During the Milblogger’s conference in Washington DC, I went to Arlington National Cemetery to watch the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It’s a ceremony that happens every half hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is a somber reminder of the sacrifice many have made in […]

If his words don’t humble you, then nothing ever will. I especially was touched by his comments about what he expected from his government in return for his service. He didn’t serve in WWI and WWII because the government asked him to; he served because his country needed him. He didn’t want or expect anything […]

Wendy Sullivan scored a major coup this week: she got “columnist to the world” Mark Steyn (as Hugh Hewitt calls him) to host the first anniversary episode of her podcast Brass Balls Radio. For an hour, Steyn spun esoteric records and talked about the time he was sexually assaulted by… Well, you’ll have to download […]

Back during Obama’s campaign (which, admittedly has never ended,) he made lots of noise about outsourcing. He didn’t like it. He though it should stop. He said he would nail companies with higher taxes who practice it. Which is a strange position for anyone on the left, since they are very much into the one […]

Wayne Allyn Root, the 2008 Libertarian Party vice-presidential candidate, likes to brag on his daughter Dakota: To illustrate the remarkable talent, creativity and intelligence of home-schooled children, I offer Exhibit A: My 17-year-old daughter Dakota Root. She is beautiful; well mannered; disciplined; articulate; poised beyond her years; treats adults with respect; maintains a straight A+ […]

To set the table for discussion here, let’s start with Mark Steyn’s latest: “Statism the Only Thing Being Stimulated” I was in Vermont the other day and made the mistake of picking up the local paper. Impressively, it contained a quarter-page ad, a rare sight these days. The rest of the page was made up […]

The contrast between the incumbent President of the United States and the immediate past Vice President was not just in their near simultaneous speeches on Thursday, but in their reasons for giving them. The President had to react to the former Vice President’s; the Vice President merely wanted to set the record straight. Whereas Obama […]

There was something about Barack Obama I liked in the first part of last year’s presidential campaign. Perhaps it was just the contrast between him and Hillary Clinton, his chief rival for the Democratic nomination. He spoke well, he looked good. For a while, it seemed that this charismatic (relatively) young man could really unite […]

The first reported case of the recent outbreak of swine flu was a five-year old boy in the small village of La Gloria, Mexico. It is currently unknown how this boy contracted the swine flu on April 1, 2009. The closest pig farm, located six miles outside La Gloria, which is owned by the American […]

The National Republican Senatorial Committee’s attempt to lock up a Senate seat for Obama’s favorite Republican, Charlie Crist, is naturally causing trouble in the Florida GOP. But the guy who is actually responsible for the NRSC’s “pay up and shut up” policy is Texas Sen. John Cornyn. This raises question for Texas Republicans: Remember the […]

Finally! After California voters rejected propositions that would have raided other funds and allowed spending to continue, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is finally considering trimming payments for free routine health care for the poor, as well as cash college grants. With deficit forecasts growing darker by the day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering a plan to […]

I must cleanse my soul, for I am about to re-tell a glorious, scrumptious tale of someone backpedaling. But in the last few hours, I have had to backpedal too, so let us tell that story first. I tossed in a quart when a pint was the correct dose. It happens. Daphne’s place is being […]

I hesitate to call it bankruptcy when it is really a sham of a bankruptcy. In fact, it is the same sham that Chrysler has undergone: The government previously indicated that it planned to take at least 50 percent of the restructured company, and likely would take the right to name members to its board […]

The Obamunist propagandists at Newsweek are experts at spin. But no one can spin a 50% drop in their circulation as positive — not even editor Jon Meacham, though he’s doing his farcical best: Jon Meacham admits it is hard to explain, even to his own people, why chopping Newsweek’s circulation in half is a […]

Bjorn Lomborg — an environmental writer who went off the reservation — shines some light on the climate-industrial complex, a corrupt alliance far more threatening than the military-industrial complex Eisenhower once warned about: The world’s largest wind-turbine manufacturer, Copenhagen Climate Council member Vestas, urges governments to invest heavily in the wind market. It sponsors CNN’s […]

Forget the little children. The little children coming to the White House don’t vote, can’t give money and really, after you’ve had one kiddie photo-op you’ve had them all, so they can’t make you even look that great. President Barack Obama dissed a bunch of crying Kindergartners: Paty Stine said the White House staff should […]

Who is the new “titular head” of the Republican party? Rush Limbaugh announced this week that he was stepping down as the “titular head” of the Republican Party. He passed the torch to General Colin Powell. The passing of the titular torch was symbolic. Whereas the old titular head is a conservative talk show host […]

How’s that saying go, if Democrats didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all? Or, the other one, do as I say, not as I do On the Spot (CNSNews.com) – Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) supports government efforts to cap U.S. carbon emissions in the cause of controlling global warming. “I think […]

After years of whining that we need to get to the truth behind everything George Bush has done, and some actual panels investigating things such as firing attorneys he was legally entitled to fire, when a Democrat is faced with putting up or shutting up, things go a bit differently The drumbeat over how much […]

I hear people asking about this fairly regularly, so I wanted to do a post to address it. #1) Keep in mind, Obama’s approval rating has dropped from what it was in the post-election “Ding Dong, Bush is gone” stage. Moreover, many of the pollsters are polling adults, which skews the polls to the left […]

John Cornyn and the NRSC have never had the slightest problem asking conservatives to give them money — but, that’s as far as it goes. They don’t want to hear from you. You see, in their view, your job is to hand them your money and then shut your mouth and do as you’re told. […]

Over at Live Person, which is a nifty website that lets you pay per minute to talk to experts in just about everything, I ran across one “expert” whose services were just so exceptional that I had to write about them. His name? mOOn mOnkey. His cost? $2.85 per minute. His services? “Having uneasy feelings […]

Our government prevented attacks and saved lives through the Terrorist Surveillance Program, which let us intercept calls and track contacts between al-Qaeda operatives and persons inside the United States. The program was top secret, and for good reason, until the editors of the New York Times got it and put it on the front page. […]

Don’t you just want the President to shut his never-ending, pretentious, blathering yapper? Everyone says he’s a great speaker. Really? The man bores me absolutely to tears. He reminds me of my insufferable, cranky and addled Histology teacher from college. Holy crap, cell biology was more interesting than this mitochondrial exhausting man. Look it up. […]

David Axelrod, Obama’s senior adviser talking about the appointment of a new Supreme Court Justice and the Constitution: President Barack Obama began interviewing potential Supreme Court candidates Tuesday, while a senior White House official defended the president’s stated preference for a nominee who will give the powerless “a fair shake.” White House adviser David Axelrod […]

Blind squirrel James Hansen — a hysterical global warming profiteer who has repeatedly pushed phony data while advocating prison sentences for those who question the “climate change” farce — has finally found a nut: Why is this cap-and-trade temple of doom worshipped? The 648 page cap-and-trade monstrosity that is being foisted on the U.S. Congress […]

This sounds familiar: Representative Jesse Jackson Jr.’s congressional campaign organization has paid his wife at least $247,500 since 2001, including at least $95,000 after Sandra Jackson joined the Chicago City Council two years ago, according to federal election records. Jackson’s political committee also gave at least $298,927 in cash and in-kind contributions to Sandra Jackson’s […]

Florida Senate Endorsement Causes GOP Grassroots Rebellion WASHINGTON, DC, May 21 – Conservative activists are sparking an online grassroots uprising in response to the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s decision to endorse Charlie Crist in the 2010 Florida Senate race 15 months before the GOP primary for the seat currently held by Republican Sen. Mel Martinez. […]

Barack Obama has nominated Harold Koh to be the State Department legal adviser to the full Senate. Koh’s views are virulently anti-American and run directly counter to the Constitution, but unless something changes, a man who does not have this country’s best interests at heart is going to be in a position where he can […]

Over spend, take in too little income. You have two choices: Cut spending or increase income. Since California doesn’t want to increase income, the choice is to cut spending or go bankrupt. Here’s a thought: How about cutting spending? I know. I know. It’s so obvious, it might just work. Or, you could go bankrupt […]