When someone in America is charged with racism today, what does it mean to most Americans? It means nothing morally serious at all. More

The sinister, omnipresent moneybags of the American left, George Soros, knows that distraction and misdirection make for a good defense. More

While I am repulsed by liberal politicians pandering to the lower nature of all Americans, I find it particularly offensive the way they appeal to the lower self of blacks. More

Lack of real-world experience may actually be the primary criterion for employment in the Obama White House. More

The mother's milk of American politics may be money, but the fuel for American socialism is Keynesian economics. More

People are emotional beings, often governed more by feelings than reason. And this is never truer than with leftist people. More

As an Army veteran, a veteran police officer, and a strong conservative, I had previously researched this organization to see whether it was something that would reflect my own values and beliefs. Sadly, it was not. More

Depending on where you get your news, I was one of about 87,000 -- or a number approaching 350,000 -- on the National Mall this past Saturday. More

After insisting for a generation that Martin Luther King is a national figure who needs a national holiday and a street in every city, our liberal friends now tell us that Martin Luther King is off-limits for conservatives. More

With the rise of birthright citizenship as an issue, we've witnessed a transformation of media and left-wing gadflies from knee-jerk constitutional relativists to strict textualists. More

It's a fight for the ages, brought to you by the New York Times as it struggles to keep the nation safe for the ruling class. More

No heavy lifting for either Barack Obama or Woodrow Wilson More

It's obvious that tea partiers share an affinity for King's civil disobedience. More

The living legacy of Muslim anti-Jewish hatred and violence remains firmly rooted in mainstream, orthodox Islamic teachings, not some aberrant vision of "radical Islam." More

Barack Hussein Obama now has the United States positioned to come under international review by some of the most brutal and despotic nations in the world. More

A person does not need to be a military expert or have a Ph.D. in foreign affairs in order to understand the disastrous implications of Obama's foreign policy for America's national security. More

A week of controversy and "outreach" as seen (and overheard) by Clarice Feldman. More

It has been proposed by various groups and individuals that an organization known as "Oath Keepers" is racist, seditious, hateful, and pernicious. I'm here to tell you the real story. More

Fascism is not just national socialism as a political ideology. It also involves a mob frenzy in which cruelty is whipped up and celebrated. More

The consequences of pernicious regulations. More

Middle East Studies professors attack opponents of the Ground Zero mosque. More

If he lived in Quebec, that bastion of liberalism, Barack Obama would be officially counted by the government a Muslim. More

The pro-Palestinian propaganda machine has succeeded in stigmatizing the Israeli occupation and the settlements. Here's the truth about the legalities. More

It's clear that Europe and North America -- the interlinked West -- are reaching an ending. More

Are we remembering the same dream? More

As the electoral silly season heats up, it's always interesting to listen to Liberals/Progressives/Democrats argue with their Republican opponents about how to fix the limping economy. More

With America facing a $1.4-trillion deficit, ideological opponents of a strong defense -- liberals and libertarians alike -- have called on the Congress to severely reduce the defense budget. More

Facing down boycott threats from the Soros-funded left. More

The U.S. elite's fetish for "engagement" with Fidel Castro began before he was even in "office." More

Consumers are spending less. Small retailers are closing shop -- even cable television subscriptions are seeing a loss in revenue. More

President Obama, if nothing else, is a prolific discoverer of crises. But he is adamant that the word does not apply to Social Security. More

A pattern of political and moral support for Islam. More

In President Obama's push to legislate acceptance of homosexuals and bisexuals in the military, much more is at stake than unit cohesion and troop levels. More

I wrote here that people in Congress and the White House were magical thinkers. Readers commented that I was wrong. Washington is just plain venal. More

Freedom wanes in the mother of democracies. More

Shopping can be more than the acquisition of goods. More

Everything about Obama, regardless of his "tough" Chicago activist background, suggests a man not taken seriously by foreign dictators. More

Could it be that growing uncertainty about President Obama's present religious affiliation is connected with his religious history from childhood, just as there was always lively interest in Disraeli's Jewish childhood? More

Many passionately believe the argument that the United States is mistreating Muslims. Nonsense! More

Vladimir Lenin had a much simpler time of it. American leftists are far more civilized. More

Being a Democratic leader of the United States Congress may be hazardous to your political survival. More

Again there is talk of a two-state solution. It cannot work. More

Do credit card reward systems subsidize the rich at the expense of the poor? The Boston Federal Reserve claims that credit card payments are a form of regressive wealth transfer More

I've been truth-checked. The St. Petersburg Times fact-checked my piece on the cost of the Iraq War. More

Our relationship has certainly had its ups and downs, but if you are willing to give it one more try, I guess I am, too. More

In the next few years, one of two doors will open in America. More

In an extraordinary political year, Republicans are finally grabbing the lead in advertising creativity and appeal, while Democrats are stumbling. Enjoy the videos! More

Today's public employee is definitely not your dad's civil servant. More

Never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. More

Obama's favorite metaphor fails to properly identify the real drivers: Reid & Pelosi. More

The tangled web woven by George Soros served as a safety net for Barack Obama when he needed rescue from the exposure of Jeremiah Wright as an America-hating radical. More

If we follow the suggestions of the radical environmentalists, human beings will be sacrificed on the altar of "sustainability." More

We've come a long way, baby. And not in a good way. More

The Department of Defense's recommendations from an independent review of the Fort Hood massacre assiduously avoid the central issue. More

In the spirit of Obama the Apologist, I have to tell you how sorry I am. Just like Obama, I get to pin my apology on other people. More

Al-Qaeda and the Islamists may be the focus of current national security efforts, but other scary threats are multiplying. More

While campaigning, President Obama took the opportunity to lambaste Republicans as obstructionists and the Party of No. Let's hope he keeps it up. More

Rauf has largely escaped attention for his efforts to build a sawed-off version of the Ground Zero mosque on the grounds of the venerable and historically Christian Chautauqua Institution in western New York State. More

If we take him at his word, that his intention is to build bridges, not to aggravate tensions, then his rise to prominence illustrates the Peter Principle. More

Let me count the reasons. More

Herbert Hoover's fall from grace with the public could be instructive for Barack Obama if Obama had the humility to pay attention. More

I am a black American who wishes to thank brother Beck for honoring Dr. King in such a powerful way. More

"Massachusetts Republican" -- once an oxymoron, now a cliché? More

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has changed his mind about Fannie and Freddie. More

Conquest and mosque construction go hand in hand. More

Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich reveals the limitations of progressive thinking on the economy. More

Paul Krugman's New York Times column for August 23 on extending the Bush tax cuts is not merely misleading; it is an outright and deliberate fabrication. More

Obama's treatment of Israel is only part of a bigger picture in the political realignment of of American Jews. More

In reality, calling Obama a "Muslim" gives him too much credit. More

Being President of the United States is not an episode of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." More

It's widely acknowledged that in 2010, the Democrats are on the ropes. But just about the same could be said for the Republicans. More

Obama may be the only president since Woodrow Wilson to believe that tax increases spur economic growth. More

The articles which accompany Gallup's polls lately seem calculated to hide the real story. More

The week began for Obama with him basking in the love of his invited guests at a White House Iftar dinner and ended with his party in disarray. More

Memo to the ruling-class media: We are not ignorant or stupid. We've not forgotten Jeremiah Wright. It's not that we don't "know" what faith Obama subscribes to -- it's more that we don't believe him. Or you. More

Obama's political résumé is that of any office but the one he is in. Now, as he approaches the half-century mark, this restlessness may be catching up with him. More

What did the Iraq War cost? More

Lloyd Marcus finds out who's been naughty and nice when he visits the North Pole. More

These are not ordinary times. The large question going forward is what kind of America we will have. More

The heart of evangelical atheism is cowardice. What many cannot say is what they truly believe. More

There's no fool like an educated fool. More

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is a national embarrassment with a long train of gaffes and abuses. It can give you angina to bear in mind that she's two heartbeats from the presidency. More

As a kid, I thought listening to my father was like being lectured by a See n' Say -- pull Dad's string and get some predictable, pre-recorded message. More

Why, exactly, is it that "we can't get no satisfaction"? More

Ida May Fuller has the distinction of being the first person to receive monthly benefit checks from the Social Security trust fund. Her story tells us what went wrong. More

Human nature has been well-understood (and misunderstood) since ancient days. More

The fact is that Obama's economic policies have always been laughable. More

A very real clear and present danger to America and our Pacific Rim allies has its roots in the state-of-the-art military technology stolen by China in the late 20th century. More

As many as 10,000 elk that freely roam in Eastern Kentucky today, though greenies rarely celebrate the fact. More

Your well-being will depend on who determines your state of health. More

Meg Whitman would like to build a new California. Not me. More

For the past several months, the NEA website has recommended that its members read books by communist sympathizer Saul Alinsky. More

The Jurassic media's panicked reaction to polling data indicating millions believe Obama to be a Muslim can be characterized only as hilariously Seinfeld-esque More

Google watches us, but who will watch the watcher? More

The indicators of a political tsunami seem to grow bigger and more persistent each day. More

Liberalism has no limiting principle. More

Institutionalizing contempt. More

Only by a reduction in government interference and an emphasis on massive wealth creation can the country be saved from its headlong dash toward fiscal disaster and the end of the United States as a global superpower. More

There comes a moment in a failing presidency where the incumbent, through some single gesture, action, or statement, crosses a certain line from beyond which there is no return. More

This is not your father's America, nor is it your father's Republican Party. More

I was stunned a few weeks ago when a black professional colleague told me there were all-black cruises that featured speakers such as Louis Farrakhan. More

One of the unspoken truths of the political and ideological wars which rage around us is the civility gap between the left and conservatives. More

The recently passed child school nutrition legislation is exemplary of the administration's deficiency in basic knowledge and its willingness to elevate politics and ideology over scientific fact. More

The civilization of Sharia is not just different from civilization -- it contradicts our civilization. More

Mindless sycophancy of Obama groupies aside, what gives his admirers the reason to believe in the incomparable intellectual faculties of their idol? More

Dragooning more people into college won't give us a better workforce or better jobs. More

One hears a lot about shared sacrifice nowadays. But the government is the last to share. More

History is a great teacher. Ancient regimes' concept of divine right of kings seems pertinent to today. More

A buyout that looks like a sellout. More

President Obama's Friday night declaration of support for the Ground Zero Mosque was a giant middle finger aimed at New Yorkers and America. More

That the world economy is in turmoil is quite obvious. But it is less obvious what the problem is and where it will lead. More

Obama said, "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." So how''s it working out? More

All the energy devoted to this issue of the Ground Zero Mosque is distracting us from the far more serious problem of Iran's nuclear weapons program. More

The IMF imposes "austerity programs" on virtually bankrupt third-world governments in need of a bailout. What awaits the virtually bankrupt American government? More

The United Realms of America, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, proclaim their religious convictions through their White Christian Church. Would it be welcome at Ground Zero too? More

As the liberal establishment is trying to understand the Tea Party movement, dangers lies ahead. More

Dan Rostenkowski, who died last week, was one of the last of the honest scoundrels. More

July's numbers were worse than expected, and June's numbers were revised downward. Even the past surprises Obama's economists. More

We can't afford to keep stimulating the economy without fixing the trade deficit. More

Government's "ultimate cash cow" is a big spender's dream. More

The "Me Generation" was cute until it got in charge. More

Nothing is more like the fascist Axis of the 1930s than Islamist expansionism today. More

This was a week with a focus on congressional corruption, real and imagined. More

A debate in which the stakes could not be higher. More

Rifqa Bary, the teenage girl who fled to Florida from her Ohio home after her Muslim parents discovered her conversion to Christianity, has just turned eighteen. Her life is now hers, but her problems are just beginning. More

I believe that our public education system will not be repaired until teachers speak truthfully and publicly about their own classrooms. More

Health care as a right leads to government rationing of health care. More

Recently, liberalism's been characterized as a mental disorder. While that assessment makes entertaining rhetoric, it misses the mark. More

The cultural divide separating the West from the Orient can best be described by the differences one finds in the games of chess and backgammon. More

Rooted in human nature. More

"Torrid" is the word the nearly 60-year-old congressman used to describe his extended adulterous relationship with a married staffer that destroyed his political career. More

The gods of geopolitics have once again forsaken Lebanon. Along with the Lebanese people, the big losers are America and Israel. More

These are tough times for our friends in the Left. More

How much better or worse off would the nation be at this point if America had its first woman president instead of its first black president? More

It is not just premature to predict victory in November; it is dumb. More

Priorities and the people. More

Why America is losing the "War on Terror." More

The ruling that overturned California's Proposition 8 last week is a significant step in America's descent into secularism. More

Birthright citizenship is a far more complex topic than those on the left wish to acknowledge. More

We have let our guard down one too many times with regard to our constitutional responsibilities, rights, and liberties. More

Slightly more absurd than any other political argument today is the concerted defense of a proposed mosque at Ground Zero. More

The United States' economic decline precariously resembles Argentina's recent economic collapse. More

Without question, America has zero tolerance for "white racism," while "black racism" is given a pass. More

The Ground Zero Mosque promoter has an English face and an Arabic face. More

As the nation gears up for another election cycle, some gay conservatives are wondering about their role in the body politic. More

The accelerating pace of America's deconstitutionalization is no coincidence. More

A brief and obvious piece of legislation that all should support. More

If the GOP wins big in November and then retreats into a "moderate" stance, there is big trouble ahead. More

Liberals are not insane, as many conservatives believe. Here is a brief summary of why most liberals are liberal and what we can do to help. More

Conservatives, above all else, do not want to elect as president in 2012 some politician who tells them what they want to hear to win office and then morphs into a big-government moderate. More

Summer time, and the living is easy -- that is, if you are one of the 22.77 million people employed by the government. More

Judge Vaughn Walker's legal ruling striking down California's Proposition 8 flies in only a certain cultural milieu -- a milieu that, in part, has been shaped by conservatives. More

What you see in the Ground Zero Mosque depends on what's on your mind. More

A local story in Cambridge, Massachusetts illustrates the sense of entitlement that government officials have adopted under the Obama administration. More

The Livable Communities Act is a social engineering hammer in the progressive toolbox, changing where we live and work and how we travel, like it or not. More

The shocking background of the author of the most widely assigned history book in American higher education. More

JournoList and its implications. More

What America needs to do is implement both a counter-terrorism (CT) and counter-insurgency (CS) policy. More

Joe Biden's demonization of anabolic steroids (AS) has made a valuable medication for preventive care into a pariah. More

WikiLeaks has created a new level of crime that will negatively impact the entire world for a long time to come. More

It seems that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg invokes certain freedoms only when they serve his 2012 agenda -- and freedom of speech is not high on his list. More

Last week, when Judge Walker's decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger came out, I felt a dreadful fear. More

It horrifies the left to say so, but this is indisputable. More

The economic condition of the country continues to decline toward its rendezvous with an as yet unknowable catastrophe. More

The grievance industry is up in arms. More

Based on the people's primal right to self-defense, the Obama administration's lawsuit against Arizona is a declaration of moral abandonment. More

Those of us who thought the "Michelle tours Marbella" saga ended after the First Lady dined on char-grilled turbot with the King and Queen of Spain and returned to Washington, D.C. were mistaken. More

A missed opportunity for a teachable moment. More

Senator Harry Reid can't play the race card in his race against Sharron Angle. He wouldn't dare play the gender card. So he's playing the only face card he holds -- the religion card. More

The official sanction of "mercy death" for America's seniors as a means of reducing federal medical outlays, as found in the ObamaCare legislation. More

Barack Obama's affinity for pop culture is emblematic of his administration's greater disconnect on programs, policy, and ideology from the mainstream of American society. More

As Congress wakes up to Turkey's terrorist alliances, Britain's new Prime Minister made a fool of himself in Ankara. More

The no-good, horrible, terrible week for the credentialed morons. More

Laying the foundations for the federal power-grab. More

What a wonderful notion: federal regulators, by simple rule-making fiat, saving us from the natural world. More

What's the point? More

The border skirmish between Lebanon and Israel is at heart a strategic power play whose target is not even Israel. More

When scientists play politics with science, society, and science both suffer, sometimes with life-threatening implications. More

The spread of sharia law to the entire world is part of jihad. In Canada and Britain, jihad is advancing. More

My alienation from Islam started as far back as I could discern things. More

Dr. Roy Spencer delivers the fatal blow. More

Many conservatives are chomping at the bit for the November elections. My fear is that the November elections aren't going to change anything going on in Washington. More

The pieces of the "benign dictatorship" of Obama have been set into place. More

NOW and its feminist allies need to explain their deafening silence. More

Subject to reinterpretation. More

Shipping money overseas does not stimulate domestic economic growth. More

Representatives of the American government yesterday attended, for the first time, the Hiroshima Ceremony, which this year marked the 65th anniversary of the use of fission weapons on Japanese cities. More

The Narrative pushed by the leftist establishment puts Tea Partiers in a no-win situation. More

Sixty-five years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we still have not arrived at a true measure of the atomic weapon. More

The politics of many liberals is motivated by a lack of self-love and self-esteem. More

Nothing can save our financial system in the long run. More

Federalism is on the verge of some very interesting times. More

They call this "progressive"? More

Ever wonder what the combination of ObamaCare, affirmative action, and the Postal Service would look like? More

The man who pointed the way for the Ruling Class takeover. More

The revolt of the states is real and growing, much of it below the media radar. More

The U.S. Senate's proposed Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) would force electric utilities to generate a large and increasing percentage of their power from wind and solar. More

Since sometime in the 1960s, American educators have been enrolled in the Education Gimmick of the Year Club. More

I am a conservative and a public school teacher. There are a few of us. More

There is a better way. More

The publication of JournoList discussions has opened a door into the private world of the left, revealing important insight into how their minds work. More

The number of Americans who embrace the stupendous folly, the conspicuous malice, the selfish childishness, the sneering mendacity which struts around us wearing the label of "liberal" or "progressive" is even smaller than we have suspected. More

The EPA is on the verge of declaring that naturally occurring dust is a pollutant. More

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will change the face of American medicine based on a big lie about preventive care. More

No matter what U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled in United States vs. Arizona, the Democrats could not have won. More

A marvelous thing happened over on Paul Krugman's blog at the New York Times last week. More

Even the Boston Globe is muttering about Marie Antoinette. More

Why they hate. More

The only questions are how much and when. More

Public Service Announcements are messages for the common good...at least in theory. More

America's best-known apologist for Saudi Wahhabism and his spurious arguments for the Ground Zero mosque. More

The latest Senate energy bill looks like sweet compromise on radical measures like cap and trade, but buried within is a bitter poison pill. More

Subtle changes are entering politics. Predictions of doom are premature. More

Shirley Sherrod ironically may help usher in a long-overdue post-racial era in America. More

A few years ago, Colin Powell warned George W. Bush of the Pottery Barn Rule: "You break it, you own it." More

The border situation, at its core, is not an economic issue, a cultural issue, or a racial issue. It is a national security issue. More

In addition to the grave medical concerns pertaining to the appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is another issue that speaks to his political perspectives. More

Sold to America as a racial healer, Barack Obama is widening the racial rift in America. More

Forced to choose between unfavorable alternatives. More

What really seems to have motivated Judge Bolton was cowardice. More

A brave soul speaking truth to power in Russia was just arrested for blowing the lid off corruption there. But President Obama is not lifting a finger to help democracy and liberty take root in Russian soil. More

Where is Barack Obama's heart? More

Socialism has failed in its pure form wherever it has been tried. More

Europe, the birthplace of socialist/Marxist theory, is rapidly retreating from this failed ideology. Not so for Obama's America. More

A little perspective on the obesity crisis, please. More

Certain ideas get so firmly fixed in some folks' brains that no amount of evidence can dislodge them. More

The New Regime is dead serious. More

In 1979, Jimmy Carter created the greatest Islamic terrorist nation on the face of the earth and spurred the rise of Islamofascism elsewhere. More

Pulling for Newton and Einstein. More