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That “black-hearted varmint”: is the subject: of: my latest column for The American Spectator: Conceited and coolly cynical, he has “the most terrible reputation,” so breathtakingly scandalous that he isn’t received by “any decent family in Charleston.” Yet 70 years since his silver screen debut, Rhett Butler’s roguish charms are still irresistible. Rhett will once again swagger into […]

Not content to smear Sen. Joe Lieberman for his opposition to ObamaCare, now the Left is attacking Lieberman’s wife, Hadassah. Both Jane Hamsher and DailyKos are trying to get Mrs. Lieberman purged from her job at a breast cancer charity. Those who remember the way the “progressive netroots community” assailed Joe Lieberman in 2006 will […]

You know the healthcare fight is getting desperate on the left when they start going after the wife of the independent they see standing in their way. Oh boy. Washington (CNN) – Sen. Joe Lieberman — whose opposition to a public insurance option has drawn outrage from liberal groups for months — is used to […]

I’ve been thinking about the EPA’s decree from earlier this week — the one where they threatened Congress over new legislation on climate change: The Obama administration is warning Congress that if it doesn’t move to regulate greenhouse gases, the Environmental Protection Agency will take a “command-and-control” role over the process in a way that […]

Erick Erickson urges Senate Republicans to fight ObamaCare with every parliamentary means available: Some might argue that Republicans should not look “obstructionist.” But they are wrong — the vast majority of Americans don’t like this bill and don’t want it to pass. The Tea Party movement was the upheaval of millions of ordinary Americans who […]

I’m reading a lot of international relations theory, just not blogging that much on it. I’ve been hoping to write a longer entry on the current debate on American decline (see especially Niall Ferguson, at Newsweek, “An Empire at Risk“). But since I just found two real cool posts at TigerHawk on foreign holdings of […]

From the New York Times, “Gillette to Limit Role of Tiger Woods in Marketing“: One day after Tiger Woods said he was taking an “indefinite break” from the PGA Tour to try to repair his marriage, Gillette became the first of his major sponsors to distance itself, saying it would limit his role in its […]

Congress is thinking about legislating college football: Federal legislation that could lead to a college football playoff tournament will move a step closer to reality on Wednesday in a hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Okay, I know what you’re thinking. Congress has no business mucking around with this. It’s not […]

Had these thoughts in my head for awhile, and as long as we’re on the subject of Palin I thought I should jot ’em down. These people are in a “most lunatic” photo-finish neck-and-neck with the hardcore Obama-zealots. I seriously think we’ve discovered a new mental sickness epidemic. Palin isn’t it, but she’s a useful […]

Via Gabriel Malor at Ace of Spades HQ, Justice Sonia Sotomayor used the phrase “undocumented immigrant” in her first published decision. Apparently, the justices have previously used the more accurate terms “alien not lawfully present in the United States” or “illegal alien.” But in her very first published decision as a Supreme Court justice, Sotomayor […]

My new Talk Radio Watch column is now up at WND. This recap of the week in conservative talk radio features lots of FREE audio and video highlights: Rush Limbaugh’s interview with William Shatner Mike Huckabee warns against the return of the Fairness Doctrine Laura Ingraham’s online auction of Sarah Palin’s famous red jacket Glenn […]

William Shatner made a return to the Tonight Show to read a few choice excerpts from Gov. Sarah Palin’s book, which you can win in the 2009 All American Christmas Contest or purchase by clicking the picture in the sidebar. He did read from the book, beatnik style, and was about to leave the stage […]

From yesterday’s Washington Post, “‘Tea Party’ Movement Preps for 2010 Vote“: The energized “tea party” movement, which upended this year’s political debate with noisy anti-government protests, is preparing to shake up the 2010 elections by channeling money and supporters to conservative candidates set to challenge both Democrats and Republicans. Buoyed by their success in capsizing […]

Who said great news can’t come out of a bad economy? As The New York Times reported yesterday, the ACLU this year, largely without warning, lost its single largest source of funding as a result of the financial crisis. The loss of that individual donor, who had been contributing $20 million per year, was a […]

What in the world are the Senate Democrats thinking? Isn’t this supposed to be about “health care reform”? Apparently their idea of reform is to take a system that has trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities and expand it without ever addressing the underlying reason for the huge future debt? Brilliant. Just brilliant. But apparently […]

One of the things I cannot stand about the left is how they answer an argument that was never made. Case in point. Sarah Palin has a thoughtful informed piece at the WaPo today about climategate, her own personal experience with climate change, and what we need to do to move forward. “But while we […]

You thought you were done with that when you graduated, right? Well, this is just one of the many boondoggles that our stimulus dollars went to. I’m thinking that maybe somewhere along the line someone got confused on what: the word “stimulus” actually means. Perhaps they took it to mean the human body and not the […]

How did I know that would be the inevitable outcome? President Obama will propose using $200 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to support creating jobs, White House officials confirmed Monday. The president, in an economic speech before the Brookings Institution on Tuesday, will argue that the money would be well spent by […]

While no one could ever defend Beck’s every move, it would be much harder to defend his attackers. Glenn Beck, one the most popular political commentators, has been attacked again. This time the forum is the front page of Yahoo, not their typical AP stories mind you, this is an attack from one of their […]

I can’t get over how Pres. Obama cannot seem to take the smallest of criticism. Does he even realize how whiny he seems? President Barack Obama recently called Rep. John Conyers Jr. to express his frustrations with the Judiciary Committee chairman’s criticism. In an interview with The Hill, Conyers said his opinions of Obama’s policies […]

I really don’t think we have to guess the Party affiliation, do we? MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) — It has been a part of Maryville’s holiday traditions for nearly a quarter of a century, but Monday night the Bible was removed from their Christmas celebration. One complaint changed the local ceremony, with the long-time argument of […]

As regular readers know, we’ve been talking about why businesses are sitting on the sidelines and not hiring at the moment. Businesses don’t like unsettled questions about the arena in which they must operate. Health care legislation will effect the cost of doing business. Until that is settled, there’s little incentive to take a chance […]

I hate to break this to you, but the whole goal of the cap and trade plan isn’t to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide. It’s to level the economic playing field. Not my words, by the way. Those are the words of former French President Jacques Chirac. EU Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstroem said the […]

From the Los Angeles Times, “Denmark’s green credentials obscure some unpleasant facts“: Though lauded for adopting wind power, its high recycling rate and its progressive policies, Denmark generates the most waste per capita in the EU and most of its energy still comes from coal. Something is rotting in the state of Denmark. Lots of […]

We’re nearing a “new global accord” on climate change: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will attend the end of the Copenhagen climate change summit, a late change of plan the White House attributed on Friday to growing momentum toward a new global accord. But: The Met Office plans to re-examine 160 years of […]

Senate Democrats target pay of health insurance executives: Senate Democrats will offer an amendment this weekend to curb the pay of executives at health insurance companies that benefit from federal subsidies, fueling the growing feud with the powerful industry. Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) have sponsored an amendment that […]

My new Talk Radio Watch column is now up at WND. Is Rush Limbaugh getting married? Is Glenn Beck the answer to some conservatives’ prayers? Find out all the latest, listen to Mark Levin‘s real-time commentary on Obama‘s Afghanistan speech, and lots more HERE. Here’s some stuff that didn’t make it into the column… “Radio […]

The photo shows one of the many HOT signs from yesterday’s Orange County tea party protest against House Speaker Nance Pelosi. See especially, “Tea Party America’s Christmas Wish List: ‘Kiss My Astroturf’ – STOP Health-Care Take-Over, and More!!