December 31, 2009

MARIE JON, RA ANALYST — "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places"... (more)

December 30, 2009

JED BABBIN — It has been my custom to write a lighthearted year-end column, full of cheerful grumpiness that pokes fun at friend and foe alike. But not this year. It's not that 2009 hasn't provided a wealth of material. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is a constant source of laughable chicanery, but Reid is beyond parody... (more)

December 30, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Jeffry Burr and Neil Blair are just hours from their wedding, but there are no typical prenuptial jitters. After all, this is the third time they've exchanged vows... (more)

December 30, 2009

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS — In a television appearance shocking in its candidness, a leading Iranian ayatollah says that it would be far better for the Islamic Republic to simply murder those protesting against the regime, rather than arrest and beat them. Meanwhile, an unknown group claiming to represent Iranian soldiers threatens to take up arms against the regime... (more)

December 30, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday... (more)

December 30, 2009

NEWSMAX — Facing declining poll numbers, harsh editorials and angry constituents for his vote on healthcare reform, Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is hitting the airwaves Wednesday night with a 30-second television ad to defend what has turned out to be a very unpopular vote... (more)

December 30, 2009

HOT AIR — ...Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States.... Whatever proposal Obama puts forward will probably meet equally determined opposition... (more)

December 30, 2009

JOHN WINN — In light of the attempted Christmas Day bombing aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253, it was certainly appropriate that President Obama directed a review of airline screening policies and procedures... (more)

December 30, 2009

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR — A former commander in the Tennessee State Guard has lost an appeal to overturn his conviction for trying to provide his soldiers with homemade machine guns for possible use in defending the state... (more)

December 30, 2009

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE — Less than two weeks ago, the Obama administration repatriated to Yemen six detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. It was a test. About 90 of the 200 or so remaining Gitmo detainees are Yemenis... (more)

December 30, 2009

TOM BETHELL — Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, had an article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal drawing attention to the rise of "online hostility" and the "degeneration of online civility." He (and coauthor Andrea Weckerle) suggested ways in which we can "prevent the worst among us from silencing the best among us"... (more)

December 30, 2009

HUMAN EVENTS — The Media Research Center has released its annual list of outrageous media quotes. Here are the winners and runner-ups in each category. There are so many good quotes this year we will publish Part II next week. The Coronation of the Messiah Award for Fawning Inaugural Coverage Winner: "We know that wind can make a cold day feel colder, but can national pride make a freezing day feel warmer?... (more)

December 29, 2009

WORLDNETDAILY — A little-discussed executive order from President Obama giving foreign cops new police powers in the United States by exempting them from such drudgery as compliance with the Freedom of Information Act is raising alarm among commentators who say INTERPOL already had most of the same privileges as diplomats... (more)

December 29, 2009

PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY — New reasons emerge almost daily as to why Obamacare can and must be defeated: (1) The American people oppose Obamacare by almost 2 to 1 in the latest CNN poll. Other polls show lopsided opposition to passing either the Senate or House health-care bill... (more)

December 29, 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The birth mother of a 7-year-old Virginia girl must transfer custody of the child to the woman's former lesbian partner, a Vermont judge ruled, adding that it seems the woman has "disappeared" with her daughter... (more)

December 29, 2009

PAT BUCHANAN — About the first decade of what was to be the Second American Century, the pessimists have been proven right. According to the International Monetary Fund, the United States began the century producing 32 percent of the world's gross domestic product... (more)

December 29, 2009

CHRISTIAN POST — Despite what many might believe, a vast majority of home-schooled children say they have plenty of opportunities for socialization with other children and, as adults, come to excel in all measured areas of adult life, according to a new study... (more)

December 29, 2009

JOSEPH FARAH — Next year could well mark the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party as we have known it since 1972. That was the year the George McGovernites took over the party. It has never been the same since. McGovern was the presidential nominee that year -- a man who called for an immediate end to the Vietnam War and a federally guaranteed minimum annual salary of $10,000... (more)

December 28, 2009

ALAN CARUBA — If you felt a frisson of fear on news that the Senate had passed Obamacare the day before Christmas, then you now know what it was and is like to live in a dictatorship. The voice of the People was ignored in a demonstration of raw political power. There was a time when Americans took Communism seriously. It challenged us in the form of the Soviet Union and we witnessed its takeover of China... (more)

December 28, 2009

RIGHTSIDENEWS.COM — I know, you can hardly believe it, politicians taking BRIBES for their votes? Well, as difficult as it is to believe, the "fix" is in. And not just the "Doc Fix" which was covertly slimed into a must pass Defense spending bill, creating a "lose/lose" dilemma for any elected official trying to "do the right thing" for their constituents and the country... (more)