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August 31, 2008
Media almost unanimous on Palin
The media are almost unanimous: Palin was a stupid choice. Considering the history of the MSM, this seems prima facie evidence that it was, in fact, a brilliant choice. More

August 31, 2008
The abortion issue this election
Bookworm anticipates the criticism coming Sarah Palin's way over abortion, and does some thinking. Liberals expect to win, but she thinks the Democrats may come out on the losing end More

August 31, 2008
Promises from the RNC: The Same Old Song?
The Republican Party has a long and growing list of broken promises. Are John McCain and Sarah Palin going to bring the Party back to fiscal conservatism? More

August 31, 2008
Who's more experienced? Palin vs Obama
The best side-by-side comparison of Barack Obama's and Sarah Palin's relevant experience and background so far is found at justsaynodeal.com. It is a mordantly funny read too. More

August 31, 2008
A different take on the Palin choice
Like it or not, John' McCain's age, and worse, the fact that he looks old is a factor in this Presidential campaign. More

August 31, 2008
Biden's bogus blue collar roots
Hats off to Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune for exposing blatant mainstream media propagandizing about Joe Biden's supposed blue collar roots. More

August 31, 2008
All in the Family for Biden and the tort lawyers
The tort lawyers have a great friend in Joe Biden and his running mate, and there is a smelly "intersection of interests" among them. More

August 31, 2008
Update: Politics abound with Gustav
The Democrats have apparently found religion with Hurricane Gustav More

August 30, 2008
No Dan Quayle
I was there on the levee in New Orleans when George H.W. Bush rode the Delta Queen into New Orleans in August 1988 to announce his surprising choice of Dan Quayle. More

August 30, 2008
Palin Smear of the Year: Baby not hers
Predictably, the smear comes from Daily Kos More

August 30, 2008
Peggy Noonan blasts MSNBC's 'fatuous suck-upping'
Peggy Noonan lets loose with hilarious straight talk on Obama and has her co-panelists doubled over with laughter. Except Andrea Mitchell... More

August 30, 2008
Michael Moore: 'Gustav is proof there is a God in heaven'
Michael Moore showed us once again how the left has hijacked a natural disaster and turned it into a political football. More

August 30, 2008
Another fabulous Sarah Palin Video
Sarah Palin shines, and ignites the comedic passions of Late, Late night comedian Craig Ferguson. More

August 30, 2008
Media's full court press against Palin
The political flamethrowers have been unleashed on Governor Sarah Palin. More

August 30, 2008
Great Sarah Palin interview
Sarah Palin spoke to Maria Bartiromo of CNBC about the North Slope and ANWR, and Alaska's readiness to unlock its reserves. You can watch it on video podcast here. More

August 29, 2008
Hillary supporters and Sarah Palin: a first indication
A report on what they are saying about Sarah Palin at the closed hillaryclintonforum.com site. More

August 29, 2008
The best Sarah Palin picture yet
Best of all, it appears genuine and believable. Let the captions begin More

August 29, 2008
The Case for Palin (continuously updated with roundtable comments)
If Sarah Palin gets the VP nod from McCain, there are some risks involved of course, but there is a big upside to this pick. More

August 29, 2008
Was Sarah Palin Really the Right Choice for Vice-president?
Honestly, I can't say I'm surprised, as I told someone just a week ago that she could be the choice. The question is, is she a good choice? More

August 29, 2008
Class vs no class
Last night, John McCain put on ads congratulating Barack Obama for his achievement. The day Joe Biden was picked, John McCain called him to congratulate him. That is class. More

August 29, 2008
First McCain Palin commercial
It's here already. Watch it now More

August 29, 2008
What we know about Sarah Palin
Investor's Business Daily has had its eye on Sarah Palin for quite some time. They offer some first rate journalism on the woman of the hour. More

August 29, 2008
Ladies Rejoice! (a poem)
A lady will ride the elephant/ Into St. Paul next week/ At the side of our Republican candidate./ At last she's "the one we seek". More

August 29, 2008
McCain Campaign Confirms: It's Palin
Some downside but overall a very good pick by McCain More

August 29, 2008
BBC to produce dramas in Hollywood
Looks like the BBC is going to set up shop in America, producing dramas. Could they be attracted by the prospect of an Obama presidency? More

August 29, 2008
GOP Convention May be postponed due to Gustav
McCain campaign considering the political costs of having a party when so many would be in need. More

August 29, 2008
Berkeley tree sitters out on a limb
The obnoxious, smelly tree sitters in Berkeley, who are trying to stop construction of a training facility for athletes, lost in court, and now are seeking an appeal More

August 29, 2008
Let the Gushing Begin
Obama's "showmanship"reveals a stunning truth about the candidate and more importantly, his supporters More

August 29, 2008
Oakland in crisis as socialist mayor is MIA
When Ron Dellums was elected mayor of Oakland, California, I knew that the city was heading for trouble. More

August 29, 2008
Reporters Cheer Obama Speech
Our "journalists" on the job. More

August 29, 2008
Looks like Palin: the Gulfstream flight from Alaska to Dayton
Live flight tracking. Don't you love the internet? More

August 29, 2008
Lurking in the Chicago Annenberg files
Clarice Feldman examines what we are learning and what we already know about the hundred million dollar project headed by William Ayers and Barack Obama. More

August 29, 2008
Richard Baehr 'Live and in concert'
Doug Ross heard Richard Baehr give a lecture, and was impressed enough to write up his notes. More

August 29, 2008
The Obamababble Showman plays Ronald Reagan
He put on a great show. He talked tough last night. But to get the nomination, he talked weak. He ran like Carter and now he expects us to think he will govern as Reagan. More

August 28, 2008
Stopping for the Little People
We almost saw Joe Biden. His security-laden entourage drove by us. More

August 28, 2008
Jimmy Carter: McCain 'Milking' P.O.W. Experience
Thank God for Jimmy Carter. On the day of the most important speech of his party's 2008 Presidential nominee Barack Obama's life, the former President decides to insert himself into the national conversation. More

August 28, 2008
Tales from 57 States: The Donkey Clan Gathers
In the third Silly Season of the Third Millennium, the Clan of Donkeys met near the Mountains of Rock to choose their champion for the race where the winner would be crowned Potus of the 57 States. More

August 28, 2008
Another voter fraud investigation for ACORN
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (Cleveland, Ohio) is investigating 75,000 voter registrations - many found to have been fraudulent - submitted by ACORN More

August 28, 2008
Did Bill Cut A Clever 11th Hour Deal?
The last time I witnessed an abrupt 180 degree even approaching the magnitude of last night's from Bill Clinton was when Frank Pentangeli suddenly recanted all previous accusations against Michael Corleone at a Senate Committee hearing. More

August 28, 2008
Obama's Temple of Illusion (updated)
Why the faux Greek Temple at Obama's mass rally at the Invesco Park, you ask? Actually, it's probably not his God Complex. It's just the basic stagecraft of visual illusion. More

August 28, 2008
New, 'exciting" McCain ad to air tonight
'Exciting' and 'McCain' in the same sentence? A first. More

August 28, 2008
'Rebound' Replaces 'Recession' In MSM Headlines
Well surprise, surprise.  Get a load of this "The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product, or GDP, increased at a 3.3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter. The revised reading was much better than the government's initial... More

August 28, 2008
Bill Clinton's digs at Obama
It may have appeared all sweetness and light at last night's session of the Democratic Convention, but as Stephen Green of Vodkapundit fame points out, Bill Clinton couldn't resist getting in a few digs at Obama More

August 28, 2008
Russia and Disapproval
Russia finally stumbled into disapproval of its invasion of Georgia that mattered... More

August 28, 2008
George Will on Obama's "banal" speeches
George Will has a warning for Obama before he "feeds rhetorical fishes and loaves to the multitudes in the football stadium tonight." More

August 28, 2008
Obama Lashes out blindly at opponents
Is the Obama campaign beginning to panic? More

August 28, 2008
'Please remove his distorted and misleading articles from your site' -- an email exchange
The left doesn't want to win arguments with its opponents, it wants to silence them. More evidence comes from our mailbag. A letter and a response. More

August 28, 2008
Compulsory Altruism if Obama is elected
Obama wants to bring big change to America if he's elected. More

August 28, 2008
Richard Baehr on the air with Dennis Miller
AT's Richard Baehr will join Dennis Miller in studio on his nationally-syndicated talk show Thursday, as the show visits Chicago. More

August 28, 2008
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia says birthdays anti-Islamic
Forget about sending birthday cards to your friends in Saudi Arabia. Mother's Day too. More

August 28, 2008
Economy much stronger, thanks to exports
What recession? Economy grows much more than expected. 'Experts' surprised again. More

August 28, 2008
Obama campaign turns thuggish (update: podcast available)
The Obama campaign has tonight again demonstrated that it will try to silence voices with which it does not agree. This should chill all Americans More

August 27, 2008
The party's over for Hillary and the Pumas
Found art at the Democratic National Convention. A picture sometimes is worth more than a thousand words. More

August 27, 2008
Stanley Kurtz discusses Annenberg tonight on air
Those eager to learn what Stanley Kurtz has learned going through the Annenberg archives should listen to WGN radio tonight on the air or on the internet, from 9 to 11 PM CDT More

August 27, 2008
Obama Will Hit A Homerun With His Speech -- But Not Score
As things stand today, the campaign of still prospective Democratic nominee Barack Obama may well go down in History as one of the worst ever waged. More

August 27, 2008
Annenberg documents show extensive contacts between Obama and Ayers
Something more than "a neighbor of mine." More

August 27, 2008
Where is Al Gore?
I know. I know. He is speaking Thursday night at the DNC. What I mean is, where are his troops on the streets of Denver? More

August 27, 2008
Feeling Bill's Pain - And Anticipating his Retribution
There's no denying his resentment of Obama's cavalier handling of Mrs. Senator Clinton. More

August 27, 2008
Some people have to be told
The editor-at-large of newspaper industry trade publication Editor & Publisher upbraids reporters at the political conventions for failing to stand when the National Anthem is played More

August 27, 2008
Obama's lies about supporting gun rights
David Freddoso of NRO and best selling author of the book The Case Against Barack Obama has an article today that shows how Obama's "ingenius lack of specificity" helps him in obscuring his true positions on the issues. More

August 27, 2008
Pakistan's Presidential Front Runner Suffered from Mental Disease
This ought to cause a few sleepless nights among policymakers in Washington. More

August 27, 2008
Obama bleeding support among Democratic conservatives
There aren't many of them but less than 2 out three conservative Democrats - 63% - are now supporting Barack Obama for president More

August 27, 2008
The definitive Obama-Biden poster
The blogosphere is an endless source of creativity. More

August 27, 2008
Bill Ayers - Liar and Unrepentant Terrorist
Brazen lies told by a man responsible for at least 3 deaths and who Obama calls "mainstream" More

August 27, 2008
Foot in botoxed mouth disease
The MSM has yet to notice the firestorm ignited when the self professsed ardent practicing Catholic Nancy Pelosi's told Tom Brokaw on last Sunday's Meet the Press that Church teaching is undecided on when life begins. More

August 27, 2008
Cuba jails dissident musician
The world's last bastion of the failed Stalinist ideology, Cuba, has yet again arrested the outspoken musician Gorki Aguilar. More

August 27, 2008
Obama's banking buddy
One of the speakers at the DNC on Monday night was Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, whose speaking slot raised a few eyebrows. More

August 27, 2008
Cardinal Egan and the Abortion Debate
Did I just hear Cardinal Egan change the abortion debate? More

August 27, 2008
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum
Reuters previews the finale of the Democrat convention, something like Greek theater at Invesco Field: More

August 26, 2008
Hillary Supporters Unite! (Sort of)
They scurried across the lawn at Denver's Civic Center. Most carried signs. Some banged on drums. Most of them were women ... and a lot of them were angry. More

August 26, 2008
Welcome to the 'Official Obama Store'
"Official Obama stores" dot the sidewalks in Denver. See who's bujying what. More

August 26, 2008
Democrats in Denver Discuss the Jewish Vote
On Monday afternoon, I was part of a panel on the Jewish vote in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention. More

August 26, 2008
AT on the Air Tonight
AT's Ed Lasky spekas with Jamaican radio and then joins Rick Moran with best selling author David Freddoso. Both shows available on the internet. More

August 26, 2008
GOP Turncoat Speaks at DNC: World Yawns
The Democrats thought they had a great moment last night; the specter of a long time Republican moderate Jim Leach abandoning his party and coming out four square for Obama. More

August 26, 2008
A Wasted First Night?
James Carville thinks so. More

August 26, 2008
About McCain and 'Voting With Bush 95% of the Time'
CQPolitics.com launched a strike of their own against the convention week attacks that the Democrats are launching against John McCain More

August 26, 2008
Change you can believe would wreck the economy
Democrats press forward with plans to virtually ensure that unions take over at every major company in America. More

August 26, 2008
Plot to kill Obama
Something less than serious but more than harebrained. More

August 26, 2008
Search and Seizure
The Russians have moved well beyond the purview of the cease-fire agreement and are moving into new territory. More

August 26, 2008
A Lion's Last Roar
An enemy of much that we hold dear but a giant of history nonetheless. More

August 26, 2008
They Hanged Her for Teaching Love
She is called the Angel of Iran, because she lived her short life angelically. The demonic Islamist Mullahs, true to their nature, couldn't bear an angel in their midst. More

August 26, 2008
Obama Calls on the Justice Department to Censor Oppo ad
Obama tries a good old fashioned political kneecapping More

August 26, 2008
Ed Lasky on the air in Jamaica
AT's news editor Ed Lasky will be analyzing the election campaign today on Jamaican radio from 7:35 to 8 PM EDT. An Internet feed is available. More

August 26, 2008
Voices for the Unborn on the Streets of Denver
The most visible and vocal protestors demonstrating at the Democratic National Convention are the advocates for the unborn. Virtually ignored by the media, they are everywhere, and in the faces of delegates. More

August 25, 2008
Democrats behaving like children
Once again, the Democrats are in the process of behaving like children come convention time. More

August 25, 2008
Picture This: Racism at the Democratic Convention
This man is a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. There is something very wrong with this picture. More

August 25, 2008
Joe Biden is wrong on missile defense
Joe Biden is supposed to add foreign policy credibility to the Obama ticket. But Senator Biden has been consistently wrong on at least one crucial national security issue More

August 25, 2008
Obama, Biden and the Daley Machine
It is unwritten law in Chicago politics that nobody wants nobody nobody sent. Thus it is no surprise that Joe Biden and Barack Obama have friends in common in the Daley Machine. More

August 25, 2008
Security Zones and Check Points
Points of views vary regarding military withdrawal from Georgia. Russian government states it is in compliance, while Georgia and the US do not concur. More

August 25, 2008
Amir Taheri on Biden's crank ideas on foriegn policy
Obama and Biden: The blind leading the blind on foreign policy More

August 25, 2008
Bill Clinton not a happy camper about convention role
Cue the violins... More

August 25, 2008
Denver: Not a lovefest yet
Politico is reporting this morning that aides for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are still resentful of each other and that the choice of Joe Biden as running mate hasn't helped matters any. More

August 25, 2008
Obama's political godfather slurred Hillary delegate as 'Uncle Tom'
Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones was a primary sponsor of Barack Obama's rise. More

August 25, 2008
Is Obama ready? Many undecideds in Colorado say no
Frank Luntz focus group of undecideds shows Obama has real problems More

August 25, 2008
Joe Biden's lack of charity (updated)
According to this AP report, Senator Biden gave only $1,025.00 out of his $298,000 in earned income last year. That's 1/3 of one percent of his income. More

August 25, 2008
Biden and son - friends of the credit card industry (Updated)
This "Man of the People" once in the pocket of More

August 25, 2008
Joe Biden, Blowhard
A couple of "Bidenisms" that will no doubt be repeated during the campaign. More

August 25, 2008
Ayers' long march through education
Obama's pal and educational grant dispensing partner, former Weatherman Bill Ayres, plays a key role in the radicalization of public education More

August 25, 2008
Direct from Denver and the DNC: Sunday, Recreate zzzzz 68
The Democratic National Convention started Sunday not with a bang, but a whimper. More

August 24, 2008
Obama's Freudian Slip
Obama hands the nomination for president to his running mate. More

August 24, 2008
Obama's ego problem
More and more signs (quite literally) point to Barack Obama as a man with an outsize ego. More

August 24, 2008
Colin Powell for Veep?
Not likely but stranger things have happened in politics. More

August 24, 2008
Biden Adds Comicus
If Dick Cheney added gravitas to George W. Bush's candidacy, Obama's limping selection of the irascible Senator Joe Biden of Delaware promises to be more likely to provide comicus, or comic relief. More

August 24, 2008
'This story is going to kill Obama at the polls'
Clarice Feldman lays out the reasons why the William Ayers/Annenberg Challenge story will seriously damage the candidacy of The One. More

August 24, 2008
Prominent Obama endorser critcizes "Israel Lobby"
Andrew Bacevich's writes a somewhat disturbing op-ed in today's Los Angeles Times More

August 24, 2008
Obama and Jews
The Chicago Jewish News runs a lengthy article about Barack Obama and Jews: those who support him, those who oppose him, and the role that Jews have played in his rise. AT is cited extensively. More

August 24, 2008
Rasmussen: Biden a Lukewarm Choice
Rasmussen polled Democrats about the choice of Joe Biden as running mate and found rather tepid support for the Delaware senator. More

August 24, 2008
Obama's teenage mentor liked sex with kids
Closer scrutiny of the important people (that is, the people Obama himself identified as important) in Barack Obama's life is proving to yield what can only be called an "ick factor." More

August 24, 2008
Keep it simple and truthful
A "Simple and Truthful" Platform = Landslide Victory this November. More

August 24, 2008
The Chinese infrastructure Obama admires so much
Senator O recently told us how much he admired China's infrastructure -- based on those TV pics during the Olympics. He's out of touch. More

August 23, 2008
3:00 AM Text Message: A slap at Hillary?
Did Obama twist the knife in Hillary's vitals just a bit with his early morning announcement? More

August 23, 2008
McCain veepstakes (updated)
Go here to see when Bobby Jindal is scheduled to speak at convention. Isn't that interesting? More

August 23, 2008
Obama-Biden: 'A bigger gamble for the Jewish Community' (updated)
As Matt Brooks of the Republican Jewish Coalition explains, the addition of Joe Biden to the Democratic ticket should worry those who are concerned about American policy towards Iran: More

August 23, 2008
Joe Biden's plagiarism problem
Never mind plagiarizing a speech 20 years ago, what about law school? More

August 23, 2008
Obama's choice probably not popular with Indian-Americans
Gaffe prone Biden and his Indian American slur. More

August 23, 2008
Would you buy a used car from Biden?
Obama picked a Chevy Impala, standard issue V-8, 2 speed powerglide, four door , single tone gray, AM/FM radio with no CD player, More

August 23, 2008
Pelosi property and the DC tax assessor
The Web of Deception website uncovers a very odd situation regarding Washington, DC property owned by the Speaker and her husband: More

August 23, 2008
Life's so much easier without democracy. For the rulers anyway.
Dan Riehl thinks Obama may have lost the election with his stupid remarks about China's airports, railways and port facilities being "vastly superior" to our own. More

August 23, 2008
Hanging juveniles in Iran
While many in the international community huffed and puffed in righteous indignation when the state of Texas executed an illegal alien murderer, Iran continues its mass hanging spree. More

August 23, 2008
Biden's own words may haunt Obama
During the Democratic primary campaign, Joe Biden said some things about Barack Obama that will probably be excellent fodder for McCain campaign ads. More

August 23, 2008
Misfortunes of War
Under this title Noemie Emery explains the effect of the Iraq war on the candidates and offers this suggestion for a McCain ad: More

August 23, 2008
It's Biden: So much for 'Hope and Change'
In choosing Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate, Barack Obama has acknowledged his own shortcomings while recognizing that the election he and his people thought a cakewalk a few months ago is now a battle royale More

August 22, 2008
Obama-Ayers Annenberg papers to be released
AP is reporting the University of Illinois Chicago has relented and the CAC records in its possession will be released and made available to the public Tuesday. More

August 22, 2008
The Great Poti Port Grab
So what's a nation like Russia to do, when historically, the desire for warm water ports is a critical necessity? More

August 22, 2008
Obama Campaign Finance Shenanigans
With all that money rolling in, it is to be expected that some of it is being used in a way that either skirts the letter of the law or breaks it. More

August 22, 2008
Obama's Moral Equivalence Problem
I guess we really shouldn't be surprised that Barack Obama sees no difference between our toppling of Saddam Hussein and Russia's invasion of Georgia. More

August 22, 2008
Did Michelle Obama funnel contract to big fundraiser? (updated)
Michelle Obama's employer, University of Chicago Medical Center, gave a $650,000 contract to Blackwell Consulting. Blackwell Sr. described the genesis of his contract as "really fuzzy." More

August 22, 2008
Is it Romney?
Reading the tea leaves is not much help these days. More

August 22, 2008
Obama Leads with his Chin -- Again
Can these Obama campaign guys really be that stupid? More

August 22, 2008
Will Ayers and Obama radicalize our schools?
Will a President Obama be influenced by the radical ideas concerning education propounded and promoted by William Ayers? More

August 22, 2008
Trouble for Obama's Ground Game in Virginia
All the money in the world won't help you if you don't know what you're doing. More

August 22, 2008
Buffett Suggests Edwards Supporters File Class Action Suit
In an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box," billionaire Warren Buffett suggested that donors to the John Edwards for President Campaign might consider filing a class action lawsuit. More

August 22, 2008
Obama Adviser Brzezinski to the Rescue...of Russia?
Last week, Barack Obama's foreign policy adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski was sounding tough on Russia.It didn't last. More

August 22, 2008
Obama's Education Track record in Chicago
When he had a chance to bring people together on the expensive school reform effort he headed, Barack Obama was AWOL. More

August 21, 2008
Obama campaign made another big mistake
The Obama campaign team had a week or two to get some traction with a VP pick before their convention, but for some reason they held off. More

August 21, 2008
Big Surprise: Late night comedians lay off Obama
Therer's nothing funny about blatant media bias. More

August 21, 2008
Polls, Polls, and more Polls - All say McCain gaining
You can tell how panicky some Democrats are getting because a few pundits are now openly calling for Obama to choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate. More

August 21, 2008
US-Iraq in Draft Accord on Withdrawal Timetable
The United States and Iraq have agreed on a draft timetable to withdraw troops first from cities and towns by next summer and then from the country as a whole by 2011: More

August 21, 2008
Rank hypocrisy from George Soros
Liberal financier and backer of far left groups like Moveon.org George Soros has been caught in one of those "Do as I say not as I do" moments. More

August 21, 2008
Obama to Immigrant South Asians in San Francisco: "I'm a homeboy"
For those of us who continue to be suspicious of what Barack Obama is not telling us about himself, those suspicions were heightened Sunday. More

August 21, 2008
More on the Annenberg Challenge
The Chicago Annenberg Challenge, Barack Obama's only claim to administrative leaders ship (as covered today by Thomas Lifson), was evaluated by the esteemed Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and independent expert outside body. More

August 21, 2008
Obama juices the streets
It's called "street money" and it is a practice that most big city Democratic machines use to scare up votes on election day. More

August 21, 2008
Through Russian Eyes
What's considered a "disproportionate use of force?" Apparently, the Russian government thinks it knows More

August 21, 2008
Confessed Al-Qaeda terrorist registered to vote in Ohio
And he may get to vote -- legally. Unbvelievable! More

August 21, 2008
Obama's Swift Boat?
Jill Stanek could very well be Obama's Swift Boat Veteran. Her recounting of how Obama coldly disregarded her heartfelt testimony regarding the issue of these induced labor abortions and the horrifying consequences is chilling and available on YouTube. More

August 21, 2008
Buyer's remorse
This AP headlines says it all: "Democrats to review nominating process" More

August 21, 2008
Thomas Lifson on the air tonight
AT editor Thomas Lifson will appear on two radio programs tonight discussing his article today on Obama's Lost Years at the Annenberg Challenge. More

August 21, 2008
American Thinker addresses the Democratic Convention
American Thinker's Chief Political Correspondent Richard Baehr has been invited to participate on a panel at the Democratic National Convention. More

August 21, 2008
British TV looks at The Chicago Way
Britain's Channel 4 ran an exceptionally thorough feature on Obama's Chicago roots that you can view online. More

August 20, 2008
Lieberman burns his bridges: Will speak at RNC
A not unexpected development but one sure to get Democrats angry. More

August 20, 2008
NY Times Hypes Bloomberg Windmill Plans
The New York Times is hyping a sensational announcement by Mayor Bloomberg to site windmills across New York city on buildings, bridges and other locations on land and sea More

August 20, 2008
Layoffs at Chicago Tribune anger 'journalist of color'
Some "journalists of color" are livid over the Chicago Tribune's recent layoffs, claiming members of their racial and ethnic group were disproportionately targeted. More

August 20, 2008
Brother can you spare a dime?
The youngest of Obama's half siblings, the 26 year old George Hussein Onyango Obana, is living in a hut in Huruma, a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi. More

August 20, 2008
The Annenberg Challenge money
Massive amounts of charritable money were spent by the Annenberg Challenge under Barack Obama's leadership, and acomplished nothing. Usually it takes the UN to squander such sums without any positive results. More

August 20, 2008
Obama's Denver Speech 'An Underground Sellout'
A Denver TV station ferreted out this story of how Obama's Invesco Field acceptance speech is being used as a fundraiser - without the knowledge of most of his supporters. More

August 20, 2008
When does it Matter?
Georgia is in trouble and only now are we evaluating the U.S.-Georgia association. More

August 20, 2008
Russians dawdling in Georgia despite pullout agreement
Two days after the Russians agreed to remove their troops from Georgian territory, there is little sign of movement from the Russian military More

August 20, 2008
McCain Surging on eve of Democratic Convention
There's no other way to put it; John McCain's support has increased over the last fortnight while Barack Obama's has decreased More

August 20, 2008
The LA Times makes excuses for Obama's poll decline
The Los Angeles Times is playing defense for Obama, explaining away his sharp decline in their own poll by blaming McCain's "attacks." More

August 20, 2008
Texas state legislators challenging 'sanctuary cities' for illegal immigrants
In Texas, two Republican legislators are taking up the "forgotten" issue in the presidential election - illegal immigration. More

August 20, 2008
Obama's missing spontaneity
One thing made clear by the Saddleback broadcast was Barack Obama's utter lack of spontaneity. More

August 20, 2008
Do We Really Want to Get Too Involved in Georgia?
When my 7-year-old son heard on the radio about a Russian invasion and bombing of Georgia, he was very concerned -- until I assured him that his grandparents in Atlanta were just fine. More

August 20, 2008
Novel release killed by Islamist threats
Succumbing to threats, the publisher Random House yanked a planned book release "The Jewel of Medina," More

August 20, 2008
Henry Wickham on the air
AT contributor Henry Wickham will be a guest on the Ron Smith Show today at 4:15 PM EDT, on Baltimore's WBAL AM. An internet feed is available More

August 19, 2008
Obama's name displaces a real president's
The first Barack Obama presidential suite opens before he is even nominated. More

August 19, 2008
Obama campaign to hand out 'street money'
The a new kind of politician is playing one of the oldest games in politics: handing out street money. Catherine Lucey of the Philadelphia Daily News reports: According to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, the local Democratic Party chairman, Sen. Barack... More

August 19, 2008
Kids who go to church get better grades
Occasionally the discipline of Sociology redeems itself, as with a new study that confirms attending church is really good for your kids, and explains why in terms even an atheist can understand. More

August 19, 2008
Moran and Baehr on the air
American Thinker Associate Editor Rick Moran and AT's Political Correspondent Rich Baehr will team up once again for another edition of The Rick Moran Show on Blog Talk Radio. More

August 19, 2008
Iraq to send $ to Putin's Russia
Stunning news that seems to be reported in the Russian media but not our own. More

August 19, 2008
Phelps, Gold, and Taxes
Michael Phelps is coming home from Beijing a rich man. He will be paying a lot of taxes, but Barack Obama thinks they are not enough. More

August 19, 2008
Shiite Hezb'allah and Sunni Salafis sign accord
Gee...Could all those "experts" be wrong? More

August 19, 2008
Obama making his Saddleback performance even worse
The once Messianic Obama is now having a hard time not stumbling over his own rapidly falling halo. More

August 19, 2008
Wholesale Inflation Way Up
The high price of fuel is beginning to really hurt wholesale prices as the index shot up another 1.2% last month which pencils out to a rate of 9.8% over the last year: More

August 19, 2008
Russian Missile Threat
Russia has moved with great speed to solidity its presence in the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia More

August 19, 2008
3 Days After Saddleback, Obama Looks Even Sillier
Revelations are still coming out that makes the Obama campaign's complaint that John McCain "cheated" look even more like the infantile schoolyard whining of a loser. More

August 19, 2008
Russia still sightseeing in Georgia
Russia swears its military is leaving Georgia but there are signs that they are settling in for a nice long stay: More

August 19, 2008
New Poll Boosts McCain
The Quinnipiac Poll out today shows Obama leading McCain by just 5 points at 47-42. That compares to a 50-41 margin Obama led in the same poll last month. More

August 19, 2008
Veep Mania Hits the Media
The media has gone berserk the last 12 hours or so as scoops from both camps reveal that the candidates are preparing to announce their running mates. More

August 18, 2008
Obama desperation starting to show
Barack Obama seems to think he can recover some of the ground he lost at the Saddleback Forum by seizing on John McCain's joking reference to $5 million a year as rich. More

August 18, 2008
Patriotism Not Passé for This Celeb
These days, it seems that celebrities of all stripes - singers, actors, and so on - have bought into the idea that being proud to be an American is less than hip. More

August 18, 2008
Obama-Ayers records blocked at U of I Chicago
This is getting curiouser and curiouser... More

August 18, 2008
McCain campaign protests NBC coverage
One might ask what took them so long More

August 18, 2008
The Oil and gas bubble
Jack Risko of Dinocrat.com charts oil and gas prices, showing a pattern that looks very much like a speculative bubble. More

August 18, 2008
Ukraine Acts
Last week, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko issued new restrictions on Russia's use of the Sevastopol port facilities, Now, following the Russian threat to Poland, it is going even further. More

August 18, 2008
China 'Taking care" of 300 bibles brought in by missionaries
Some Wyoming based Christian missionaries got a taste of China's idea of freedom of religion at airport customs More

August 18, 2008
The Democrats' priorities in a dangerous world
Former Sen. Tom Daschle appeared on ABC's This Week and revealed the Democrats' mindset on Russia. More

August 18, 2008
Prince Charles asked to prove his fear-mongering claims
The heir to the British throne claims that genetically modified crops are a disaster. Now a cabinet minister has asked him in effect to put up or shut up. More

August 18, 2008
Stories of Russian Atrocities in Georgia Mount: Where's the US Media?
Giving credit where credit is due, the European wire services AFP and Reuters as well as the BBC, Times of London, and even the Guardian have been giving extraordinarily good coverage on the entire Russian-Georgia conflict. More

August 18, 2008
More bad news for newspapers
Readers are deserting print editions, and internet readership is not going to make up for the loss, reports the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. More

August 18, 2008
Misreporting at the New York Times
Nowhere in this story about the "cone of silence" at the Saddleback Forum does Elizabeth Bumiller let the reader know that McCain was in the car for half an hour and in the cone of silence for half an hour after he arrived. More

August 18, 2008
Musharraf Resigns
It had been expected for days but evidently, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's resignation over national television has brought about a profound sense of relief that he will leave peacefully: More

August 18, 2008
Australia and Medals
On a per-capita basis, Australia wins far more Olympic medals than any other large country. Why? More

August 18, 2008
Kyle-Anne Shiver on air tonight
AT frequent contributor will be on the radio tonight with Rick Amato (of the Washington Times and Townhall). Time: 10:15 P.M. EDT. An internet feed is available. More

August 18, 2008
Steven Warshawsky on the air
AT contributor Steven Warshawsky will be a guest this morning on the KSFO morning show in San Francisco. The inteview will begin at 8:05 AM PDT. More

August 17, 2008
Who Was That? Mac Goes Right at Saddleback!
For whatever reason, Big Mac shed most of his Maverick stripes last night at the Saddleback Civil Forum More

August 17, 2008
Ten things above Obama's pay grade
In no particular order: More

August 17, 2008
Book notes
I was finally able to indulge one of my guilty pleasures: reading a summer novel, a political thriller, no less. I made a great choice. More

August 17, 2008
The Obama-Ayers-Annenberg link
One of the least-explored mysteries of Barack Obama's career is his involvement (aloing with Bill Ayers) in the failed Annenberg Challenge program the hoped to change the Chicago Public Schools More

August 17, 2008
Obama's infanticide problem
You can tell Barack Obama knows he has a problem when he starts lying about his record, and the lie is readily disprovable. More

August 17, 2008
Justice Dept. may indict Blackwater reps
The Justice Department has sent target letters to 6 employees of the security firm Blackwater in connection with the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in a market last September: More

August 17, 2008
The reality behind the Beijing spectacle
A carefully planned spectacle masks a very poor nation in which the government is running scared as voices of dissent are starting to be heard via the Internet More

August 17, 2008
Basketball's Kobe Bryant on Patriotism
It's cool to be patriotic. More

August 17, 2008
GOP Rejects Pelosi's Energy Proposal
Republicans see through Pelosi's transparent ploy. More

August 17, 2008
Arctic ice fails to follow warmist doctrine
Arctic ice is refusing to cooperate with the global warming agenda. More

August 17, 2008
Russia's novel interpretation of 'cease fire and pull back'
Efforts to stop Russia from cavorting around the Georgia countryside in armored columns, terrorizing the people and making Tbilisi nervous have become almost comical More

August 16, 2008
The Saddleback Forum
It's going to be interesting to watch the old media spin Rick Warren's Saddleback Forum More

August 16, 2008
Style was fine, but was there any substance?
While the McCain campaign revels in a reasonably clear win, the Obama campaign enjoys the fact that their candidate quoted scripture in a church without saying GD America More

August 16, 2008
Hollywood screenwriter fired for being a conservative
"There's no creature as intolerant as a Hollywood liberal," contends Emmy Award winning screenwriter Robert J. Avrech. More

August 16, 2008
The global warming scare may have peaked
New Jersey State Assemblyman Michael Doherty has earned a place in the history books. So far as I know, he is the first politician to call openly for repeal of economically harmful legislation deriving from the global warming scare. More

August 16, 2008
Putin Moves to Resurrect the Russian Navy
Another move to reassert worldwide great power status. More

August 16, 2008
Gay Sex Site Owner Fired for Donating to McCain
Anyone out there gathering examples of the total stupidity of the American political process as it stands right now, please bookmark this post More

August 16, 2008
My European vacation
AT's Lee Cary is back from vacation, and offers an action-packed paragraph full of interesting observations. More

August 16, 2008
Pelosi nixes vote solely on offshore drilling
It looks like if the GOP is going to get a vote on offshore drilling, they are going to have to swallow hard and help fund alternative energy as well More

August 16, 2008
Fact Checking the Corsi Fact Checkers
Not wanting to be smeared doesn't mean you can make stuff up to defend yourself. More

August 16, 2008
Obama admits relationship with Frank Marshall Davis
The admission that Obama's mentor was Frank Marshall Davis, an identified CPUSA member, can only add to growing public concern about Obama's relationship with a Communist pawn of Moscow More

August 16, 2008
Howard Dean calls the GOP the 'White' Party - Again
What makes these statements by Howard Dean so uproariously funny is that he apparently forgets that the entire leadership of his party is white More

August 16, 2008
Obama and the Hillary voters
Robert Stacy McCain sees trouble ahead for Obama when he announces his VP choice and it isn't Hillary. More

August 16, 2008
Hijacked moniker
Who should be called a "Palestinian"? More

August 15, 2008
Change comes to Obama fundraiser
We'd guess this was not what he hoped for. More

August 15, 2008
Look who's asking the questions for McCain and Obama forum
The Compassionate Leader Fourm that Barack Obama will be appearing in front of at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church will formualte questions developed by a group called Faith in Public Life More

August 15, 2008
Another worrisome sign for Obama
Jewish voters are already voting with their pocketbooks, and the signs are discouraging for Obama. More

August 15, 2008
ANWR in perspective
These illustrations are very revealing about the enormous scale of ANWR versus the miniscule area proposed for oil-drilling: More

August 15, 2008
The Consequences for Russia Begin
Russia's actions in Georgia will result in our allies, especially those in the Russian power sphere that Putin is trying to re-establish, quickly moving towards closer relations with us on all levels More

August 15, 2008
'Path to 9/11' release blocked by Clintons
Lesson one: Don't make the Clintons angry More

August 15, 2008
AP follies
The Associated Press, which insists that internet journalists must not quote it, has two good reasons not be quoted today, made obvious by enterprising internet journalists. More

August 15, 2008
US-Poland Anti-Missile Deal
Funny how a little aggression from Moscow works wonders on concentrating the minds of those Polish negotiators: More

August 15, 2008
Musharraf expected to resign
The Pakistani government wants him gone - one way or another. More

August 15, 2008
McCain on Faith
McCain talks faith in a fascinating interview with the Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman More

August 15, 2008
Jordan bars Jews with religious items
Some religious symbols are more dangerous than others More

August 15, 2008
Climate Change circa 6,000 B.C.
Along with death and taxes, the only other constant in life is change. More

August 15, 2008
Kyle-Anne Shiver on the air
Kyle-Anne Shiver will be a guest on the KSFO Morning Show with Lee Rodgers today, at 8 AM Pacific Daylight time. More

August 14, 2008
Our British allies in Iraq
Three years ago this month, American freelance journalist Steven Vincent was kidnapped and murdered in Basra, Iraq, a port city then under British military control. More

August 14, 2008
Greenspan sees housing crisis easing next year
Stablized housing prices in the first half of the year should help ease the global financial crisis. More

August 14, 2008
Cyberwars: the Dry Run
The cyber attack is one of the tools Russia pulled from the "Making War" goody bag. More

August 14, 2008
Vote early and often for Obama in Ohio
A new Ohio law permits voters to register on election day and vote via absentee ballot. No ID will be required. More

August 14, 2008
Rove sees MI, CO, VA, and OH as crucial
Not matter what you think of Karl Rove, you must acknowledge that he is one of the better political strategists around today. More

August 14, 2008
Pravda does Georgia
"Russia: Again Savior of Peace and Life." So stated a recent headline from Pravda regarding the impending war with Georgia. More

August 14, 2008
McCain won't rule out Pro-Choice Running Mate
Will McCain tempt fate - and the wrath of evangelicals - by choosing a pro-choice candidate? More

August 14, 2008
Russian breakout
Even after the Russian's rolled over the Georgian army, landing a strangle hold on Europe's oil and gas, the EU, characteristically divided, remained powerless More

August 14, 2008
Dem platform shaped to help Obama with abortion issue
Democrats are trying hard to give the warm and fuzzies to voters who find abortion abhorrent. More

August 14, 2008
Georgian 'Cease Fire' a Sham
Some day when the history of our times is written, futire historians may very well marvel at the utter stupidity and wide-eyed naivete of the west when facing aggression. More

August 14, 2008
Pelosi Threatens Lieberman
Joe Lieberman's days as a committee chairman are numbered. More

August 14, 2008
What else was cooking with Julia Child?
OSS heroes to finally get the recognition they deserve. More

August 13, 2008
Sneak Preview of Obama's Next Flip Flop
Will Obama's next flip flop be on affirmative action? More

August 13, 2008
Massive Cheating by China at the Olympics
And you expected what? More

August 13, 2008
Obama on 527's: Do as I say, not as I do
Obama will pull a Pontius Pilate and wash his hands of involvement in his campaign of 527's. More

August 13, 2008
Russia complains of media bias
Russia is complaining that its invasion of Georgia is being unfairly portrayed in the news media More

August 13, 2008
New York Times financial squeeze intensifies
Important Wall Street voices want the struggling company to cut the dividend received by wealthy members of the Sulzberger clan. But so far, the company's financial pain has not affected the royalty, only the peasants. More

August 13, 2008
The DNC to feature 'Wright in a Dress'
Barack Obama may have thrown his pastor Jeremiah Wright under the bus, but he will embrace Leah Daughtry, Wright's female liberation theology doppelganger, at the Democratic National convention. More

August 13, 2008
First Secretary of Celebrity (a poem)
Hey there's little Georgie boy,/ Barack's new pretty campaign toy. More

August 13, 2008
New York Times all but blames America for Georgia-Russia war
This is pretty incredible - even for the New York Times. More

August 13, 2008
Al-Qaeda making itself at home in Pakistan
According to the senior American terrorism analyst, al-Qaeda has fully rebuilt its safe haven in the tribal areas of Pakistan and has recruited "dozens" of western looking operatives to strike inside the United States. More

August 13, 2008
The battle within the Democratic Party
What we are witnessing this year is the climactic and final battle for control of the Democratic Party. It started in 1940 with the nomination of Henry Wallace as FDR's VP More

August 13, 2008
Jeremiah Wright's Book Set to Hit Shelves in October (updated)
Right at the end of New York magazine's cover story on Obama and race, a bit of news I hadn't yet heard More

August 12, 2008
Richard Baehr on the Rick Moran Show tonight
AT chief political correspondent Richard Baehr joins Rick Moran on his eponymous radio show on BlogTalkRadio tonight. More

August 12, 2008
A tale of two offices
Bookworm examines a press account of the personal offices created by Barack Obama and John McCain, and sees telling evidence of their respective characters. More

August 12, 2008
Plame and Wilson's lawsuit going nowhere
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Distrcit of Columbia Circuit today sustained the lower court's dismissal of their civil suit against Libby, Rove, Cheney and Armitage. More

August 12, 2008
Obama's GOP roster share anti-Israel views (updated)
Obama ties to sprinkle a few Republicans about him to burnish his credibility -- which these days needs a lot of burnishing. But look what kind of Repubican is attracted to his cause. More

August 12, 2008
Ukraine and Russia
Two days ago, what could the Ukraine do but threaten Russia with the denial of port faculties: More

August 12, 2008
Meet Obama's newest Middle East advisor
George Clooney isn't a foreign policy expert but he's played one in the movies. More

August 12, 2008
Pelosi now wants vote on offshore drilling
Amazing what can happen when you stand up and do the right thing. More

August 12, 2008
An Interesting Juxtaposition
If the NYT is going to publish a foolish editorial on a major subject, it is probably not a good idea to publish an adjacent sensible op-ed on the same subject. More

August 12, 2008
A rogue power with nukes
Ralph Peters has written far and away the clearest and most honest account of Russian actions in brutally invading the democratic Republic of Georgia. More

August 12, 2008
Russia Says it has halted its military advance (updated)
From our "We'll believe it when we see it" files... More

August 12, 2008
300 Foreign Policy Advisors and this is the best he can do?
With all his fancy advisors the vacationing Obama suggested the Russian invasion of Georgia should be decided by the UN More

August 12, 2008
Obama claims to have been talking about South Ossetia
Barack Obama took a couple minutues off of his Hawaiian idyll to offer a sound bite on the crisis in Georgia, and claims to have warned us... More

August 12, 2008
Move along -- nothing to see here
Last year Nancy Pelosi's bought stock in the IPO of T. Boone Picken's Clean Energy Fuels Corp., CLNE, This business is seeking billions in both federal and California funds. More

August 12, 2008
NY Sun: McCain 'more ready for the challenge than is Mr. Obama'
The New York Sun ran an editorial today that lauds the promptness and the wisdom of John McCain's response to the Russian invasion of Georgia. More

August 11, 2008
The Left sneers at suggestions for a strong response to Russia
If the left wants the right to stop drawing analogies to Munich during every crisis, perhaps they should start acting more like Churchill and less like Chamberlain. More

August 11, 2008
If the Edwards Scandal had broken before Iowa
How pretty would Obama be sitting now? More

August 11, 2008
What the Media Knows, and We Don't...Yet
The Edwards affair news drop, on the same Friday night as the Olympic opening ceremonies, seemed designed to prevent mass collateral damage, if not to Edwards, than to the greater Democratic Party. More

August 11, 2008
'The future is so bright I have to wear shades'
M. Simon reviews European housing markets;the slumping mortgage markets, the war in Georgia, the US economy and concludes:"The future is so bright I have to wear shades" More

August 11, 2008
'7 Worrisome signs for Obama'
Politico's Glen Thrush has written an excellent piece on Obama's "Summer Stall" in the polls More

August 11, 2008
New technology and campaigning
The Obama campaign is using a clever but devious bit of technology to reveal his vice presidential pick. More

August 11, 2008
A Plea for Help from the Georgian President
This former US resident and pro-western leader who sent 2,000 troops to help out in Iraq (now home thanks to a US military airlift over the weekend) has penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal asking for help in his confrontation with Russia: More

August 11, 2008
NYT logic on Georgia war with Russia
Georgia helping US and Iraqis in Iraq helped cause Russian invasion of Georgia, according to the New York Times. More

August 11, 2008
Understanding the Caucasus
Two great sites to help us understand what is going on in the Caucasus More

August 11, 2008
Edwards sex scandal enrages Huffington Post's female pundits
Over at the lefty Huffington Post, John Edwards' confession of being a cheat has, interestingly, provoked fury among some of the gal pundits. More

August 11, 2008
Russians Continue drive into Georgia
Despite pleas for a cease fire from most of the world and Georgia herself, Russian troops have begun what it appears to be a drive to capture the vital rail and highway nexus in the towm of Gori More

August 11, 2008
More rumblings of a Hillary coup (updated)
Evidence accumulates favoring the possibility of a Hillary coup at the Denver convention, and it is being noticed among the sharper observers of politics. More

August 10, 2008
Edwards, Rielle Hunter and Andrew Young
As the media continues to avert its eyes from the Edwards' scandal, bloggers continue to tell us interesting things about the Democrat's fair haired boy and what was going on in Edwards' camp under the radar. More

August 10, 2008
Climate Impacts Center to shut down
As the Democrats are about to gather in Denver, the famed Climate Impacts Center in neighboring Boulder is being shut down by its parent organization, the National Center for Atmospheric Research More

August 10, 2008
US and Iraqis Close to Troop Withdrawal Agreement
The US and Iraq are moving toward an agreement that would establish a "very clear" timeline for pulling out our troops. This according to the Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari:In an interview with Reuters, Zebari said the agreement, including the... More

August 10, 2008
Will McCain Make a 'One and Done" Pledge at RNC?
Will John McCain announce at the convention that if elected, he will not run in 2012? More

August 10, 2008
Iran's unsporting behavior in Beijing
Despite the One World One dream Olympic theme, the Iranians have not forsaken their dream of one world without Israel. More

August 10, 2008
'The coverup is always worse...'
Of all places, the Huffington Post is debunking John Edwards' claims during his ABC TV interview - the one he says will be his final word of the subject of his "affair" More

August 10, 2008
Pak Army to Ask Musharraf to Resign
With the Pakistani coalition government ready to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf, the army has taken it upon themselves to defuse the volatile situation by asking their former Commander in Chief to resign: More

August 10, 2008
Celebrities flock to Denver
An unprecedented number of Hollywood personalities and rock stars are being lined up to pay tribute to the Messiah at the upcoming Democrat convention in Denver. Not all Democrats are impressed, however. More

August 10, 2008
Hope this prediction is wrong...
A recent popular novel portrays threats to the GOP Convention in St. Paul. Locals are right now focused on a muirder elsewhere. More

August 10, 2008
'Why Georgia Lost the War'
StrategyPage.Com weighs in with an excellent article on the conflict in Georgia More

August 10, 2008
Obama and the Youth Vote
Nate Silver at the excellent election blog 538 has an interesting Op-Ed in the New York Post that makes the case that the key to an Obama victory may very well be the under 30 vote More

August 09, 2008
A splendid little war
Putin squares off against Georgia in a test of wills. More

August 09, 2008
PBS Kids and oil drilling
Your tax dollars are at work brainwashing young children on the evils of oil drilling. You can see it for yourself. More

August 09, 2008
What is Syria Hiding from the IAEA?
Assad playing "hide the nukes" from inspectors. More

August 09, 2008
NY Times Portrayal of Detroit Mayor's Legal Problems
'Name that Party' and some good old fashioned Times bias. More

August 09, 2008
Big Democratic Union Charged with Corruption
The SEIU has become one of the most powerful forces on the political level under its President Andrew Stern, who takes a large chunk of union dues and uses it to support Democratic candidates -- especially Barack Obama. More

August 09, 2008
Cindy Sheehan qualifies for the ballot against Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi faces an unwelcome challenge from the left, as Cindy Sheehan qualifies for the November ballot for the California 8th District House seat held by the Speaker. More

August 09, 2008
Free market ideas take back seat in financial crunch
Despite the fact that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is a dyed in the wool free market conservative, events over the last year has forced the Treasury Department to intervene in financial markets to a degree never before seen in American history. More

August 09, 2008
That Paternity Test
John Edwards may be a fool for love but he's no fool as a lawyer. More

August 09, 2008
The obligatory 'Lieberman on McCain's Short List' Post
McCain still thinks taking Lieberman is a good idea. More

August 09, 2008
That 3 AM phone call
Remember that 3 A.M. phone call Hillary used to advertise about? More

August 09, 2008
The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism reviewed
AT contributor Andrew Bostom's latest book receives a very positive review from Bruce Thronton, writing in the estimable City Journal. More

August 09, 2008
The Impudent Architect
I've lost my heart to Karl Rove./ The Architect is a dream./ His mind clicks along with computeresque ease/ But his eye holds an impudent gleam. More

August 08, 2008
Collateral damage in the Edwards confession
Barack Obama and the MSM -- especially the NYT -- will suffer significant collateral damage from the Edwards fallout. More

August 08, 2008
New Group targets GOP donors
Look into their personal lives to keep them from donating money? Sounds like something gangsters would do. More

August 08, 2008
Asking kids to spy on their parents (again)
In the days of Stalin and Mao, school children were encouraged to rat out their parents for politically incorrect thoughts expressed at home. Now it is the turn of the greenies in Europe to ape the totalitarians. More

August 08, 2008
Another magazine cover for the Obama campaign to whine about
More evidence of the Obama bubble bursting: the thin-skinned candidate is the target of no less than a Mad Magazine cover. More

August 08, 2008
Not the Kwame Kilpatrick I know' Obama might say
Mayor of Detroit who Obama praised for "bring[ing] about the kind of renaissance that all of us anticipate' didn't count on that renaissance including a little time spent in the dungeon More

August 08, 2008
Krugman in denial on energy
Apparently a NYT columnist is in denial over the fact that the spot market oil price has dropped 20% in three weeks since President Bush removed the Executive Branch's ban on offshore drilling. More

August 08, 2008
Must Read of the Week
Victor Davis Hanson hits another grand slam in today's column in the Washington Times on Barack Obama. More

August 08, 2008
Defining literacy down
The war on standards accelerates in the English speaking world. Who needs to agree on spelling anymore? More

August 08, 2008
'Dramatic snub' for Bush Admin in Gitmo trial?
According to the BBC, The first military tribunal trial for a Gitmo detainee constitutes a 'dramatic snub'. Huh? More

August 08, 2008
Texas executes illegal alien
Boy, the nerve of those Texans! Last night they executed an illegal immigrant here. More

August 08, 2008
'ProPublica' Shills for the anti-energy crowd
An "investigative" journalism website with ties to George Soros comes out against tapping resources in the Northeast. More

August 08, 2008
Cohen Wins Racially Charged Primary in Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee had a primary yesterday and the real winner was a post racial, post religious, post ethnic election. More

August 08, 2008
Discrimination at the Olympics right off the bat
During the opening ceremony extravaganza of the 2008 Beijing Olympics--and the games themselves--let's remember another group of athletes who will not be allowed to participate. More

August 07, 2008
Pakistan to Impeach Musharraf
It appears that the new Pakistani government is eager to run full speed toward the gasoline dump with a lit match. More

August 07, 2008
Government docs show anthrax suspect to be a vengeful, disturbed man
A lot of heat, not much light shed on Anthrax case. More

August 07, 2008
Are Dems heading for Denver or Abilene this August?
The Abilene Paradox, a particular type of pathological groupthink, occurs when group members unanimously agree in their hearts to proposition A, but vote publicly with unanimity against it. More

August 07, 2008
Obama faked 2002 Anti-War Speech for Ad: New Book
Why this is coming out now in Jerome Corsi's new book The Obama Nation is a mystery More

August 07, 2008
Obama: America not a model for the world?
A video clip taken from Obama's Dreams from My Father Book Signing, on New York on 11/23/2004 is burning up the internet. More

August 07, 2008
Iraqis Fail To Agree on Election Law
Despite what is reported as "intense pressure" from the United States, the Iraqi parliament has adjourned for the month without passing an enabling law that would allow for provincial elections in the fall. More

August 07, 2008
Obama Wrestles with 'The Hillary Factor'
Three weeks away from the Democratic convention in Denver and Barack Obama still has no idea what to do with Hillary Clinton More

August 07, 2008
Hezb'allah Fully Re-Armed and in Control in Lebanon
Two excellent articles today deal with the sad fate of Lebanon now that Hezb'allah is full in control More

August 07, 2008
A surprise choice for Obama's Veep?
I believe that Barack Obama may be overlooking the VP choice who would best augment his own weaknesses, More

August 07, 2008
Rove: The 'Where's the Beef' Strategy, and Beyond
There's another fascinating op-ed in the Wall Street Journal this morning by Karl Rove on the next steps that John McCain should take in his battle against Barack Obama More

August 07, 2008
The case against Dr. Ivins
The FBI has laid out its evidence in the case against army scientist Dr. Bruce Ivins, and I have resolved the worries I expressed in an AT article. More

August 07, 2008
Defeating deflation
Once again, brilliant minds have arrived at an earthshaking discovery simultaneously. More

August 06, 2008
A Hard Look at Casualty Numbers
A new report for members of Congress from the Congressional Research Service provides some astounding statistics More

August 06, 2008
Phantom subscribers at the New York Times
Pity the poor New York Times Company! More

August 06, 2008
Texas defies UN's World Court (updated)
That Mexico's violence and dysfunction is increasingly becoming part of America's social fabric was highlighted by two recent events in Texas More

August 06, 2008
Gravel Urges Crowd to Stalk Prosecutor in Terror Case
The man who would be president? More

August 06, 2008
Cracks beginning to show in Obama's exterior
If you don't think Obama feels the pressure, check out his interview with the Las Vegas Sun's Jon Ralston: More

August 06, 2008
Environmentalists and 'snake oil'
The Natural Resources Defense Council demonstrates a remarkable lack of self-awareness More

August 06, 2008
Obama's Muslim Affairs Advisor Resigns
Barack Obama's Muslim Affairs adviser, Chicago lawyer Mazen Asbahi, has resigned after an internet newsletter wrote about his stint on the board of an Islamic investment fund and his involvement in various Islamic groups. More

August 06, 2008
Obama calls opponents of his energy plan 'ignorant'
A new kind of politician, a new kind of politics More

August 06, 2008
Obama's 'Lost Year'
Barack Obama has been skillful at trying to deflect attention from slices of his life that may embarrass him or cause political problems More

August 06, 2008
Democratic Convention and Kayne West
Rap singer Kayne West will enlighten and elevate the Democratic National Convention with his artistry. More

August 06, 2008
Al Gore's new green toy
We're glad to see Al Gore practicing what he preaches - sort of. More

August 06, 2008
Rwanda to France: This Ain't Over
The BBC reports that "Rwanda has accused France of playing an active role in the genocide of 1994, in which about 800,000 people were killed." More

August 05, 2008
Petition to 'Call Back Congress'
Eric Cantor (R-VA) is sponsoring a website where you can sign a petition to urge Speaker Pelosi to call Congress back in session More

August 05, 2008
Our Loyal Allies, the British
Betrayal on the battlefield? And by our closest ally? More

August 05, 2008
Voters Wary of Re-electing Present Congress
We've been told over and over again that this is the "year of the Democrat" Maybe not. More

August 05, 2008
AT's Rick Moran on the Lee Rodgers Show
Two former Chicagoans - Moran and Rogers - talking about Obama More

August 05, 2008
'Why Obama Can't Win' - Castellanos
GOP heavyweight politico Alex Castellanos weighs in at, of all places, Huffington Post today with a searing post about why Obama can't win. More

August 05, 2008
An inconvenient mockumentary
A film reviewer in Variety worries that a new comic documentary intended to support global warming theory may end up inspiring doubt and further controversy. More

August 05, 2008
Hezb'allah's global reach
Israelis active in the diamond industry in West Africa are reported to be considering evacuating, thanks to the threat they and their families feel from Hezb'allah More

August 05, 2008
Detroit News Blasts Obama Energy 'Plan'
If you read Obama's speech on energy, you know it's not much of a plan. More

August 05, 2008
Obama's view of America troubles voters
Will voters elect a man they think sees America a unfair and discriminatory? More

August 05, 2008
Barack Obama: oil change you can believe in
My sin of driving a high performance car has been absolved by Barack Obama. More

August 05, 2008
Surprise Poll Result in True Blue Massachusetts
Now this is a barometer... More

August 04, 2008
Symbol of Obama's Energy plan? The tire gauge
A great gimmick but something else is needed. More

August 04, 2008
Two new must read books on Obama
Exposing Obama can be fun and profitable - and a helluva good read too. More

August 04, 2008
The NYT's selective squeamishness
Publishing grisly photos of dead mobsters is just not the kind of thing Ivy League editors at the NYT would do. But dead Marines are another story. More

August 04, 2008
House GOP Revolt: Day II
As I write this, House Republican members are carrying on about gas prices again in the darkened House chamber. More

August 04, 2008
'I'm conservative too, but don't let anyone know.'
Bookworm, the Marin County mom who lives a secret life as a conservative blogger in one of the bluest spots in America, writes about the abuse endured by conservatives in deep blue parts of America, More

August 04, 2008
Is Obama's press shield slipping?
CBS News highlights the interior of the renovated Obama campaign plane, features a picture of the rather startling large seat labeled "President" reserved for the candidate. More

August 04, 2008
PETA and the ethical treatment of humans
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has a great con game going with pet owners who, for one reason or another are forced to give up their pets for adoption. More

August 04, 2008
Murtha's reckoning
Rep. John Murtha's disgrace in denouncing the Marines of the Haditha incident as "cold blooded killers" is not going to fade away gently into the night. More

August 04, 2008
Poll shows voters think Obama's 'dollar bill' comment racist
The guy who cries wolf will end up with no one believing him. More

August 04, 2008
Gaza crackdown by Hamas takes strange turn
Fatah members seeking safety in Israel? Now there's a switch. More

August 04, 2008
The Death of a Giant
Alexander Solzhenitsyn is dead. It is a testament to the banality of our times that most people probably do not know what that means. More

August 04, 2008
Pelosi's 'free world'
What on earth does the Speaker mean? More

August 03, 2008
Has the Obama fad peaked?
Was Berlin the apogee of Obama's ability to draw a crowd? Apparently lacking a top name rock band to draw bodies, an Obama-fest in Central Park has drawn a very sparse crowd. More

August 03, 2008
Obama the Known
Richard Cohen denudes Barack Obama of his glorious obamessiah veneer. More

August 03, 2008
Terror in Santa Cruz
Animal "rights" activists appear to have firebombed the home of a molecular biologist in Santa Cruz. California. The terrorists are trying to force a halt to scientific research that involves death and discomfort for animals. More

August 03, 2008
Anthrax Suspect a 'sociopathic, homicidal killer'
It is a frightening idea that this fellow was let anywhere near a weapons lab More

August 03, 2008
Lying Voters may skew poll results
It has been a concern among pollsters ever since Obama became a candidate; what percentage of voters are lying when they say they will vote for him? More

August 03, 2008
Obama is 'like Reagan'?
A story by Chuck Raasch of Gannett News Service found on the website of the Detroit Free Press is but the latest example of the old media's slow recognition that their guy is slipping. More

August 03, 2008
Obama's Tigritude
Barack Obama, perhaps thinking that no one has noticed, keeps hoping that John McCain will tell the world that Obama's black. More

August 03, 2008
Obama: The Post-National Candidate
Jeffrey Kuhner of the Washington Times has a particularly incisive op-ed in today's edition More

August 03, 2008
Add Rep. Cantor to the Veep Mix
How about a Jewish Congressman from Virginia with impeccable conservative credentials More

August 03, 2008
Obama's 'Old Politics' Debate Dodge
As it turns out, the messiah doesn't "welcome" any kind of a debate outside the three that are scheduled for this fall: More

August 02, 2008
Pelosi Jets out of Town Leaving Energy Bill Hanging
As Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats jetted out of town negligently neglecting to deal with the urgent energy situation I'm reminded of the unseemly scandal over her use of military jets More

August 02, 2008
Shades of 1936
Crackdown on Chinese dissidents to shut them up during the Olympic games. More

August 02, 2008
Obama as a state senator
A close-up look at Barack Obama's years in the Illinois State Senate reveals someone different from the post-racial Barack Obama we thought we knew. More

August 02, 2008
More than 10,000 detainees released in Iraq
A successful operation that aids Iraqi reconciliation. More

August 02, 2008
Whose turn is it to wake up the media?
Deaths of US soldiers from combat are the lowest ever: More

August 02, 2008
Is this a Flip? Or a Flop?
What I wouldn't give to be Barack Obama for a day. More

August 02, 2008
Is Zawahiri Worm Food?
CBS News is reporting - with a lot of caveats - that there is a possibility al-Qaeda's #2, Ayman al-Zawahiri, may be criticially injured or dead. More

August 02, 2008
Unemployment And The Minimum Wage
If a person didn't know better, he might think raising the minimum wage increased the unemployment rate. More

August 02, 2008
Democrats and their losing position on energy
I was astounded to hear my North Carolina Congressman Heath Shuler pat himself and the Democrat Congress on the back today for standing up to the big oil interests and their obscene profits. More

August 01, 2008
McCain campaign mocks Obama-the-god rhetoric
The McCain campaign's new commercial out today is devastating. When people start laughing at your pretensions, how do you recover? More

August 01, 2008
A history lesson from Cuba
A letter to the editor aught fire on the internet because it makes such sense. Bad news for the OIbama campaign. More

August 01, 2008
First Class Political Theater
Even though it is a totally useless gesture, it cheered my heart when I read this piece More

August 01, 2008
Messiah Heckled in Florida
I'm surprised he didn't hurl a lightening bolt and smite them. More

August 01, 2008
Chicoms ease some internet restrictions for Olympics
No such thing as 'partial censorship' More

August 01, 2008
Jobless rate at 5.7%
Not a catastrophe and there were some silver linings in the dark clouds on unemployment. More

August 01, 2008
More outrageous Obama satire
He who must not be laughed at has some more satire to complain about. More

August 01, 2008
Pakistani ISI Fingered in Kabul Embassy Bombing
This will not help relations between India and Pakistan - two nuclear powers already engaged in a low level war over the ownership of Kashmir: More

August 01, 2008
BBC fined for 'repeated instances of premeditated, deliberate deception'
The UK's official media regulator Ofcom has levied a record fine (£400,000/$790,000) against the British Broadcasting Corporation for deliberate deception. More

August 01, 2008
U.S. Military detains Reuters 'Haditha' reporter for security concerns
A journalist handcuffed and led away by U.S. military forces in Baghdad's Green Zone. A man who has been bringing us "news" from the war zone. More

August 01, 2008
20 Year Friend (a poem)
Rush seems to be talking just to me./ At least, that's how I feel each day, noon 'til three. More

August 01, 2008
Obamanomics: Lesson One, The Solution to Inflation (a poem)
A well researched and thoughtful approach to solving the problem of high gas prices postulated below by the future savior of mankind. More

August 01, 2008
Madame Savior of the Planet (a poem)
I'll suffer no challenge from any Republican fool,/ For I'm Madame Speaker with divine right to rule More

August 01, 2008
Suspect in Anthrax Case Commits Suicide
An extraordinarily troubling case. More