Category: Column

Free college! That’s what the Democratic candidates were offering in their presidential debate. And it’s likely that, if the subject had come up, they would have offered something like free home mortgages as well, to judge from Hillary Clinton’s statement that she had urged Wall Street to stop mortgage foreclosures. Sounds a lot like free […]

After 13 years in captivity, the last Briton has been freed fromGuantánamo Bay. Shaker Aamer has been held at Gitmo since 2002. He was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 shortly after the 9/11 attacks, where he claims he was a simply there doing charity work.   He was accused of aiding Al Qaeda, was handed […]

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had a standout moment early in Wednesday night’s Republican debate when he went after, not other Republicans, but the CNBC moderators, none of whom appeared to have “any intention of voting in a Republican primary.” CNBC’s Jim Cramer and Rick Santelli later asked questions a conservative would ask, but the event […]

In this new Jamie Glazov Moment, Jamie proclaims We Love You Asia Bibi, speaking on behalf of a Christian mother of five who is awaiting execution for loving Jesus in solitary confinement in Pakistan. He shares her horrifying ordeal and asks: Who will stand for her? And make sure to watch the popular Jamie Glazov […]

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the party front-runner in most polls, has positioned himself as the one contender who can’t be bought, and who is intent on making Washington a place less beholden to cash-flashing by special interests. It’s not the first time a candidate has campaigned at least partly on the basis of getting […]

Here’s something you may not know: Dr. Ben Carson is black. Of course, I’m being a little cute here. The only way you wouldn’t know he’s black is if you were blind and only listened to the news. For instance, Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” — a program that often serves as a kind of […]

Grass-roots conservatives have many unrealistic expectations and political objectives. And then sometimes they have a good point. The new budget deal arranged by John Boehner and Democrats — approving $50 billion of additional spending in 2016 and $30 billion in 2017 — will be split between domestic discretionary programs and defense. Cuts will supposedly take […]

Depending on whom your candidate of choice was, last nights debate on CNBC, was a rousing success. Oh, it didn’t start out that way – or so I’ve heard. I must admit I missed the first segment or two. Apparently I didn’t miss much. The “moderators” threw out badgering “gotcha” questions and the candidates answered. […]

Jeb Bush’s campaign may be mortally wounded. Limping in the polls despite his massive war chest, he stooped (almost literally if you check the body language) to attacking Marco Rubio in an attempt to revive his fortunes. Rubio’s response, suggesting that Bush had been “told” to attack him, seemed like a bull’s-eye. Jeb Bush is […]

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry is the cable TV pioneer who broke the tastelessness barrier for feminists by wearing tampons as earrings on air in 2013. This week, she made ignominious history again — as the race-baiting fool in an ivory tower bubble who believes the words “hard worker” are a slur against black slaves and moms […]

It’s been a good month for champions of the traditional family, but don’t expect the family wars to be ending any time soon. In recent weeks, a barrage of new evidence has come to light demonstrating what was once common sense. “Family structure matters” (in the words of my American Enterprise Institute colleague Brad Wilcox, […]

I dedicate the lead of this column to thanking CNBC for displaying its rank liberal bias in last night’s GOP presidential debate for all the world to see. In relative terms, “all the world” is not that far off if you consider last night’s audience size compared with the network’s usually paltry ratings. The more […]

Politicians from both major political parties often talk of empowering the middle class or some other group of voters. But in reality, they’re just seeking power for themselves. It is important, of course, that we have the right to vote. But empowerment comes from freedom, not democracy. While we rarely think about it, we all […]

This special edition of The Glazov Gang was joined, for Round #2 of a previous heated exchange (See Part I HERE), by Dr. Mudar Zahran,the leader of the Jordanian Opposition and a Muslim refugee in Europe and Dr. Mark Christian, a former Islamic Imam who is the president of the Global Faith Institute. The two […]

I caught a prominent TV preacher whom I respect accusing conservative talk radio of being too negative. He specifically criticized Rush Limbaugh. He said Rush finds the negative perspective in every news story. The preacher said God is in control and we must cast all our cares upon Him. While as a Christian I believe […]

Germany’s political stability and economic sway have until recently earned Chancellor Angela Merkel unprecedented global influence and power. Postwar Germany has become the financial powerhouse of Europe and a model nation. Give credit to German hard work and competency for the country’s continuing economic miracle. Less appreciated is how Germany also brilliantly exploited the lucrative […]

The narrative following Hillary’s testimony at Congress’ recent Benghazi hearing is clear: Hillary won. She (for the most part) calmly answered all the questions. She nodded approvingly when the Democrats on the committee accused Republicans of engaging in a partisan witch-hunt. We’ve come a long way since bipartisan investigations like the Watergate committee that investigated […]

Shortly after signing a bill allowing assisted suicide in California, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed another measure that forces pregnancy crisis centers to “offer information about affordable contraception, abortion and prenatal care.” The information is to be displayed in the form of a sign tacked to the crisis center’s door and must include a phone […]

On the Rachel Maddow Show, Hillary Clinton said that it was the threat of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage that led Bill Clinton to sign the Defense of Marriage Act.   This statement is totally untrue. I was there and there was never any discussion of a constitutional amendment on the subject. The president […]

Lacking only dancing girls and elephant tricks, Hillary Clinton’s testimony before the House Congressional Committee on Benghazi proved to be quite a show. From the sidelines, we gawked as Representative Jim Jordan displayed Madam Secretary’s email sent just moments after the Benghazi attack. In writing, she specifically asserted the savage murder of four Americans was […]

When both liberals and conservatives like a government program, it usually means that it is expensive and expands the scope of government without delivering on its promises. The bipartisan support of the earned income tax credit is no exception. The EITC is best described as an anti-poverty program that encourages people to work. In a […]

The Middle East is admittedly a mess. It has been a mess for a while. There has been some sort of war going on over there for decades. However, at least for the time being, the advance of ISIS, or the Islamic State, appears to have been halted. Yet still, thousands more “refugees” arrive in […]

When it comes to immigration policy, Hillary Clinton’s had more career costume changes than her new BFF Katy Perry. This week, Clinton donned her militant, pro-illegal immigration mask and vowed to out-executive amnesty her old pals at the White House. “I will go as far as I can, even beyond President Obama,” she bragged, “to […]

This Halloween, what do you fear? I fear fear itself because when we are afraid, we willingly give away our freedoms. Global warning? More power to the EPA! 9/11? Vote 100 to 0 to create a TSA! Kids don’t learn? Common Core! Crime up? Spend on police! (Or for leftists: increase welfare!) Immigrants? Seal the […]

Hillary Clinton told a mixed audience, “I mean, if we’re honest, for a lot of well-meaning, open-minded white people, the sight of a young black man in a hoodie still evokes a twinge of fear” (http://tinyurl.com/ojxsrhm). Before we get into the nuts and bolts of that observation, I’d like to ask a question. Would well-meaning, […]

Last week, the media hailed Hillary Clinton’s supposed political triumph at a hearing of the House Select Committee on Benghazi concerning the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2012 that ended in the murder of four Americans, including American ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens. Clinton appeared calm and collected, even as she lied repeatedly: She said […]

As Jeb Bush cuts salaries and slashes campaign staff, he, through his own actions, has provided us a teachable moment. Jeb’s progressive establishment beliefs of big government spending have run up against the reality of the private sector. It’s a fascinating juxtaposition between the world of government fantasy and that of the real. Jeb is […]