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June 30, 2008
Apostasy: NY Times Outsources Internet Hosting and Services
Obama and Clinton both took up the battle cry in the primaries to rally big labor bosses and agitate the rank and file. They need to criticize the New York Times now. More

June 30, 2008
Mugabe Hailed as "Hero" At African Summitt
Pity the people of Zimbabwe who these "leaders" have abandoned to a terrible fate: More

June 30, 2008
Is Romney the Veep Frontrunner?
If he is, I predict an awful lot of disgruntled conservatives are going to be sitting on their hands on election day in November. More

June 30, 2008
Google Shutting down Anti-Obama Websites?
Sure looks that way although the fault may lie with an organized attempt by Obama activists to silence blogs that disagree with their candidate. More

June 30, 2008
Corrupt Mexican Soldiers Bring the Drug war to the US
Mexican soldiers in service to drug cartels attacked a rival who had fled his home in Juarez. The problem is, the rival had fled to Phoenix, Arizona More

June 30, 2008
Lies, Statistics and Trends
In case you had not noticed, the liars in today's public arena use trends in place of facts. More

June 30, 2008
Chavez rival being kept out of election
Hugo Chavez naturally fears a popular rival, Leopoldo López, the mayor of central Caracas, who is only 37 years old, highly popular, and sports boyish good looks More

June 30, 2008
Radicals for Obama
A lot of unrepentant 60s radicals -- the type of people who used to reject electoral politics as a choice between Tweedledum and Tweedledee -- are supporting Barack Obama. More

June 30, 2008
McCain's POW Status Slimed by Democrats High and Low
I wondered how the Democrats were going to cut McCain down to size when it came to national security More

June 30, 2008
Bill Clinton Will Make Obama Grovel for his Support
How angry is Bill Clinton towards Barack Obama for defeating his chance to be First Man? More

June 30, 2008
Another Raw Deal for Israel
Am I missing something here, or is Israel agreeing to one of rawest deals in recent memory? More

June 30, 2008
Obama criticized on NPR
Small signs emerge that at least some members of the liberal media are not buying into the Obama campaign. More

June 29, 2008
Obama birth certificate mystery solved?
Could it be a case of much ado about nothing? Doug Ross thinks so. More

June 29, 2008
Airline notes
Two somewhat hair-raising stories today: More

June 29, 2008
So Tell Us, Sen. Obama, 'Who Else Sent You?'
It was, of course, inevitable. How could any politician rise so quickly on the legendarily corrupt Chicago political scene and be as pure as Obama's devoted followers were purporting him to be? More

June 29, 2008
Your America
Agenda driven politicians and media have created a negative world view of America. To them, America's glass is forever half empty. I see our glass well over half full. More

June 29, 2008
A pander too far?
True to form, the man who claims he is not a typical politician and who claims he won't cater to special interests caters to the one group that he has most trouble with politically: seniors. More

June 29, 2008
Wexler's hyperbole on Obama
Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) has often been hyperbolic in touting the candidacy of Barack Obama for President. But yesterday he outdid himself. More

June 29, 2008
If you thought Rathergate was bad....
Dan Rather was a piker compared to Charles Enderlin. More

June 28, 2008
Stock market moving into bear territory?
So claims E.S. Browning in the Wall Street Journal today More

June 28, 2008
Advice to a dying industry
As newspaper circulation and advertising collapse at an accelerating pace, the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports (TIDES) publishes a study with the shocking news that sports columnists and editors are the wrong sex and wrong color in too many cases. More

June 28, 2008
UN Human Rights Commission bans criticism of Islam
Free speech obviously does not rank very high on the list of human rights for this group. Beyond satire. More

June 28, 2008
Gallup: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Conservative Economic Policies
As the GOP in Congress appears about to be taking an "every man for himself" strategy for the fall elections, Gallup has just given the Republicans another gift More

June 28, 2008
US and Europe Near Deal on Data Collection
This would be a real boon to our intelligence gathering capabilities. More

June 28, 2008
Obama Flip Flop? What Flip Flop?
All I can say after reading this Howard Kurtz piece in today's WaPo that if John McCain wins in November, he will have overcome the most incredible, one sided, blatantly biased reporting in the modern history of American journalism. More

June 28, 2008
Stop the 'War Crimes' Nonsense
Stuart Taylor, a respected liberal analyst at the National Journal, has called on his ideological soulmates to stop the witchhunts with regard to "war crimes" trials More

June 28, 2008
Released Gitmo Detainee in Suicide Attack
Soft American hearts have resulted in dead Iraqi citizens. More

June 27, 2008
Solar energy and environmental regulation
Solar energy, held up as our future by utopians, is encountering problems with environmental regulators. More

June 27, 2008
Attention Mr. Obama: Please adjust your Halo
Could it be that the scales are beginning to fall from the eyes of at least some in the media? More

June 27, 2008
Flip-flopping through the campaign
Even the mainstream media is starting to notice Obama's flip-flops. More

June 27, 2008
Steyn wins!
Mark Steyn has won a victory in his free speech fight in Canada. More

June 27, 2008
Mugabe in One Horse Race
It was said Caligula made his horse a Consul of Rome. Maybe Mugabe can declare as his opponent a donkey or a goat. That way, it might be close. More

June 27, 2008
Obama and the other SCOTUS decision
Although overshadowed by the Second Amendment ruling, yesterday the SCOTUS also overturned part of McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform. One beneficiary of this overturned provision of the law was Barack Obama. More

June 27, 2008
Report: Mehdi Army Dissolving
Who woulda thunk it? More

June 27, 2008
Obama birth certificate mystery still unsolved
Controversy swirls among conservative bloggers over questions that have been raised over the authenticity of Barack Obama's birth certificate More

June 27, 2008
Hillary the speculator?
Cattle futures speculation earned Hillary Clinton a hundred grand back in Arkansas decades ago. But more recently she has engaged in a different sort of speculation. More

June 27, 2008
Change we can be shocked at
For a candidate who touts a mantra of "Change" until people turn a little green around the gills whenever they hear it, Obama better be careful. More

June 27, 2008
'Making the Clintons Look Scrupulous'
Charles Krauthammer nails Barack Obama and his syncophants in the press to the wall in an Op Ed that details the candidate's many recent - and shocking - flip flops: More

June 27, 2008
No ice at the North Pole?
At first glance reports of melting ice at the North Pole are very distressing, but let's take a closer look. More

June 26, 2008
Ooops! Another Obama Supporter Slips Under the Bus
Watch out for that first step. It's a killer. More

June 26, 2008
Better Check the Water Supply in Spain
Could this be some kind of terrorist attack? More

June 26, 2008
Huge SCOTUS victory for Gun Rights (updated)
In one of the most significant constitutional rulings handed down in many years, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, has ruled that individual Americans have a right to protect themselves with a firearm under the 2nd Amendment. More

June 26, 2008
Obama's Global Tax Bill Coming Soon
The Global Poverty Act of 2007 (S.2433) is coming up for a Senate vote sometime after the July 4 recess, according the office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. More

June 26, 2008
IAEA Head Mohamed ElBaradei Admits Failure On Iran
Mohamed ElBaradei gave on Al-Arabiya television in which he admits his ineffectiveness. More

June 26, 2008
Supreme Court Inserts Itself Into The Fall Election
Yesterday, the Supreme Court handedan issue to John McCain. More

June 26, 2008
Justice Kennedy dreams up a national consensus
Is Justice Kennedy dishonest, delusional or simply misinformed in his opinion striking down the death penalty for child rape, claiming a "national consensus"? More

June 26, 2008
Obama's Switcheroo on the DC Gun Ban
Pardon Senator Obama but last year, he says he made an "inartful" statement on the DC gun ban. What exactly did our artfully challenged Obama have to say about it? More

June 26, 2008
Arctic ice melt may be due to undersea volcanoes
The Arctic ice that is supposedly melting, stranding those cuddly looking polar bears, just might be affected by a newly-documented wave of volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor under the Arctic ice cap. More

June 26, 2008
FISA Cloture a sign of rationality from the Democrats
The fact that the FISA bill successfully cleared the cloture hurdle in the Senate by a 80-15 margin, is significant. More

June 26, 2008
What is SecState Rice up to?
Judith Apter Klinghoffer raises that disturbing question More

June 26, 2008
Der Spiegel blames 'US NeoCons' for Irish Vote.
Is there no limit to the the influence of these neo-cons? The German newsweekly apparently thinks not. More

June 25, 2008
Outsourcing journalists' jobs
The future just keeps getting dimmer and dimmer for American print journalists. More

June 25, 2008
Sub-Prime Bounty Hunters
With so-called "housing bill" being debated, and the primacy of the economy as an issue in this year's election the hunt is on for the "sub-prime villain(s)." More

June 25, 2008
Obama's anti-smear site relies on a phony document
It appears that the birth certificate posted is a fake. Why would the site do this? More

June 25, 2008
Obama's anti-smear site relies on a phony document
It appears that the birth certificate posted is a fake. Why would the site do this? More

June 25, 2008
Bush Administration to Remove North Korea from Terror Watch List
This gives me a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach: More

June 25, 2008
Nader on Obama
"He talks white," says the Green one. More

June 25, 2008
Don't Laugh at Obama!
If the yucksters at Huffington Post have their way, such may very well be the case. More

June 25, 2008
More from Obama on Why he opted out of Federal financing
Does anyone really believe Obama about why he isn't taking federal money? More

June 25, 2008
But Can He Find Iran on a Map?
In a CQ Politics column, David Korn snidely asks, "Can a Guy (McCain) Who Doesn't Know How To Use a Computer Become President?" More

June 25, 2008
Another Problem FOO: This one's a Doozy
Another problem "Friend of Obama (FOO)" has been exposed and, just from a personal perspective, this one's a real headcase. More

June 25, 2008
A Tale of Two Churches
Two Christian denominations have called for a boycott of Israel. The reaction of one group of Senators stands in stark contrast to another senator who professes undying support of Israel. More

June 24, 2008
Another first for W
If Hillary Clinton made "18 million" cracks in the glass ceiling during her campaign for the presidency, how much glass has George W. Bush shattered during his administration? More

June 24, 2008
Bobby's Choice
Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's governor, faces a major decision, one that could set the tone for the rest of his governorship, if not his political career More

June 24, 2008
TNR's Peretz Misstates Obama's NIE-Iran Position
TNR's Marty Peretz apparently has never read what Barack Obama's position on the widely discredited Iran NIE which states the Iranians stopped development of nuclear weapons in 2003 More

June 24, 2008
Your UN Tax Dollars at Work: Milquetoast on Zimbabwe
Did you really expect the UN to do anything substantial about Zimbabwe? More

June 24, 2008
Edwards Touts Obama to ACORN Group
Former Democratic senator and perpetual presidential candidate John Edwards was the keynote speaker at the annual gathering of the radical group ACORN More

June 24, 2008
UNICEF now working with terrorist groups
Oh the twisted logic used by the U.N. to justify its biases and racism. More

June 24, 2008
'Just Drill, Baby' - Governor Palin
Alaska's governor Sarah Palin - mentioned as a possible running mate for John McCain sent a letter to Harry Reid telling him what needed to be done as far as helping to solve the energy crisis More

June 24, 2008
The Strange and Tragic Case of Raed Mahmoud Ajil
What happened in Madain, Iraq that got two Americans needlessly killed? More

June 24, 2008
Clinton-Obama to Campaign Together
You have to wonder what will be going through each of their minds as they appear together on stage. More

June 24, 2008
Latest State Polls Show McCain Competitive
It's early yet, but McCain is showing surprising strength in key states. More

June 24, 2008
Top 10 Reasons Obama shouldn't be President
This piece by Bill Bennett and Seth Leibsohn at NRO reads more like an indictment than a top ten list. More

June 23, 2008
SCOTUS Going to the dogs...er, Whales
Save the people - First! More

June 23, 2008
Blood for Oil okay by Blitzer?
Wolf Blitzer wants to know "should the Iraqis be selling oil to the United States at a discounted price?" More

June 23, 2008
Will Obama be able to hide his liberalism?
Is it the Democrat's message that's garbage or just their candidates? More

June 23, 2008
The Real Command Influence
In dismissing the very dubious war crimes charges against Marine LTC Jeffrey Chessani, his trial judge, COL Steven Folsom, said this: "Unlawful command influence is the mortal enemy of military justice" More

June 23, 2008
Condensed Version of McCain's Ottawa Speech
On June 20, John McCain delivered a 2,000-words speech to the Economic Club of Canada. In case you missed it, he's a paraphrased condensed version More

June 23, 2008
Decline and fall of the New York Times (cont.)
Another milepost is passed in the fall of the house of Suzberger, as a major publisher of conservative books announces it will no longer send review copies to the New York Times. More

June 23, 2008
Obama's Terrorism Cred is Non-existent
Scott Johnson has a piece in the New York Post today taking Onama to task for being unaware of history and the law when it comes to terrorism: More

June 23, 2008
Where in the World is Michael Totten?
If this is Monday, I think he's in the Balkans. More

June 23, 2008
Global Warming Inquisition
We shouldn't be surprised that a "scientist" who is an advocate for anthropogenic global warming theories wants to arrest and try oil company executives. More

June 23, 2008
George Carlin, R.I.P.
His politics were abhorrent. But if we were to judge people solely by their political views, the world would be a very boring place. More

June 23, 2008
How Close is Israel to Attacking Iran?
The Wall Street Journal thinks they are very close: More

June 23, 2008
Poll: Israeli Arabs Want to live Where?
How do Israeli Arabs feel about Israel? More

June 23, 2008
Paltry Iraq Coverage Not Just Your Imagination
Rather than crying "conspiracy!" let's chalk it up to bottom line journalism. More

June 22, 2008
Saudis May Increase Production Again
Saudi Arabia has indicated that it will be willing to to start pumping additional oil beyond the 200,000 bbl's a day they have already promised in July More

June 22, 2008
The Washington Post Creates an 'Explosion'
The paper reports there's been an 'explosion' of visits to an online racist hate site. No there hasn't. More

June 22, 2008
Tom Brokaw to Anchor 'Meet the Press'
Veteran NBC newsman Tom Brokaw has been chosen to moderate the network's Sunday morning icon "Meet the Press" through the 2008 presidential election: More

June 22, 2008
Zimbabwe on the Brink of Political Meltdown
Robert Mugabe, in his lust to hang on to power at all costs, has been targeting low level opposition workers for death in a bid to intimidate all who oppose him. More

June 22, 2008
Obama the Sell-Out
Reaction continues to pour in to Barack Obama's announcement that he would not take federal financing for the presidential election. More

June 22, 2008
Past June Polls Do not Predict Winner
Only once in the last 20 years has the candidate who has been ahead in June polls ended up winning the election according to the TimesOnline: More

June 22, 2008
Race Bias in America
Very interesting survey in the Washington Post this morning about racial bias More

June 22, 2008
You're Never too Young
This story in the UK Telegraph caught my eye because it combines two subjects we here at AT take great pride in exposing; leftist stupidity and why that makes them dangerous. More

June 22, 2008
Insomnia (a poem)
When I think of all the nights/ (like this) I have not slept/ and wept in envy of those asleep/ the panacea of counting sheep/ resolves to craving lamb kabob/ buffet style, plentiful and cheap More

June 22, 2008
West Answers Obama:Run as a Man and Leader
In response to Obama's claim that Republicans will use race to stoke fear, Lt. Col Allen West, candidate for Congress in Florida's 22 District issued this release: More

June 21, 2008
Obama's Funding Gambit
The day after Sen. Obama announced that he would not take public financing for the general election, part of his overall plan for the general election came into focus. More

June 21, 2008
A United Message On Tax Cuts And Economic Policy
Republicans should take heed and fashion economic policy highlighting the disaster that would be Obamanomics More

June 21, 2008
No Future For Obama
Barack Obama is against lifting the ban on drilling for oil offshore because it would not reduce gas prices "this year, next year, five years from now," according to CNN . More

June 21, 2008
Obama's Meta-Message Surfaces in Jacksonville
A long campaign gives time for the candidate's meta-message to emerge. Not always intentionally, nor to their advantage. More

June 21, 2008
Robert Wexler (D, Nuthouse)
I nominate Congressman Robert Wexler as the craziest man in a not very sane Congress: More

June 21, 2008
Govt Loses Its Appeals In AIPAC Case
In what has to be a good development for the defendants in the case against two former AIPAC staffers, the government has substantially lost its appeals in the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. of the pre-trial rulings of the trial judge,Judge Ellis. More

June 21, 2008
Forecast for Hell: Cooling with a chance of snow
The New York Times - that's right; this is not a misprint - headlines a piece on Iraq today, "Big Gains for Iraq Security, but Questions Linger." More

June 21, 2008
Obama to Clinton Women: 'Get over it'
Obama told members of the Black Caucus that they should "get over" the fact that Hillary lost: More

June 21, 2008
United to Require Minimum Stays after October 1
In a move that will almost certainly anger business travellers, United Airlines will require a 1-3 night stay on domestic flights beginning in October: More

June 21, 2008
The Fake Moderate
Barack Obama has tried to hide his far left political inclinations by boasting of his "post partisan" approach to governing. More

June 21, 2008
Obama Drops Pre-Emptive Race Bomb
The 2008 Presidential race finally got underway yesterday as Barack Obama used his race to try and innoculate himself against criticism: More

June 21, 2008
The Great Seal of Obamaland?
This is either the creepiest thing I've ever seen in politics or a joke. More

June 21, 2008
Obama's Fundraising Numbers Slip in May
Obama's May fundraising is the lowest of the year. More

June 21, 2008
Every therm is sacred (a song parody)
With apologies to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life More

June 20, 2008
Putting Obama and the Dems on the Defensive
Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats find themselves in a no-win situation. More

June 20, 2008
Beginnng of the End of Al-Sadr
A sure sign of the weakening power of Moqtada al-Sadr is that his militia is just a shadow of its former self. More

June 20, 2008
Analysts Believe Hezb'allah Preparing an attack
ABC News is reporting that western analysts believe the Iranian-Lebanese terrorist group Hezb'allah is preparing to attack "Jewish targets" someplace in the west, More

June 20, 2008
Jeez guys. You couldn't wait until the body was cold?
Tim Russert has been dead a week but that hasn't stopped the nakedly ambitous potato heads at MSNBC from lusting after his Meet The Press job. More

June 20, 2008
Obama seen as a Muslim overseas
The Obama campaign faces a burgeoning problem: the tendency of certain highly-placed Muslims overseas to declare that he is of their faith. More

June 20, 2008
Obama Fights Phantom 527 Groups
The main reason Barack Obama has given for eschewing public financing of his campaign was based on a lie: More

June 20, 2008
Israel in Dress Rehearsal for Iran Strike?
American officials report that an Israeli military exercise earlier this month involving more than 100 planes and dozens of helicpoters could have been a dry run for a strike against Iran: More

June 20, 2008
NY Times Editorial Writers Don't read their own newspaper
A case of the left hand not knowing what the far left hand was doing. More

June 20, 2008
McCain's veepstakes
McCain's campaign is, sad to say, a disorganized mess. Who can change this? More

June 20, 2008
Obama On Rejecting Public Finance System
Slicker than Bill Clinton ever dreamed of being. More

June 20, 2008
CBS Pulls Unvetted Story Blaming Earthquakes on Global Warming
Some people (and news agencies) will believe ANYTHING if it fits their agenda. More

June 19, 2008
Michelle Obama's pander
James Taranto calls out Michelle Obama for appalling pandering to the lie that the government deliberately injected black men with syphilis in the notorious Tuskegee Study. More

June 19, 2008
Top Sadrist Arrested in Amarah
The Iraqi army moved into the militia hot spot of Amarah and promptly arrested the town's mayor - a top member of Muqtada al-Sadr's party: More

June 19, 2008
The Last Liberty?
We've reach a point in the political and economic life of America where nearly all liberties have been infringed upon. So what is really left? More

June 19, 2008
Al Sharpton on IRS Hot Seat
From our "It couldn't happen to a nicer fella" department... More

June 19, 2008
Obama's Latest Proposal to Increase Taxes
Barack Obama has unveiled his plan for saving Social Security and it consists, unsurprisingly, of a massive tax increase. In addition to his plans for raising tax rates on capital gains and dividend income and repealing the Bush tax cuts,... More

June 19, 2008
Obama Lied to Ohioans About NAFTA
This is pretty shameless - even for a politician who claims to practice a "new kind" of politics. More

June 19, 2008
Obama Renegs on Promise to take Federal Financing of the Election
Today Obama became the first candidate of a major party to ever opt out of the federal financing system for elections. More

June 19, 2008
Murtha's opponent
Pork king Rep John Murtha (D-PA), who pre-judged the Haditha defendants as guilty, will face a highly decorated veteran next November. More

June 19, 2008
Obama Backtracks on Pledge to Consider Military Option Against Iran
A subtle yet clear message to the Iranians that they have nothing to fear from an Obama Administration. More

June 19, 2008
Hugo Chazvez and Hezb'allah
Hugo Chavez is found to host within his diplomatic corps a supporter and facilitator of the Hezb'allah terror group. More

June 19, 2008
Another Democrat calls for Nationalizing Oil Refinery Industry
Even at the height of liberalism's power back in the 1960's, no Democrat would have seriously entertained the notion. More

June 18, 2008
Battling Diversity at the University of Chicago
An outspoken, hostile but decidedly minority (so far) group of professors at the University of Chicago are protesting against a proposed new research center: More

June 18, 2008
Obama's undivided inattention
Barack Obama has no grasp of the basics of diplomacy, and doesn't even realize it. That is a frightening thought about a potential commander in chief. More

June 18, 2008
Worst Midwest Flooding in15 years
The Mississippi River is overflowing levees in Illinois leaving millions of acres of prime farmland underwater and driving up the cost of corn More

June 18, 2008
Obama Advisers Say Bin Laden Can Appeal to US Courts
If we capture him alive, Osama Bin Laden will be able to appeal to US courts -- the same US courts that protects the rights of American citizens and now, evidently, the terrorists who are trying to kill us. More

June 18, 2008
Al Gore proves the futility of his policy recommendations (updated)
I am thankful to Al Gore for proving that even in a high profile demonstration project his "solutions" to the energy crisis won't work. More

June 18, 2008
Associated Press and the Bloggers: E.L.E.
An E.L.E. is what got the dinosaurs and is what may be occurring with the escalating war between bloggers and the Associated Press. More

June 18, 2008
What we taught the Taliban
Last night I heard Brit Hume report the strange discrepency between press accounts of Taliban activity in Afghanistan and official reports from the area. More

June 18, 2008
Progress in Isarel-Syria talks?
Egypt is leaking word of a ceasefire to begin Thursday between Gaza and Israel, More

June 18, 2008
Michelle's Makeover
No more "tough girl" Michelle. She is now officially as tame and domesticated as my pet cat Snowball. More

June 18, 2008
Iraqi Foriegn Minister Lectures Obama about "new realities"
Will Obama ever alter his outdated policy on Iraq? More

June 18, 2008
Did Barack Obama disparage his trip to Israel?
Was Congressman Robert Wexler correct when he proclaimed that Barack Obama "loves" Israel? The candidate's own words would tend to discount that claim. More

June 17, 2008
Will someone please ask Obama this question?
Let's see him talk his way through this one. More

June 17, 2008
Moran, Baehr Together Again on the Air
Join American Thinker Political Correspondent Rich Baehr as he co-hosts The Rick Moran Show, one of the most popular conservative political shows on Blog Talk Radio. More

June 17, 2008
Haditha Hoax: Apparent Last Chapter
A military judge has dismissed the charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani. More

June 17, 2008
Another Obama falsehood
Here is the latest item to add to the ever-growing file labeled "Obama Misstatements, Gaffes and Outright Lies" More

June 17, 2008
Obama Channels Tz'u-hsi
Tz'u-hsi ,the dowager empress of China, took sadistic delight in discomfitting those around her. Obama appears to have learned a lesson from her. More

June 17, 2008
Taliban Ready an attack on Kandahar
Thanks to our good friends in the Pakistani government, several hundred Taliban fighters have inflitrated across the border from their bases in the northwest frontier provinces and are seizing villages on the outskirts of Kandahar: More

June 17, 2008
Eeyore for Secretary of Defense!
Jennifer Rubin has a jaw dropping quote from Obama's national security advisor Mark Danzig on why Obama's foreign policy sounds so infantile More

June 17, 2008
McCain gains among Independents in WaPo Poll
The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll confirms what other polls have been saying for about a month - that John McCain is competitive with Barack Obama in capturing the independent vote: More

June 17, 2008
McCain seeks end to ban on offshore drilling
Just drill, baby. More

June 17, 2008
Obama the Gaffemeister Strikes Again
Obama would be getting something of a reputation for incompetence - if anybody bothered to report what he was doing. More

June 17, 2008
Obama's Pals: From Chicago Corruption to anti-US Iraqi Thieves
Talismangate connects a bunch of dots from Obama to Rezko to a corrupt Iraqi minister. It may be that by comparison Ayers and Wright are small skeletons in Obama's closet. More

June 17, 2008
How to overcome opposition to oil drilling
The solution is surprising, but really shouldn't be. More

June 17, 2008
Dems Miss Cash Deadline for Denver Convention
The Denver Host Committee - in charge of raising cash for the convention - fell $11 million short in meeting their contractual obligations for the Democratic shindig in August: More

June 16, 2008
Boeing wins a round in the Air Force tanker dispute
The Air Force decision to source its next generation tanker fleet from a Northrop-Airbus consortium did not go down well with a wide-ranging group of people. More

June 16, 2008
Brown Comes through on Iran Sanctions, Afghan Troop increase
Taking office with echoes of "lap dog" following his predecessor Tony Blair, many wondered just how committed Brown would be to the "Special Relationship" between the US and Great Britain More

June 16, 2008
Newt: Jindal for Veep
Hopefully, Newt Gingrich has even less influence with John McCain than he thinks More

June 16, 2008
Countrywide 'Sweetheart Loans' Tied to Legislation
Not making many headlines because the perps are Democrats, the sweetheart loan deals that former Obama Vice Presidential vetter Jim Johnson accepted from Countrywide Chairman Angelo Mozilo have ensnared two Democratic senators; More

June 16, 2008
Dude, where's my bounce?
Gallup reports that Barack Obama's 7 point bounce after presumably clinching the nomination has all but vanished into a statistical tie with McCain More

June 16, 2008
AP in Huge Blow-up over 'Fair Use' of their stories
This is a story that is an object lesson for mainstream news organizations as well as new media watchers. More

June 16, 2008
Innoculating Michelle Obama from Criticism
Don't be a "Michelle hater." More

June 16, 2008
A telling choice by NBC News
The biggest dilemma NBC had in announcing the sudden passing of Tim Russert was the lack of anyone in their news department with enough stature to "break the news". More

June 16, 2008
A prediction come true. Already.
Predictions are fun, never more so than when they come to pass, and it's even better when it happens immediately so that everybody notices. More

June 15, 2008
Expect a flood of similar images of Obama (updated)
The MSM will make its invidious comparison through pictrues. More

June 15, 2008
Congrats to China: New #1 Emitter of Greenhouse Gasses
What's remarkable isn't that China is now the world's #1 producer of greenhouse gasses. The truly unbelievable thing is that Al Gore and his minions criticized the United States severely for not signing the Kyoto agreement. More

June 15, 2008
Another key Dem uninterested in being Obama's VP
Former Virginia governor Mark Warner has ruled himself out as Barack Obama's running mate. More

June 15, 2008
WaPo editorial criticizes Dems on Iraq
More evidence accumulates that even the press sees that American policy in Iraq has not just turned the corner, but is heading for success. More

June 15, 2008
A.Q. Khan Ring May have Shared Bomb Designs
A group of smugglers connected to selling bomb parts to Libya, Iran, and North Korea, may have acquired blueprints to build a bomb and shared it with other countries and rogue groups says a former UN arms inspector: More

June 15, 2008
New Effort To Bag Osama Bin Laden
With the help of British special forces and the cooperation of the Pakistani government, coalition forces are moving through some of the most inhospitable terrain on planet earth in hopes of cornering him: More

June 15, 2008
WaPo: those anti-Obama meanies hurt his church
Once again the press attempts to make criticism of Barack Obama and his (now former) church out of bounds. More

June 15, 2008
Obama's Idea of 'New Politics'
Playing the race card early and often. More

June 15, 2008
Exploiting Russert's death
Media coverage of Tim Russert's death, still going strong, is becoming quite unseemly. In a frantic rush to burnish their own social credentials, scores of B and C list players are desperately maneuvering to get coveted national face time. More

June 14, 2008
More Words of Wisdom from the Democrat's 'Genius' Candidate
Barack Obama once again embarrasses himself with his poor grasp of history. More

June 14, 2008
Judicial temperament?
A poster of Che Guevara hangs on the wall of a judge who found Ohio's death penalty law constitutionally lacking. More

June 14, 2008
NYT flacking for Castro
Memories of the recently departed ABC sportscaster Jim McKay provided the New York Times an opportunity to celebrate the "human side" of Fidel Castro. More

June 14, 2008
John Coleman vs Al Gore
Poking holes in the AGW theory is becoming child's play. But we have to keep at it because the general public and major presidential candidates are not so well informed. More

June 14, 2008
Chris Matthews and Tim Russert: Crass versus Class
Among all the tributes offered Friday night on the various cable networks to Tim Russert, only one that I saw managed to use the opportunity to crassly advance a political perspective and advance a personal political ambition. More

June 14, 2008
Czech Republic says 'no' to Lisbon Treaty, too
My initial elation at the Irish vote against ratification of the Lisbon Treaty was tempered by reports that the EU proponents were continuing on course despite this latest setback. But today it appears the Czechs are adding their "no" to Ireland's: More

June 14, 2008
A hate-Israel screed of extraordinary vileness
Stephen Kinzer, writing in the UK Guardian, argues in essence that RFK had his assassination coming, since what happened to him was "in fact an eminently political act." More

June 14, 2008
Tip of the Iceberg?
How many Hillary supporters will end up voting for John McCain? More

June 14, 2008
AP attempts to salvage Obama's VP panel story
A notable example of the way the press is attempting to paper over Barack Obama's blunders was spotted and wittily mocked by Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light. More

June 14, 2008
Taliban Attack Frees 1200 Prisoners
In a bold attack, the Taliban killed 15 guards at a prison in Kandahar and freed 1200 prisoners including about 350 Taliban fighters, suicide bombers, and leaders: More

June 14, 2008
Obama Runs from Townhall Appearances with McCain
You can hardly blame Barack Obama for trying to avoid John McCain's challenge of appearing together at 10 Townhall forums between now and election day More

June 14, 2008
Obama's 'Dead Cat' Bounce
Obama never got that big jump in his poll numbers one would expect after all the media hype last week. More

June 14, 2008
Tim Russert, R.I.P.
The passing of Tim Russert was a shock to the political system in America. More

June 13, 2008
The battle for the Senate
According to Rasumessen, Senator Cornyn has opened up a 17 point lead in texas (it had been 4), almost killing the Dems' hopes of picking up 9 to gain a filibuster-proof 60 seats. Here's how the key Senate races look. More

June 13, 2008
Inflation up: Fed Ready to Pivot on interest rates
The cost of food and fuel soared in May and that pushed the cost of living up 0.6% - about what analysts had expected: More

June 13, 2008
Maliki says Security Talks 'at dead end'
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Associated Press that talks with the United States on a security pact had broken down because neither side would accede to each other's demands: More

June 13, 2008
Oil companies spend more on taxes than on oil supply development
If didn't know better, I would think the Democrats are really trying to lose this election. More

June 13, 2008
Hands off Michelle Obama you GOP Meanies!
It appears a major effort is underway to smear as "racist" or "sexist" (or perhaps both) anyone who criticizes Michaell Obama. More

June 13, 2008
Irish voters reject EU power grab
The Treaty of Lisbon, in effect a new constitution for the European Union intended to add to the power of EU bureaucrats at the expense of democratically elected national governments, was rejected by Irish voters yesterday. More

June 13, 2008
Cook County Dems Rejoice at DNC Move to Chicago
Boy oh Boy Cook County Dems here in Chicago must be licking their chops at the prospect of Obama moving many of the fucntions of the national party to the Windy City More

June 13, 2008
Times reporter all wet in her Gitmo Case Conclusions
I don't think the muddle over habeas corpus would be resolved if Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) were closed, as Linda Greenhouse asserts in today's NYT article. More

June 13, 2008
Scalia dissents
One of the joys of the Web is the ability to get the Supreme Court's opinions in real time and, particularly, reading the dissents of Justice Scalia to outrageous left-wing opinions. More

June 13, 2008
Dems to Young Voters: Vote for us, you twerps.
Hoping to rally young voters with so called edgy ads, Democrats have, instead, portrayed them as narrow minded, intolerant, empty headed twerps. More

June 13, 2008
When the police get entrepreneurial
The economic slowdown so often portrayed as a recession is pressuring tax revenues at every level of government. More

June 12, 2008
Is the US Constitution a suicide pact after all?
The US Supreme Court has opened a Pandora's Box. More

June 12, 2008
The Curious Behavior of Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez's abrupt switch to moderate and rational speech is understandably disconcerting. More

June 12, 2008
Rezko Says Prosecutors leaned on him for Obama Dirt
Antoin "Tony" Rezko and "The Chicago Way" More

June 12, 2008
Obama: I was for high gas prices before I was against them
Jim Geraghty reports on an interview Obama gave CNBC on the gas crisis where the candidate came out four square - for higher gas prices: More

June 12, 2008
How to get America drilling for our own oil (updated)
AT contributors share some thoughts on how America can re-start aggressive development of our own oil resources, instead of relying on OPEC. More

June 12, 2008
Obama on why he shouldn't have run for president
Back in 2004, Obama felt that it would be too soon for a newly-minted senator to run for president. More

June 12, 2008
Supreme Court Insists Terrorists have Habeus Corpus Rights
By the narrowest of margins, 5-4, the United States Supreme Court granted the constitutional protection of Habeus Corpus to foreign nationals being held at Guantanamo: More

June 12, 2008
Jimmy Carter on Obama's lack of substance and experience
Oops! Jimmy Carter told the truth about Obama before it looked likely Obama would win the nomination. More

June 12, 2008
Politics in Zimbabwe beyond hardball
While commentators fret that the GOP will attack Michelle Obama and alienate voters, supporters of Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe don't limit themselves to mere criticism. More

June 12, 2008
Another day, another radical supporter of Obama
Next time Obama takes to the stump, let's watch and see if he's wearing anything pink. More

June 12, 2008
McCain 1 - Obama 0 in Foreign Policy Debate
From "Page Six," we get the news that there was a debate in Canada between surrogates for Obama and McCain on foreign policy: More

June 11, 2008
Free the offshore drillers
Rep. John Peterson (R-PA) has introduced an amendment to s spending bill that would free up offshore drilling more than 50 miles off our coast, enabling American companies to drill in waters already being exploited by the Chinese, among others. More

June 11, 2008
Apparently I'm a 'racist'
The other night, while I was at a local comedy club, Robin Williams showed up unexpectedly and did his act, a mixture of old and new. More

June 11, 2008
Report: US Led Forces Kill 11 Pak Soldiers
This could be a very big deal or it could just have been a mistake but the Pakistani army - our erstwhile ally - are very upset over reports a US-led coalition airstrike along the Pakistani-Afghan border More

June 11, 2008
Has an American hero come out as a Republican?
In the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Nazi enemies of Dr. Jones have been replaced by Soviet communists. More

June 11, 2008
Internal Strife at Highest Levels of Iranian Government
Trouble in the Islamic paradise. More

June 11, 2008
Despicable animal rights demonstrators
The animal rights movement seems to be home to more than its share of people who believe their cause is so right that they are excused from normal human constraints. More

June 11, 2008
Bush 'regrets' Legacy of War
George Bush told the Times OnLine that he regrets the fact that his rhetoric gave the impression that he wanted war in Iraq. More

June 11, 2008
George Soros and Obama's veep
Barack Obama's choice of Jim Johnson to vet vice presidential choices is worse than previously understood More

June 11, 2008
Albright pointing fingers in the wrong direction - again
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has yet another Bush-bashing and self-serving column out in today's New York Times. More

June 11, 2008
Michelle Obama to co-host 'The View'
It will be free advertising (not that the Obama campaign needs any) that reaches a key demographic group that has eluded the clutches of Obamamania.... More

June 11, 2008
Let the crossover donations begin
Hillary's "suspension" of her campaign has opened a door to crossover Democrats donating to and supporting John McCain. More

June 11, 2008
How low can the UN go?
It's impossible to imagine how much lower the UN could go beyond this. More

June 11, 2008
Kyle-Anne Shiver on air
Kyle-Anne Shiver will appear on the nationally syndicated Laura Ingraham Show today More

June 10, 2008
Ed Lasky on 'The Rick Moran Show'
American Thinker's Ed Lasky will talk politics and more on The Rick Moran Show with the host, AT Associate Editor Rick Moran. More

June 10, 2008
'The Natural' Gets His Due
Ken Griffey Jr., owner of one of the most perfect swings in all of baseball, hit his 600th home run Monday More

June 10, 2008
How the Media misrepresents the Candidates' Tax Plans
When President Bush signed the 2001 tax cuts into law, the new lower rates had a ten year life, and are set to expire in 2010. More

June 10, 2008
Target date of July for completion of Iraq-US Troop Deal
The deal is necessary to replace the UN Mandate for US presence in Iraq set to expire in July. More

June 10, 2008
Bush, EU Threaten new round of Iran Sanctions
No word on what kind of sanctions the president and the Europeans are willing to place on Iran for not suspending their enrichment activities More

June 10, 2008
Obama's 50 state strategy
Barack Obama's campaign has announced they will put campaign staff in all 50 states - the first time that has happened in a generation: More

June 10, 2008
The Ignorance of Entertainers
Historically, performers, of any kind, singers, actors, actresses, storytellers (i.e. fiction writers) and the like, occupied the lowest rung in society. And for good reason they didn't do anything constructive. More

June 10, 2008
Newsweek: Dreidels for Obama
National Review documents how Newsweek distorts the facts on Lieberman, Obama's anti-Israel advisers and colleagues, and Jewish support for Obama. More

June 10, 2008
1970's Redux: Senate Democrats Debate 'Windfall Profits' Tax
If senate Democrats keep this up, I'll be able to break out my bell bottom jeans and start revving up my Donna Summers records: More

June 10, 2008
Seems like old times
This list of people being named to Obama's campaign makes it look like a full employment act for Democrat spouses, children and long time consultants. More

June 10, 2008
Kucinich comes down to earth; offers Bush Impeachment Resolution
Lefty blogs are beside themselves with joy this morning because Congressman Dennis Kucinich has beamed down from his spaceship long enough to offer resolutions of impeachment against President George Bush. More

June 10, 2008
Vulture returning to form?
If anyone should start a vulture fund, it is disgraced NY Governor Eliot Spitzer who tormeneted and picked over the bones of many successful executives in order to advance his political career. More

June 10, 2008
More 'Malarkey' from Congressman Markey
The Massachusetts liberal has a nasty habit of supporting America's enemies at the expense of his own country's interests. More

June 10, 2008
Obama appoints a Wal-Mart defender as economic policy adviser
Some leftists are in a tizzy because Barack Obama has appointed an economic policy adviser who has dared to praise the benefits Wal-Mart's low prices bring to low income consumers More

June 09, 2008
Obama campaign pretends it never existed
On a day when the story around the blogsphere is about the scrubbing of anti-Semitic material from Obama's website, something else is now missing. More

June 09, 2008
Terrorist waiting to deal with next president
Brig. General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the terror group the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is biding his time, afraid to stoke terror while President Bush is in his waning days in the Oval Office. More

June 09, 2008
Bush off for European Farewell tour
President Bush left today for his last European Union summit being held in Slovenia and will visit several other countries while he is over there: More

June 09, 2008
Columbia University MidEast Studies professor blames West for gays in Muslim lands
Columbia University professor Joseph Massad numbers one more mark against the West. More

June 09, 2008
Finally! A tiny bit of good news on housing
Sales of existing homes increased much more than analysts thought in April More

June 09, 2008
What kind of war crimes trials does Obama plan? (updated)
Barack Obama's plan for imposing unity on the nation after he takes office apparently entails a close look at war crimes trials for Bush administration officials. More

June 09, 2008
Radical Priest to return to Parish on June 16
Despite using shockingly racist language in a sermon at Trinity United Church, Father Michael Pflger is being allowed to return to his St. Sabina parish next week: More

June 09, 2008
Obama Needs 'Clinton Women' to Win
A very good piece in USA Today about how Obama must pick up a good percentage of women who voted for Hillary Clinton or he can kiss the presidency goodbye: More

June 09, 2008
Stunning news from Hugo Chavez
The Marxist president of Venezuela has ytold the FARC guerillas in neighboring Colombia to give up their struggle to overthrow the US ally. More

June 09, 2008
Progress in Asia in WOT
The most dangerous terrorist networks in Southeast Asia are on the run thanks to multinational cooperation, good police work, good intelligence, and well executed military operations: More

June 09, 2008
Most Americans see Widespread Media Bias in Election Coverage
It shouldn't come as a shock that most Americans see a bias at work in media coverage of the election this year. More

June 09, 2008
Rockefeller's phony 'Bush lied' claim exposed
Washington Post editorial writer Fred Hiatt makes mincemeat of Senator Rockefeller's latest "Bush Lied" report More

June 09, 2008
Overconfidence on the left
Democrats have convinced themselves that victory will just fall into their lap. An overconfident foe is usually blind to its own weaknesses. More

June 09, 2008
The Senate Gets an Overdue Economics Lesson
Despite having a prime location, the US Senate's restaurant operation has been steadily losing money and even a substantial $18 million subsidy from the taxpayers was not enough. More

June 08, 2008
Too bad this didn't come out BEFORE Obama spoke to AIPAC (updated)
An Obama supporter belonging to a group called "Socialists for Obama" posted a long piece on "The Jewish Lobby" right on Obama's presidential campaign website. More

June 08, 2008
An Update on Iraq's Cell Phone Towers
The good news is that Iraq's cell phone towers are still standing. The bad news is that the towers now are being "protected" by a Shia militia that may have ties to Iran. More

June 08, 2008
The EU Strikes Again
The next time you're feeling discouraged, or infuriated, by the fecklessness of our country's bureaucrats, keep in mind that things are even worse in Europe. More

June 08, 2008
The fall of the newspaper industry
Debbie Schlussel got quite a jolt when she opened her newspaper Friday morning: More

June 08, 2008
Pakistan to ask Europeans to Censor Mohamed Cartoons
They really don't get it. More

June 08, 2008
ElBaradei Wrings his Hands over Nuke Proliferation
Perhaps the most imporant international organization relating to stopping the spread of atomic weapons is apparently headed up by an old woman. More

June 08, 2008
Another questionable Obama veep panel member
Why does Barack Obama have trouble finding untainted members for his three person panel vetting vice presidential candidates? More

June 08, 2008
Straight from the Horse's...Well, somewhere on the horse
Mark Penn is generally credited with botching a sure thing. More

June 08, 2008
Bush Warns of Pay Cuts for Troops
President Bush warned Congress in his radio address yesterday that he may be forced to cut military pay if they do not pass the $165 billion war funding bill More

June 08, 2008
The Democrats' frivolous lawsuit tax break (updated)
The Democrats' lawyer friends are getting a huge tax break, making big lawsuits cheaper to finance. More

June 08, 2008
Pilfering at the NRCC
No wonder Republican Senators are having a hard time raising money. Employees of the campaign fund evidently feel perfectly secure in robbing them blind: More

June 07, 2008
Musharraf Resists Pressure to Resign
Under threat from Pakistan's ruling coalition of arrest for various offfenses against the constitution, President Pervez Musharraf is resisting calls that he resign his ofice: More

June 07, 2008
Clinton Endorses Obama, Calls for Unity
In a speech before several thousand cheering supporters, Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign for the presidency and endorsed Barack Obama for president: More

June 07, 2008
Gates ousts Air Force leaders: why?
Did Secretary of Defense Gates kowtow to China? More

June 07, 2008
Rocco, Rock On! (a poem)
Our illusions are gone/ (If they were ever there from the beginning)./ The silver-tongued Barry/ Continues to carry/ The believers who picture him winning More

June 07, 2008
US Walking away from Human Rights Forum
We probably won't be doing much of this if Obamamessiah gets elected president. More

June 07, 2008
Return of the 'misery index'
Jimmy Carter popularized the term "misery index", and it's back. More

June 07, 2008
CNN Poll - McCain, Obama in dead heat
The Democrats should be far ahead, of course. McCain should be in the low 30's considering everything that is going on. More

June 07, 2008
Murtha watch
Far from the front page, today's Washington Post carries some intriguing information: More

June 07, 2008
Dems face the bitter harvest of identity politics
Let the navel-gazing begin! Democrats now scramble to avoid the looming feminist backlash from Hillary supporters, More

June 07, 2008
The D-Day story the MSM didn't tell again
Another D-Day anniversary has come and gone, and still the media won't report the news they don't want you to see. More

June 06, 2008
The Proposition 13 Revolution Turns Thirty
Thirty years ago, on June 6, 1978, Americans began a political revolution. More

June 06, 2008
Unemployment in May Jumps from 5.0% to 5.5%
In the largest single monthly increase since 1986, the unemployment rate for the nation jumped half a percentage point in May More

June 06, 2008
NYT staff buyouts -- who's next?
Media Bistro is chronicling the grim news of staff buyouts at the New York Times. More

June 06, 2008
Defeating Global Warming: $45 Trillion
Hey buddy, can you spare a trillion to save the planet? More

June 06, 2008
Top Two Air Force Leaders Fired
The Air Force Chief of Staff and the Secretary of the Air Force were both fired yesterday in response to a report that heavily criticized the top levels of leadership in the USAF with regard to their handling of nuclear weapons: More

June 06, 2008
Clinton, Obama in Secret Meeting
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton sat down to discuss the future of the campaign in Washington yesterday More

June 06, 2008
The Fine Art of Blaming America for Everything
The source of the liberal, far-left mindset, blame America, counsels isolationism in the face of threats, standing down instead of standing up for people in distress who labor under dictatorial rule More

June 06, 2008
D Day remembered (updated)
Today is the 64th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France, and is the day following the anniversary of Ronald Reagan's death. More

June 06, 2008
India expresses a vote of confidence in American Thinker
Tuesday, as the Democratic nominating process finally came to an end, American Thinker was contacted by the Times Global Broadcasting Company of Mumbai, India, asking if I would agree to an interview for their TV news programs. More

June 06, 2008
A new fatwa
One problem that Islam has in competing with other cultures in the modern economy is that the requirement to pray five times a day -- after a ritual cleansing -- interrupts the flow of work. More

June 05, 2008
Obama and AIPAC: A Delicate Dance
Amazingly, it has taken less than 24 hours before Barack Obama started backtracking on one key part of his speech to AIPAC Wednesday More

June 05, 2008
The Lakers and Celtics meet again
Tonight begins Round 11 of the Celtics-Lakers championship series. The Celtics lead the series 8 to 2, but lost the last two to the Lakers in 1985 and 1987 More

June 05, 2008
Obama's discourtesy to Lieberman
In public, on the floor of the Senate, Barack Obama uses his physical size and strength against an older man. More

June 05, 2008
If the post turtle fits
An old joke is being resurrected in honor of Barack Obama. More

June 05, 2008
Bishop Compares Global Warming Deniers with Child Molester
Global warming skeptics have been compared to Nazis so I guess it's not surprising we should here this kind of crap from the gloabal warming crowd: More

June 05, 2008
KSM Seeks the Death Penalty
The mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said that he would welcome becoming a "martyr" if found guilty in his military trial: More

June 05, 2008
US, British Diplomats Attacked in Zimbabwe
Diplomats from the United States and Great Britain who were investigating political violence in Zimbabwe were attacked by police and "war veterans" More

June 05, 2008
Blast from the past
Though he refuses to repudiate them, merely "distancing" himself, Rev. Wright, Father Pfleger and James Meeks all have a public history with Barack Obama. More

June 05, 2008
Todd Purdum, recycler
R. Emmett Tyrrell, founder of The American Spectator and Clinton critic extraordinaire, exposes Todd Purdum of Vanity Fair ( More

June 05, 2008
Rezoko and Abramoff in the media
The media went ballistic when a photo surfaced of Jack Abromofff walking with George Bush.... More

June 05, 2008
Obama Gaffes Go Rollin' Along
Once again, Barack Obama has demonstrated serious gaps in actual knowledge of the subjects on which he so charmingly pontificates. More

June 05, 2008
Finally! A new refinery
It's been a long time coming but it looks like we may get our first new oil refinery in over 30 years. More

June 05, 2008
Another Haditha Marine Acquitted
Bob Owens has the story over at Pajamas Media of the latest blow against the government's trumped up case against 8 Marines who were involved in the so-called "Haditha Massacre." More

June 05, 2008
Recycled hacks and reprobates
Obama's VP search committee belies his claims of hope and change. More

June 05, 2008
Hillary to drop out of race by the weekend
After such a long, tough campaign, it will be painful to watch Hillary Clinton finally conceding defeat and then endorsing someone she clearly doesn't think is qualified to be president: More

June 05, 2008
Rezko Guilty on 16 Counts (updated)
Antoin "Tony" Rezko, friend and fundraiser to many movers and shakers in Illinois politics, has been found guilty on 16 counts of fraud and corruption in connection with a "pay for play" bribery scheme More

June 04, 2008
Welcome to Musharraf's world, fellas
The new Pakistani government has been negotiating with extremists in the NW Frontier Provinces for weeks and are finding the going a little tough. More

June 04, 2008
Superdelegates can switch
According to the media, Barack Obama has won the Democratic Presidential nomination. It is not that simple. More

June 04, 2008
Obama at AIPAC
There will probably be more said on this later but Barack Obama, fresh from clinching the Democratic nomination for president, spoke before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. More

June 04, 2008
Daschle loses
Perhaps this sidelight got lost in the denouement of the Clinton-Obama primary battle? More

June 04, 2008
Dem Leadership Seeks to End Hillary's Campaign
This seems to be a desperate move by the Congressional leadership and will probably not sit well with Hillary Clinton supporters. More

June 04, 2008
What's on the rumored Michelle Obama 'rant' tape?
It's existence is still not absolutely confirmed, but the Michelle Obama "rant" tape is being described with a fair amount of detail on a pro-Hillary website More

June 04, 2008
Worthwhile advice
Fouad Ajami reminds us why we went to war in Iraq More

June 04, 2008
McCain's Act opens to poor reviews
John McCain gave a speech in New Orleans that he said was the kickoff to the general election campaign. More

June 04, 2008
How Trinity United uses your tax dollars
The feds have showered a reported 15 mill on Rev. Wright's former church. Just how wisely has that money been spent? More

June 04, 2008
Hillary weighs her options
Last night after Obama clinched the race for all practical purposes, Hillary Clinton gave a rather curious speech. More

June 04, 2008
Does the IRS know about this?
Father Pfleger may be in trouble with more than his church superiors. More

June 04, 2008
Obama's crowds
As I watched the Fox news coverage of Obama's speech from St, Paul, Minnesota and looked at the faces behind him on the podium I had to wonder where were all the men in Minnesota on Tuesday night? More

June 04, 2008
Meet Obama's Reparations Model
Where on earth does Obama get his ideas on reparations? Just look in the Trinity United Christian Church bookstore and you find the model he's using. More

June 03, 2008
Moran, Baehr on the Air
You won't want to miss tonight's Rick Moran Show,, one of the most popular conservative talk shows on Blog Talk Radio. More

June 03, 2008
hate mailbag
i happened across your site by means of one of my acquaintances sending me some of your spew. More

June 03, 2008
More Obama Phony-Ops
James Lewis' article today pointed out the media-generated Phony Ops benefitting Obama. Another example came the evening of the North Carolina primary, More

June 03, 2008
Massachusettes "Universal Heatlh Insurance Law" - Coming to Obamaland Soon
Hey kids! Wanna see what's in store for the American people if the Democrats win the White House next year? More

June 03, 2008
Mugabe Blames West for Zimbabawe Economic Woes
Takes some chutzpah to blame 100,000% inflation on someone else. More

June 03, 2008
Malignant McClellanonoma
How does one understand Scott McClellan? Perhaps medicine has some answers. More

June 03, 2008
The Congressional Energy Crisis
The regulatory relationship that Congress has relentlessly sought to impose on the energy sector of the American economy has had deadly effects on the supply of gasoline in the United States. More

June 03, 2008
Chavez Tightens Grip on Venezuelan People
Venezualean President Hugo Chavez has issued new decrees that gives him new and sweeping powers over the intelligence apparatus in the country: More

June 03, 2008
What comes after cap & trade?
Now that we're flirting with the Cap & Trade scheme proposed in the pending Climate Security Act before Congress, how about resurrecting the selling of indulgences and applying it to speech? More

June 03, 2008
Obama's Alliance with Marxists
Erik Ericson of RedState.com has a very detailed article today on Barack Obama's connection to a neo-Marxist political party called the "New Party." More

June 03, 2008
Candidates looking beyond today's primaries
Officially, when the polls close tonight in Montana and South Dakota around 10:00 PM eastern time, the Democratic race for the nomination will be over. More

June 03, 2008
Associate Editor RIck Moran on Lee Rodgers Show
American Thinker Associate Editor will appear on KSFO's popular morning talk show in San Francisco, the Lee Rodgers Show this morning. More

June 02, 2008
FARC on its last legs?
Bad news for Hugo Chavez but good news for everyone else. More

June 02, 2008
Iraqi Army Interdicting Iranian Operations
Following up on their success in Basra, the Iraqi army has now moved to begin to disrupt operations of the Iranian Qods force that has been operating inside Iraq More

June 02, 2008
Get Me from the Church on Time
I'm gettin' elected in November;/ Ding, dong the polls are gonna chime./ So plug in some stoppers,/ I'll tell some more whoppers,/To get me from this church on time. More

June 02, 2008
Syria to allow Probe of Nuke Site - after they've already cleaned up
Syria has granted the International Atomic Energy Agency permission to inspect the site bombed by Israel last September More

June 02, 2008
"The Forgotten Man" About ready to Step on to Center Stage
With all the hub bub over the Democratic nomination, it's easy to forget that there is a third man in the race who now can step front and center to claim an equal share of coverage for his campaign. And he can boost that prospect by buying some strategically placed ads. More

June 02, 2008
Barack's bitterness
Who's bitter and clinging now? More

June 02, 2008
The Turn of the Danes
Ever since the Danish media published the cartoons featuring Mohammed, radicals have been saying that the Danes would pay for their blasphemy. More

June 02, 2008
More Father Pfleger
This Pfleger guy is almost as entertaining as Jeremiah Wright except he doesn't spout those idiotic conspiracy theories about the US government inventing AIDS to kill black people. More

June 02, 2008
Hillary Rolls in Puerto Rico
Hillary Clinton racked up another primary win, this time in Puerto Rico where she beat the frontrunner Barack Obama by a more than 2-1 margin: More

June 01, 2008
McCain Trusted more than Obama on Economy, national security
Rasmussen reports the latest survey on voter attitudes toward the candidates and at the moment, John McCain is besting Barack Obama in several important categories. More

June 01, 2008
Gates says Burmese Junta guilty of 'criminal neglect'
Defense Secretary Gates pulled no punches during a press conference in Singapore where he has been meeting with other defense chiefs trying to figure out a way to get relief supplies into Burma despite the opposition of the government. More

June 01, 2008
Mugabe Government Arrests Two Opposition Leaders
The crackdown in Zimbabwe escalated yesterday as the government arrested two prominent members of the opposition apparently because they spoke out against President Robert Mugabe: More

June 01, 2008
Bill Clinton acting like a teenager again
If the press had reported on Bill Clinton back then they way they are now, I don't know if he would have won a first term much less a second. More

June 01, 2008
Final FL, MI Compromise a disaster for Clinton
If the Democratic party thought the meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee yesterday would go a long ways toward uniting the party, they were sadly mistaken,On the agenda was what to do with the Florida and Michigan delegations to... More

June 01, 2008
Washington Post sees Iraq Turnaround
The Washington post not only sees a turnaround in Iraq in this editorial, but actually calls on Barack Obama to change his proposed policy of withdrawal: More

June 01, 2008
Obama finally quits his church - About time?
After 20 years association, the near nominee has decided to end his association with Trinity United Church. More

June 01, 2008
It appears there will be no organic arugula in Denver -
While Barak Obama has raised a huge amount of money, those in charge of hosting his coronation in Denver are considerably short of their target More