Author: David Limbaugh

The fascinating issue of America’s character arose in a “Ricochet Podcast” featuring the sagacious Norman Podhoretz. Hosts Peter Robinson, Rob Long and James Lileks interviewed Podhoretz on a range of issues, but primarily American foreign policy. Long lamented that President Obama has been making a consummate mess of America’s foreign policy, most recently in Syria, […]

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued on PBS’ “NewsHour” Friday night that “Sen. Ted Cruz and similar legislators” are obstructionists who care more about undermining the Republican establishment than advancing legislation. Note that I didn’t use “conservative” to modify “columnist” or “David Brooks,” though the Times and other mainstream media outlets routinely bill Brooks […]

You may say that there is no discrimination against Christians in America or casually dismiss it because Christians need no protection here because this is allegedly a Christian nation. But there is plenty of such discrimination, as I documented in my book “Persecution” a few years back. During the publicity tour for the book, I […]

Do you ever get the idea that this nation is not only in decline but completely rudderless under the Obama administration? Well, it’s not really rudderless; it only appears rudderless because Obama isn’t pursuing the same goals as past presidents. Let’s first concede that Obama expressly admitted his goal of fundamentally changing the nation — […]

When it comes to President Obama’s prowess as commander in chief, “leading from behind,” at this point, would be a step up. Some believe that the United States should engage in military action in foreign countries when America’s national interests or those of our allies are at stake. Some believe we should rarely do so, […]

This week, I heard a conservative commentator “admitting” that Republicans don’t do enough for black voters. “Why don’t conservatives offer solutions?” asked this person. It bothers me that otherwise-sound conservative thinkers fall into this trap — unwittingly ceding the turf of the debate to their liberal counterparts. The assumption is that unless we offer liberal […]

Once again, President Obama is personally attacking my brother, Rush, this time to shamelessly blame him for congressional gridlock. Nice try, Mr. President, but what really bothers you is that Rush has your number and daily shares it with his vast audience. In an interview last week with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Obama charged that most […]

When Mark Levin decided to write his book “The Liberty Amendments” to advocate a convention to propose a series of amendments to the U.S. Constitution, he may not have realized how quickly and deeply his profound idea would resonate. But throughout the nation, people are inclining their ears. The first obstacle Levin faced was the […]

What will it take for the country to wake up to the destructive ravages of liberalism — and finally do something about them? Liberals continue to masquerade as exclusive proprietors of compassion, but their policies stubbornly undermine their possessory claim. Indeed, Obama’s “fundamental transformation” of America is nothing less than America’s decline and destruction in […]

What are establishment Republicans so afraid of? Why are they so convinced that if they stand up to Obama — even on issues the public agrees with them on — they will be spanked at the ballot box? Playing it safe sure has paid big dividends, huh? Every time we’ve had a fight over a […]

In his new book, “The Liberty Amendments,” my friend Mark Levin is offering a bold plan for the re-establishment of America’s founding principles and a restoration of constitutional republicanism through a series of amendments to the Constitution. I know of no one who has a greater reverence for our Constitution and for the scheme of […]

Instead of the GOP focusing all its energy on infighting over the so-called “tactical” decision of whether to defund Obamacare, how about remembering who the real enemies of freedom are and directing its energies toward the Democrats, who are propping up this monster? It is painful to witness the expenditure of so much negative energy […]

In President Obama’s world, “fairness” seems to be of overarching concern. Too bad “fairness” means what he says it does rather than what Webster’s specifies. You’ll rarely hear Obama talk about economic growth — even as an aspiration — and not just because there’s been a dearth of it under his miserable five years in […]

Of the many ironies accompanying President Obama’s reign of error, few are more perplexing to conservatives than the disunity and ineffectuality of the Republican opposition. From the beginning of his first term, Obama has been fulfilling his promise to fundamentally transform America — albeit in a way he didn’t fully disclose when he made the […]

The sexting scandal of Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former congressman and current New York mayoral candidate, puts into focus the importance of character to public service. Weiner’s texts, tweets and photos show not just a tawdry person but a risk-taking, deceitful individual who continued his serial texting and lied about it even as he prepared […]

Sometimes I marvel at President Obama’s apparent lack of an embarrassment sensor. How can he stand before the American people and deliver speech after speech making the same tired points and pretending he is delivering the speech of the century? Is he truly impervious to feelings of self-consciousness, or is he trying to play us […]

It seems to me that almost every time President Obama talks publicly about race, he stirs things up rather than calms them down. Whether intentional or not, it’s unfortunate — and damaging. It’s difficult to express opinions on race that don’t conform to the politically correct narrative, because race baiters are always lying in wait […]

Bless The New York Times for, yet again, selflessly exposing the political fault lines of the GOP and encouraging it to become more like the Democratic Party so it can start winning presidential elections again. I’m trying not to laugh. In his piece “Has the G.O.P. Gone Off the Deep End?”, Thomas Edsall lines up […]

Wake up, conservatives — and Christians. We’re getting our rear ends handed to us, and we’ll continue to if we don’t do a better job of fighting back. I’m not just talking about electoral politics. Liberal and secular activist groups are as aggressive as ever and winning, energized and enabled by this most radical of […]

Could the boondoggle we call “Obamacare” be a bigger disaster? Is there any better example of the arrogance, incompetence and remorselessness of top-down central planning? The very name of the law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is a deceptive euphemism, as it neither protects patients nor makes health care more affordable. The law […]

As one who supports traditional values and a conservative political agenda, I’m more worried about the right wing’s erosion of resolve and moral courage than I am about the left’s relentless assault on our values and ideas. Surely, no one can dispute that the political left has been tirelessly chipping away at America’s foundational values […]

The totalitarian political left proves every day its relentless determination to complete President Obama’s stated goal of fundamentally transforming this country. The political right can either wake up to this reality and unite in promoting a better vision or stand by and watch its children’s future disintegrate. The left criticizes the right for its alleged […]

It’s as if President Obama believes he’s still in the faculty lounge at Harvard glamorizing leftist ideals, seemingly oblivious that he is actually president now and that his duties require him to work on truly pressing matters instead of fantasizing about Utopia. He is finally approaching the hot seat. Endless scandals are dogging his Teflon. […]

Isn’t it ironic that President Obama, having acquired the highest office in the land by agitating — all his political life — against privilege and discrimination, is now systematically wielding his executive power lawlessly to favor his friends and punish his enemies? We are witnessing an unmistakable pattern from Obama and those under his command […]

Just try to wrap your arms around the magnitude of defiance and chutzpah that led to and accompanied President Obama’s appointment of the discredited Susan Rice as national security adviser. But don’t let this outrage distract you from his equally disturbing appointment of leftist Samantha Power to replace Rice as UN ambassador. Though Democrats and […]

Isn’t it rich that the White House is accusing Attorney General Eric Holder’s critics of being “partisans who seem more interested in launching political attacks than cooperating with him to protect the security and constitutional rights of the American people”? Partisan? Launching political attacks? Well, if the White House and Holder were not so partisan […]

Well, let’s see. Obama promised to get the economy moving, greatly improve our health care system and reduce its costs, give us the most transparent government, and usher in a new era of bipartisanship and racial harmony. Some 4 1/2 years into Obama’s presidency, his economy is still as lethargic as a basset hound, and […]