STEPHEN STONE, RA PRESIDENT — As the Republican establishment proceeds — as scripted — to anoint Mitt Romney its presidential nominee (an outcome likely to ensure a second term for Barack Obama), the need to understand Mitt Romney increases... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — I don't know about you, but I'm about to engage in an act of civil disobedience. With the announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services that it will require all employers to provide health insurance to their employees that includes coverage for abortion-inducing drugs, I am prepared to stand up and say without equivocation that my company will never do that -- no matter what... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — It's no longer just the economy, stupid. Supplanted in recent election cycles by economic concerns, social issues such as gay marriage, abortion and religious freedom have elbowed their way back into the political debate in the 2012 presidential race... (more)

THOMAS SOWELL — A funny thing happened to Mitt Romney on the way to his coronation as the inevitable Republican candidate for President of the United States. Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado happened. Rick Santorum beat him in all three states on the same day -- and beat him by huge margins in two of those states, as well as upsetting him in Colorado, where the Mormon vote was expected to give Romney a victory... (more)

JOHN HAYWARD — A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled, 2-1, that Proposition 8, California's duly-enacted constitutional amendment declaring that only marriages between one man and one woman would be recognized by the state, is unconstitutional... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — During Thursday's national prayer breakfast, President Obama said, "I am my brother's keeper, and I am my sister's keeper." The problem is that he actually believes it. The White House is taking increasing fire for a ruling from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that social service providers will have to include support for birth control, sterilization and some forms of abortion in their health coverage regardless of their religious or ethical views... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — The Obama administration is now telling liberals that it is not backing down on its new health-care mandate, even as it coos of compromise to religious groups appalled by it. These messages may seem to be contradictory, but actually the administration has been quite consistent: Nothing it has ever said on this issue has been trustworthy... (more)

DAVID LIMBAUGH — President Obama told NBC's Matt Lauer in an interview Sunday, "I deserve a second term." Well, let's see. He had the courage to tell the Supreme Court off for daring to defy him in its campaign finance law ruling... (more)

JOHN STOSSEL — In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson called the pursuit of happiness an unalienable right. This was a radical idea. For most of history, most people didn't think much about pursuing happiness. They were too busy just trying to survive. Then came the liberal revolution based on the idea of individual freedom. Only then did they start thinking that happiness might be possible on earth... (more)

FOX NEWS — The Republican presidential contest is a two-man race no more. Rick Santorum proved that the 2012 primary election still has a few surprises left, after he went three for three in Tuesday's contests and once again shook up the GOP nomination battle... (more)

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Former Sen. Rick Santorum moved into second place Tuesday in the race for delegates with wins in Republican presidential caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota. Santorum picked up at least 28 delegates while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney got at least six... (more)

NEWSMAX — Roman Catholic pressure to get the Obama administration to back down from its insistence that they provide free contraceptives in their healthcare plans appeared to be paying off on Tuesday... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Following a Georgia judge's ruling that Barack Obama is eligible to be on the state's 2012 Democratic Party presidential ballot, the front lines in the continuing eligibility battle are being fought in Arizona... (more)

NEWSMAX — Singer, author, and conservative activist Pat Boone has endorsed former Sen. Rick Santorum, whom Boone described as holding the same ideals as President Ronald Reagan. "I am excited to endorse Rick Santorum for president," Boone said. "I've known Rick for many years, and Rick has been a consistent defender of conservatism and the values our great nation was founded upon... (more)

RICHARD A. VIGUERIE — Former George W. Bush advisor Karl Rove is one of the chief spokesmen for the Washington Republican establishment. This election cycle, Rove's hobbyhorse has been to promote the "inevitability" of moderate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's nomination as the Republican candidate for President... (more)

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — The Republicans appear destined to slug it out for a few more rounds before landing on a candidate. But Republican strategists have their eyes on the target: extracting the tools of power from a man widely viewed as not just wrong-headed, but dangerous... (more)

AMY CONTRADA — "He could have stopped it, and should have stopped it," Huckabee said. CNSNews.com: Governor Romney should have stood up to the Court and said, "No"? Huckabee: He should've. (August 2008)... (more)

ROBERT SHIBLEY — Since the Supreme Court's sharply divided and startlingly wrongheaded decision two years ago in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, those concerned about religious liberty on campus have known that the fallout was on its way. At Vanderbilt University, it has arrived -- and it's as bad as anticipated... (more)

QUIN HILLYER — Missouri's "beauty contest" primary on Tuesday could be Rick Santorum's big chance. If he defeats Mitt Romney in that event, as at least one poll shows he is poised to do, the punditocracy and public alike might finally recognize the considerable upside he would offer Republicans as their presidential nominee... (more)

PUBLIC POLICY POLLING — Last night's results in Nevada were bad news for Newt Gingrich and PPP's first day of polling in Colorado and Minnesota indicates things may only get worse for him in the coming days. In Colorado Mitt Romney looks primed for another big Western win to match his one in Nevada. He leads with 40% there to 26% for Rick Santorum, 18% for Gingrich, and 12% for Ron Paul... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The Iranian government, through a website proxy, has laid out the legal and religious justification for the destruction of Israel and the slaughter of its people. The doctrine includes wiping out Israeli assets and Jewish people worldwide... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama uses his faith "as a convenience" when it serves him, while at the same time being the most anti-religion president in history, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum charged in an exclusive Newsmax interview... (more)

DAVID LIMBAUGH — In the intense heat of the present, it is easy to forget even the relatively recent past, but it seems to me that this GOP primary season is more acrimonious than the past few, probably because the stakes are so high... (more)

JIM HOFT — Last week Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan lashed out at the Obama Administration for forcing religious organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience... (more)

ASSOCIATED PRESS — Preliminary results of a poll of voters in Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses show Mitt Romney's victory flowing from his best performance yet among conservatives plus overwhelming backing from the state's Mormons... (more)

NEWSMAX — Pressure from the "liberal media" made the Susan G. Komen breast-cancer screening organization "snap like a toothpick" and reverse its decision earlier this week to halt funding of Planned Parenthood, according to conservative media watchdog Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center... (more)