President Obama calls his latest attempt to revive the economy a "Plan to Renew and Expand America's Roads, Railways and Runways." I'm calling it "The Mother of all Big Dig Boondoggles." Like the infamous "Big Dig
There have been numerous debates about "birthright" citizenship in recent weeks. As the Heritage Foundation has pointed out, the claim that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship on the children of visitors or illegal...
The announcement by former congressman Tom Tancredo that he'll run for governor of Colorado as a fringe party candidate follows a familiar pattern: established politicians turn to protest campaigns only after they've...
Even before I have the chance to stow my purse and kick off my sandals, my son pops into the room to ask, "What are the new rules?"
"Rules?"
"Yeah," he says. "I figured since the parent meeting at school was...
President Obama certainly has it ruff these days. With his approval ratings plummeting and both the House and the Senate trending Republican, he must feel like he's been put in the doghouse. Even members of his o
Conventional wisdom says voters don't pay much attention to campaigns until after Labor Day. But crafty politicians take no chances. They like to hammer home their talking points early and often.
Take President...
It is ironic that the most boring contest ever played -- the Princeton-Yale game of 1881 -- helped make American football the world's greatest game.
The college men who invented American football in the
The midterm elections this fall will feature young people born in 1992 -- in other words, four years after Ronald Reagan left office. What do they know about this man?
It's quite likely that many of them
John McCain is headed back to the U.S. Senate, perhaps a changed and chastened man, and perhaps not.
But the manner in which he secured his Senate seat for another six years is instructive, and not onl
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is once again attacking the Republicans as "the party of no" because of the GOP's opposition to his tax-and-spend agenda that this year will add $1.3 trillion to a $13 trillion debt.
But...
Hilarious! Christ's not worth worshipping, there's no one way, YOU are god! Twist not scripture unless thee be like Satan.HT Benjamin Rush.
The ACLU is at it again. On August 30, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in D.C. President Obama has authorized U.S. forces to kill on sight Anwar Al-Aulaqi. He's the...
Democrats are circulating an internal poll out of Washington State showing incumbent Sen. Patty Murray leading Republican challenger Dino Rossi by five points:A new internal poll conducted for the Democratic Senatorial...
It's being reported at Big Government that Barbara Boxer has paid $30,000 since 2004 to secure the endorsement of ethics-challenged Maxine Waters.The payments break down as follows: $25,000 in 2004 and $5,000 this year....
This news creates quite a power vacuum in the vaunted Chicago political machine. For better or worse, the Daley name has been associated with Chicago governance seemingly forever, and now there's a major opening. ...
As if we needed more evidence that Obama's administration has never managed or ran a business.HT: Benjamin Rush.
We'll let you decide. This appeared in the September 6 issue of NYTimes Upfront magazine with who else on the cover but Barack Obama.
Washington Post fashion reporter Robin Givhan, talking about Michelle Obama's fashion sense in the Sunday paper:First lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House last week after spending her summer vacation walking...
It's been a rough few weeks for the "eco-progressive" fringe.
Static jet streams induced near-record high temperatures in parts of the United States and Russia, but extreme cold pummeled Seattle, England and much of...