Author: Katie Favazza

The Workforce Fairness Institute hosted a conference call today with Sen. John Thune, who addressed bloggers’ concerns about the Employee “Forced” Choice Act. I’ve posted the full audio below so that you can listen if you’d like. If you read my post earlier this week, you know that I’m worried about the binding arbitration part […]

Those of you who rallied against cap and trade till the bitter end of the House vote: listen up. Rep. Roy Blunt wants to see the same kind of public outcry against the Democrats’ health care agenda. Reps. Roy Blunt, chairman of the Health Care Solutions Group, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, vice-chair of the House […]

The Employee Free Choice Act or, more appropriately, the Employee Forced Choice Act is bad for workers and employers alike. Many on the Right, who have been referring to the legislation simply as “card check,” have made great progress in exposing the anti-democratic elimination of the secret ballot, which not only hurts workers, but also […]

Last month, Sen. John Thune took to the Senate floor and cable news networks promoting his plan for the government to get out of business. His “government ownership exit plan” calls for the governments’ troops, as it were, to withdraw from the auto industry, banks, etc. in one year, by July 2010, with the possibility […]

Happy birthday, America! I’ve got a few Fourth-related items–mostly videos–worth sharing today: It’s a couple days old now, but it bears repeating: Karl Rove’s column this week is essential reading. Read this snippet, and you’ll want to know what happens: “I’m a pretty good orthopedic surgeon. When my younger son is deployed to Iraq next […]

Democrats in the Senate want their health care reform enacted as soon as possible. If these four Republicans go the way of the Ds–and that’s not an impossible scenario–the intrusive government takeover of the health care industry may happen before the August recess. The only way we can take action and attempt to have an […]

I have to admit that I laughed out loud when I saw the title of a Talking Points Memo blog post, On Health Care: GOP is Out of Touch with Reality. Day in and day out, I’m flooded with emails, policy papers, Tweets, Facebook posts, new websites, text messages–all devoted to research and committed to […]

Kudos to the folks of McArthur’s Bakery in St. Louis for telling Rep. Russ Carnahan what they think about his vote on cap and trade: DSM, a Missouri blogger I met at the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference, got the video and has the scoop: McArthur’s Bakery on Lemay Ferry Road, exercised their freedom of speech […]

On Friday, 44 Democrats voted against cap-and-trade legislation in the House. I want to congratulate those who did so because the legislation is far-reaching, job-destroying, and costly–but it is worth distinguishing the list of Ds into who voted “no” because the bill was bad and who voted “no” because the bill wasn’t liberal enough. Some […]

Silvio Berlusconi is in town to meet with President Obama today and discuss the possibility of Italy taking a few Guantanamo detainees, as well as economic recovery, Afghanistan and Iran, according to the AP. What’s not on the agenda, so far as we know, is a discussion of health care. It should be. Berlusconi, whom […]

A big thank you to my family friend Dave for passing this video along: It’s hard to pick, but “Who can save the poor? Who can pick the teams that are in the Final Four?” and “Who can take your income and tax it all away?” are probably my favorite lines. What line made you […]

I can’t thank each of you enough for your response to my post about President Obama seeking to strip conscience protections for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and medical students. So many of you contacted Health and Human Services and also encouraged your family and friends to do the same. It’s impossible to tell how many comments […]

You might be familiar with the #TCOT (Top Conservatives on Twitter) phenomenon. If you’re not, know that conservatives found a simple way to identify like-minded individuals and share information. (For more details, read “5 Easiest Ways to Advance Conservatism on Twitter,” “The Top Places to Find News You Can Use” and “How do you find […]

Yesterday my friend and I volunteered for the McCain campaign in Virginia. Here are a few short stories from my time out in the field and at the national headquarters making phone calls: Former RNC Chairman and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson, seen above, stopped by the national headquarters to thank all the volunteers for […]

My brother passed along a great letter to the editor in the Chicago Tribune, and I thought it was worth sharing here: On my way to lunch recently, I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read “Vote Obama; I need the money.” I laughed. In a restaurant my server had on an “Obama […]

October is on track to be the first month in which no U.S. troops have died in combat in Baghdad. But that’s not all. According to USA Today, there’s even more to celebrate, including: As of Thursday, the Pentagon had reported 13 U.S. troops killed in combat and non-combat incidents this month in Iraq. If […]

A reader who saw my post about the relationship of Rashid Khalidi and Barack Obama emailed me a great video, which he found through The Jawa Report. He suggested that I post this, as it provides more information regarding Obama and his Palestinian ties: What do you think? Would Obama be a friend to the […]

Bailout might be the word of the year and the latest recipient of a bailout might surprise you: Rep. John Murtha.The DCCC is spending $84,000 on advertisements “in an attempt to save Murtha from himself,” according to RedState.com.Why is Murtha at risk, when he’s served for so long and this is–by all accounts–a great year […]

The McCain campaign is accusing The L.A. Times of suppressing a video that shows Obama and Rashid Khalidi. The LAT published a story about the video back in April, but is claiming that it promised the source that the video would not be released. (Van Helsing just published a great piece about this, which features […]

Bill Kristol announced the extremely sad news today on the Weekly Standard’s blog: It’s my sad duty to report that our good friend and valued contributor Dean Barnett passed away today. He was a remarkable man–principled, witty, and to all of us, a model of grace and courage. We mourn his passing and cherish his […]

According to USA Today, a so-called “church-state watchdog group” has requested that the IRS investigate a Catholic bishop in Paterson, N.J., who has spoken out against Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. From the article: In a letter sent to the IRS on Wednesday (Oct. 22), Americans United for Separation of Church and State accused Paterson Bishop […]

Phil Valentine, talk radio host and author of the newly released book, “A Conservative’s Handbook,” recently agreed to a brief interview with me about his new book, his thoughts on McCain and Palin and his efforts to create his own personal biofuel. Favazza: What are the demographics of your radio audience? How does that differ […]