Train Men Not to Rape? Or Train Women to Shoot to Kill?

Last week on Hannity a “Democratic Strategist” named Zerlina Maxwell told Sean and his audience that guns are not the proper deterrent to dissuade rapists, but rather “teaching men not to rape is the key”. When I heard that chunk of stupidity I blew apple juice out of my nostrils — and I haven’t had […]

 

Obama Flails as Republicans Stand Firm on Sequester

They’re flailing. That’s the impression I get from watching Barack Obama and his White House over the past week. Things haven’t gone as they expected. The House Republicans were supposed to cave in on the sequester, as they did on the fiscal cliff at the beginning of the year. They would be so desperate to […]

 

ACLJ Presents At United Nations

This week, a team from the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), the ACLJ’s international affiliate, presented Pastor Saeed Abedini’s case before the U.N. Human Rights Council. This meeting presented a critical opportunity to elevate Pastor Saeed’s case in the international arena on behalf of this imprisoned pastor, a U.S. citizen.Dr. Grégor Puppinck, Director […]

 

Conservatives, Republicans and Self-Inflicted Wounds

Circular firing squads are about as helpful as they sound, yet they are something at which some Republicans excel. I do my best to avoid engaging in them. To paraphrase President Reagan, my 80 percent friend is not my 20 percent enemy. But sometimes my 80 percent friends do something 100 percent stupid, and pretending […]

 


My Mother and Father School the Senate

“All right,” said my mother, standing before the members of the U.S. Senate, “it’s time for you to get your act together.” “That’s right,” said my father. “You fools haven’t passed an annual budget in more than three years!” “What is this thing you call a ‘budget’?” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “For […]

 

Grief-Stricken Liberals Mourn Hugo Chavez

If you’re a leftist pausing to honor your memory of Hugo Chavez, maybe you forgot this peace-loving “man of the people” came to power after two military coups that left over 300 people dead. He changed the constitution, eliminating the senate and extending his term. There was revolt. The military reinstated him amid striking oil […]

 

Getting Wise to Government Lies

Take President Obama and his Cabinet of Liars, please. We all know what dirty tricks they played to try and stop the sequester’s automatic budget cuts from happening. They spent weeks trying to frighten the America people into believing the country would collapse into chaos and suffering if the federal government’s sequester-forced spending cuts went […]

 

If You Cover Your Ears, You Can’t Hear the Bomb Go Off

“Barack Obama of 2007 would be right down here with me arguing against this drone strike program if he were in the Senate,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., declared in the course of his 13-hour Senate “talking filibuster,” which delayed a confirmation vote for now-CIA chief John Brennan. That’s the thing; the Obama of 2007 no […]

 

Rand Paul and the Rest of You Damn Conservatives Need to Get Off John McCain’s Lawn!

I asked the president, can you kill an American on American soil, it should have been an easy answer. It’s an easy question. It should have been a resounding, an unequivocal, “No.” The president’s response? He hasn’t killed anyone yet. — Rand Paul I do not believe that question deserves an answer. — Lindsey Graham […]

 


Gansta’ Government and the GOP

America’s founding fathers were beholden to the odd notion that the best prevention against a tyrannical leader or mob rule was the simple yet effective system of checks and balances. Presently, a nominal Republican majority in the House of Representatives is the only thing keeping American capitalism from a nosedive into collectivism, communism, Marxism, Leninism, […]

 

Medicare Needs More Competition, Not Less

Senate Democrats are finally beginning the process of writing a budget after four years of dereliction. They will almost certainly include some changes to Medicare, the largest driver of federal spending and debt. But unfortunately, there are indications that they intend to focus on the small piece of Medicare (10.6 percent in 2012) that is […]

 

Rotten to the Core: The Feds’ Invasive Student Tracking Database

(This is the fourth installment of a continuing series on nationalized academic standards known as the “Common Core.”) While many Americans worry about government drones in the sky spying on our private lives, Washington meddlers are already on the ground and in our schools gathering intimate data on children and families. Say goodbye to your […]

 

Let’s Build on the Paul Filibuster

The Republicans had better not squander the good will Sen. Rand Paul purchased for them in his filibuster over the Obama administration’s potential use of armed drones to kill non-enemy combatants in America. I am not simply referring to the constitutional issue of whether the president can engage in such acts, though that’s very important. […]

 

Health Care Law Now Faces Biggest Challenge: American Consumers

President Obama handily defeated congressional Republicans in the political fight over his health care law. But the law will now face a much tougher opponent — the creativity of Americans determined to gain more control over their own health care decisions. The end result will be a system much different than the president hopes for […]

 

ACLJ & Jay Sekulow Demand Obama Stop Funding Egypt

Egypt’s anti-Israel and anti-American Muslim Brotherhood government is implementing Shariah Law. Its new constitution strips religious liberty from Egypt’s Christians and is on the verge of passing. In response, the Obama Administration is going to give Egypt 20 new American-made F-16 fighter jets and 200 new American-made tanks. The: ACLJ: and their founder: Jay Sekulow: is demanding that President […]

 

Beltway GOPs: Vote For Us Or We’ll Bore You Again!

Republicans don’t control the U.S. Senate and they don’t have the presidency. Instead of wasting time and energy in doomed efforts to defeat President Obama’s Cabinet nominees or sucking up to illegal aliens, why not focus on issues where Republicans can be off-the-charts popular while forcing Democrats into taking stupid positions? After the slaughters at […]

 

The California ‘Mordida’

California now works on the principle of the mordida, or “bite.” Its government assumes that it can take something extra from residents for the privilege of living in their special state. Gov. Jerry Brown made that assumption explicit in his latest back-and-forth with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who keeps luring Californians to lower-tax, higher-employment Texas. […]

 


Dennis Rodman Hammered — Sean Penn, Michael Moore Get a Pass

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman traveled to communist North Korea, a trip financed by a documentary filmmaker. Rodman appeared neither officially nor unofficially as part of the U.S. government. An incredulous George Stephanopoulos of ABC subjected Rodman to a grilling more suitable for a corrupt, double-dealing politician: “When you said you love Kim (Jong Un) […]

 

After Chavez’ Death, a New Burst of Freedom

Ding, dong the wicked witch is dead! Or the male equivalent. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy! Chavez ruled an empire, which included effective and total control over the governments of Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and very substantial influence over Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Uruguay and Argentina. His nine nation block stands […]

 

Sequesterville

The Broadway musical “Annie” is enjoying another revival on Broadway. The show opened during the Carter administration when America was in need of some optimism. “The sun’ll come out tomorrow,” sang Annie, and with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, for a while, it did. Now we’re back in “Hooverville,” the name given to […]

 

Greatest generation the most entitled

One thing nearly everybody agrees upon is that the “sequester” is a silly sideshow to the real challenge facing America: unsustainable spending on entitlements. Ironies abound. Democrats, with large support from young people, tend to believe that we must build on the legacy bequeathed to us by the New Deal and the Great Society. Republicans, […]

 

Spending Cuts May Be Answer to Slow Economic Growth

The Dow set a new high on Tuesday, but the larger economy is a different story. What if today’s sluggish economic growth turns out to be the new normal? That’s the unsettling question asked by some of our most creative economic thinkers. And the people asking it are not necessarily partisan opponents of the Obama […]

 

Same-Sex Marriage Needs Voters’ Stamp

As a conservative with gay friends, nothing would make me happier than to watch Californians pass an initiative to legalize same-sex marriage — preferably with protections for religious objectors. Polls suggest it would pass today. Then the issue would be settled, and Californians — not a court in Washington — would have determined their own […]

 

Is American Life Really Slanted In Favor Of Women Over Men?

A hundred years ago when women couldn’t vote or hold the same careers as men, it would be hard to argue that our society wasn’t tilted against them. However, those days are long dead and gone and women have largely achieved the sort of parity with men that the feminists of the sixties were demanding. […]

 


The Coddling of College Hate Crime Hoaxers

American college campuses are the most fertile grounds for fake hate. They’re marinated in identity politics and packed with self-indulgent, tenured radicals suspended in the 1960s. In the name of enlightenment and tolerance, these institutions of higher learning breed a corrosive culture of left-wing self-victimization. Take my alma mater, Oberlin College. Please. This week, the […]