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September 30, 2008
Kyle-Anne Shiver on The Rick Moran Show
It will be an all-Palin, all the time show. More

September 30, 2008
Congress: Please Stay Home
I'm going to go out on a limb and make an economic prediction: if there is no bailout, the economy will keep muddling along without even entering a formal recession. More

September 30, 2008
Meat rationing proposed to fight purported global warming
Warmist hysteria continues to escalate, as more drastic measures are proposed in tandem with hyperbolic predictions of doom. Big Brother will soon control what you eat if the hysterics get their way. More

September 30, 2008
African-American opposition also killed the Bailout Bill
It is somewhat odd that we did not read about the role of the African-American community and the Congressional Black Caucus in the failure of the Bailout Bill. More

September 30, 2008
Control of Sunni 'Awakening' Militias handed to Iraqi government
In a step that at the moment appears to have uncertain consequences, the US military is handing control of the 100,000 Sunni "Awakening Council" militias to the Shia dominated Iraqi government. More

September 30, 2008
Wisconsin Vote Fraud
When I grew up in Milwaukee it was a model of civic probity. In recent years it has become a site of blatant election fraud. Yesterday, there was an effort to punish some of it: More

September 30, 2008
James Simpson on the air
The author of Sunday's blockbuster AT article Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis will be a guest on the Sandy Rios Show on Chicago's WYYL radio at 5:06 PM EDT. An internet audio feed is available More

September 30, 2008
'Goodnight and Good Luck'
There is something very sad about the death of a newspaper. More

September 30, 2008
What Next for the Bailout?
George Stephanopoulos reports on the ABC blog Political Radar that Congress is looking at 4 different options on how to proceed: More

September 30, 2008
Your daily Pro-Obama devotion from the New York Times
New York Times journalist Larry Rohter-already well-known for his pro-Obama agenda -scripts yet another attack on John McCain More

September 30, 2008
Open letter to Lindsay Graham
A pleas to John McCain's best friend in Congress to reconsider the bailout. More

September 29, 2008
You Tube pulls a popular anti-Democrat video off the web (updated)
You Tube and Warner Music Group today pulled a highly popular video that very succinctly and clearly spelled out the roots of the current economic crisis. More

September 29, 2008
Bailout bill fails
The House of Representative has rejected the bailout bill pushed by Secretary of the Treasury (and former Goldman Sachs chief) Henry Paulson, the House Democratic leadership, and President Bush. More

September 29, 2008
Olmert says Israel should pull out of West Bank
Well, I guess you can say anything you want once you don't have to pay for it politically. More

September 29, 2008
Separatism and Russia
Since the extinction of the USSR as an international entity, separatists and separatist ideas have been, basically, running amok. More

September 29, 2008
Pick a number, get a bailout
Instant bailout: pick a number, any large number. Use your lucky number if you'd like, add a few zeroes and voila! that's how much you need for the bailout, for the economy to be just dandy again More

September 29, 2008
Rasmussen Poll shows no change in race
Rasmussen has had the most consistent numbers. Are they right? More

September 29, 2008
European elites horrified by Austrian elections
Voters in Austria have increased their support for "far right" parties in Sunday's general election there. More

September 29, 2008
Michael Moore puts on his tin foil hat to rail against 'the rich'
One of Barack Obama's most famous supporters is a fully certified, 100%, dyed in the wool lunatic. More

September 29, 2008
Kristol: 'How McCain Wins'
William Kristol has a great op ed in today's New York Times that takes an unblinking look at the state of the race and what John McCain must do to get back in the race and eventually prevail. More

September 29, 2008
St, Louis Prosector who joined Obama 'Truth Squad' pleads innocent
This kind of cynicism belongs in the Hall of Fame of Shame. More

September 29, 2008
Should Obama's Chicago roots matter?
Why it is important for the American public to be concerned about Obama's Chicago political roots. More

September 29, 2008
Who owns our debt?
Decide for yourself whether or not you think "Wall Street" is being rescued with the proposed bailout plan. Or might it have more to do with the foreign creditors who so graciously financed our economic expansion of the last couple of decades? More

September 28, 2008
'Burning Down The House'
An eleven-minute video that gives historical perspective to the current financial crisis is now available. More

September 28, 2008
The Bailout Plan as of Sunday Morning
Nancy Pelosi has a draft financial rescue plan this Sunday morning. It's scarier than anything else you'll see this Halloween season. More

September 28, 2008
McCain/Palin Could Win this Election by Exposing the Trillion Dollar Scam
Sarah Barracuda could win this election on Thursday night for the Republicans. All she needs is the courage to tell the truth on the mortgage scam in her debate with human gaffe machine Joe Biden More

September 28, 2008
The 'Marshall McLuhan moment' in the first presidential debate
Does life imitate art? You be the judge. More

September 28, 2008
Tracking Polls show steady gain for Obama
Obama up 6 in Rassmussen; up 5 in Gallup More

September 28, 2008
Sarah Palin gets it
Governor Sarah Palin (R-Alaska), Republican vice presidential nominee, understands foreign affairs much better than the Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama More

September 28, 2008
Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda, Here I am at Camp Obama
You too can learn the Alinsky techniques of community organizing by signing up for Camp Obama. More

September 28, 2008
Terrorist gang firebombs publisher's home
Thugs attempt to slience a brave man. More

September 28, 2008
The least surprising poll result in history?
Obama could have sent his empty suit to the debate and still "won" in the polls:" More

September 28, 2008
Family told Obama not to wear bracelet with son's name
File this one under "If John McCain had pulled something like this the media would have..." More

September 28, 2008
Agreement reached on Mother of all Bailouts
No matter where you come down on this bailout, you are going to have to deal with the fact that the federal government is, to a large extent, taking over a big chunk of the financial services industry in America. More

September 27, 2008
Memory Lane: 'Lynching' Franklin Raines and How Fannie Mae Isn't 'Broke'
This incredible video showing how the Republicans in Congress tried hard to regulate better Fannie Mae and how the Democrats fought that tooth and nail More

September 27, 2008
Replenishing ACORN's Account: Keeping the Housing Mess Going
Like me the WSJ thinks it's outrageous that the Democrats are trying to find money in the bailout to keep their friends in ACORN well nourished: More

September 27, 2008
Watching the debate in deep blue territory
You meet some interesting characters at a presidential debate party in one of the swankiest parts of Los Angeles. PUMAs, for example. More

September 27, 2008
Must-read to understand the Fannie Mae crisis
During the Clinton Administration, the New York Times celebrated the disastrous loosening of credit standards that got Fannie Mae in trouble. Brainless liberalism on display. More

September 27, 2008
Hate Mailbag
We love it when our critics demonstrate their level of intelligence and their commitment to open dialogue. More

September 27, 2008
Missouri's Obama Truth Squads (updated Governor's statement)
Very strange things are going on at KMOV-TV in St. Louis, a CBS affiliate owned and operated by the network itself. More

September 27, 2008
Obama, McCain, and Irving Berlin, on the lessons of history
How quickly Americans forget the difficult and bloody lessons of the past! Human culture, prior to the invention of mass media, remembered the lessons of war via song ("Mine eyes of seen the glory...."). More

September 27, 2008
CNN: Poll vs. Spin
This is pretty amazing bias - even for CNN. More

September 27, 2008
Paul Newman dead at 83: R.I.P. (updated)
Star succumbs to cancer and leaves behind a magnificent legacy. Updated with link to pictures of Newman as college thespian and a video about his college years. More

September 27, 2008
Willful Suspension of...
Let's see if I have this straight: Obama just said in last night's debate that Al Qaeda is in sixty countries, sixty countries, folks, count 'em. But, as he said earlier, not in Iraq More

September 27, 2008
Kissinger says McCain, not Obama right about Iran
Henry Kissinger is none too pleased that Barack Obama seems to have misstated the former Secretary of State's position on Iran. More

September 27, 2008
Obama emotionally recalls fallen soldier: What's his name?
Is there nothing real at all in that empty suit? More

September 27, 2008
Media Report card for the debate
The media is scoring this one as a win for Obama. (Surprised? Not.) More

September 27, 2008
Saudis using oil as a weapon against Iran?
The Saudis fear the rise of Iranian dominance. More

September 26, 2008
The Presidential Debate
We'll be live blogging the presidential debate: More

September 26, 2008
Who's Really Injecting Presidential Politics?
These political geniuses just don't get that anyone accusing a candidate of "injecting presidential politics" is, in fact, "injecting presidential politics!" More

September 26, 2008
Conservative columnist urges Palin to withdraw
Kathleen Parker writing in the National Review has taken a brave but stupid stand in favor of asking Sarah Palin to withdraw from the race. More

September 26, 2008
McCain to debate after all (updated with disagreement)
Despite the fact there is no agreement on a Wall Street bailout, John McCain will go to Mississippi tonight and participate in the presidential debate More

September 26, 2008
Hold It - The Public Hasn't Seen Any Rescue Plan Yet
The most alarming thing about the current situation is that with all of this talk about a "deal in place", the public has not been allowed to see the specifics of any of it. More

September 26, 2008
Stop speaking in the name of the American People!
A recent advertisement by the Al Gore backed we-can-solve-it-dot-organization closes with the claim that it has been "approved" by "the American people." No, it hasn't. Count me out. I demand it. More

September 26, 2008
A lefty walks away from her mortgage
A remarkable study in the self-absorption so common on the left has been published by blogger and author Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez, who bought a nice home in Scottsdale, AZ that is now worth less than she owes on her mortgage More

September 26, 2008
Unprecedented Disrespect of Governor Palin by Media
File this one under "Things the liberal media does that makes them look petty and stupid." More

September 26, 2008
ACORN doing its thing: Will Taxpayers Keep Funding Them?
Reports continue that as in previous elections ACORNS's fraudulent voter registrations continue unabated: More

September 26, 2008
Saul Alinksy in his own words
The man who created the concept of "community organizer" left a legacy of notable aphorisms. More

September 26, 2008
Chicago Sun Times Continues to Examine Obama
Investigative reporters from Chicago's Sun Times continue to examine the record of former Illinois State Senator Barack Obama. A new story emerged there yesterday More

September 26, 2008
Dems poised to kill Iran Resolution in House
Democratic leaders have stepped back from supporting a non-binding resolution on Iran. More

September 26, 2008
Obama's Ghostbusters Strategy
Will someone please help me understand Senator Barack Obama's statement that "I'm sure they'll call me if they need my help?" Who you gonna call? More

September 26, 2008
'Rabbis for Obama' and Ahmadinejad
Incomprehensible behavior from Jews who should know better. More

September 26, 2008
Why Liberals Don't 'Get' Palin
Palin's parents went to New York City to help after 9/11. More

September 25, 2008
Letterman's attack on McCain
Despite his decades in broadcasting, David Letterman seems unaware there is an important difference between CBS News and CBS Entertainment Divisons. More

September 25, 2008
Campaign's Over?
Did anyone else happen to find it strange that Bill Clinton twice the other night in his interview with Greta Van Susteren made reference to the campaign being over? More

September 25, 2008
Peace gaggle - including Obama bundler - meets with "The Tiny Terrorist"
Prominent among the 150 or so Americans who think President Ahmadinejad of Iran is the cat's meow was one of Barack Obama's big fundraisers. More

September 25, 2008
Hey Kids! Work for Obama and get college credit!
Great idea. Too bad it's illegal. More

September 25, 2008
Dean Compares Obama to Ariel Sharon
This is a big stretch - even for Howard Dean. More

September 25, 2008
Obama's Multitasking Comment
The irony in Senator Barack Obama's comment about a president needing to be able to do two things at once passed without notice. It revealed the focus of Obama's life -- himself. More

September 25, 2008
Hillary Clinton on mortgage foreclosures
Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light points out the utter hypocrisy of Hillary Clinton on the current mortgage crisis More

September 25, 2008
Flash Poll on McCain Gambit shows public unimpressed (updated)
Early returns on public support for McCain's gamble are not very good. More

September 25, 2008
Times buries Iraqi election law story
One of the most imporant advances for Iraqi democracy - a new election law - is buried by the Times More

September 25, 2008
The origin of specious mortgages (updated)
The root of the current financial crisis is all those bad mortgages written to people who couldn't afford them. And why were so many bad loans made? Because the federal government pushed for it, in the name of expanding home ownership. More

September 25, 2008
Bill Clinton ready to campaign for 'Jews and Crackers'
Obama may be wondering whose side Bill Clinton is on More

September 25, 2008
Congressman Alcee Hastings on black-Jewish relations
Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-Fl), a man impeached, convicted and removed from office as a federal judge for corruption and perjury, had this to say at a panel of African-American and Jewish Democrats: More

September 25, 2008
Faux outrage at Palin
Campbell Brown of CNN unleashes her sarcasm over the McCain campaign's limiting press coverage of Sarah Palin's meetings with world leaders at the UN. More

September 25, 2008
The Furies of Feminism, Fur Flying For Sarah
If you ever believed the myth of female weakness and victimhood, consider the Greek Furies. More

September 24, 2008
OH Secretary of State fooling around with GOP absentee ballots
This is pretty brazen even for a Democrat. More

September 24, 2008
The Bush TV address
The President with the 26% approval ratings who has almost disappeared from the national scene in the past year reappeared tonight under unhappy circumstances. More

September 24, 2008
Al Gore goes Alinsky
Al Gore must know he is losing the argument over global warming, for he is now urging civil disobedience (i.e., taking the law into one's own hands) More

September 24, 2008
McCain Suspends Campaign to deal with Economic Crisis (Updated)
A bold move that could pay big dividends. More

September 24, 2008
Ahmadinejad: US 'empire' near collapse
Allah calls him 'the little terrorist." We might call him something unprintable. More

September 24, 2008
Corrupted science revealed
A prominent insider, MIT Meteorology Professor Richard S. Lindzen, confirms how Al Gore and his minions used Stalinist tactics to subvert, suborn and corrupt a whole branch of science, citing chapter and ver More

September 24, 2008
Richard Baehr on the air
AT's chief poltical correspondent will be a guest on the Mark Reardon Show on KMOX radio, St. Louis, starting at 3:15 PM CDT today. The show can be heard on the web More

September 24, 2008
Kurtz: How did Obama get his start
Kurtz digging for answers about Obama-Ayers. More

September 24, 2008
Some debate prep for Palin
There's plenty in Biden's record for Palin to rock Joe's world on debate night More

September 24, 2008
The Mystery Candidate (Obama) and his Pals
Obama has not been forthright in explaining why he--with no background for the position--was picked to head the Board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. More

September 24, 2008
No bailout necessary
I'm the one person in the world who explained and then predicted the magnitude and timing of the U.S. real estate bubble on the exact month of the peak in a professional economics journal More

September 24, 2008
Does the Constitution allow for early voting?
What is thought of as a convenience could be unconstitutional More

September 24, 2008
Solar Winds Cooling Warmist Doomsaying
Global warming alarmists face yet another challenge to their predictions of an inferno of doom. The solar wind is losing power More

September 24, 2008
Obama's choice of Biden an albatross (updated)
It would be electoral malpractice for the McCain campaign and its supporters to let Joe Biden's remarkable demonstration of cluelessness go unremarked. More

September 24, 2008
Another Obama flip-flop
Barack Obama, going all out to try to garner votes among pro-Israel Americans, flip-flops again on Iran More

September 24, 2008
Palin and the world leaders she met
The list of leaders Sarah Palin met with yesterday in New York tells an interesting story. More

September 24, 2008
Obama lied about his tight link with Ayers
Not the crime but the cover-up, as Woodward and Bernstein liked to say. More

September 23, 2008
VodkaPundit's Stephen Green on The Rick Moran Show'
Famous for his "drunkblogging" the political debates, VodkaPundit's Stephen Green will appear tonight on The Rick Moran Show. More

September 23, 2008
Has George Will Gone Native?
When conservative pundits go native in DC, the results aren't pretty. More

September 23, 2008
NYT Mocks Anti-Iran Protesters
The Grey Lady has no shame. More

September 23, 2008
Jewish organizations choosing abortion over Israel
Caroline Glick has an outstanding piece in today's Jerusalem Post excoriating those Jewish organizations which chose abortion over Israel in demanding that Palin not be allowed to address the anti-Iran rally. More

September 23, 2008
Leftist watch
Independent Sector, a supposedly nonpartisan nonprofit organization helping other nonprofits be ethical, has been on the Fannie Mae take. More

September 23, 2008
Obama making no headway convincing Hillary voters
This could be a significant development in a very close race. More

September 23, 2008
More lies from the Obama Camp on McCain's health insurance proposals
Fact Check.Org has caught the Obama campaign in another lie about John McCain's position on the issues. More

September 23, 2008
If you want to reform DC...
Straight from Barack Obama, a recommendation about who has been consistent on reform: John McCain. More

September 23, 2008
Anti-Iran Rally a Flop
There's no other way to describe a rally where 2-4,000 people show up when in past years, the numbers exceeded 25,000. More

September 23, 2008
Berkeley tree sitters face fines
Accountability is a difficult concept for some. The Berkeley tree sitters who have no respect for property rights seem to think that free speech means no consequences. More

September 23, 2008
Kurtz: Obama-Ayers Partnership tried to radicalize Chicago Public Schools
Are we really going to do it - elect someone who views our children as soldiers in a revolution? More

September 23, 2008
Will early voting hurt McCain?
Obama has many advantages that might give him a decided advantage in early voting states. More

September 23, 2008
Oil, Oil, everywhere, but not a drop to drill!
The Pelosi Dems in the House have passed a bill claiming to open the US Continental Shelf to perfectly safe oil exploration and drilling, but actually locking it up for another decade or two. More

September 23, 2008
Richard Baehr on the air - Update: POSTPONED
The interview has been postponed owing to the host's illness. More

September 23, 2008
Does Pro-life Now Mean Pro-libertinism?
The stigma once attached to unwed motherhood has gone the way of the dodo, as the pro-life movement embraces those who decide not to abort their children. More

September 22, 2008
'Uncharacteristically low' turnout for Obama rally
In Green Bay, Barack Obama drew 4000 fewer participants than McCain/Palin drew a week earlier in the same area. More

September 22, 2008
Diana Aviv Has Some 'Splaining to Do
Why would someone involved in keeping nonprofits ethical give the appearance of being involved in political partisanship? More

September 22, 2008
Another Dem talking point proven false
The Democrats want you to believe that the Iraq War turned the world -- especially the Muslim world -- against us because we toppled an evil killer of Muslims. More

September 22, 2008
McCain hits Obama's Chicago Ties in new ad
"Not ready to lead" More

September 22, 2008
Jon Stewart is a foreign policy dunce
Maybe those kids who get most of their news from Stewart's show should try the Cartoon Network. More

September 22, 2008
Banned words to describe Obama, Part II
I bet you didn't know that calling a candidate "inexperienced" makes you a racist. More

September 22, 2008
Disinviting Palin 'cowardly and shameful'
The organized Jewish community attempts suicide. More

September 22, 2008
Do you believe the WaPo or your lying eyes?
Anne E. Kornblut and Juliet Eilperin of the Washington Post examine the number of ex-Bush people in the McCain camp, and conclude: "No parallel exists on the Democratic side...." More

September 22, 2008
Former Clinton Staffers Jump to McCain Camp
MSNBC reports on the former Hillary staffers now supporting McCain and making strong arguments against The One. More

September 22, 2008
Palin 'Gets it' on Iran (Updated)
Palin shows she understands the Iranian threat better than most Democrats. More

September 22, 2008
Jawa Report Charges Obama With Astroturfing
The Jawa Report observes -- in a lengthy, well-documented article -- that at least one of the viral videos carrying a proven false rumor about Palin (that she belonged to an Alaskan separatist movement) was professionally prepared by a p.r. firm linked to the Obama campaign More

September 22, 2008
The Washington Post's double standard on religious cartoons
Yesterday the Washington Post ran an Oliphant cartoon, insulting to Pentecostals (and Palin). Some time ago the paper refused to print the Mohammed cartoons and offered an interesting standard. More

September 22, 2008
The Party of Wall Street and Big Mouths
Democrats get a lot of money from an industry I plan to start calling "Big Mouth": lawyers, actors, entertainers, advertisers, consultants, etc.. More

September 22, 2008
NYT recognizes reality in Iraq at last
The former paper of record acknowledges that things have changed dramatically in Iraq in the last two years, and all for the better. More

September 21, 2008
Huffpo writer sees impeachment as 'only answer' to 'Bush Coup'
There is no "syndrome" to describe how deranged this is. More

September 21, 2008
Latest Polls show Obama may have peaked again
The polls tighten as the Obama bounce once again fades. More

September 21, 2008
NBC's Obama Campaign Commercial on 'Saturday Night Live'
I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that NBC would air a skit on their hit show Saturday Night Live that savages John McCain while be factually challenged More

September 21, 2008
Newsweek's confused history lesson
In an otherwise interesting article on the American electorate's post-war preference for center-right presidential candidates, Newsweek's Jonathan Darman offers a solecism More

September 21, 2008
NYT trashing truth-tellers on Obama's abortion record
The New York Times published an editorial "The Right to Smear" praising a federal judge in Virginia who has blocked a group from running ads on Barack Obama's positions on abortion. More

September 21, 2008
What scandal? He's a Democrat!
While the New York papers are talking about Congressman Charles Rangel's rent controlled apartments voters in Florida are talking about how Democrat Tim Mahoney, the man who replaced Mark Foley, claims to be living in a barn. More

September 21, 2008
One small step
American Thinker justly can claim credit for legislation to protect Californians against at least one petty tyranny. SB 1491 in on the Governor's desk awaiting signature. More

September 21, 2008
The cultural left's Obama drumbeat intensifies
The worldwide left is clearly alarmed that Barack Obama's campaign appeared derailed by Sarah Palin's emergence as a cultural icon representing all that they despise. More

September 21, 2008
The Fight Before Us and Teaching the Classics
The culture war in the US may be more decisive than any other war our country is involved in. More

September 20, 2008
At least 40 dead in Pakistani terror attack on Hotel
Islamabad was rocked by a huge truck bomb today that killed at least 40 people and injured scores more. More

September 20, 2008
Polls a jumble
Obama has surged ahead but the race is still tight. More

September 20, 2008
Democrats up to their old scare tactics on social security
The new Obama ad that attacks John McCain on social security is brazen lie. More

September 20, 2008
Selective outrage on the left
Compare the way a lefty reporter was arrested at the RNC with police behavior in a communist country. Where's the outrage? More

September 20, 2008
Dementia sufferers may have a 'duty to die'
Latest dispatch from the ''You-First'' department that unsheathes the cutting edge of socialized medical care cost containment. More

September 20, 2008
Iraqi women step up to the plate to protect their country
Isnt it odd that while the Iraqis are now handing female police officers guns our own media detests Palin because of her "gun-toting" ways? More

September 20, 2008
Robin Williams' Odious Bigotry
Most conservatives are perfectly willing to laugh at jokes about Republicans. But when a heavy dose of disdain is mixed in, the humor fades. More

September 20, 2008
How the Palin email hacker suspect was caught
TGDaily, a tech site, explains how the suspected Palin email hacker, 20-year-old David Kernell, a student at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and son of Democratic Tennessee state representative Mike Kernell, was caught. He used a proxy server supposed to anonymize... More

September 20, 2008
AP's 'Racists May Cost Obama the Election' Piece
In one of his usual rapier-tipped analyses, Steve Gilbert debunks the AP article suggesting racists may cost Obama the election: More

September 20, 2008
Good news is no news
There has been very little news coverage about the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, especially when compared to the saturation coverage that followed Katrina. More

September 20, 2008
Speaking of federally-guaranteed debt...
The TVA, our FDR-era experiment in socialism, may soon need its debt ceiling expanded. More

September 20, 2008
Antiwar protesters: Permission not granted
Antimaw protestors appropriate the names or images of American soldiers who have died in service without explicit permission from -- or tacit approval of -- the families of those soldiers. This got personal for me yesterday. More

September 20, 2008
Obama campaign stoking racial hatred
What follows is definitive proof that much of America is poised to elect a divisive, juvenile, and deceitful candidate for president More

September 19, 2008
Why does Joe Biden lie about a 'drunk driver' killing his 1st wife?
Why on earth would a United States Senator fabricate an embellishment and claim that it was a drunk driver's fault, when the record clearly indicates it was not? More

September 19, 2008
Ahmadinejad Match Point; Humanity 0 (updated)
Sometimes it is one decision at one moment that determines the game, and one decision at one moment that shapes history. The presidents of major Jewish organizations had that moment More

September 19, 2008
More liberal thuggishness
In ultra-liberal Austin, TX, McCain supporters have a problem with their lawn signs being vandalized. More

September 19, 2008
Obama and Raines: then and now
In 2008 the Washington Post reported (and its principal source was clearly Franklin Raines) that Raines was offering financial advice to Obama More

September 19, 2008
Brainwashing students using your tax money (updated)
Our tax dollars are at work bashing Sarah Palin in state-funded higher education. More

September 19, 2008
Hackers and their accomplices after the fact
Let's not forget Gawker which first published Palin's hacked emails More

September 19, 2008
Obamonopoly
Doug Ross has created a wonderful graphics series, a parody of the game of Monopoly he calls Obamonopoly, so anyone can understand the Obama/Fannie Mae/ACORN connections More

September 19, 2008
GOP Brand making a comeback
The Republican party is making a comeback in the polls More

September 19, 2008
I wonder who Arab Americans support for President?
The Detroit News has the answer: More

September 19, 2008
Associated Press blames Palin for hacking
The Associated Press (AP) continues its arrogance in the Sarah Palin e mail hacking case More

September 19, 2008
Rangel's car gets the hook
Rangel parked a car in the House garage for years without paying the $290 a month fee. More

September 19, 2008
Update: The Atlantic Photographer and McCain Derangement Syndrome
Jill Greenberg gets her just deserts. More

September 18, 2008
Palin email hacker suspect identified (updated)
No official confirmation yet, but it appears that the suspected email hacker is David Kernell, son of a Democrat member of the Tennessee state legislature. More

September 18, 2008
Palin 'Disinvited' From anti-Iran Rally (updated)
No Hillary. No Palin. No Democrats. No guts. More

September 18, 2008
Moonbat Alert: Op Ed writer says he "Doesn't Support the Troops"
Don't you dare question their patriotism. More

September 18, 2008
Will mandates work for flex fuel?
As the Federal government considers significant new mandates on an already struggling automobile industry, problems loom. More

September 18, 2008
Biden: Paying higher taxes is patriotic
Joe Biden has given us a perfect illustration of how liberals see your money More

September 18, 2008
Livni set to form coalition government in Israel
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has narrowly won election as Kadmima party head thus setting the stage for her ascension to the office of Prime Minister once she forms a coalition. More

September 18, 2008
Obama back on top in latest polls
Barack Obama is once again in the lead as this tight, unpredictable race for the president enters its final weeks. More

September 18, 2008
Rangel's further abuses exposed
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman John Conyers' (D-NY) violation of the Congressional rules (and tax law) continues More

September 18, 2008
Obama Trash Talk Alert - 9/18/08
Barack Obama continues to dial up his trash talk, offering more evidence of his proclivity to use such language when under stress. More

September 18, 2008
The Times Selective Outrage at Pork Spending
This is one more sign of the disgraceful fall of the New York Times which has become just an adjunct of the Democratic Party. More

September 18, 2008
Newspaper death spiral accelerates some more
The decline in advertising revenues at the NYT accelerates again, and now the largest newspaper in New Jersey, the Star-Ledger of Newark, is threatening to shut down next January More

September 18, 2008
Clinton Runs from a Moment of Greatness
Could the woman, who a few short months ago was fiercely battling to take the most powerful position in the world, succumb to juvenile vanity? More

September 18, 2008
Fannie Mae and Congressional Dems
Check out this video with president of Fannie Mae discussing the close relations between the institution and the Black Caucus. There is no doubt that Fannie and Freddie are Democrat-dominated institutions.Hat tip: Milton... More

September 17, 2008
Astroturfing, the new propaganda plague
If you're reading this article online, you probably do know about astroturfing, but your friends who are less computer savvy do not More

September 17, 2008
Beyond the Palin (updated)
A group calling itself "anonymous" (sound familiar?) hacked into Sarah Palin's private Yahoo email account and posted excerpts online. More

September 17, 2008
Rick Moran's month-old prediction coming true
A reader notices AT's associate editor's good call. More

September 17, 2008
NoKo's test ICBM engine
North Korea is testing an engine that would be used on their long range missiles which could concievably hit cities on the US west coast: More

September 17, 2008
The Collapsing Russian Economy
You don't have to be an economist to see that the Russian economy is in trouble, especially when the Kremlin shuts down both of its leading stock markets: More

September 17, 2008
Ethics, anyone? In the Illinois State Legislature?
Here is Carol Marin's take in the Chicago Sun-Times on the status of ethics reform in the new home of the national Democratic Party, Illinois, under the control of Barack Obama's mentor Emil Jones More

September 17, 2008
Prominent Hillaryite and DNC Member Defects to McCain
For some Hillary supporters, there's just no going home: More

September 17, 2008
ACORN Fraud in New Mexico Again
Over 1,000 fake voter registration cards have been turned in in New Mexico and 6,000 cards remain to be examined. More

September 17, 2008
More Obama Pandering to Voters
A nice plan - if a president has the determination to make it happen. More

September 17, 2008
US Embassy in Yemen Attacked (updated)
Initial press reports indicate the United States Embassy attack in Sanaaa, Yemen was led by 6 individuals -- one using a suicide belt while other used Rocket Propelled Grenades More

September 17, 2008
Obama's 'Dogs of War' Gameplan
Nearly 3 million names in a database that can be activated not only to raise money but go after Obama critics as well. More

September 17, 2008
McCain's Revenge on Streisand
The morning after Barack Obama raised $9 million from Hollywood swells at a Barbra Streisand fundraiser (@$28,500 a plate) is probably the best moment to review McCain's Revenge on Streisand. More

September 17, 2008
Electing John McCain will start a race war unless we're already in one now
Philly Daily News writer wants you to know you're a racist. More

September 17, 2008
Dem Congressman's Son Arrested For Smuggling Illegals
Guess which party? More

September 17, 2008
CNN avers Dems want economic disaster
Every once in a while a blunt truth is spoken by CNN political analysts. Such a moment occurred yesterday More

September 17, 2008
Dreaming of the First Debate
I dream that at the opening of the first Presidential debate, John McCain turns and says directly to his opponent: More

September 16, 2008
Moran and Baehr on the air
The dynamic duo is back on the air looking at the presidential race. More

September 16, 2008
Obama's 'Dogs of War'
Thousands of callers deluge the Milt Rosenberg Show to try and stifle free speech. More

September 16, 2008
Appalling lies from Obama-Biden on McCain crisis statement
The press is missing in action when it comes to Obama-Biden's lies about what McCain said. More

September 16, 2008
NATO goes to Georgia, kind of
Yesterday, 26 NATO ambassadors traveled to Tbilisi, Georgia's capital city, for a conference, even though last week, Russian's envoy said cancel and rethink what you are doing. More

September 16, 2008
McCain on Wall Street: Swing and a Miss
John McCain was interviewed this morning on CNBC's Sqawk Box program about the Wall Street crisis. His "bipartisanship" has gone too far. More

September 16, 2008
ACORN, Fannie Mae and Motor Voter
M. Simon traces the funds Fannie Mae pumped into vote fraud specialists ACORN, and explains how that organization pressed for the grant of mortgages to unqualified buyers, leading to the subprime mortgage mess and Fannie Mae collapse. More

September 16, 2008
Weird celestial object stumps scientists
Taking a short break from politics, this is the weirdest space news I've ever read. More

September 16, 2008
Obama won't leave home without it
CNN's Political Ticker reports that Obama is now using his teleprompter even for campaign rallies, as in this one held in a bull ring (how appropriate is that!) yesterday in Pueblo, CO. More

September 16, 2008
Obama parties hearty while markets tremble
Does this remind anyone of the Edgar Allen Poe short story The Masque of the Red Death? More

September 16, 2008
CQ Study shows McCain less loyal to party than Obama and Biden
Obama voted with the Democratic majority a whopping 96% of the time. More

September 16, 2008
Sarah Palin as Tina Fey
Life imitates art. More

September 16, 2008
The latest Sarah Palin 'scandal'
Can you believe the latest scandal over Sarah Palin? She installed a tanning bed in the governor's mansion and -- what's worse -- she paid for the contraption with her own money! More

September 16, 2008
Media Spin on Palin Becomes a Vortex
The MSM is literally covering its coverage of Sarah Palin. More

September 16, 2008
Jamie Gorelick's two trillion dollar disasters
Doug Ross reviews the remarkable record of Democrat fixer Jamie Gorelick in two of the major disasters of this era of American history. More

September 16, 2008
MSM losing even more public confidence
Gallup reports that the number of Americans who have no confidence in the media is at an all time high. More

September 15, 2008
McCain at NASCAR -- exclusive photo
At yesteday's SYLVANIA 300 NASCAR race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH., John McCain was fabulous. More

September 15, 2008
Treeing Sarah Palin
They are like a pack of slathering hounds ... aren't they? ... the mainstream media in its pursuit to tree Sarah Palin on some obscure issue. The More

September 15, 2008
Biden: Sleepover at Obama's house! (updated)
Joe "Gaffe a minute" Biden has done it again. More

September 15, 2008
Obama Rally in DC Sparsely Attended
Buried all the way on page C4 of the Metro section the Washington Post reported yesterday on a rally Saturday. More

September 15, 2008
Obama Throws 'Hope and Change' under the bus
Once the emptiness of Obama's "Hope and Change" campaign was realized by the voters, the Democratic candidate for president had precious little substance to fall back on. More

September 15, 2008
Obama: leave Iraq, no stay
Did the candidate violate the Logan Act? More

September 15, 2008
RNC killing the DNC in fundraising
The Republican National Committee has nearly 6 times the amount of money on hand at the end of August as their Democratic party counterparts: More

September 15, 2008
More trouble for Rangel (updated)
He tax returns are hopelessly wrong, and he takes "ultimate responsibility" but blames his staff for the work he "delegated." More

September 15, 2008
Atlantic photographer and her 'McCain Derangement Syndrome'
This is an incredible story that pulls back the curtain on the media in a way that has never been done before. More

September 15, 2008
When Obama bragged about the Chicago Annenberg Challenge
The Obama campaign and its media friends prefer to send his role in the Chicago Annenberg Challenge fiasco down the memory hole. It was not always so, and a newly-discovered video proves it. More

September 15, 2008
How will the Wall Street crisis affect the race?
McCain may have an opportunity to show his leadership. More

September 15, 2008
Obama and sex ed for kids
Aided and abetted by his allies in the media and elsewhere, Obama is claiming that the McCain camp is lying about his bill to bring sex education to kindergartners. Really? More

September 15, 2008
Dumb, Dumber, Whoopi (updated)
Watching The View discuss politics is like watching the Mad Hatter's tea party. More

September 15, 2008
Interview with Andrew Klavan
The National Review website has posted an extraordinarily profound interview with the novelist and writer Andrew Klavan where he discusses America's cultural war. More

September 14, 2008
Obama's embellished resume? (updated)
A claimed witness with an alternative version of Barack Obama's "Wall Street" job after Columbia University has emerged. More

September 14, 2008
Obama's mentor at Occidental College speaks
Lawrence Goldyn, Barack Obama's mentor during his freshman and sophomore years at Occidental College, speaks out about the young Obama in an interview More

September 14, 2008
More Rangel Scandals
Three scandals and you're out? More

September 14, 2008
Alaska, the 'welfare state'
Alaska "is essentially a welfare state taking money from the federal government," the fiercely partisan Paul Begala fumed on CNN More

September 14, 2008
McCain-Palin seeing a 'Gibson Bounce'?
Could it be that the McCain-Palin ticket is seeing a "Charlie Gibson bounce" in their poll numbers? Perhaps. More

September 14, 2008
States restore voting rights to ex-convicts (updated)
An injustice is being righted. Or maybe not. More

September 14, 2008
More ACORN fraud (What Else is New?)
As we head toward another election, ACORN is doing what it does best: handing in phony voter registrations and facilitating election fraud. More

September 14, 2008
The all-too predictable NY Times hit piece on Palin
Is this the best the New York Times can do in a hit piece? More

September 14, 2008
Insight into Candidates through their gifts to charity
Who really cares about those less fortunate than they? More

September 14, 2008
Speaking lies to power
Sometimes the people who write the law believe that they are above it. Case in point, Democrat Congressman Charles Rangel, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee More

September 14, 2008
Obama's missing years
Now that we've had full field MRIs of Palin, her family and their pets, perhaps the media could focus on the many missing aspects of Obama's bio. More

September 14, 2008
Charlie Gibson's interview questions for Obama vs. for Palin
Charlie Gibson of ABC News applied very different standards to asking questions of Barack Obama and Sarah Palin. A side-by-side comparison reveals laughable bias. More

September 14, 2008
Land of purple waters?
Minnesota, largely written off by the GOP as hopelessly liberal, now is a dead heat between McCain and Obama, according to a new poll. More

September 14, 2008
Powder Keg: Kurds in Iraq encroach on Arab enclaves
This is a problem that has been simmering for years and is the next big challenge for the Iraqi government. More

September 13, 2008
Dehli hit with multiple bomb attacks
They're the new terrorist kids on the block and they call themselves "Indian Mujaheddin." More

September 13, 2008
Bob Herbert's dimwitted slur
Bob Herbert of the New York Times castigates the "dimwittedness" of Palin supporters while flaunting his own laziness, ignorance, and/or dishonesty. More

September 13, 2008
Rescue of Lehman in the offing - and we're not out of the woods yet
Crunch time for Lehman Bros while the other big banks on Wall Street weigh their options More

September 13, 2008
Telling the Pakistan Government to basically 'Go to hell'
Finally taking off the gloves in Pakistan while virtually ignoring their government. More

September 13, 2008
Gibson's Version of Bush Doctrine = US Constitution
As it turns out, the Bush Doctrine (as enunciated by Charlie Gibson) has several aliases: the US Constitution, Public Law 107-40, and the Kerry Doctrine. More

September 13, 2008
Joe Biden, cheapskate
What about all that rhetoric about helping little people? More

September 13, 2008
List of 'Banned' words to describe Obama growing
So many words that might be used to describe Barack Obama are being shouted down as being "racist". More

September 13, 2008
The war on Christians in Moslem countries
Freedom to believe, or even not to believe, is so protected by our Constitution, so integrated into our culture that luckily we don't, for the most part, even think about it. More

September 13, 2008
How McCain is out-strategizing Obama
Michael Barone describes how John McCain has gotten a strategically superior position to the Obama campaign, and the cluelessness of Obama about this situation. More

September 13, 2008
Still More Confusion about the Bush Doctrine (Or, Krauthammer is Wrong)
The recent exchange between Sarah Palin and Charles Gibson on the topic of the Bush Doctrine has incited a spirited discussion in the MSM and the blogosphere about what exactly the "Bush Doctrine" means. More

September 13, 2008
Sarah's incomprehensibility to the left
As a recovering Baptist, I understand the look people like Sarah Palin receive because they are Pentecostal Christians. There were occasions when I to gave people that look, back when I believed the gifts of the Spirit were not meant for today. More

September 12, 2008
Another effective GOP TV ad
Those nice Minnesotans (and I have never met one that was not nice) will respond to this commercial. More

September 12, 2008
Obama campaign mocking a disability
The Obama campaign's new ad mocking John McCain for not using email fails to recognize that because of the torture he endured as a prisoner of war, he is unable to use a typewriter keyboard. More

September 12, 2008
New Scientist: Sea Ice Increases Due to Global Warming
You gotta hand it to the global warming crowd. They have mind-bending gall. More

September 12, 2008
Going after her kids
To her political enemies, Sarah Palin must be destroyed, even if it means humiliating her children by exposing their faults to a worldwide audience. More

September 12, 2008
Barack Obama derides America's seniors
By releasing an ad mocking John McCain's lack of IT skills, Barack Obama has offended millions of America's senior citizens who have never quite made the leap to the computer age. More

September 12, 2008
The Jewish vote in 2008
With Jewish voters no longer solidly in the Democratic camp, Richard Baehr is beginning a series of debates with leading Democratic Jewish figures Sunday night in suburban Chicago. More

September 12, 2008
Palin Governed from the Center
Some surprising facts about the way Palin kept her religion out of policymaking. More

September 12, 2008
Obama takes off the gloves - again
Even the mainstream media is noticing that this is the 4th or 5th time that Barack Obama has declared he is going to "fight back" against those mean, nasty Republicans. More

September 12, 2008
'Pagans for Obama' group planning to 'heal' the right
Yes, there really is an official Pagans for Obama group at the mybarackobama.com website. And tonight they plan a "magickal working." More

September 12, 2008
More Anti-Israel Bias at Columbia
They aren't very subtle about it, are they? More

September 12, 2008
NY Times TV columnist doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is either
The Times TV columnist should stick to writing reviews of the latest "Survivor" series. More

September 12, 2008
The Fall of Pelosi?
Gallup reports a huge shift which may mean the end of the Democrats' control of the House of Representatives. More

September 12, 2008
Hollywood Personality Speaks out about Palin
Can't act, can't sing, can't dance. But she almost won the movie award for Best Jiggling. More

September 12, 2008
Iran: 50-60 Tons of Enriched Uranium 'Disappears'
Enough enriched uranium to make 5-6 nuclear bombs has 'disappeared' from the Iranian enrichment plant at Isfahan. More

September 12, 2008
Obama the Hedge Fund Candidate
The One hangs with some of the richest people on the planet. More

September 12, 2008
Debunking media scare headlines on the Sarah Palin interview
Andrew Bolt of the Melbourne, Australia Herald-Sun does a masterful job pointing out the way major media are hyping scare headlines about Sarah Palin's interview with Charlie Gibson. More

September 12, 2008
The Sarah Surge
The Sarah Surge is the second "Surge" that John McCain has correctly conceived of. More

September 12, 2008
More 'borrowing' by the Obama campaign
For a campaign ostensibly offering a fresh and new voice, the Obama bunch certainly does a lot of borrowing of others' intellectual property. More

September 12, 2008
Judy Woodruff peddles old tripe
In last night's event at Columbia University, Judy Woodruff peddled some old tripe about the military being largely composed of poor and minorities. Not so and it's about time more "informed" people knew More

September 12, 2008
President Bush - Loneliness of the long distance runner
Now that even Obama has admitted that the surge in Iraq is a success, it is perhaps worth recalling just how alone - except for McCain - Bush was politically when he made that decision in January 2007. More

September 12, 2008
Confusion over the Bush Doctrine
Much of the confusion about the substance of the Bush doctrine results from conflating the means of enforcing the Bush doctrine with the doctrine itself. More

September 11, 2008
Ed Lasky Remembers 9/11 on The Rick Moran Show
Where were you on 9/11? More

September 11, 2008
Sarah's Choice
The great and present danger now concerning the Canadian medical establishment apparently is not the cost of health care, but how Sara Palin's choice not to abort a Down syndrome baby will affect Canadian abortions. More

September 11, 2008
Global warming infects British jury
Need more proof that climate alarmism breeds insanity? More

September 11, 2008
Obama's well-heeled friends beneficiaries of earmarks
Look who Obama was trying to give millions in taxpayer subsidies to. More

September 11, 2008
Rove: Obama can't win against Palin
Why in heaven's name is Barack Obama going after Sarah Palin in the first place? Shouldn't he be targeting John McCain and George Bush instead? More

September 11, 2008
Down from the trees
The smelly tree-worshipping protestors thwarting development of athletic facilities at the University of California have been skillfully plucked from their treetop aerie. More

September 11, 2008
Obama and McCain to appear at service forum tonight
A unique forum for a singular moment in the campaign. More

September 11, 2008
Obama covers his tracks
Barack Obama apparently wishes his two autobiographies to be the definitive record of his past. He has blocked efforts by others who wish to independently examine his past. More

September 11, 2008
More Democratic Foot in Mouth Disease
It certainly looks like Democratic foot and mouth disease runs in families. More

September 11, 2008
NOW changes website statement of purpose post-Sarah
Curious changes in the last week. More

September 11, 2008
Yes, Palin has real executive experience
How does being governor of Alaska stack up experience wise to, let's say, community organizing? More

September 11, 2008
Obama's Disturbing Muslim Outreach: Resigned but not Gone?
Obama's Muslim Outreach Coordinator, Mazen Asbahi, resigned in August after only ten days in his position, when it was revealed that he had ties to groups associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. More

September 11, 2008
The Punch and Slim Show?
The New York Times has a new investor. More

September 11, 2008
Obama's other minister problem
While discarding Pastor Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama has been cozying up to another problematic minister. More

September 11, 2008
Will Biden swap with Hillary?
Senator Joe Biden is now saying out loud what everybody is thinking: "Hillary Clinton might have been a better pick than me." More

September 11, 2008
The Bourne Stupidity: Damon on Palin (updated)
It's hard to determine whether the ignorance, the childish reasoning or the arrogance was the most stunning aspect of actor Matt Damon's video about Sarah Palin that surfaced this week. More

September 10, 2008
Obama's instructions vs. campaign's actions
In Virginia yesterday, Obama says religious beliefs shouldn't be examined. I can understand why. More

September 10, 2008
America in decline says CIA study
One can take the conclusions reached in this study on the effects of globalization and climate change several ways. More

September 10, 2008
Consensus on Global Cooling
Two authoritative sources are out with predictions of cooling. More

September 10, 2008
The Obama "tell" (updated)
Remember when Hillary took Obama apart in the debate and he then made a speech where it was claimed he made a very rude gesture in reference to her? More

September 10, 2008
Pinch Sulzberger, union-buster
The New York Times destroys the jobs of 550 union members, replacing them with non-union labor. And not for the first time is the very wealthy Pinch Sulzberger squeezing money out of workers who weren't born to a hereditary fortune. More

September 10, 2008
Paglia speaks (updated)
Camille Paglia's take on Sarah Palin in Salon is generating lots of comment. More

September 10, 2008
The world prefers Obama
There is yet another reason to vote the McCain/Palin ticket. More

September 10, 2008
Foreign Columnist Bemoans Imminent Obama Demise
If one needed any more convincing that Barack Obama is not the man to lead America, this Jonathan Freedman article in the left wing Guardian will do the trick. More

September 10, 2008
Back to the Future
Barack Obama has again tried to remake history. More

September 10, 2008
Did Obama call Palin a 'pig' and McCain an 'old' stinking fish?
The context gives their candidate some plausible deniability in that he can claim he was talking about the fake "change" offered by McCain-Palin. More

September 10, 2008
Who's a 'Community Organizer?'
How much did Sarah Palin's convention jab at community organizers hurt community organizers and their supporters? More

September 10, 2008
Democrats: Practice What You Preach
No "blank checks" for Iraq? How about social programs? More

September 10, 2008
Dems want to have it both ways
Code words and hidden references apparently only exist when people criticize The One. But who will buy this line? More

September 10, 2008
Dems vs. Dems
Here are a series of videos by Democrats who charge the caucus primaries were marked by violations of the rules and the elemental principles of a fair election. More

September 10, 2008
Obama on Ayers
Barack Obama is trying a modified limited hangout strategy in handling his long history with William Ayers. More

September 10, 2008
Ms. Underestimated (a poem)
Snidely Whiplashes, whiskers a twirl,/ Villainous mobs of media hacks,/ Frantically seek to tie down our girl,/ To their snobby elite railroad tracks; More

September 10, 2008
Gee, I thought the Iran Hostage Crisis was big deal
Obama claims that Vietnam was over an there was nothing going on when he says he had to have registered with the Selective Service in 1979. He's wrong. More

September 09, 2008
Obama Trash Talk Alert - 9/9/08
Barack Obama's proclivity to use trash talk when under stress, noted earlier on the American Thinker, continues More

September 09, 2008
Biden's expensive commute on Amtrak
Now we know how Senator Biden was able to afford to commute home every night on Amtrak. More

September 09, 2008
Email from an ashamed Canadian
Please ensure that as many people in the great country of the United States sees this: More

September 09, 2008
Biden Gaffe Machine Rolls On
Biden's gift of gab a boon to Republicans. More

September 09, 2008
Obama & ACORN: Old Media Negligence on Parade
How come the old big media has ignored Barack Obama's association with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)? More

September 09, 2008
No wonder Air America went bankrupt
One of the loudest voice in denouncing "torture at Gitmo" now denies that John McCain suffered any discomfort at the Hanoi Hilton. More

September 09, 2008
The WaPo Swings and Misses (Again) Against Palin
The attacks on John McCain's Vice-Presidential running mate Sarah Palin are starting to get sillier and sillier More

September 09, 2008
O'Reilly's interview of Obama on the Surge
As a prosecutor, I was impressed with Bill O'Reilly's interview of Obama relative to the surge. To put it bluntly, he put Obama in a box. More

September 09, 2008
Russia's Caribbean threat (updated)
Vital sea lanes close to home now face a Russian naval presence, with the potential to interfere with oil tanker traffic. More

September 09, 2008
The American Thinker Crew on the air tonight
Tonight's Rick Moran Show will feature a special roundtable discussion on Sarah Palin with almost the entire American Thinker editorial brain trust as guests. More

September 09, 2008
Objectivity at NBC and MSNBC? Don't Hold Your Breath
The entire National Broadcasting Corporation will have to be reconstructed before the hoped for (and needed) trend becomes an actual effort by the network to provide political coverage that remotely resembles "objective." More

September 09, 2008
Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up?
Does Barack Obama suffer from multiple personality syndrome? More

September 09, 2008
Obama's money problems
Barack Obama's campaign has been over-spending, and is going back to donors for more. This is a preview of what taxpayers could expect in an Obama Administration, except that contributioons won't be voluntary. More

September 09, 2008
527's on both sides gearing up for action
Let the "Swiftboating" begin! More

September 09, 2008
McCain makes huge gains among women voters
Not taking Hillary as Veep may turn out to be the biggest blunder in the history of American politics. More

September 09, 2008
Unions try playing the race card
Don't you love it when leftist unions accuse their own membership of being racists? More

September 09, 2008
Who supported that Bridge to Nowhere?
Talk is cheap. Look at the vote in Congress when there was an opportunity to send the pork funding to help Katrina victims instead. More

September 09, 2008
An Obama-Annenberg irony
The Annenberg Foundation's FactCheck.org group has been shooting down rumors about Palin spread by Obama supporters. More

September 08, 2008
Obama tipped off about search of Annenberg Records
No big surprise. More

September 08, 2008
Fannie and Freddie: GOP Cleaning up Democrat Messes
Grown ups are always having to step in and clean up the messes left by the children. Such is the case all too often in our government. More

September 08, 2008
Obama Dials Up His Trash Talk
It's time to go on Obama Trash Talk Watch. He's demonstrated a proclivity toward using such language when under stress. More

September 08, 2008
The 'Obama is a Muslim' smear continues
Yet another prominent political figure joined the" Barack Obama is a Muslim" vicious smear campaign. More

September 08, 2008
GOP gets huge lift from convention
Obama must be talking to himself about now... More

September 08, 2008
Matthews, Olbermann ousted from anchor duties
Could we be seeing the beginning of a trend? More

September 08, 2008
New York Post Endorses McCain for President
A good start to the week for McCain. More

September 08, 2008
How to tell Obama's in trouble
Sunday Biden says life begins at conception. Over the weekend Obama said he'll not rescind the Bush tax cuts if the economy remained in trouble. Earlier on O'Reilly he said the surge did work. More

September 08, 2008
United Nations Rooting for Obama
Obama and the United Nations: Kindred Spirits More

September 08, 2008
Obama's judgment
As a liberal-leaning Independent, I laugh at the recent cries by pundits and naysayers who question McCain's judgment in choosing Palin. McCain's judgment? What about Obama's judgment? More

September 08, 2008
Biden's sweetheart housing deal
When the media camped out in front of Senator Joe Biden's house on the day it was announced that he would be Barack Obama's running mate I wondered how did he afford his "family compound"? More

September 08, 2008
The French and Anti-Semitism
For the French, it's see no evil, hear no evil when it comes to attacks on Jews by Muslims More

September 08, 2008
Another Fine Mess
Among the messes President Clinton made for President Bush to clean up, we can now add Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the housing loan crisis. More

September 08, 2008
The Congressional Democrats and their change
If Nancy Pelosi was trying to make a point when she turned off the lights and microphones in The House and all the Democrats left town last month, it looks like the point made was the worst unemployment rate since 2001. More

September 07, 2008
Obama concedes the case on raising taxes
The One concedes that raising taxes while the economy is in a delicate condition could harm growth. But you have to wade through his vague prose to find it. More

September 07, 2008
Spreading the smear that Obama is a Muslim
Look at who is spreading the vicious rumor that Barack Obama is of the Muslim faith. I trust the campaign will condemn this bigot and see to it that he is driven from the public stage. More

September 07, 2008
The incredible shrinking New York Times shrinks again
After shrinking the width of its print edition by 1.5 inches a year ago, the New York Times has announced it will be printing fewer sections More

September 07, 2008
Democratic 'Wimp Factor' is Back
If ever there was evidence that in order for John McCain to win this election he must make it about national security it is this recent survey done by the Democratic pollsters The Third Way: More

September 07, 2008
Another Sarah Palin smear nailed
Michelle Malkin debunks a list of books Sarah Palin supposedly tried to ban in 1996. More

September 07, 2008
Your Common Sense Liberal Column for the Day
Nick Cohen writing in The Guardian has some words of wisdom for his friends on the left regarding attacks on Sarah Palin: More

September 07, 2008
It's about the drilling, stupid
Kyle-Anne Shiver focuses her magnifying glass on the press and its treatment of Sarah More

September 07, 2008
Hilarious Fake Palin Bio
How did Sarah Palin celebrate her victory in the Alaska governor's race? More

September 07, 2008
Backlash against media for Palin smears
The GOP base, tired of the smears and outright falsehoods against Sarah Palin being advanced by the press, have taken to razzing the media at campaign events: More

September 07, 2008
Barack Obama wished to join the military but the Vietnam war's end cooled his ardor?
Where does one go with such a transparent pander? With such loopy logic? More

September 07, 2008
Zogby: McCain up 4
The devil for Obama in this poll is in the details. More

September 07, 2008
So Whose Houses Count Anyway?
Remember the dust-up before the conventions about how many houses the McCain family owned? More

September 07, 2008
Sarah Palin has met the press
While the Democrat elite and their lackeys in the elite MSM media salivate at the thought of interviewing Governor Palin, they seem to forget that she has been interviewed often by the national press and has done very well. More

September 07, 2008
The Loony Left Hemisphere
The left has gone hebephrenic. This term, new to me, captures much of what we see on cable news. More

September 07, 2008
A Rich Case of Palin Derangement Syndrome (updated)
Frank Rich, the drama critic turned political pundit, has a bad case of PDS today in the New York Times. More

September 07, 2008
Obama Dials Up His Trash Talk
It's time to go on Obama Trash Talk Watch. He's demonstrated a proclivity toward using such language when under stress. More

September 06, 2008
Nobody is saying they are unpatriotic... (updated)
Actions do speak louder than words. Democrats tossed 12,000 American flags in the garbage following their convention. More

September 06, 2008
Powerful video addressed to Obama
This is clearly the must-watch video of the day. If you click it, stay the entire two minutes. I promise you the time is well-spent. More

September 06, 2008
One Unlikely VP Debate Question
The Democrats, supported by their allies in the old big media, never tired of highlighting Vice President Dick Cheney's absence of military service. What about Joe Biden? More

September 06, 2008
The Rangel scandal deepens
Charles Rangel writes the tax laws as head of the House Ways and Means Committee. But niceties like actually paying the taxes and reporting significant gifts are apparently for Republicans and the little people. More

September 06, 2008
Sarah smears continue
The left and the media are in a self-destructrive frenzy. More

September 06, 2008
McCain's sermon
McCain's acceptance speech Thursday night was in part a sermon on human redemption. M. Simon makes the case. More

September 06, 2008
Reflections on the RNC
Eyewitness to history. More

September 06, 2008
How worried is Obama about Palin?
The deployment of female surrogates to counter Palin shows Obama's fear of the Alaskan governor's appeal. More

September 06, 2008
What has Obama done?
What exactly has Barack Obama done for his constituents when it comes to jobs? More

September 06, 2008
The peasants are revolting (updated)
The national press corps is beginning to get a taste of the anger they have created among a large percentage of the American public over their treatment of Sarah Palin. More

September 06, 2008
Sowell on 'Experience'
Thomas Sowell thoughtfully loks at the issue of "experience". More

September 06, 2008
Chicago Mayor Daley: 'There's no machine'
As they say in Chicago "Move along, nothing to see here. Move along!" More

September 05, 2008
Iowahawk on Community Organizers
Iowahawk has the definitive defense of community organizers which includes useful information like this: More

September 05, 2008
Democrats and Community Disorganizing
In response to Rudy Giuliani's and Sarah Palin's convention jibes at The O's experiences as a community organizer, the Obama campaign is issuing statements of outrage More

September 05, 2008
Breaking News: New Intelligence Discovered
Last night, September 4, on CNN's Larry King Live Show, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo announced a startling scientific discovery More

September 05, 2008
The Oprah brand in jeopardy
Oprah Winfrey and her TV staff are reportedly in turmoil over whether or not to invite Sarah Palin. The wrong decision would change the nature of her brand, transforming her into a perceived partisan and an implicit antagonist of a large segment of her female audience. More

September 05, 2008
Barack Obama's Chicago and George Bush's Iraq
The numbers tell the story: "An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period." More

September 05, 2008
The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee 'flubbed' his taxes
Failure to report an income stream from luxury vacation rental property overeseas for 20 years? Hey, it could happen to anyone. Middle America is sure to understand. More

September 05, 2008
What do you mean 'us' Kimosabe?
How badly did Jann Wenner's Us Weekly misjudge his readers? Badly enough that the magazine may be on the rocks for its unfair treatment of Sarah Palin More

September 05, 2008
Ground Noise and Static
The three adult children who took turns disrupting John McCain's acceptance speech last night are now being heralded as heroes by some left wing blogs. More

September 05, 2008
The 'conciliatory' Barack Obama?
The agenda journalism of the New York Times spins Barack Obama's appearance on The O'Reilly Factor More

September 05, 2008
Who went negative at the national conventions?
The media would have you believe that Sarah Palin went negative, unlike the sunny unifier Barack OBama. It just ain't so. More

September 05, 2008
Taking a Cold Shower
The party's over. The balloons have fallen. I spoke on Al Jazeera. And the anarchists are all safely home in bed (after a good week of mayhem) More

September 05, 2008
Peggy Noonan
There are substantial elements of conservatism who have lost the thread. This is no longer simply another campaign, to be parsed and analyzed like any other campaign. The assault on the Palin family has transformed it into a moral confrontation. More

September 05, 2008
Chains We Can Believe In
Okommissars dour crave total power,/ An iron hand to rule this nation,/ Not to debate but incarcerate/ Those guilty of deviation. More

September 04, 2008
Straight from the Pravda Playbook
Okay, now I must admit that I've seen it all. Today, I received this from those folks at Media Matters, who now have the task of protecting the back of one Barack Obama More

September 04, 2008
Hi Mom! I'm on Al Jazeera
Thomas Lifson, publisher and editor of American Thinker, emailed me Wednesday morning and asked me if I wanted to appear on Al Jazeera TV. More

September 04, 2008
The Pathetic Attempt to Wrongly Wright Sarah Palin
Having failed in their attempts to label Sarah Palin a Nazi sympathizer, lefties are now working to safeguard their crucial Jewish voting block by fabricating a Jeremiah Wrightish problem for the Republican VP candidate. More

September 04, 2008
The media sulking ugly
Some in the media are sulking over the public backlash to their outrageous treatment of Sarah Palin her in the first few days of her national role. More

September 04, 2008
The Next Palin Non-Scandal
Throwing everything at Palin hoping something sticks More

September 04, 2008
Obama's vanishing money advantage
We have heard quite a lot over the past year about Barack Obama's fundraising prowess. But the good times may be over. More

September 04, 2008
Changing the Meaning of 'Change'
Do you remember when "change" meant "get out of Iraq"? More

September 04, 2008
Obama bundler stormed stage last night as Palin spoke
Who was that protester who stormed the stage last night? A mega-bundler for Barack Obama from the group Code Pink. More

September 04, 2008
Obama-style program pays failing students to get free tutoring
In ultra-liberal Austin, Texas, an Obama-style high school program has been unveiled: It pays poorly performing students $6-a-hour to get free after-school tutoring! More

September 04, 2008
New York Sun in peril
The New York Sun advises readers it may have to cease publication by the end of September unless it secures additional financing. More

September 04, 2008
Swiftboating McCain? Go ahead, make my day
A new television ad attacking John McCain as unfit for the presidency because of his POW experience once again demonstrates the thick-headedness of the left. More

September 04, 2008
Hyde Park, we have a problem...
The smug laughter among liberal elites at Sarah Palin is quieting down, replaced by low moaning. More

September 04, 2008
The Palin phenomenon
Conventional wisdom has it that nobody ever votes for a vice presidential pick. It may be wrong this year. More

September 03, 2008
Larrey Anderson analyzes Sarah Palin speech on al Jazeera television
AT's correspondent in St. Paul Larrey Anderson will be a guest panelist on al Jazeera television's worldwide English language service, following the Sarah Palin speech tonight. It can be seen on cable and satellite television and on the web. More

September 03, 2008
Senator Biden obliquely criticizes AIPAC
Biden lashed out at those who would impugn his Israel credentials, saying, "I take a backseat to no one -- including AIPAC -- when it comes to supporting Israel." More

September 03, 2008
Anarchists grab dominance of Twin Cities freeway
Anarchists have set the terms for transportation of delegates and media at the Republican National Convention. The buses carrying the RNC delegates to and from the Xcel Energy Center are being rerouted off of the freeways "for security reasons." More

September 03, 2008
The Left pushing story that Palin may be replaced
Churning the waters, trying to create a movement in the press to dump Palin More

September 03, 2008
Day 2 at the RNC: There's life in the old party yet
After a rather subdued first night, the Grand Old Party sent out a couple of warhorses to rally the troops and ratchet up the enthusiasm level to prepare the ground for Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech tonight. More

September 03, 2008
There's 'vetting' and then there's blather
Why doesn't the media turn their attention to the lack of vetting of Senator Biden? More

September 03, 2008
Obama's Plan for Ruining Your Schools
Obama hopes to bring the lessons of the failed lefty boondoggle he ran knwon as the Chicago Annenberg Challenge to your schools if elected: More

September 03, 2008
The way Palin is being treated
The Democrats seem to be stuck in a 1950's time-warp where mothers must necessarily stay home (perhaps to live off welfare checks?), all children must be perfect (or hidden from society), and unplanned pregnancies must be quickly and quietly terminated. More

September 03, 2008
Obama and Pat Buchanan on Israel
Congressman Robert Wexler, Barack Obama's surrogate spokesman to the Jews, distorts the truth when it suits him -- as he did when he slurred Sarah Palin as being a Pat Buchanan supporter. More

September 03, 2008
Obama's ignorance of the law
Barack Obama continues to embarrass himself with serious misreading of the law and the Constitution. More

September 03, 2008
What Sarah should say (roundtable)
The Governor's speech tonight is the biggest of her career. What will or should she say? More

September 03, 2008
It's a Start
Our on-site correspondent rates the speakers on Day One of the RNC, as seen from the cheap seats. More

September 03, 2008
The case against the case against Palin
Christopher Orr pens a great piece in The New Republic: "The case against the case against Palin." More

September 03, 2008
Thomas Lifson on the air
AT editor Thomas Lifson will be a guest on KSFO radio's Morning Show with Lee Rodgers at 8:05 AM PDT Wednesday. The show can be heard on the internet More

September 03, 2008
Another Weird Development in the AIPAC Case
Secrecy News reports that the prosecution is trying to prevent a key government witness from testifying on behalf of the defendants in the AIPAC case More

September 02, 2008
Lieberman rocked
Joe Lieberman's was by far the best speech I've yet seen in both conventions. More

September 02, 2008
More on Palin, Buchanan and the Jewish Vote
The Palin is anti-Israel smear campaign actually began just hours after Friday's Veep announcement. More

September 02, 2008
To Pray ... or Not to Pray
Next to the far-left protestors' stage (located conveniently in front of the state capitol in St. Paul) is an anti-war memorial. Pairs of boots have been carefully arranged on the grass. More

September 02, 2008
The Left Gets Center Stage ... Again
One thing seems certain: the far-left has been pandered to and pampered by the local authorities at both the political conventions. More

September 02, 2008
Palin finds liberal defenders on television
Could the Palin candidacy be instigating a split in the ordinarily-monolithic liberal mainstream media? More

September 02, 2008
Lefty reporter gets herself arrested in St. Paul
The left blogosphere is outraged! Do they think the left is exempt from the duty to obey police officers in the performance of their security duties? More

September 02, 2008
Wright Rides Again
You just can't keep a bad reverend down. More

September 02, 2008
Surprise! UN Overstated Afghan Civilian Deaths
An investigation by US military and state department officials has found that the death toll from an attack last month that has soured relations with the Afghan government is far less than either Kabul or the United Nations has claimed. More

September 02, 2008
While the media focused elsewhere...
While you might have been pre-occupied with Labor Day celebrations or political conventions, there have been a few other things going on in the world. Things just seem to be going our way. More

September 02, 2008
Grace under Fire
It is rare that we are witnesses to the kind of smear campaign launched against Sarah Palin by Democrats, the left, and the media. More

September 02, 2008
Sarah Palin and Israel
Supporters of Israel, already smarting from Barack Obama's associations with Jeremiah Wright, Rashid Khalidi, and Zbigniew Brzezinski (among others), are beginning to breathe sighs of relief about Sarah Palin's joining John McCain on the GOP ticket. More

September 02, 2008
Convention continues with Gustav crisis fading
Even though there are thousands of people still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane Gustav, the Republicans have decided to go ahead with a full convention schedule while reminding the country of the victims of the storm: More

September 02, 2008
The candidates' websites respond to Gustav (or not)
An interesting contrast: More

September 02, 2008
Keeping track of the Palin smears
The left, driven mad by McCain's choice of Sarah Palin, has already tried a number of Sarah Palin smears, with more to follow. The conservative blogosphere is keeping track. More

September 02, 2008
She's Running Against... (a poem)
She's running against old Scranton Joe,/ Whose blue-collar pedigree we all know,/ Because mainstream media says it's true,/ Though facts don't quite support that view. More

September 02, 2008
Is Sarah Palin really a woman?
Contrary to all the pictures -- which I admit, make it look just as if Governor Palin is a woman -- I need to raise this urgent question for our friends on the Left. More

September 01, 2008
Episode 4, Tales of 57 States: The Elephant Clan Gathers
After the Clan of Donkeys picked their champions in the race for Potus and Potus, Jr., the Clan of Elephants gathered for the same reason. More

September 01, 2008
Hate Mailbag
"You would rather have McCain and his 'white trash' VP who can't even properly rear her own children" More

September 01, 2008
Sarah Palin is no tool of Big Oil
Sarah Palin can argue for energy development very effectively. She is immune from criticism for being a tool of Big Oil More

September 01, 2008
Why didn't Obama use his powers?
Why did not The One stand on the shore and command the hurricane to turn about? More

September 01, 2008
Will the RNC Drop the Balloons?
Will there be any public celebration in St. Paul? More

September 01, 2008
Streets Turn Nasty in St. Paul
The far-left is making its presence known here at the RNC in St. Paul. Smoke bombs thrown, protestors linking themselves together.... The anarchists are at it. Exclusive photos! More

September 01, 2008
Bristol's Baby: Quick Take
Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter Bristol is pregnant. Now, what to do to combat the sure-to-appear catcalls about Palin being a believer in abstinence and a devout Christian? More

September 01, 2008
Biden said to tell Israel to get used to Iranian nukes (updated)
Haartez, the left wing Israeli newspaper, quotes Joe Biden as telling Israeli leaders in effect to like it or lump it when it comes to Iran getting nukes More

September 01, 2008
Obama and the 1995 Chicago heat wave
While the media heaps guilt upon the GOP for weather events, it is worthwhile remembering the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave which took 600 -- 700 lives. What did Barack Obama do or even say? More

September 01, 2008
Hurricane Guilty! ... er ... Gustav
Republicans are acting as if everything that went wrong in Louisiana when Katrina hit is their entire fault. More

September 01, 2008
Outrageous insult to Jesus and Christianity
Mobs riot, burn stores and cars, threaten lives... oh, wait a minute. These are Christians, not members of the Religion of Peace. More

September 01, 2008
Postcolonial values
A disturbing incident in Pakistan concerning "traditional", pre-colonial, state-sanctioned Islamic barbarity toward women More

September 01, 2008
The ever-changing politics of Gustav
As Gustav makes its final approach to the gulf, the political ramifications shift with every wobble of the storm itself. More

September 01, 2008
Ask Alan (Colmes)
Alan Colmes, it appears is an expert on obstetrics. Missing but captured by Wizbang from his website is his blog indicating Palin's last child suffered from poor pre-natal care by his mother More

September 01, 2008
Obama Begins the Ayers Walk Back and Heads Into the Reparations Trap
Barack Obama is beginning a walk back on his preposterously untrue former claims that Ayers was just a guy in his neighborhood More

September 01, 2008
Convention up in the air
The best defense is a good offense. More