Mike Gallagher: ‘;Exposing ignorance is admirable’Â Â Â Â
I hate disagreeing with people I like, folks like Bill O’Reilly, a man who fights hard for our country, our culture and its good and decent people. But hearing him go after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban for distributing a kooky 9/11 conspiracy movie the other day left me a bit disappointed in my favorite “Culture Warrior.”
Ed Feulner: It’s time for a dose of reality in federal health-care spending
“If something’s free, I’ll take two,” a mentor of mine once said. His point was that people don’t value things they don’t pay for, especially things the government “gives” them.
Herb London: The influence of George Soros
Who is George Soros and why is he saying such awful things? Most Americans do not know this billionaire investor, but he, using his vast wealth, has become a force in left wing political circles. In some ways, he is the litmus test for Democratic politics.
William Perry Pendley: Judging the Feds: Every Benefit of Every Doubt
In May 1945, the United States asked Jesse Fox Cannon of Toole County, Utah, to sign a “Construction, Survey & Exploration Permit” to allow the Army upon 1,425 acres of mining claims Jesse Fox Cannon owned near the Army Dugway Proving Grounds in west-central Utah. Jesse Fox Cannon agreed; after all, a war was on; plus, the Army promised that, within 60 days of finishing, it would “leave the property in as good condition as it is on the date of the government’s entry.”
Jay Sekulow: It’s Called the Constitution
A controversy over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys has led to threats by Congress to issue subpoenas requiring Karl Rove, Harriet Miers and other senior White House advisors to testify and produce internal White House documents regarding the reasons for these firings. While U.S. attorneys are appointed by the President and approved by the Senate, it is well known that they serve at the pleasure of the President.
Chuck Colson: No More Stains
For Americans over, say, fifty, the image of desperate Vietnamese surrounding the American embassy during the fall of Saigon is one we will not soon forget. Watching American helicopters fly away leaving people, many of whom had helped us, to their fates in Vietnam made me feel ashamed?a sense of shame that only grew when we learned what happened to many of those people.
Michael Fumento: Perform miracles with your PC
The process by which Sony?s new game console is going to help fight disease has been around for years and this very moment (or rather, when you finish this article) you can become a part of this effort making use not of something you almost certainly don?t have but rather something you do have ? your PC.
Patrick J. Buchanan: The Mid-Life Crisis of the EU
The 50th birthday of the European Union, born in Rome in March 1957 as the European Economic Community or Common Market — of Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg — was a pallid affair.
Kathleen Parker: Killing cartoons into submission
With an unintentional irony that might even tickle the Prophet himself, a new book called “Killed Cartoons” killed a cartoon. Not because it was bad, but because it was just too good.
Charles Krauthammer: The wars against radical Islamic insurgents
The Senate and the House have both passed bills for ending the Iraq War, or at least liquidating the American involvement in it. The resolutions, approved by the barest majorities, were underpinned by one unmistakable theme: wrong war, wrong place, distracting us from the real war that is elsewhere.
Lorie Byrd: Rosie O’ Donnell is Bad News
It would be bad enough if all Americans had to worry about was bad reporting on their television newscasts. In addition to the many recent cases of not only bias, but outright false reporting on the newscasts, there is a lot of “news reporting” working its way into entertainment media and the result is a misinformed public.
Oliver North: Road Kill
Modern warfare has made civilian contractors even more essential to our military — and placed them at higher risk.
Linda Chavez: Intolerance in the Twin Cities
Tolerance is a two-way street, as a group of Somali taxi drivers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., are about to find out. In May, the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) in the Twin Cities is set to adopt new rules that will punish cabbies who refuse to haul passengers carrying liquor, even though the drivers claim their Muslim faith forbids them to do so.
Jon Sanders: That Crazy College Game of “More Diverse Than Thou”
To judge by postings in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Careers” section, university personnel offices agree that the perfect, one-legged, omnisexual, pantheistic African-Inuit candidate with Vietnam War experience needs extra special encouragement to apply.
Burt Prelutsky: A Lot of Reasons I Won’t Vote for Obama
Obama is currently in the business of trying to be all things to all people. He figures that so long as he avoids commenting on actual issues, Hillary Clinton will eventually remind the country why so many of us couldn’t stand her when she was merely the most obnoxious First Lady we’d ever had.
Mona Charen: Permission to Celebrate Jamestown?
There is every reason to celebrate the 400th birthday of America — for warts and all — there never has been a better country for all its citizens.
John Hawkins: 10 Questions For Al Gore And The Global Warming Crowd
I’ll be the first to admit that like most conservatives, I’m deeply skeptical of the idea that mankind is causing global warming. Is that because I take payoffs from the energy industry, don’t like Al Gore, don’t like science, or any of the other silly excuses global warming alarmists come up with to explain why people don’t buy their theory?
Brent Bozell III: Sunday’s pseudo-Republicans
The top Washington story on Monday, March 26 came straight from the Sunday morning chat shows: the support for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was slipping, even among Republicans.
Rebecca Hagelin: Ethanol: Time to steer away
A new paper by The Heritage Foundation?s Ben Lieberman road-tests the latest boondoggle from Washington and finds that its earth-friendly claims are seriously overblown.
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: Members stand up to Iran
What should we do about Iran?s continued refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program even in the face of twice-imposed United Nations sanctions?
Tim Chandler: No Way, Poway: In Harper Case, High Court opts not to shirt the issue
The case sprang from an incident three years ago at a San Diego-area high school, when the school ? with the support of many administrators, teachers, and students ? hosted the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network?s ?Day of Silence? to encourage tolerance and support for those practicing homosexual behavior.
Janice Shaw Crouse: NOW Embraces Hillary. Will she hug Back?
The Legacy Media are touting the endorsement of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential bid by the political arm of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Hillary should have thought twice before accepting NOW?s endorsement.
Bill Sali: House Democrats attempt to turn Idahoans into political pawns
Sixty years ago, U.S. Senate chaplain Peter Marshall prayed that God would “give us clear vision, that we may know where to stand and what to stand for – because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.”
Roy Blunt: The Democratic budget plan puts our future at risk
Whether you’re managing the finances for a household of one, a business of a thousand, or a government of several hundred million, there’s no more important statement of fiscal intent you can make than putting together a responsible budget – one that acknowledges its available means, and makes a reasonable attempt to live within them.
Steve Chapman: The Government’s Iron Fist Is Not the Consumer’s Friend
If we have learned anything from the failures of socialism and the achievements of capitalism, it’s that if you want to protect consumers, relying on the wisdom and benevolence of government is not the way to do it. America has the most dynamic environment for retailing because we let rival companies fight it out hammer and tong in the marketplace, using their own judgment about how to satisfy the customer.
Emmett Tyrrell: A Chicago Trial
The news from the Conrad Black trial in Chicago is a surprise. The vulpine British press is returning home. Members of the jury have been observed deep in sleep. The circus that was recently predicted by The New York Times has turned into a thunderous bore.
Hugh Hewitt: An Amici Curiae Without Precedent
I taught my ConLaw students the campaign finance cases this week, and, as is always the case, the dazed looks on their faces were even more puzzled than usual.
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I watched America’s Most Wanted tonight and one of the cases profiled was of a child molester in Ohio who’s house was burned down after he molested a 9 yr old who lived across the street. What really struck me about it was the fact that the pervert was an ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM MEXICO. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a book or blog about the criminal activity of illegal aliens in this country? I have a coworker who’s daughter was killed by an Illegal who was driving a stolen car while drunk. He was on probation for auto theft and had been deported 6 times, but was back in this country illegally. Perhaps the US attornies who have instituted the “we won’t prosecute until you’re caught 6+ times” could be held accountable for the illegals who they’ve let run free that have then committed crimes? Illegal aliens only represent 4% of the general population but represent almost 25% of the prison population. That means that foreign nationals (ALIENS) who are in this country inviolation of our immigration laws (ILLEGALLY) are 6 times more likely to commit felonies than people who are in this country legally. I wonder how fast that fact will wake up the citizens in states other than the border ones that illegal aliens ARE not just here to do our dishes or lawns.
What really struck me about it was the fact that the pervert was an ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM MEXICO.
This happens time and time again. Why do we need to import more criminals? We have an oversupply here now.
And with regards to illegals, they are responsible for far more crime as a percentage than their numbers, vastly more.
Oh I know, they “just want to come here to work to do the jobs Americans won’t do”. I guess that also means most Americans don’t choose criminality. So we need to import some.