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AP Sells Coakley as ‘Historic’ Candidate

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Warner Todd Huston

The special election in Massachusetts for the open Senate seat once held by Teddy Kennedy is the hottest political story of the day. The race is so close that no one is sure who will win but signs are starting to point to Republican Scott Brown’s win. Cue the Associated Press with a puff piece […]

Springtime For Roosevelt

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Ed Driscoll

At one press conference, FDR displayed a Nazi Iron Cross and said it should be presented to a columnist of the New York Daily News who was one of the presidentâ€™s most bitter critics. It is enough to make the Obama administrationâ€™s treatment of Fox News look timid.

Book Review: What Are These Tea Parties About, Anyway?

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Warner Todd Huston

A new book about the Tea Party movement — and a movement it really is — will soon be hitting the shelves. “A New American Tea Party” penned by John M. O’Hara, one of the many folks that helped bring us some of those protests in early 2009, is a book that hopes that the […]

Prop 8’s Day In Federal Court Starts Today

Posted on January 11, 2010January 11, 2010 by William Teach

I usually avoid discussion of certain issues, such as gay marriage, because they are not really hot button issues with me. Furthermore, while, if pressed, I do not support gay marriage, I do support civil unions, and, this being America, where freedom should reign supreme, and, with a Classical Liberal doctrine of “if it doesn’t […]

Looking For Trumbo: California’s Basket-Case Economy

Posted on January 10, 2010January 10, 2010 by Ed Driscoll

George Will crafts quite a descriptive metaphor for California’s failing economy, comparing it to the titular ultimate basket-case soldier in Dalton Trumbo’s infamous 1939 anti-war novel “Johnny Got His Gun.” As Trumbo writes, if Johnny got his gun, then most certainly, “Berkeley Got Its Liberalism.”

Video: Sex, Lies, And Golf Magazines

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Ed Driscoll

The cover of Golf Digest’s now-infamous “10 Tips Obama Can Take From Tiger” issue was announced on the Web about five minutes before Woods’ career-altering misadventures at the end of November. But when I finally saw the issue on the newsstand around Christmastime, it occurred to me that it may be a miniature — albeit entirely unintended — version of “Bobos In Paradise”, “The Preppie Handbook”, and other books that marked mammoth elite overreach and smugness…

Crain’s Chicago: Earring Wearing ‘Journo’ Attacks ‘Tea-Baggers’ and Conservatives

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Warner Todd Huston

Crain’s Chicago Business has just gotten into the business of indulging in foul, sexually charged name calling, apparently. Yes, you can mark Crain’s Chicago Business as only the latest news outlet to decide it’s funny to call conservatives “tea-baggers.” It’s a name that lefties have been tagging the movement with all winter, one derived from […]

Some Cultures Aren’t ‘Just as Good as Ours’

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Warner Todd Huston

Multiculturalism is the dream state of the extreme left, not just in the U.S.A. but worldwide. From the pointy-heads at university, to the self-congratulatory oafs in Brussels and Washington D.C., these leftists sternly warn us all that any assumption that one culture is somehow better than another is “racist,” or at the least gauche. Everyone […]

Sen. Ben Nelson: Say, Maybe We Shudda Waited on Healthcare ‘Reform’

Posted on January 7, 2010January 7, 2010 by Warner Todd Huston

Every week we are seeing another Democrat deciding not to run for re-election or one that is switching parties to the GOP all due to the wild, left-wing overreach indulged in by the Obama Administration and its cohorts in Congress. Connecticut’s Senator Chris Dodd is only the latest heavy hitter Democrat that is looking for […]

Lefty Narrative: Rapes, Torture at ‘Iran’s Guantanamo’

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Warner Todd Huston

A left wing narrative has for some time been developing centered on abuse of Iran’s democratic demonstrators at the hands of Iranian officials. You may have seen the shocking news about forced rapes and torture of Iranians imprisoned by the Mullahs in Iran but it is how the story is being sold to the west […]

Brit, Tiger, & Religion, Oh My! And: Is Christianity Shunned From Public Discourse?

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Melissa Clouthier

A couple arguments surround the Brit discussion: One, should anyone be talking about Tiger’s relationship to God? Two, can Buddhism “save” Tiger like Christianity can save Tiger? Charlie Martin and I both write pieces for Pajamas Media today talking about this issue. Here’s a bit of what I say: There was a time when discussing […]

Democrats on Rasmussen Polls: The Numbers Ain’t Right and The Question is Flawed

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Warner Todd Huston

The Politico published a Jan. 2 we-shoot-the-messenger styled story about lefty bloggers and Democrat activists who are upset that the Rasmussen polling group has so often found numbers trending in support of the GOP position. Not only has Rasmussen found that Obama’s approval rating is going down steadily, but it has been finding that Republicans […]

2009, Our Turn to Be Offended

Posted on December 31, 2009December 31, 2009 by Sharon Soon

Here’s a thought: now that it’s officially post-December 25, it’s amazing how people who have been saying “happy holidays” for the past month, swearing that there are multiple “holidays” this season, magically remember the distinct name of the next upcoming “holiday” and revert back to saying “Happy New Year”. I suppose that out of all […]

Two Americas: One Struggling, One Happy, Unionized, and in Government

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

I know I’ve said it before, but unionism is antithetical to good government. It is impossible to have both unions and effective government in a democratic republic such as ours. Unions destroy good government, waste money at all levels and they move strictly against the best interests of the voters in all cases. Once again […]

Chgo Sun-Times Says Healthcare is a Right

Posted on December 30, 2009December 30, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

It has come to this. A newspaper in one of America’s biggest cities has so sold out to extremists, left-wing ideology that it has throw logic, facts, and reality to the four winds in order to sell Obama’s socialist healthcare policies. In a recent editorial the Chicago Sun-Times has absurdly determined that healthcare is a […]

Tea Parties: The Biggest Mistake We’ll Make in 2010

Posted on December 28, 2009January 20, 2010 by Warner Todd Huston

It’s the end of 2009, the “aughts” are over, and we are about to embark on a new year — and what else are they but the “aughts”? Well, besides mostly a horrible and thankfully passed decade. In any case, we are at the end of the year and that means two things: lists about […]

No Church on Christmas, Mr. President? Of Course Not, Communists Don’t Do Church

Posted on December 28, 2009December 28, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

Time Magazine reported that President Obama and his family didn’t attend a church service this Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. He is, to my knowledge, the first president to skip a Christmas Eve service for a long, long time. But, while it is interesting to note that Obama is quite unchurched in a position where […]

Kwanzaa Created by a Rapist and Torturer?

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

Every year I post a pre-Christmas piece on the farce that is Kwanzaa. This year will be no exception. Note, some of the newspaper articles I quote are several years old so some may no longer be online. Each year, with the onset of Christmas, we are treated to another gauzy, fluff piece about how […]

Professor: Say, Let’s Pardon a Domestic Terrorist

Posted on December 21, 2009December 21, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

CUNY Graduate Center professor David S. Reynolds has an idea. He wants to pardon an American criminal that is a known murderer and fanatic and who led a life that was steadily radicalized by an extreme religious ideology. This domestic terrorist even went so far as to attempt to start a war inside the USA […]

Why This Conservative Wants To Be Like Al Gore

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

I have to admit it. I am jealous of former Vice President Al Gore. I want what he’s got, at least in a generalized way. It isn’t that I envy him for having been vice president. The number two spot has traditionally been one not well regarded and only a few VPs have made the […]

Tiger Woods Comes Down To Earth

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Melissa Clouthier

Salacious. The topic has produced obscene interest. Different theories are put forth: Yes, Americans like to see achievers fail. Yes, people are petty, small and voyeuristic. Yes, it’s a relief for some people to focus on the travails of others rather than their own miserable existence. I think Tiger counted on Americans being just this […]

Second Grader Suspended For “Violent Drawing.” Can You Guess Of Whom?

Posted on December 15, 2009December 15, 2009 by William Teach

If you thought “Barack Obama,” nope. Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore? Nope. Welcome to Taunton, Ma. A Taunton father is outraged after his 8-year-old son was sent home from school and required to undergo a psychological evaluation after drawing a stick-figure picture of Jesus Christ on the cross. The father said he got a […]

An IPI Christmas: Feeding The Hungry, Bringing Opportunity to Developing Nations

Posted on December 10, 2009December 10, 2009 by Warner Todd Huston

Last night I was invited to attend a Christmas get together sponsored by the Illinois Policy Institute. This year’s theme was feeding the hungry in Africa and bringing economic freedom to developing nations. We heard some interesting presentations from Paul Wormley of the One Acre Fund as well as Tim Probasco of Opportunity International, both […]

Gay Santa

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Dave Blount

Is nothing sacred to the militant moonbats bent on corrupting every aspect of our society? The answer: that’s right, nothing. So who knew? Santa Claus is a ho-ho homosexual. When the story goes public, it rocks the world. Well, at least in writer-performer Jeffrey Solomon’s “Santa Claus Is Coming Out,” his newest one-man show exploring […]

Government Admits: Social Security Is Unsustainable Ponzi Scheme

Posted on December 8, 2009December 8, 2009 by Dave Blount

Bill Frezza discovered that our rulers have abandoned the pretense that Social Security is anything but an unsustainable Ponzi scheme when his 26-year-old son received a startling admission from Big Government in the mail: The two-page pamphlet entitled “What young workers should know about Social Security and saving” reminds us that 50 million, or one […]

Safe Schools Pervert Still on the Job for Obama

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Dave Blount

Shockingly, Obama’s “Safe School Czar” — the militant pervert Kevin Jennings — is still on the job, thanks to the liberal establishment media studiously ignoring revelations into the depravity he has used his opulently remunerative position at the head of GLSEN to inflict on children. Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings was the founder, and for […]

Christmas Trees Forbidden on UN Territory

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Dave Blount

Don’t look for Christmas trees at the Copenhagen summit, where bureauweenies are gathering from around the world to push global socialism in the name of the polar bears. After all, it’s “UN territory.” Since Christmas is a religious holiday, it has no place at a United Nations event, said officials planning the event. A sponsor […]

Kevin Jennings Safe School Czar GLSEN Suggested Child Porn Reading List for Students

Posted on December 6, 2009December 6, 2009 by John Stephenson

by Maggie at Maggie’s Notebook and Stop the ACLU: Kevin Jennings, Barack Obama’s failed “safe school czar” has a recommended reading list for children of all ages. What has been revealed is sick and perverted, and until you read this, you simply cannot image what Jennings recommends as appropriate for school children in this country. […]

SF Supervisor Considers Public Gay Sex Tents

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Dave Blount

I’ve often wondered what it would take to disgust even the moonbats running the San Franfreakshow Comical. Thanks to the gut-wrenchingly repulsive activities on display during the Folsom Street Fair, I finally know: Public sex tents? Now there’s an idea that should have been shot down the second it was announced from the mouth of […]

Dog Walking to Be Made Mandatory

Posted on December 4, 2009December 4, 2009 by Dave Blount

There’s more to soft totalitarianism than forbidding things. That which is not forbidden must be made mandatory. Take walking your dog, for example. Bureaucrats can’t find a reason to forbid it. Therefore, in Australia they are pushing a law to make it illegal not to walk your dog: PET owners could be punished for not […]