Airline service is a non-sequitor. I sit here listening to my daughter sing in the shower, in the Hilton LAX where I’ve been residing since 1:30 a.m. I should be nearly to Sydney, Australia by now. But no. Airplane travel sucks. As if you don’t know this. Continental, the current baddie, is usually better than […]

A phrase I coined several years ago, to describe that prejudice which assumes the superiority of all things Northern, applies perfectly to Michael Lind’s proposal for the compulsory unionization of the South. At AOSHQ, Dave in Texas pauses — between moonshine-inspired reveries about his sister — to ponder the ways of Yankee enlightenment. Jonah Goldberg […]

The boobs in Washington have wrecked the economy for most of us, but not everyone is suffering. Congress is giving itself a pay raise: A crumbling economy, more than 2 million constituents who have lost their jobs this year, and congressional demands of CEOs to work for free did not convince lawmakers to freeze their […]

From the UK comes yet another precautionary tale of socialized medicine — the story of the aptly named Angela Breeds: An expectant mother of twins was ferried 250 miles between four hospitals only to have her babies separated as soon as they were delivered. Angela Breeds, 30, was told she needed a Caesarean section when […]

Question: “Leaving aside all the pre-election predictions and hand-wringing about Obama, what do his Cabinet appointments say about his governing style / ideology / chances of persuading Congress to enact his programs?” — metatron Answer: Very little. Setting aside the fact that many of Obama’s selections are not moderate as many people in the media […]

Question: “Who are your Top 5 Favorite Movie Villains of all-time?” — D-Vega Answer: My personal faves, huh? I’m going to go with the following in no particular order, Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs): Clever, incredibly perceptive, and absolutely deadly. A very memorable villain — and not just because he eats people. The Joker […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Andrew Bolt: Top 10 global warming dud predictions Cracked: 7 images too bad*ss to be real that totally are Architects Rule!: Real-life Dilbert manager quotes CBNnews: Hot off the presses: The Sarah Palin 2009 calender! Celebslam: Laura Pausini bikini pics You can […]

Question: “Where does the belief come from that Obama secretly supports gay marriage? Just a guess? Based on what? I’d be more likely to believe that he doesn’t care in the slightest about gay marriage or any other gay issue. I bet such things barely register as blips on his mental radar, and that when […]

Question: “I work for Lithia Motors, and I have to tell you am pretty scared as to what will happen to the big 3, we have already downsized quite a bit and so I guess my question is: John what do you think will happen and how bad could it possibly get? It is so […]

“I ask the three of you, how can we, as symbolically the children of the future president, expect the three of you to meet our needs, the needs in housing and in crime and you name it.” — A question from Denton Walthall AKA “The ponytail guy” at a 1992 presidential debate In America, we […]

Matthew Kaminski throws a little cold water on the expectations of those who are sure that Obama will “restore our reputation in the world.” One hates to spoil a good party, but here’s a bet that’s far safer these days than a U.S. Treasury bill: Even with Obama at the White House, they won’t really […]

While Al Gore screams that the polar ice caps will be melted within 5 years, and AP demands totalitarian measures, back in the real world, it keeps getting colder. In Las Vegas: A rare winter storm swept through Southern Nevada Wednesday, dumping the most snow on the valley in nearly three decades, grounding flights at […]

Leftist bloggers are all upset over Mr. Obama’s choice for the inaugural prayer. The gay community is crying foul. Why? Barack Obama said consistently throughout the election that he’s against gay marriage. Wink. Wink. I didn’t believe him. Neither did his voters. I still don’t believe him. Especially after his acceptance speech in Chicago when […]

Muntader al-Zaidi, the obnoxious ingrate who demonstrated how free Iraq has become by throwing his shoes at President Bush, was inspired by Western moonbattery, as you may have read: A day after the incident, al-Zeidi’s three brothers and one sister gathered in al-Zeidi’s simple, one-bedroom apartment in west Baghdad. The home was decorated with a […]

Oh yeah, any kid raised in this household has a really bright future, This Hitler youth is blond-haired, blue-eyed and just turned three. Adolf Hitler Campbell is the middle child of three kids given Nazi-themed names by their parents, including a dad who denies the Holocaust occurred and decorates his home with swastikas. “They’re just […]

Christmas is almost upon us and if you’re like me, you’ve got certain friends and family members who “have everything.” Finding something different or unusual for these people is almost impossible. Well, thanks to the fine folks at InventorSpot, that’s not going to be a problem this year! For example, let’s say you have a […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ann Coulter: One plus one equals 20 extra votes for Franken Cracked: The 6 most politically incorrect video game moments NewScientist: Seven unsolved medical mysteries COED Magazine: Bianca Balti lingerie and bikini shots. Ouch! You can check out all those links and […]

Today is Q&A Friday #99 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about just about anything: politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian […]

Although Rick Warren takes his Christian beliefs seriously, he has always come across as a centrist politically. In other words, he can fairly be called “religious,” but he’s not really a member of the “religious right.” Since that’s the case and since Barack Obama has spent much of his adult life surrounded by ultra-left wing, […]

Yesterday I polled RWN’s readers on whether “short haircuts are attractive on women.” Here are the results from the more than 500 readers who answered the question: Yes: 45% No: 55% For women with short hair, this is probably bad news. However, for me, it’s good news because I like short hair on women and […]

David Petraeus and Ray Odierno, our top generals in Iraq, have now weighed in on Obama’s plan to have our combat troops out of Iraq in sixteen months and their verdict isn’t favorable, A new military plan for troop withdrawals from Iraq that was described in broad terms this week to President-elect Barack Obama falls […]

A new law, proposed in Russia and backed by Putin, would essentially label any criticism as “treason”: New legislation backed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would allow Russian authorities to label any government critic a traitor — a move that rights activists said Wednesday was a chilling throwback to times of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. […]

Dan Mitchell of Cato: Michael Moynihan of Reason: (Cross-posted at The Other McCain.)

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“Liberalism always generates the exact opposite of its stated intent.” – Jim Quinn It was January of 2007 when the House passes the first minimum wage increase in a decade.  Senate Republicans added a ton of tax breaks to small businesses to the minimum wage increase before passing it in February. They bickered back and […]

So I put up a link that makes it seem like the United States is bankrupt–like bankrupt now. Turns out that the data The DC Examiner reported on is manipulated and essentially crap: The United States of America is bankrupt. Don’t believe it? Consider this: Federal obligations now exceed the collective net worth of all […]

ou know the NSA’s wiretapping permission? They get to listen in on foreigners blabbing about killing Americans and plotting badness. It’s how the Indian government knew about the Bombay bombing plot ahead of time but did nothing about it (small detail). There are government agents sitting around listening to these inane conversations and they have […]

You can fool some of the people some of the time, which the media proved by getting the Moonbat Messiah elected President and convincing the gullible that global warming is real. But as the MSM casts off even the thinnest pretense of professionalism in pursuit of its radical-left policy goals, fewer are getting fooled less […]

It’s already gotten to the point that you don’t need to be in trouble to get a bailout; you just need to be in ideological sync with the moonbats running our government. Planned Parenthood, the McDonald’s of abortion, is flush with cash thanks to the $millions of our money bureaucrats shower down upon it. Yet […]

My home state of North Carolina is considering levying yet another tax, With gas-tax revenues plummeting, the state of North Carolina is looking seriously at taxing motorists for how far they drive. If the “road-use tax” is implemented, it would at first be simple – with the state checking your odometer annually and taxing you […]