Another $59 billion for “Afpakistan”
In what may have sounded at times like a replay of a Vietnam War debate, baby-boomer Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and septuagenarian Ron Paul (R-Texas) fought in vain to derail...
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Times Still Fumes Over Free Speech
The whine still flows at the New York Times, where the death of the republic is being observed over the carcass of federal campaign finance laws that restricted independent...
Thugs Beat Citizens in China — and Here
I recently had lunch with a friend of mine who is a devout believer in American exceptionalism and the moral duty we have as Americans to police the universe,...
Will God Endorse Newt Gingrich?
Perhaps you missed this one. God apparently has been moved ahead of the Iowa caucuses in the process of choosing the next American president. Newt Gingrich has said about...
‘Major’ Ralph Houk Was Smart When It Counted
When World War II veteran Ralph Houk, "the major," was a Yankees coach under manager Casey Stengel, Stengel one day gave him a bag of baseballs to hold onto...
Goodwin Named to Byrd’s Senate Seat
A youth movement in the U.S. Senate? What might that be, John McCain with wings again? Olympia Snowe in go-go boots? Vice President and Senate President Joe Biden with...
Coulter Rips Republicans Over ‘Permanent War’
Quick, what Republican made the following statement? "I thought the irreducible requirements of Republicanism were being for life, small government and a strong national defense, but I guess permanent...
No Flowers, Please, Just “Bury” Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would appear to have enough troubles to deal with in this world, but he has at least one adversary in the hereafter as well....
Newt Gingrich, Meet Jim Madison
Newton Leroy Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and godfather of the Grand Old Party's 1994 "Contract with America" made it clear he wasn't kidding when...
Steinbrenner, Yankees’ Boss, dead at 80
George Michael Steinbrenner III, the colorful, turbulent, and outspoken owner of the New York Yankees, died Tuesday at age 80, after a massive heart attack. His passing came just...
Bob Sheppard: Baseball’s “Voice of God” is Gone
Like millions of other baseball fans, I vividly remember the sights and sounds of the first big league game I attended. The journey began early on a Sunday morning...
NH Governor Flew to ‘Gay’ Conference
Prior to signing the state's same-sex marriage law last year, New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said several times that he believed the legal definition of marriage should reflect the...
Court Rules Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
In what might be considered a bitter irony for conservatives, a U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts used a state's rights argument in one of two cases yesterday in...
Sarah Palin, Soccer Moms, & Mama Grizzlies
We have had “soccer moms,” “hockey moms,” “waitress moms,” and other designations for women voters candidates like to target. Now Sarah Palin, who was pleased to tell the world...
McCain Will Vote Against Kagan
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) is the latest Republican Senator to announce he will vote against confirmation of Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the next associate justice on the U.S....
“Fuller Strategy” Needed to “Explain” Afghan War
Back in the 1950s there was a TV commercial designed to induce headaches in viewers in order to increase demand for the product the commercial was hawking — a...
Heads for Henry, Hearts for God
Now that we are done with three days celebrating — or at least (more or less) observing — Independence Day with cookouts, fireworks, trips to the beach, and possibly...
Our One-World Sphere of Influence
I used to think you had to have a sense of humor to survive in politics. I am now becoming convinced that a great many politicians have a tin...
Declaring Liberty As Eternal Law
It was, and perhaps still is, one of those trick questions used by kids to trip up their schoolmates: "Do they have fourth of July in England? " Well,...
Independence and Its “Improvements”
Most of us will undoubtedly find reasonably pleasant ways to spend the extra hours away from work that a holiday weekend gives us; and nearly all, I expect, will...