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For FREE audio highlights from the week in conservative talk radio — Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and more — check out my latest Talk Radio Watch column at WND. Bonus stuff: * Rare footage of Glenn Beck in a bar. (Not what you think…) * Occasional Mark Levin guest host Michael Berry is […]

For a guy who says he’s an unequivocal backer of equal protection of the laws, you’d think Rand Paul might be a bit more, let’s say, careful in avoiding another big fight on civil rights issues. The 14th Amendment is the Holy Grail of the U.S. civil rights regime, and within a week of suggesting […]

Over at the WAPO, they’ve done an incredibly dishonest editorial about immigration that unfortunately mirrors so much of the debate, EVEN DRACONIAN measures like the one adopted in Arizona are not going to make 11 million immigrants already illegally here in this country magically disappear, let alone address this country’s dysfunctional immigration system. Neither is […]

Whenever an administration wants to bury a story, they put it out on a Friday. They hope it will be old news by Monday when people start to pay attention again. The administation got lucky on the Sestak report. It’s also a holiday weekend. It’s no wonder they want it buried: The White House asked […]

Theo Spark has a brief news clip, but see Jules Crittenden, “Miracle of Deliverance“: Under heavy attack by the Luftwaffe, an estimated 5,000 were killed in the evacuation and more than 200 vessels, one in four, were lost. Total allied casualties in the battle of Dunkirk, an estimated 30,000 killed or wounded and 34,000 missing […]

In any crisis you can be sure that the opposition party will be critical of the President. But you know the President has a bigger problem when those in his own party start criticizing him: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Thursday that President Barack Obama will pay a political price for his lack of visibility […]

Via I Hate the Media: Cross-posted from American Power.

That “but make no mistake” is the giveaway for President Obama’s damage control mode. The New York Times has a report, “Obama Defends Handling of Oil Spill.” Also, at Politico, “Obama: Critics ‘don’t know the facts’.” (Via Memeorandum.) The big question is whether this is Obama’s Katrina, and there’s no contest. Unlike 2005, the response […]

As if Rand Paul wasn’t enough! Now we have plump Indonesian 2 year-old Ardi Rizal creating an international sensation with his pack-a-day cigarette habit! Fearing for the health of the child, the Indonesian government offered to buy the family a car if they’d get the tot to quit. But Ardi’s proud freedom-loving daddy Mohammed responded, […]

Well, it’s not like they’d have a hard time getting over. At Fox News, “Feds Issue Terror Watch for the Texas/Mexico Border” (via Memeorandum): Anthony Joseph Tracy, of Virginia, who admitted to having ties to Al Shabaab, is currently being prosecuted for his alleged role in an international ring that illegally brought more than 200 […]

I will be in Arizona this weekend to report on the major anti-illegal immigration protest in Phoenix. Organizers are turning this into a nationwide movement to “bring your racism down,” according to Arizona Daily Sun: Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Labor Organizing Network, said there is a need to focus attention on Arizona. […]

The White House has suddenly decided to send 1,200 National Guards to our southwest border. This might seem like welcome news. After all, the border needs all the help it can get. McCain insists it’s not nearly enough. But both of them are wrong. As Charles Krauthammer pointed out on Tuesday night’s Fox News, this […]

Hey, it got your attention, didn’t it? And yes a donkey did get blown up in Gaza and no, it wasn’t the doing of the Republicans (well, not that we know of). They’d most likely have blown themselves up. Anyway: A small Syrian-backed terrorist group in Gaza said its activists blew up a donkey cart […]

Barack Obama’s poll numbers continue to plummet.:  Rasmussen: has our president at 42% approval–a record low.:  I’d like to point out that he is only 17 months into his term.:  If Barack Obama cared about his poll numbers he would have changed course a long, long time ago.:  The truth is, he does not care.:  At […]

Here is an update to the story about the 500 SEIU union thugs who descended upon the personal home of a Bank of America executive, scaring his teenage son, who was alone inside. Nina Easton wonders why they would target Greg Baer, a life long Democrat who worked for the Clinton Treasury Department, and his […]

Drudge headlines this morning should be a wake up call to those who still think Obama: isn’t intentionally trying to bankrupt the United States through the implementation of government programs, nationalizing of industries, bogus “reforms”–all under the guise of good will and fixing a broken system. From the USA Today article: Paychecks from private business shrank […]

I haven’t blogged on the oil spill. It looked like BP made some stupid mistakes and they are paying for it. But unfortunately other’s who make a living on the coast are paying the price as well. It seemed to me that everyone, especially the media, was doing everything possible to not bring Obama into […]

Here’s the local media interview from the weekend, “Rand Paul Sits Down With Joe Arnold to Address Recent Controversial Statements” (via Memeorandum and HuffPo): In the wake of the controversy that followed Paul’s Wednesday night appearance on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, and subsequent interviews with other national networks, the Paul campaign has suspended interviews […]

So much to be disgusted about today. Let’s start with Texas. The WaPo has an article written by Michael Birnbaum about the “controversial” cirriculum adopted by the Texas Board of Education. Since the article didn’t link to the text they referred to, Ann Althouse decided that she would research it. Turns out there was a […]

Actor Jeremy Irons says there’s just too many damned humans around here: “One always returns to the fact that there are just too many of us, the population continues to rise and it’s unsustainable,” he said in an interview with The Sunday Times. “I think we have to find ways where we’re not having to […]

Send the memo to Brilliant Barbara at Teh Mahablog, and Steve “We Need More Female Downs Syndrome Suicide Bombers” Hynd: At WND, “Jihadis Convert YouTube into Terror-Recruiting Tool: Al-Qaida Ally Posting News, Violence-Inciting Rants Online“: Islamic terrorists plotting attacks in the U.S. are recruiting, taking credit for bombings and calling for even more violence — […]

Decades of reflexive animosity toward anything that might even be remotely labeled as discrimination has rendered the modern left braindead.:  They no longer have the ability to think critically or debate honestly on policy solutions to social problems involving discrimination.:  Instead, they simply reflexively label anyone who disagrees with their policy as racist/bigoted/homophobe. Rand Paul […]

The screening was yesterday, so yeah, a little late on getting to this, “Tommy 35th Anniversary Screening: Film Based on The Who’s Classic Rock Opera.” But it’s worth it at least for some Saturday night music jams: Also, an e-mail interview at LAT, “Pete Townshend Discusses Filming ‘Tommy’“: With an electrifying score by Pete Townshend […]

I have both read and listened to this speech. It’s a serious moment for the President of the United States to deliver any commencement address, and especially that of the graduates at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. It’s especially interesting to listen to President Obama here, because as I noted many times throughout […]

As I write this, voters in Hawaii’s 1st District are deciding who will represent them for the remainder of this term. Neil Abercrombie left a vacant House seat behind when he retired earlier this year to focus on a run at the Hawaii statehouse. Polls indicate Republican Charles Djou will win a plurality of the […]

It’s mind-boggling when you look at the big picture sometimes. Here’s my morning paper, with this lovely front-cover photograph of the oil-soaked dead bird, with the headline, “Spill’s Ugly Reality Sets In“: Millions of Southern Californians will see the paper, and naturally — like any thoughtful, caring person — they’ll be filled with revulsion at […]

We’ve had Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, to protect the ideal of free speech from two kinds of people: those who will threaten violence in order to suppress speech they don’t like; and those who will give in to the threats. We might also need an Everybody Speak Politically Day, too, for very similar reasons. Via […]

May is a big month, Star Wars-wise. Star Wars Day, naturally, was May 4th. All six Star Wars movies were released in May. The Empire Strikes Back had its 30th anniversary on Friday. It’s more than a movie series now. It’s part of the American culture. A cultural phenomenon is what it is, and sometimes […]

Bi•no•pia (intang. n.) As I’ve pointed out a few times, it’s easy to criticize something and labor toward its demise when it has a name, and it’s much harder to do this when it doesn’t have a name. By and large, when I invent names for things, they are things that have been sticking around […]

Enough about Holy Teleprompter Man. Let’s take a look at the people who work for Him. This is important. He sets the agenda, but these people carry it out. Item: So much depends on their elitism, we may as well begin with that. Shortly after the electoral victory of He Who Argues With The Dictionaries, […]