With the Iowa caucuses just 26 days away, the Republican presidential contest is now a two-man race. According to this week’s Gallup poll, the two candidates with the broadest appeal to GOP voters are former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Asked who would “be an …
Read More »The Fight for Christmas
“What child is this?” asks the famous nineteenth century Christmas carol. It’s a question posed since Christ first entered human history two thousand years ago and a question that sometimes provokes vitriolic and violent answers. We’ve seen it in recent public tiffs about Nativity displays and, far more seriously, in …
Read More »A Military Father Remembers On Memorial Day
Memorial day is a great and wonderful way to remember our patriotic heroes who sacrificed their lives to help us breathe the air of freedom. This day is observed with families and friends visiting cemeteries and memorials to pay homage to their loved and forgotten ones. “Your silent tents of …
Read More »We're Engaged In a Terror War — And New York Is the Prime Target
New York’s Governor David Patterson labeled Saturday night’s foiled car bomb attack in Times Square an “act of terror.” Janet Napolitano, our secretary of Homeland Security is treating it as “potential act of terror.” Fair enough. If the three propane tanks, fireworks, two filled 5-gallon gasoline containers, and two clocks …
Read More »3 Things Obama Must Do to Get Peace Talks Off Life Support
Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh is the site of the latest round of U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, led by Secretary of State Clinton. The talks then move to Jerusalem and later in the month President Obama will meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu and P.A. President Abbas at the opening of the U.N. …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi — The General Custer of Our Time
Speaker Pelsosi is the General Custer of our time. She is leading her troops to slaughter at the polls in 2010. The Speaker is vastly outnumbered by a majority of Americans do not want the health care reforms dictated by House Bill passed Saturday evening. According to a poll by …
Read More »Joe Biden's Graduation Gaffe
Wed, 13 May 2009 19:22:34 +0000 – By Michael GoodwinNew York Daily News Columnist/FOX News Contributor College commencements are typically exuberant events, but Vice President Biden’s embellishment habit hit a new dimension during his Sunday address at Syracuse University, where he earned his law degree. “Imagine a country where within …
Read More »Obama Appeals to Liberal Media in First Prime Time Press Conference
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:59:53 +0000 – By Bill SammonDeputy Managing Editor, Washington Bureau, FOX News Channel He seated a left-wing radio host in the coveted front row. He called on a liberal blogger from the Huffington Post. He even brought far-left columnist Helen Thomas out of the wilderness and …
Read More »ObamaCare in death spiral after federal appeals court strikes down some subsidies
Tuesday, a federal appeals court slapped down the Obama administration in a 2-1 ruling that could kill the president’s signature health care law. If upheld by the Supreme Court, the ruling would force Congress back to the drawing boards to design a health law that is actually affordable, rather than …
Read More »Beware a beneficent government
The president is an ardent progressive. This dastardly philosophy of government was brought into the American mainstream 100 years ago by a Republican, Theodore Roosevelt, and a Democrat, Woodrow Wilson. Its guiding principle is the belief that government — not individuals — is the chief engine of human progress. If …
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