I don't believe that the president is incompetent. And I don't believe he has reneged on his promise of bringing us together. To me, everything about President Obama makes sense. More

President Obama has been tip-toeing away from the Iranian nuclear end-run for three years, playing chicken with Israel on a second Holocaust. That is grossly irresponsible, but it is about to come to an end. More

There are many things obvious to ordinary Americans that cannot be mentioned publicly in the polite political company of the Republican and Democratic establishments or among their press agents in the mainstream media, who obligingly pirouette around the truth. More

There has been much unnecessary concern about Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz. More

So what, then, prompts this dedicate "also ran" to stay the course? Why is Ron Paul still standing? Better yet, what makes the good doctor run? More

In the hurley-burly of the GOP's ongoing primary scramble, it is easy to overlook what a wonderful thing it is to see a major American political party in the midst of rediscovering who it is. More

Hanlon's Razor states that one should "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." It's a fitting adage for Barack Obama. More

Last week a sitting president ignored a subpoena to a historic court hearing that discussed his eligibility to run for a second term. Isn't there a headline in there somewhere? More

A legal fiasco and nightmare for brave Marines who did nothing wrong ended with a whimper, not a bang last week. It reveals deep problems in the way we fight our wars. More

Sarah Palin seems to be setting Tea Party conservative against Republican Party conservative; many of us are both. In this fight, we have no choice but to work together. More

The Republican Party has a tenuous hold on the conservative movement in America. More

A lawsuit is challenging New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority's restriction of free speech and sanctioning of Jew-hatred in the city's subways. More

New and heretofore undreamed-of ways to be a racist. More

The guy who apologized for criticizing Paul Ryan's entitlement reform plan as right-wing social engineering is now heavily supporting Medicare in the Sunshine State, which is home to many seniors. More

This year's World Economic Forum, which meets at Davos, Switzerland each year, adjourned with calls for more "social responsibility" and less pure capitalism. Sessions included "remodeling capitalism," "fixing capitalism," and the virtues of the "Chinese model." More

For months now we've been watching a series of kick lines fatuously called debates. More

Eric Holder has had his own agenda, supported by the Obama Administration. As chief law enforcement officer many of his decisions have not been in the best interest of this country. More

It is high time we pointed a spotlight on the real provocateurs and propagandists in this country. More

The real story behind the monumental land reforms which transformed the communist dystopia of China into a productive powerhouse has been revealed. More

There was a time when the lands now known as Israel (including Judea and Samaria and Gaza) and Jordan were called "Palestine." More

The narrative of victimhood uses myths and symbols as well as a controversial interpretation of events and actions. It may be emotionally effective, but it won't accomplish anything for those who support "the oppressed." More

Liberals have an unconventional cure for covetousness: when there is no objective standard of property, there is no true covetousness at all. More

How a tragedy has become a trend. More

The only question is how deep does the rot go at Reuters? More

The statement being sent to the GOP elite isn't about Newt, and it goes beyond even Romney. It is about a deep dissatisfaction that has been building for years within the Republican rank and file. More

One hand washes the other. More

On January 25th of this year President Obama showed just how unpresidential he is with the confrontation of Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ). More

President Obama is once again placing Russian interests before American ones in the hopes of scoring cheap election-year PR. More

In order to snag a candidate who can explain the conservative platform, many Republicans seem willing to overlook Newt Gingrich's tawdry adulterous past as well as his loose grasp on the truth, which seems to loosen more by the day. More

Buffett's assertions about tax fairness are a gross and deliberate misrepresentation of the facts and simply cannot go unchallenged. More

When it comes to spending, there is one place in particular where the Democrats and the Beatles can find common ground. More

Conservatives must not simply surrender the Democratic Party to the left. More

"Fair" is one of those warm, fuzzy words that allows the listener to define it to his own personal taste -- and the definition changes from one specific case to another. More

If there is one lesson I learned from the debates over how to stop the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico during the BP oil spill, it is how strongly committed the Obama administration is to the "Precautionary Principle." More

It might not seem sympathetic, but Republicans should have good reason to oppose this extension of the recently agreed-upon 2% payroll tax holiday. More

Two reports from yesterday's hearing in Georgia over Obama's eligibility for the presidential ballot. More

Today, American Idol appears to be the litmus test for electing a president. Is someone cool, hip, and exciting? Is he/she good-looking? On that basis Obama is eminently qualified. More

Something that has bugged me for years is the way '60s-generation movie and TV producers think it is "far out" (cool) for kids to speak disrespectfully to their parents. More

If I ever needed reminding that the words "compassion" and "government" should never appear in the same sentence, this was it. I could not let Fido drown. More

Where and how the United States and Israel differ in their analysis of the problem posed by Iran's nuclear activity. More

Environmental planners just exchanged brown paint with red paint -- all the while keeping the interior green. Nazi spatial planners played an early critical role in the development of the EU's sustainable development policies. More

Do you pay your phone bill? I do. Should you also pay for those who do not wish to? You already do. More

When I hear others say "fair share," I know what is coming -- a diatribe against the wealthy followed by recommendations to more heavily tax "millionaires and billionaires." More

"Politics" isn't just about choosing one candidate or another, or even about choosing one party or another. Politics is the relationship between the individual and the State. More

The already unfavorable media environment for conservatives may look like the good old days all too soon. More

When the left gets this loud, this angry and hateful, this emotional, and this certain, it is because the left is running scared. More

The left's logical case for abortion rights had officially collapsed. We can thank CNN's Piers Morgan for administering last rites. More

He is all cattle and no hat, a man who is meek in the actual biblical sense of the word -- those who walked boldly but quietly with confidence and conviction, tight with God and firm in belief. More

It's now apparent that the siren song of Socialism contains the seeds of destruction that threaten the very foundations of civilization. More

Why does Mitt Romney have such a hard time connecting with voters? More

I've got a pretty strong stomach - but last night's festivities were truly something else. More

Newt resembles a former president, alright, but it is not Reagan. Newt Gingrich seems to be a 21st Century return of President Andrew Jackson. More

When you compare the substance of the so-called rowdy mob debates in South Carolina with the serious Brian Williams exercise in Florida, there is simply no contest. More

There is a move afoot to cronyize colleges -- that is, reward the key segments of the college industry that vote and contribute money the "right" way, and punish those whom the cronies of the administration in power wish to punish -- most especially, for-profit colleges. More

While pundits at opposite ends of the political spectrum seldom agree, many seem to have reached accord over recent Obama administration deviations from constitutional principles. More

President Barack Obama, a lifelong champion of abortion, is hell-bent on forcing religious institutions to pay for birth control and abortion drugs coverage for their employees. More

The elites believe we'll never vote for Newt Gingrich because he's an old, fat guy. They know that Americans always vote for the guy who looks "presidential." More

"Being an American is not a matter of blood or birth," Obama explained in a 2010 speech on immigration reform. "It's a matter of faith. It's a matter of fidelity to the shared values that we all hold so dear." More

If you thought that aggravating race- and wealth-based divisions was as low as the Obama machine could get, just wait for the religious bigotry that will be unleashed on Mitt Romney if he obtains the GOP nomination. More

Is shamelessness the #1 skill you need to be a successful elected politician? For decades the Democrats have been the naughty party and Republicans the uptight party. What if the parties are changing their positions? More

Should marital fidelity matter in a political candidate? And yes, I am talking about Newt Gingrich. More

It is not about sex at all, and it is not about adultery. It is about cheating. It is about lying. It is about integrity. More

Much has been made of the firms that get government capital having made contributions to the Obama campaign. That misses the point. Obama is motivated not just by kickbacks. More

Before our very eyes, a generation of Americans is losing faith in the American dream and adopting attitudes and behaviors that emphasize living for the day, not planning to take care of their own futures. More

Ominously, the percentage of takers, those who collect benefits and pay no federal income tax, now sits at 49%. Anything beyond that and the country is lost forever. More

In what promises to be an enormous document dump, I have received the first in a series of DOJ bundles in response to my FOIA request filed close to a year ago. More

For the past forty years the mainstream media has become increasingly liberal and more overt in promoting the policies of the Democratic Party. This evolutionary process reached its zenith in 2008 More

Newt Gingrich can beat Obama and add more Republicans to elective office. More importantly, however, he can actually defeat leftism in America. More

Liberalism is dead. The radical left has killed it. Then the left stole its good name. More

Hard to believe that the old white establishment politician may be just what the doctor ordered for Republicans in unseating Obama in the next election. More

What Mr. Obama and the left are engaged in is an ongoing war of aggression against the nation's Heartland and traditional America everywhere. Underlying the Keystone decision is politics and power. More

The story is shocking enough, even without bringing race into it: a thirteen-year-old girl was beaten unconscious and reportedly went into a seizure after being attacked on the school bus by a group of fellow students. More

After years of puzzlement and curiosity observing modern day Democrats, I think I have finally figured them out. More

Isaac Newton's Third Law is familiar to most of us. Simply put: " To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." This week Newt Gingrich showed that the laws of motion are equally applicable to media manipulation More

The roar is passion. The roar is intensity. The roar is pent up frustration. The roar, put another way, is the national mood of conservatives. More

Newt wants conservatives to honor marriage vows with him, while he is free to carry on multiple love affairs with liberal progressives and Democrats. More

Here's a question: how can we expect to have small government if we condemn Congress for not growing it? More

Jordan, as the homeland of Palestinians, and with the Hashemites as the Palestinians' protector, could lead the Middle East out of its most intractable problem. More

Math is hard and Al Gore flunks. More

It is saddening that leaders of mainstream churches, unlike most Evangelicals, have expressed such little concern about the fate of Christians and Jews alike in the Middle East. More

The dark side of America's favorite film fairy tale. More

The "insanity" of Obama's Keystone XL pipeline decision is only the latest of the administration's actions to block American fossil fuel production to attract notice. More

Even though it is convenient to call brutal Islamic regimes like Iran Islamofascist, the brutality of these regimes emanates not from fascism -- but from Islam. More

Scenario: The girl decides she is going to have sex with her male friend, taking their casual friendship into what she believes will be a romantic involvement. More

Is Romney a flip-flopper? It's a valid charge, although I disagree with the tone of the expression. I prefer to call it open-minded and flexible. More

The man who ran on his ability to heal the nation's wounds has instead used class warfare to further his aim of replacing capitalism with socialism.... More

Many people equate wealth with money, but this is often a mistake. So let's talk about wealth, rather than money. More

Ron Paul does not have the smile of Obama, the folksy likability of Romney or the carving wit of Gingrich. In fact, Ron Paul looks (and sounds) nothing like a Washington elitist. More

Regardless of what is happening here at home, one of the most important responsibilities of a president, and one that often defines his character, is how he deals with issues abroad. More

How could I, outspoken defender of monogamy and premarital chastity, so compromise my own principles to vote for a man who has trashed his own wedding vows and, if he wins the presidency, would ensconce his former mistress as first lady? More

Oprah Winfrey may have provided the tipping point, turning America's obesity problem from a contagion to an epidemic. More

No news outlet I know of has presented the background that explains why the U.S. has a military presence in key areas around the world. Since no one else will, let's review the situation. More

AT spoke to Lt. Col. Alex Jefferson, a Tuskegee pilot, about Red Tails, the new George Lucas-produced movie about America's all black fighter 332nd Fighter Group. More

But wait, the night is young. More

Blind indifference to Americans who must daily endure the disturbing, debilitating, and devastating effects of illegal immigration to which the elites are themselves immune. More

Local government planning should, first of all, protect the private property rights of its citizens. But no such rules exist when it comes to social engineering. More

Having been featured in three war films, Christian Bale is once again off to do battle. More

Can you name a Democratic Party member who exhibits the following characteristics? More

Henry David Thoreau wrote that "[a]ll perception of truth is the detection of an analogy." Let's use analogies to comprehend the seemingly incomprehensible: healthcare in the U.S. More

Does anyone think the same rules would apply to a debate with Obama? More

Has the media double standard ever been more acute? More

I don't know any conservatives who think they are saints. Funny thing -- I know lots of liberals who just know with absolute certainty that they are holier than thou. More

Sparked by the nation's so-called war on terrorism, the government has been charging full-throttle into another war -- a war on liberty. More

We could be witnesses to the death of venture capitalism and its replacement by crony capitalism. More

While the fear of the Islamists hijacking Arab revolutions is a valid one, it is likely that Jordan is different, as the Muslim Brotherhood there is the regime's ally. More

Long ago, feminists launched an attack on the concept of manliness, and you can see the fruits of their campaign in the Costa Concordia. More

How the marriage between progressives and the media first reshaped our Republic a century ago. More

So CNN's executives have let it slip. Why is this so hard to figure out? More

One factor that's gone unmentioned as regards Mitt Romney's primary campaign is his status as the sole candidate who displays any grasp of electoral strategy. More

All this talk about a post-racial society, which sounds like it came out of a marketing strategy meeting, is designed simply to accuse all who are against Obama's re-election of being non-post-racial. In other words, racist. More

Last week, Americans learned that they are, or soon may be, at war with Vladimir Putin's Russia. That is, unless they do just exactly what the Kremlin asks, which is pretty simple, consisting largely of reelecting Barack Obama. More

The truest sign of whether the Tea Party movement is having success is not to gauge whom the Republicans nominate as much as it is to evaluate the ground upon which the debate for that nomination is being fought. More

Here in the USA, supposedly an enlightened country, a couple appears intent on doing by chemical means what a knife would otherwise achieve. More

Veteran Massachusetts congressman faces challenger willing to make global warming a campaign issue. More

You simply can't properly evaluate what will happen this November without first understanding them. More

So it's not exactly "the 3 am phone call" from the 2008 race. No, it's scarier than that. It's the "10 pm question." And you can bet your bottom dollar it's coming to a general election debate near you. More

Newt Gingrich identified the very core of conservatism with his remarks in the first South Carolina presidential debate. His vision of conservatism is the one that most Republicans don't understand and most Democrats don't want you to know. More

The latest "victim" of the left is Jeremiah Wright, according to David Axelrod, chief political strategist for Obama's re-election campaign. More

One of the simplest rhetorical truths is that the side that defines the vocabulary of a debate wins the debate. More

Is it any surprise that the mainstream media is ignoring the many recent reports that confirm the vast qualitative divide between public and charter schools? More

Why Congressman Allen West and presidential candidate Rick Perry are wrong about the videos of Marines allegedly urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban. More

Today, we stand on the cusp of history. Will we be governed or ruled? More

If ever a candidate mirrored the mindset and approach of George H.W. Bush, it is Mitt Romney. This is the last hurrah of the Republican establishment. More

Romney Denialists are grassroots Republicans who so virulently oppose Mitt Romney that they are in total denial that Romney is, in fact, the overwhelming choice of the Republican grassroots. More

Genius at work somewhere deep in the brains of the Romney campaign. More

The key to Paul's current success in his third run for the presidential nomination is his political branding. Paul has become the savviest pitchman in the narrowing Republican primary field. More

Sen. Harry Reid urged Republican lawmakers to abandon their partisanship and join him in passing everything Democrats could dream of. More

Arguably, al-Qaeda is now nothing more than a label placed on various and sundry Sunni Islamic terrorist groups. More

President Obama has mocked Martin Luther King by policies and actions that judge people by the color of their skin and not by the content of their character. More

When Michelle Obama chose the Black Supremacist, radical, separationist, and anti-Semitic ideas of Stokely Carmichael to shore up her Princeton thesis, the writing was on the wall. More

Iran could be in the catbird seat while Western navies, including the U.S. Navy, are at a considerable disadvantage even with aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines. More

Pretty soon, the right to cast a meaningful vote might be just a memory. More

The real property of the landlord class is being liquidated, slowly but steadily, in one odd corner of America, with the nation as a whole blissfully unaware of the slow-motion seizure underway. More

When I came across the line that "Utopia misapprehends man's nature," I had to stop reading and make a note to self. I do this with any brilliantly succinct and accurate notion. More

He's the double-cheese pizza of the GOP field. More

Think the Democratic Party runs the only plantation in American politics? Think again. More

Quentin Crisp's take on fashion and fashionistas comes to mind whenever I read Style section writers like Robin Givhan ogling the First Lady's clothing choices: "Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are." More

Once there was a tribe of wild pigs who lived in a remote area of the woods. More

Obama's accommodation strategy for the Islamic world is looking more and more like appeasement. More

It's happening, forced on the world by elites, aimed at ushering in a communal utopia. More

This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Children's Crusade. There are some intriguing parallels, and contrasts with OWS as it sputters into the new year. More

An outrageous curriculum is indoctrinating public school children with lies about Islam, courtesy of Harvard. What happened when one outraged parent complained. More

The West is finally realizing that their differences with the Islamic Republic are irreconcilable. More

Sophisticated weaponry and strategy help keep Israel off the list of extinct nations. More

Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son opens up on the man his father was and the tough decisions he had to make. More

It is Moscow that plays the main role, along with Iran, in the survival of the Baathist regime. More

The Iranians may well believe that their long-term goal of regional hegemony depends on saving face, and if so, they're probably right. More

To this point, no protest has been registered by any activist concerning the invitation to the French-Vietnamese lawyer Jacques Vergès to take part in a debate on international justice. More

While America and Rome both exerted the power of empire, the former in but a short while has already found herself tottering on the brink of bankruptcy. More

It's time for Americans to understand that President Obama's foreign policy has been an utter failure. More

Unintentionally and, I believe, unknown to him, Tebow appears to be leading a movement toward a miracle cure for America's ills. More

Now that the 2008 idea to "make history by voting for the first African-American president" is yesterday's news, what will be done to spice up the current election season? Perhaps a woman as the Democratic running mate? More

The Washington, D.C. school system is failing to hold higher-ups accountable for their 2008-2010 test cheating scandal and keeping the public in the dark. More

Former Sen. Rick Santorum is taking a lot of heat in his presidential campaign for backing the RINO Specter over true-blue conservative Pat Toomey in 2004. More

This year, on November 6, will we be voting for a chief executive, or will we, in fact, be voting for an entire administration? More

Hollywood may appear to be America's main manufacturer of cultural influence, but all too often, some starlet will come forward and remind us how out of touch Tinseltown is with mainstream America. Take Maggie Gyllenhaal. More

The Republican primary election cycle seems to have broken down into all-out war. It's time for South Carolina to talk sense. More

A terrific 2010 movie that examines the heartbreak caused by corporate downsizing has come to cable TV. More

Despite the physical and mental differences, they are all connected by one common thread -- they are all morally and ethically challenged. And they all gravitate toward Washington, D.C. More

The senator should have skipped his (fallacious) diatribe against Romney about "middle class" and instead amplified in moral terms a view he seems to hold about America being a classless society. More

California's share of top-earners has dwindled even as their numbers climbed nationally More

We are seeing the most engaging Republican race in my memory, likely ever. Republican candidates have rarely embraced such strong conservative positions as they are doing this year almost uniformly More

Vultures are unsightly scavenger birds but they form a vital role in the eco-system just as "vulture capitalists" form a vital role in the free market economic system. Both consume the dead or dying for personal gain. More

One does not have to take a leap of faith to believe Mrs. Obama to be an "angry black woman." It is nothing more than a logical conclusion given the evidence she has provided. More

It is almost every day now. Jihadi attacks in America. This past week there were three attempted jihad attacks. And the media yawn. More

Voters who take the importance of candidates' principles and character very seriously still matter in the race for the GOP nomination. More

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman remains oblivious to the debt disaster that looms for the American economy. More

Shortages, pricing screw-ups, unwanted products, unintended adverse consequences, and micromanagement of citizens' private lives used to be confined to the old communist bloc. No longer. More

One of Obama's greatest strengths, according to the mainstream media and establishment pundits, is his national security and defense record. Maybe they're talking about a different Obama. More

To defeat that disaster named Barack Obama, the presidential sweepstakes needs to be exclusively about the current occupant of the nation's executive mansion. More

The target market for sports television programming often includes the same young men and women who attend American colleges and universities, and the Tebow phenomenon has captivated them. More

A record of sound or even brilliant business leadership is a lousy predictor of eventual political success in either gaining the presidency or governing successfully after winning it. More

Throughout the primary election season there's been a group unfairly villainized by the rest of the Republicans...and I'm not talking about the establishment folks. More

Now that Ron Paul has achieved electoral respectability in the Republican primaries, the media is in high dudgeon over his extremism. Elsewhere, though, the same media is noticeably silent. More

The current GOP hopefuls are the best group of presidential contenders we've had in a very long time. Yes, you read that right. More

Indiana is considering becoming a Right to Work state, which would make it the first state since Oklahoma in 2001 to end coerced unionism. This is a good start. More

The American people in general, and the Republican rank and file in particular, are fed up, angry, worried, and supremely frustrated. The GOP should take note. More

Greek columns and Teleprompters have schooled us on how to discern the sincere from the bogus, and with Barack Obama as the measure, Tim Tebow's gold stands in contrast to Obama's dross. More

Ron Paul supporters are vilified almost as much as the man himself. More

What a shock it was to find out that self-righteous so-con stalwarts like Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry are actually socially conservative socialist/crony capitalists. More

Yes, it's fabulous that employment is finally turning upward, but the labor force isn't expanding as it should in a healthy recovery. More

To say the moment was ripe for any earnest conservative who wanted to capture the Republican nomination for president would be an understatement. More

Flying to and from Europe just became more expensive thanks to the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). More

The mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, John DeStefano, a Democrat, wants to let non-citizens vote in city elections. More

There's a lot I like about Ron Paul. But his Iran policy is dead wrong. More

We're looking for someone who practices what he preaches. More

The Marxist erosion of our freedoms must stop. John Stuart Mill would be a good place to start. More

In 2010, Obama stated that Afghanistan is "not another Vietnam." But that's not the correct analogy at all. More

Barack Obama is taking a bigger risk than he realizes. More

A political turf war in Chicago, pitting the old Machine against Mayor Rahm Emanuel's new regime, is underway. More

One tough cookie. More

Writing back in 2007, Naomi Wolfe catalogued the steps to creating a dictatorship (which she sought to apply to George W. Bush). Interestingly enough, they apply far more to the man who replaced him. More

The problem with political campaigns in general is that candidates intentionally run on platitudes, all the while providing very few specifics. Not so with Ron Paul. More

Every era in American culture has its signature song. For the late 1970s, the era of gas lines, stagflation, and national decline, it was Johnny PayCheck's "Take This Job and Shove It." Now, the Obama era may have its own musical tag. More

The story of how a once powerful institution's leaders repeatedly sold out its members as the nation drifted from large scale industrial production of power and goods to being a producer of private and public services More

Vladimir Jabotinsky, the "Jewish Garibaldi," would blanch if he could see the blindness of modern Jews. More

We frequently criticize MSM journalists for distorting the truth. But what is "truth"? More

The problem is simply that there are no adverse consequences for judges who misconduct proceedings in this way... More

It's not religious bigotry that's stalling the construction of a huge Sufi sanctuary in San Francisco -- but Sufism Reoriented is determined to make it seem that way. More

The newly announced "Hours of Service" rules are just a drop in the bucket. More

Political correctness has seeped into the way we write our dates -- but "the Common Era" causes far more problems than it solves. More

The inferior creatures have restricted liberty; their activity is obstructed within limits drawn around them by the superior rights of others... More

As we enter the year which will make or break America as we know it, I wish to remind all of you that We Are Family. More

Competent foreign policy is like making the first move in a game of chess. Unless you are thinking ten moves ahead, you might just as well not play the game. More

A philosophy which distills both conservatism and libertarianism cannot be called a new amalgam More

We can't go on like this. All we love, all we cherish, all we hope for is spiraling down a long, snaky drain into the leftist heart of darkness. More

As America's space program withers, China's thrives. More

Why is Prof. Khaled Abou El Fadl, a champion of sharia law, a law professor at UCLA? More

If you are among the willfully misplaced in the teaching profession, a regulatory labyrinth of paperwork and red tape can provide you with credentialed cover...but that's all it will do. More

Twenty-five might seem like a lot, but then again, it's much easier not to know how to do something. So man up and read. More

The mask is fully off. Barack Obama is the most corrupt, power-mad president in this nation's illustrious history. More

Although postmodernism is as hard to define as pornography, postmodernists are not hard to spot. More

On one hand, we have Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio. On the other, we have Barack Obama. Which side is eligible for the White House? More

Will academia break that silence by addressing the question of Obama's eligibility with at least the same attention and level of scholarship given to McCain's? More

It's great stuff -- and it's true. More

Federal interference in medical practice is escalating rapidly and will soon lead to the de facto regulation of physicians and medical practice by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. More

Great Britain, Obama's socialized medicine inspiration, has fallen into a habit that should be troubling to even the most deadened senses of decency. More

The future of America depends on electing a new president in 2012, and the best asset for any potential challenger is Barack Obama. More

The left invariably frames its policy pronouncements under the mantle of so-called "rights" that only the government can guarantee. More

As we enter 2012, the question of whether our president is planning to go to war might seem far-fetched, but some troubling news developments indicate otherwise. More

I know, I know. Gov. Rick Perry came in fifth place in that dumb Iowa caucus. But I'm a daydreamer, and I want to see that handsome coyote-killer go all the way. More

Why does the U.S. Army continue to adhere to rules of engagement that unnecessarily kill our soldiers? More

Iran can subvert sanctions via a very secretive economic program that few Westerners understand -- the Bonyads. More

Every time liberals bemoan the reduction of social welfare programs, they insult the American people. More

When Obama made his initial cabinet appointments upon assuming the presidency, it looked as if he had been a moderate Democrat. Now we know better. More

The retro-puritanical environmental movement has resorted to the equivalent of blue laws -- a state-imposed ban on otherwise harmless behavior to satisfy the moral urgings of a powerful political bloc. More

The eight-month spectacle that is the Iowa caucuses every four years is almost political porn. More

Out of thin air, a right has been officially and surreptitiously created exclusively for select previously convicted murderers: the right to commit, cost-free, further violence, and even further murders. More

Ron Paul has done a serious disservice to the libertarian movement. More

California's efforts to be inclusive in the classroom could spell disaster for education. More

The two are all but mutually exclusive. More

The real action that may well decide our next president is quietly going on in the state offices that qualify candidates and parties for the November 2012 presidential ballot. More

Stratfor, the "private intelligence service," has been whacked by Anonymous. The humiliation here is total, and Stratfor will be lucky to survive. But should it? More

The hard left is very afraid, judging by their over-the-top hysteria and name-calling. It's fear that drives their rage, probably because they know what oddballs they are in America. More

The anybody-but-Mitt crowd may be get their wish, and it won't be another Republican. Obama wins that argument. More

America would be far better off if we returned to an era when party nominees were chosen at conventions, not primaries. More

Liberals think that they and Leviathan can claim credit. Seriously. More

When someone says that poor black kids don't have "access" to technological resources, he's probably making things up. Different racial groups simply have different preferences and priorities when it comes to purchasing gadgets. More

One of the world's leading global warming skeptics lays it on the line. More

"The destruction of the Christian pillars that have stabilized the country for more than two centuries." More

Of all the rumors flying around on the internet, one just refuses to die, and it concerns America's FEMA camps. More

It now appears that in 2011, America will become a net petroleum product exporter for the first time in 62 years. More

The radicals ruling Iran believe that Khamenei is the mythical figure who will pave the way for the Mahdi's return. They believe the current uprisings in the Middle East -- as they call it, an "Islamic awakening" -- are another sign that the end is near More

My New Year's resolution is never hearing the words "Iowa caucuses" ever again. More

The right has not been immune to extremists rising over the years. In fact, we have one such candidate on our side even now. More

I don't know why it is so, but it seems as if the folly of others causes so much suffering in Africa, a place which could do without extra disadvantage. More

It was 1968; the Viet Nam War was in full tilt. I was playing basketball. More

Claiming a legitimate national identity is serious business, and it requires a legitimate historical basis. But the Palestinians can't seem to stick to one narrative. More

If you have access to a computer with an internet connection, you can rediscover a lost faith in academia this coming February. More

The anti-Israeli lobby is still engaged in the abuse of international law, under the guise of universal jurisdiction, for political expediency and for harassing Israelis. More

For three thousand years, an immensely humanizing way to see the world. More

Human volition and liberty More

As laudable as the search for peace in the Middle East is, many would argue that agreeing to the terms of the PA -- or the EU, for that matter, not to mention Hamas -- would not result in peace in our time any more than such wrangling did in Neville Chamberlain's time. More

It seems that a sub-group of ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews have been stoning, taunting, cursing and spitting at an 8-year-old girl as she walks to school each day. This makes all Judaism look bad. More

In a spirit of fairness, compassion, and tolerance, a TV show promoting Christianity is simply the right thing to do. More

All things considered, Americans can no longer say that "the flag still stands for freedom, and they can't take that away." Nor can they utter in passing the words "at least I know I'm free." More

An overwhelming majority of Palestinians oppose a ban on settlement construction and very few see it as an impediment to negotiations More

The debate continues on whether Islam can live in peace with the West More