Author: Gina Cobb

It is with satisfaction that I note the news that O.J. Simpson has been found guilty on all counts in the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas. The 61-year-old former football faces up to life in prison. A somber Simpson released a heavy sigh as the charges were read Friday in […]

So, we’ve got some pieces and bits of 13 of the 9/11 hijackers. The question is, what do we do with them? Seven years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the remains of 13 of the 19 men responsible have been identified and are in the custody of the F.B.I. and the New York […]

There are at least 25 reasons to love Sarah Palin for VP.  Here are mine: She’s got chief executive experience in government, unlike Obama, Biden and even McCain. She gives renewed hope to women of America that they will live to see the first woman president.  This is especially touching when it comes to seniors […]

Well, this should be a hoot! If Obama has indeed picked Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate, what a gift to punditry! Let’s see . . . Biden’s claims to fame include repeated plagiarism AND being rude and condescending AND being a bit of a gaffe machine AND being prone to logorrhea (or, […]

It’s hard to believe that we are now less than 12 weeks away from a presidential election with momentous implications for America’s future.  Hanging in the balance, for starters, are America’s entire national security strategy and potentially the seats of several Supreme Court justices (in a Court that is ideologically split 5-4) as well as […]

The Democratic Party platform will include "guaranteed" health care for all, the AP is reporting today. It’s not clear how Dems plan to achieve this.  A proposal to mandate a single-payer, governmental-run system has been defeated, for now. But "guaranteed" means "guaranteed," as in "even if you refused to pay for your own health coverage, […]

Richard Reeves writes today that Barack Obama is a thinker, while John McCain is a “feeler.” Indeed, Reeves writes, Obama may be “too thoughtful.” Oh please. My first reaction to the premise itself is that Reeves has it backwards. Obama is, like most dyed-in-the-wool Democrats, 65% feelings and 5% common sense on matters of public […]

Did you catch the headline? “Tax Rate for New Yorkers Would Top 50% Under Obama“ Under Obama’s proposals, the highest marginal tax rate for citizens of high income-tax states like New York will be close to a punitive 60% – and that’s before you consider sales tax, property tax, gas tax, and other taxes. New […]

In the end, what do we really have but the legacy we leave and the glory of God that we imperfectly reflect? Tony Snow has reached the end of his battle with cancer. Tony Snow, the former White House press secretary and conservative pundit who bedeviled the press corps and charmed millions as a FOX […]

Two schoolboys in Britain were punished for refusing to kneel and pray to Allah. Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and ‘pray to Allah’ during a religious education lesson. Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in […]

This is serious: Barack Obama’s campaign has endorsed the accuracy of what is almost cerrtainly a forged birth certificate for Obama. And the Daily Kos website actively deleted other forged documents that betrayed the forged nature of the “Obama” birth certificate: Jay McKinnon, a self-described Department of Homeland Security-trained document specialist, has implicated himself in […]

So wrote Derrick Z. Jackson in Saturday’s Boston Globe in a piece entitled “Holding Muslims at Arms Length.”I’m sure it’s a hope shared by Muslims all around the world, but what’s Derrick Jackson’s rationale for preferring that Obama be Muslim over his currently professed faith of Christianity? Better that than having supercilious staffers whisk women […]

I’ve been pondering some of the posts at RWN this week and thinking about what conservatives have to be optimistic about. Despite the fact that this year’s presidential election features a far-left Democrat against a RINO, there are still plenty of reasons for hope. One of them is that, despite concerted and extreme Democratic Party […]

All 57 states. Links to reaction at Instapundit. Funniest remark so far: “Somebody should ask him to name all 114 US Senators.” Cross-posted at GINA COBB

From Ben Smith’s Politico: A colleague emails: Don’t know if you watched the Derby, but the horse Hillary wanted came in second, collapsed and was killed on the spot. It’s true.  Hillary was rooting for the filly, no doubt on grounds of gender: LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Big Brown backed up his trainer’s boasts with an […]

Is Barack Obama trying to lay low and run out the clock? Carl Leubsdorf at RealClearPolitics: Barack Obama looks like the quarterback of a football team intent on running out the clock to preserve its lead in a championship game. By spurning future debates, he seeks to prevent giving rival Hillary Clinton a way to […]

Gee, Obama seems rather debate-shy lately: Barack Obama, in his first appearance on “FOX News Sunday,” says there will be no more debates before the two May 6 primaries despite repeated challenges from Hillary Clinton to meet him face-to-face. . . . .  Asked why he was repeatedly “ducking” Clinton’s debate challenges before the Indiana […]

Welcome news.  Iraqi forces, backed by British troops and artillery and supported by British and U.S. aircraft, have routed Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army from its long-time stronghold in Basra. In taking control of Basra, Iraqi forces achieved an objective that had eluded them during a crackdown last month: IRAQI forces backed by British troops and […]