Year: 2012

Vice President Joe Biden, America’s textbook Beltway barnacle, still labors under the illusion that he is America’s middle-class Everyman. And now, he’s gone and dragged his adult children into the land of Democratic make-believe. This is a BFD: a Biden Fabulist Dud. As usual with White House class-warfare demagoguery, reality doesn’t fit the wealth-bashing narrative. […]

Every year,: the Hill: puts out: The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful People. So, just for the fun of it, here are the 10 hottest women on the list. Vote for your favorite and let’s pick the hottest woman on the Hill for 2012! Who is the best looking woman on the Hill for 2012? Alyssa Dack Shelley New […]

In the aftermath of the Aurora, Colo., slaughter, the question went forth on all of the political chatter shows: “Will this reopen the debate over gun control?” That’s the script. When heinous monsters kill people with guns, we tend to talk about the problem of guns. Or rather, people in Washington, New York and other […]

Obama’s desperate protests that his anti-business rant was taken out of context are betrayed both by that very context and because they are a part of a piece — just one more component of his war against the American entrepreneurial spirit. He would have us believe that his words “you didn’t build that” referred to […]

As Hugh Hewitt notes today on Townhall, Texas voters can now: cast their early votes for Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz is very close. The Texas GOP is very close. The entire Lone Star State is very close and the country is very close to a very big win on Tuesday, July 31. Early voting is underway […]

On Tisha B’av, the Jewish day of mourning for: the destruction: of the First and the Second Jewish Temple, the: Betar Fortress: was destroyed by the Roman Empire during the Bar Kochba revolt. The destruction of Betar in 135 put an end to the last Jewish revolt against Rome, and effectively quashed any Jewish dreams of freedom with the […]

“This flag dips for no earthly king.” – American shotputter Ralph Rose At the 1936 Olympics, the: American Olympic team stood up to Hitler. Over 5,000 athletes from 51 nations then marched in according to alphabetical order, with Greece leading the whole parade and the host country, Germany, at the end. But even the opening ceremony […]

Consumer confidence fell to the lowest levels of 2012 this past week. Most Americans believe that both the economy and their own personal finances are getting worse. Just 25 percent believe the economy is getting better, and only 22 percent say the same about their personal finances. Still, the lows of 2012 aren’t nearly as […]