth to power in Russia was just arrested for blowing the lid off corruption there. But President Obama is not lifting a finger to help democracy and liberty take root in Russian soil. More

August 1, 2010
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Cindy Simpson
Where is Barack Obama's heart? More

August 1, 2010
Our Patrick Henry Moment Is Here
Monty Pelerin
Socialism has failed in its pure form wherever it has been tried. More

August 1, 2010
Reality and the American Left
Steve McCann
Europe, the birthplace of socialist/Marxist theory, is rapidly retreating from this failed ideology. Not so for Obama's America. More

August 1, 2010
The Chicken Soup Solution
G. Murphy Donovan
A little perspective on the obesity crisis, please. More

August 1, 2010
Obama and the Age of Reaganomics
Jon N. Hall
Certain ideas get so firmly fixed in some folks' brains that no amount of evidence can dislodge them. More

August 1, 2010
The Threat to Personal Liberty
Harvey M. Sheldon
The New Regime is dead serious. More

August 1, 2010
The Islamic Republic Is Not Iran
Amil Imani
In 1979, Jimmy Carter created the greatest Islamic terrorist nation on the face of the earth and spurred the rise of Islamofascism elsewhere. More

August 1, 2010
Pushing Gravity
Tom Rowan
Pulling for Newton and Einstein. More