Obama and Clinton both took up the battle cry in the primaries to rally big labor bosses and agitate the rank and file. They need to criticize the New York Times now. More

Pity the people of Zimbabwe who these "leaders" have abandoned to a terrible fate: More

If he is, I predict an awful lot of disgruntled conservatives are going to be sitting on their hands on election day in November. More

Sure looks that way although the fault may lie with an organized attempt by Obama activists to silence blogs that disagree with their candidate. More

Mexican soldiers in service to drug cartels attacked a rival who had fled his home in Juarez. The problem is, the rival had fled to Phoenix, Arizona More

In case you had not noticed, the liars in today's public arena use trends in place of facts. More

Hugo Chavez naturally fears a popular rival, Leopoldo López, the mayor of central Caracas, who is only 37 years old, highly popular, and sports boyish good looks More

A lot of unrepentant 60s radicals -- the type of people who used to reject electoral politics as a choice between Tweedledum and Tweedledee -- are supporting Barack Obama. More

I wondered how the Democrats were going to cut McCain down to size when it came to national security More

How angry is Bill Clinton towards Barack Obama for defeating his chance to be First Man? More

Am I missing something here, or is Israel agreeing to one of rawest deals in recent memory? More

Small signs emerge that at least some members of the liberal media are not buying into the Obama campaign. More

Could it be a case of much ado about nothing? Doug Ross thinks so. More

Two somewhat hair-raising stories today: More

It was, of course, inevitable. How could any politician rise so quickly on the legendarily corrupt Chicago political scene and be as pure as Obama's devoted followers were purporting him to be? More

Agenda driven politicians and media have created a negative world view of America. To them, America's glass is forever half empty. I see our glass well over half full. More

True to form, the man who claims he is not a typical politician and who claims he won't cater to special interests caters to the one group that he has most trouble with politically: seniors. More

Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) has often been hyperbolic in touting the candidacy of Barack Obama for President. But yesterday he outdid himself. More

Dan Rather was a piker compared to Charles Enderlin. More

So claims E.S. Browning in the Wall Street Journal today More

As newspaper circulation and advertising collapse at an accelerating pace, the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports (TIDES) publishes a study with the shocking news that sports columnists and editors are the wrong sex and wrong color in too many cases. More

Free speech obviously does not rank very high on the list of human rights for this group. Beyond satire. More

As the GOP in Congress appears about to be taking an "every man for himself" strategy for the fall elections, Gallup has just given the Republicans another gift More

This would be a real boon to our intelligence gathering capabilities. More

All I can say after reading this Howard Kurtz piece in today's WaPo that if John McCain wins in November, he will have overcome the most incredible, one sided, blatantly biased reporting in the modern history of American journalism. More

Stuart Taylor, a respected liberal analyst at the National Journal, has called on his ideological soulmates to stop the witchhunts with regard to "war crimes" trials More

Soft American hearts have resulted in dead Iraqi citizens. More

Solar energy, held up as our future by utopians, is encountering problems with environmental regulators. More

Could it be that the scales are beginning to fall from the eyes of at least some in the media? More

Even the mainstream media is starting to notice Obama's flip-flops. More

Mark Steyn has won a victory in his free speech fight in Canada. More

It was said Caligula made his horse a Consul of Rome. Maybe Mugabe can declare as his opponent a donkey or a goat. That way, it might be close. More

Although overshadowed by the Second Amendment ruling, yesterday the SCOTUS also overturned part of McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform. One beneficiary of this overturned provision of the law was Barack Obama. More

Who woulda thunk it? More

Controversy swirls among conservative bloggers over questions that have been raised over the authenticity of Barack Obama's birth certificate More

Cattle futures speculation earned Hillary Clinton a hundred grand back in Arkansas decades ago. But more recently she has engaged in a different sort of speculation. More

For a candidate who touts a mantra of "Change" until people turn a little green around the gills whenever they hear it, Obama better be careful. More

Charles Krauthammer nails Barack Obama and his syncophants in the press to the wall in an Op Ed that details the candidate's many recent - and shocking - flip flops: More

At first glance reports of melting ice at the North Pole are very distressing, but let's take a closer look. More

Watch out for that first step. It's a killer. More

Could this be some kind of terrorist attack? More

In one of the most significant constitutional rulings handed down in many years, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, has ruled that individual Americans have a right to protect themselves with a firearm under the 2nd Amendment. More

The Global Poverty Act of 2007 (S.2433) is coming up for a Senate vote sometime after the July 4 recess, according the office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. More

Mohamed ElBaradei gave on Al-Arabiya television in which he admits his ineffectiveness. More

Yesterday, the Supreme Court handedan issue to John McCain. More

Is Justice Kennedy dishonest, delusional or simply misinformed in his opinion striking down the death penalty for child rape, claiming a "national consensus"? More

Pardon Senator Obama but last year, he says he made an "inartful" statement on the DC gun ban. What exactly did our artfully challenged Obama have to say about it? More

The Arctic ice that is supposedly melting, stranding those cuddly looking polar bears, just might be affected by a newly-documented wave of volcanic eruptions on the ocean floor under the Arctic ice cap. More

The fact that the FISA bill successfully cleared the cloture hurdle in the Senate by a 80-15 margin, is significant. More

Judith Apter Klinghoffer raises that disturbing question More

Is there no limit to the the influence of these neo-cons? The German newsweekly apparently thinks not. More

The future just keeps getting dimmer and dimmer for American print journalists. More

With so-called "housing bill" being debated, and the primacy of the economy as an issue in this year's election the hunt is on for the "sub-prime villain(s)." More

It appears that the birth certificate posted is a fake. Why would the site do this? More

It appears that the birth certificate posted is a fake. Why would the site do this? More

This gives me a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach: More

"He talks white," says the Green one. More

If the yucksters at Huffington Post have their way, such may very well be the case. More

Does anyone really believe Obama about why he isn't taking federal money? More

In a CQ Politics column, David Korn snidely asks, "Can a Guy (McCain) Who Doesn't Know How To Use a Computer Become President?" More

Another problem "Friend of Obama (FOO)" has been exposed and, just from a personal perspective, this one's a real headcase. More

Two Christian denominations have called for a boycott of Israel. The reaction of one group of Senators stands in stark contrast to another senator who professes undying support of Israel. More

If Hillary Clinton made "18 million" cracks in the glass ceiling during her campaign for the presidency, how much glass has George W. Bush shattered during his administration? More

Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's governor, faces a major decision, one that could set the tone for the rest of his governorship, if not his political career More

TNR's Marty Peretz apparently has never read what Barack Obama's position on the widely discredited Iran NIE which states the Iranians stopped development of nuclear weapons in 2003 More

Did you really expect the UN to do anything substantial about Zimbabwe? More

Former Democratic senator and perpetual presidential candidate John Edwards was the keynote speaker at the annual gathering of the radical group ACORN More

Oh the twisted logic used by the U.N. to justify its biases and racism. More

Alaska's governor Sarah Palin - mentioned as a possible running mate for John McCain sent a letter to Harry Reid telling him what needed to be done as far as helping to solve the energy crisis More

What happened in Madain, Iraq that got two Americans needlessly killed? More

You have to wonder what will be going through each of their minds as they appear together on stage. More

It's early yet, but McCain is showing surprising strength in key states. More

This piece by Bill Bennett and Seth Leibsohn at NRO reads more like an indictment than a top ten list. More

Save the people - First! More

Wolf Blitzer wants to know "should the Iraqis be selling oil to the United States at a discounted price?" More

Is it the Democrat's message that's garbage or just their candidates? More

In dismissing the very dubious war crimes charges against Marine LTC Jeffrey Chessani, his trial judge, COL Steven Folsom, said this: "Unlawful command influence is the mortal enemy of military justice" More

On June 20, John McCain delivered a 2,000-words speech to the Economic Club of Canada. In case you missed it, he's a paraphrased condensed version More

Another milepost is passed in the fall of the house of Suzberger, as a major publisher of conservative books announces it will no longer send review copies to the New York Times. More

Scott Johnson has a piece in the New York Post today taking Onama to task for being unaware of history and the law when it comes to terrorism: More

If this is Monday, I think he's in the Balkans. More

We shouldn't be surprised that a "scientist" who is an advocate for anthropogenic global warming theories wants to arrest and try oil company executives. More

His politics were abhorrent. But if we were to judge people solely by their political views, the world would be a very boring place. More

The Wall Street Journal thinks they are very close: More

How do Israeli Arabs feel about Israel? More

Rather than crying "conspiracy!" let's chalk it up to bottom line journalism. More

Saudi Arabia has indicated that it will be willing to to start pumping additional oil beyond the 200,000 bbl's a day they have already promised in July More

The paper reports there's been an 'explosion' of visits to an online racist hate site. No there hasn't. More

Veteran NBC newsman Tom Brokaw has been chosen to moderate the network's Sunday morning icon "Meet the Press" through the 2008 presidential election: More

Robert Mugabe, in his lust to hang on to power at all costs, has been targeting low level opposition workers for death in a bid to intimidate all who oppose him. More

Reaction continues to pour in to Barack Obama's announcement that he would not take federal financing for the presidential election. More

Only once in the last 20 years has the candidate who has been ahead in June polls ended up winning the election according to the TimesOnline: More

Very interesting survey in the Washington Post this morning about racial bias More

This story in the UK Telegraph caught my eye because it combines two subjects we here at AT take great pride in exposing; leftist stupidity and why that makes them dangerous. More

When I think of all the nights/ (like this) I have not slept/ and wept in envy of those asleep/ the panacea of counting sheep/ resolves to craving lamb kabob/ buffet style, plentiful and cheap More

In response to Obama's claim that Republicans will use race to stoke fear, Lt. Col Allen West, candidate for Congress in Florida's 22 District issued this release: More

The day after Sen. Obama announced that he would not take public financing for the general election, part of his overall plan for the general election came into focus. More

Republicans should take heed and fashion economic policy highlighting the disaster that would be Obamanomics More

Barack Obama is against lifting the ban on drilling for oil offshore because it would not reduce gas prices "this year, next year, five years from now," according to CNN . More

A long campaign gives time for the candidate's meta-message to emerge. Not always intentionally, nor to their advantage. More

I nominate Congressman Robert Wexler as the craziest man in a not very sane Congress: More

In what has to be a good development for the defendants in the case against two former AIPAC staffers, the government has substantially lost its appeals in the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. of the pre-trial rulings of the trial judge,Judge Ellis. More

The New York Times - that's right; this is not a misprint - headlines a piece on Iraq today, "Big Gains for Iraq Security, but Questions Linger." More

Obama told members of the Black Caucus that they should "get over" the fact that Hillary lost: More

In a move that will almost certainly anger business travellers, United Airlines will require a 1-3 night stay on domestic flights beginning in October: More

Barack Obama has tried to hide his far left political inclinations by boasting of his "post partisan" approach to governing. More

The 2008 Presidential race finally got underway yesterday as Barack Obama used his race to try and innoculate himself against criticism: More

This is either the creepiest thing I've ever seen in politics or a joke. More

Obama's May fundraising is the lowest of the year. More

With apologies to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life More

Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats find themselves in a no-win situation. More

A sure sign of the weakening power of Moqtada al-Sadr is that his militia is just a shadow of its former self. More

ABC News is reporting that western analysts believe the Iranian-Lebanese terrorist group Hezb'allah is preparing to attack "Jewish targets" someplace in the west, More

Tim Russert has been dead a week but that hasn't stopped the nakedly ambitous potato heads at MSNBC from lusting after his Meet The Press job. More

The Obama campaign faces a burgeoning problem: the tendency of certain highly-placed Muslims overseas to declare that he is of their faith. More

The main reason Barack Obama has given for eschewing public financing of his campaign was based on a lie: More

American officials report that an Israeli military exercise earlier this month involving more than 100 planes and dozens of helicpoters could have been a dry run for a strike against Iran: More

A case of the left hand not knowing what the far left hand was doing. More

McCain's campaign is, sad to say, a disorganized mess. Who can change this? More

Slicker than Bill Clinton ever dreamed of being. More

Some people (and news agencies) will believe ANYTHING if it fits their agenda. More

James Taranto calls out Michelle Obama for appalling pandering to the lie that the government deliberately injected black men with syphilis in the notorious Tuskegee Study. More

The Iraqi army moved into the militia hot spot of Amarah and promptly arrested the town's mayor - a top member of Muqtada al-Sadr's party: More

We've reach a point in the political and economic life of America where nearly all liberties have been infringed upon. So what is really left? More

From our "It couldn't happen to a nicer fella" department... More

Barack Obama has unveiled his plan for saving Social Security and it consists, unsurprisingly, of a massive tax increase. In addition to his plans for raising tax rates on capital gains and dividend income and repealing the Bush tax cuts, Obama now proposes to increase the amount of income subject... More

This is pretty shameless - even for a politician who claims to practice a "new kind" of politics. More

Today Obama became the first candidate of a major party to ever opt out of the federal financing system for elections. More

Pork king Rep John Murtha (D-PA), who pre-judged the Haditha defendants as guilty, will face a highly decorated veteran next November. More

A subtle yet clear message to the Iranians that they have nothing to fear from an Obama Administration. More

Hugo Chavez is found to host within his diplomatic corps a supporter and facilitator of the Hezb'allah terror group. More

Even at the height of liberalism's power back in the 1960's, no Democrat would have seriously entertained the notion. More

An outspoken, hostile but decidedly minority (so far) group of professors at the University of Chicago are protesting against a proposed new research center: More

Barack Obama has no grasp of the basics of diplomacy, and doesn't even realize it. That is a frightening thought about a potential commander in chief. More

The Mississippi River is overflowing levees in Illinois leaving millions of acres of prime farmland underwater and driving up the cost of corn More

If we capture him alive, Osama Bin Laden will be able to appeal to US courts -- the same US courts that protects the rights of American citizens and now, evidently, the terrorists who are trying to kill us. More

I am thankful to Al Gore for proving that even in a high profile demonstration project his "solutions" to the energy crisis won't work. More

An E.L.E. is what got the dinosaurs and is what may be occurring with the escalating war between bloggers and the Associated Press. More

Last night I heard Brit Hume report the strange discrepency between press accounts of Taliban activity in Afghanistan and official reports from the area. More

Egypt is leaking word of a ceasefire to begin Thursday between Gaza and Israel, More

No more "tough girl" Michelle. She is now officially as tame and domesticated as my pet cat Snowball. More

Will Obama ever alter his outdated policy on Iraq? More

Was Congressman Robert Wexler correct when he proclaimed that Barack Obama "loves" Israel? The candidate's own words would tend to discount that claim. More

Let's see him talk his way through this one. More

Join American Thinker Political Correspondent Rich Baehr as he co-hosts The Rick Moran Show, one of the most popular conservative political shows on Blog Talk Radio. More

A military judge has dismissed the charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani. More

Here is the latest item to add to the ever-growing file labeled "Obama Misstatements, Gaffes and Outright Lies" More

Tz'u-hsi ,the dowager empress of China, took sadistic delight in discomfitting those around her. Obama appears to have learned a lesson from her. More

Thanks to our good friends in the Pakistani government, several hundred Taliban fighters have inflitrated across the border from their bases in the northwest frontier provinces and are seizing villages on the outskirts of Kandahar: More

Jennifer Rubin has a jaw dropping quote from Obama's national security advisor Mark Danzig on why Obama's foreign policy sounds so infantile More

The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll confirms what other polls have been saying for about a month - that John McCain is competitive with Barack Obama in capturing the independent vote: More

Just drill, baby. More

Obama would be getting something of a reputation for incompetence - if anybody bothered to report what he was doing. More

Talismangate connects a bunch of dots from Obama to Rezko to a corrupt Iraqi minister. It may be that by comparison Ayers and Wright are small skeletons in Obama's closet. More

The solution is surprising, but really shouldn't be. More

The Denver Host Committee - in charge of raising cash for the convention - fell $11 million short in meeting their contractual obligations for the Democratic shindig in August: More

The Air Force decision to source its next generation tanker fleet from a Northrop-Airbus consortium did not go down well with a wide-ranging group of people. More

Taking office with echoes of "lap dog" following his predecessor Tony Blair, many wondered just how committed Brown would be to the "Special Relationship" between the US and Great Britain More

Hopefully, Newt Gingrich has even less influence with John McCain than he thinks More

Not making many headlines because the perps are Democrats, the sweetheart loan deals that former Obama Vice Presidential vetter Jim Johnson accepted from Countrywide Chairman Angelo Mozilo have ensnared two Democratic senators; More

Gallup reports that Barack Obama's 7 point bounce after presumably clinching the nomination has all but vanished into a statistical tie with McCain More

This is a story that is an object lesson for mainstream news organizations as well as new media watchers. More

Don't be a "Michelle hater." More

The biggest dilemma NBC had in announcing the sudden passing of Tim Russert was the lack of anyone in their news department with enough stature to "break the news". More

Predictions are fun, never more so than when they come to pass, and it's even better when it happens immediately so that everybody notices. More

The MSM will make its invidious comparison through pictrues. More

What's remarkable isn't that China is now the world's #1 producer of greenhouse gasses. The truly unbelievable thing is that Al Gore and his minions criticized the United States severely for not signing the Kyoto agreement. More

Former Virginia governor Mark Warner has ruled himself out as Barack Obama's running mate. More

More evidence accumulates that even the press sees that American policy in Iraq has not just turned the corner, but is heading for success. More

A group of smugglers connected to selling bomb parts to Libya, Iran, and North Korea, may have acquired blueprints to build a bomb and shared it with other countries and rogue groups says a former UN arms inspector: More

With the help of British special forces and the cooperation of the Pakistani government, coalition forces are moving through some of the most inhospitable terrain on planet earth in hopes of cornering him: More

Once again the press attempts to make criticism of Barack Obama and his (now former) church out of bounds. More

Playing the race card early and often. More

Media coverage of Tim Russert's death, still going strong, is becoming quite unseemly. In a frantic rush to burnish their own social credentials, scores of B and C list players are desperately maneuvering to get coveted national face time. More

Barack Obama once again embarrasses himself with his poor grasp of history. More

A poster of Che Guevara hangs on the wall of a judge who found Ohio's death penalty law constitutionally lacking. More

Memories of the recently departed ABC sportscaster Jim McKay provided the New York Times an opportunity to celebrate the "human side" of Fidel Castro. More

Poking holes in the AGW theory is becoming child's play. But we have to keep at it because the general public and major presidential candidates are not so well informed. More

Among all the tributes offered Friday night on the various cable networks to Tim Russert, only one that I saw managed to use the opportunity to crassly advance a political perspective and advance a personal political ambition. More

My initial elation at the Irish vote against ratification of the Lisbon Treaty was tempered by reports that the EU proponents were continuing on course despite this latest setback. But today it appears the Czechs are adding their "no" to Ireland's: More

Stephen Kinzer, writing in the UK Guardian, argues in essence that RFK had his assassination coming, since what happened to him was "in fact an eminently political act." More

How many Hillary supporters will end up voting for John McCain? More

A notable example of the way the press is attempting to paper over Barack Obama's blunders was spotted and wittily mocked by Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light. More

In a bold attack, the Taliban killed 15 guards at a prison in Kandahar and freed 1200 prisoners including about 350 Taliban fighters, suicide bombers, and leaders: More

You can hardly blame Barack Obama for trying to avoid John McCain's challenge of appearing together at 10 Townhall forums between now and election day More

Obama never got that big jump in his poll numbers one would expect after all the media hype last week. More

The passing of Tim Russert was a shock to the political system in America. More

According to Rasumessen, Senator Cornyn has opened up a 17 point lead in texas (it had been 4), almost killing the Dems' hopes of picking up 9 to gain a filibuster-proof 60 seats. Here's how the key Senate races look. More

The cost of food and fuel soared in May and that pushed the cost of living up 0.6% - about what analysts had expected: More

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Associated Press that talks with the United States on a security pact had broken down because neither side would accede to each other's demands: More

If didn't know better, I would think the Democrats are really trying to lose this election. More

It appears a major effort is underway to smear as "racist" or "sexist" (or perhaps both) anyone who criticizes Michaell Obama. More

The Treaty of Lisbon, in effect a new constitution for the European Union intended to add to the power of EU bureaucrats at the expense of democratically elected national governments, was rejected by Irish voters yesterday. More

Boy oh Boy Cook County Dems here in Chicago must be licking their chops at the prospect of Obama moving many of the fucntions of the national party to the Windy City More

I don't think the muddle over habeas corpus would be resolved if Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo) were closed, as Linda Greenhouse asserts in today's NYT article. More

One of the joys of the Web is the ability to get the Supreme Court's opinions in real time and, particularly, reading the dissents of Justice Scalia to outrageous left-wing opinions. More

Hoping to rally young voters with so called edgy ads, Democrats have, instead, portrayed them as narrow minded, intolerant, empty headed twerps. More

The economic slowdown so often portrayed as a recession is pressuring tax revenues at every level of government. More

The US Supreme Court has opened a Pandora's Box. More

Hugo Chavez's abrupt switch to moderate and rational speech is understandably disconcerting. More

Antoin "Tony" Rezko and "The Chicago Way" More

Jim Geraghty reports on an interview Obama gave CNBC on the gas crisis where the candidate came out four square - for higher gas prices: More

AT contributors share some thoughts on how America can re-start aggressive development of our own oil resources, instead of relying on OPEC. More

Back in 2004, Obama felt that it would be too soon for a newly-minted senator to run for president. More

By the narrowest of margins, 5-4, the United States Supreme Court granted the constitutional protection of Habeus Corpus to foreign nationals being held at Guantanamo: More

Oops! Jimmy Carter told the truth about Obama before it looked likely Obama would win the nomination. More

While commentators fret that the GOP will attack Michelle Obama and alienate voters, supporters of Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe don't limit themselves to mere criticism. More

Next time Obama takes to the stump, let's watch and see if he's wearing anything pink. More

From "Page Six," we get the news that there was a debate in Canada between surrogates for Obama and McCain on foreign policy: More

Rep. John Peterson (R-PA) has introduced an amendment to s spending bill that would free up offshore drilling more than 50 miles off our coast, enabling American companies to drill in waters already being exploited by the Chinese, among others. More

The other night, while I was at a local comedy club, Robin Williams showed up unexpectedly and did his act, a mixture of old and new. More

This could be a very big deal or it could just have been a mistake but the Pakistani army - our erstwhile ally - are very upset over reports a US-led coalition airstrike along the Pakistani-Afghan border More

In the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Nazi enemies of Dr. Jones have been replaced by Soviet communists. More

Trouble in the Islamic paradise. More

The animal rights movement seems to be home to more than its share of people who believe their cause is so right that they are excused from normal human constraints. More

George Bush told the Times OnLine that he regrets the fact that his rhetoric gave the impression that he wanted war in Iraq. More

Barack Obama's choice of Jim Johnson to vet vice presidential choices is worse than previously understood More

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has yet another Bush-bashing and self-serving column out in today's New York Times. More

It will be free advertising (not that the Obama campaign needs any) that reaches a key demographic group that has eluded the clutches of Obamamania.... More

Hillary's "suspension" of her campaign has opened a door to crossover Democrats donating to and supporting John McCain. More

It's impossible to imagine how much lower the UN could go beyond this. More

Kyle-Anne Shiver will appear on the nationally syndicated Laura Ingraham Show today More

American Thinker's Ed Lasky will talk politics and more on The Rick Moran Show with the host, AT Associate Editor Rick Moran. More

Ken Griffey Jr., owner of one of the most perfect swings in all of baseball, hit his 600th home run Monday More

When President Bush signed the 2001 tax cuts into law, the new lower rates had a ten year life, and are set to expire in 2010. More

The deal is necessary to replace the UN Mandate for US presence in Iraq set to expire in July. More

No word on what kind of sanctions the president and the Europeans are willing to place on Iran for not suspending their enrichment activities More

Barack Obama's campaign has announced they will put campaign staff in all 50 states - the first time that has happened in a generation: More

Historically, performers, of any kind, singers, actors, actresses, storytellers (i.e. fiction writers) and the like, occupied the lowest rung in society. And for good reason they didn't do anything constructive. More

National Review documents how Newsweek distorts the facts on Lieberman, Obama's anti-Israel advisers and colleagues, and Jewish support for Obama. More

If senate Democrats keep this up, I'll be able to break out my bell bottom jeans and start revving up my Donna Summers records: More

This list of people being named to Obama's campaign makes it look like a full employment act for Democrat spouses, children and long time consultants. More

Lefty blogs are beside themselves with joy this morning because Congressman Dennis Kucinich has beamed down from his spaceship long enough to offer resolutions of impeachment against President George Bush. More

If anyone should start a vulture fund, it is disgraced NY Governor Eliot Spitzer who tormeneted and picked over the bones of many successful executives in order to advance his political career. More

The Massachusetts liberal has a nasty habit of supporting America's enemies at the expense of his own country's interests. More

Some leftists are in a tizzy because Barack Obama has appointed an economic policy adviser who has dared to praise the benefits Wal-Mart's low prices bring to low income consumers More

On a day when the story around the blogsphere is about the scrubbing of anti-Semitic material from Obama's website, something else is now missing. More

Brig. General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the terror group the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is biding his time, afraid to stoke terror while President Bush is in his waning days in the Oval Office. More

President Bush left today for his last European Union summit being held in Slovenia and will visit several other countries while he is over there: More

Columbia University professor Joseph Massad numbers one more mark against the West. More

Sales of existing homes increased much more than analysts thought in April More

Barack Obama's plan for imposing unity on the nation after he takes office apparently entails a close look at war crimes trials for Bush administration officials. More

Despite using shockingly racist language in a sermon at Trinity United Church, Father Michael Pflger is being allowed to return to his St. Sabina parish next week: More

A very good piece in USA Today about how Obama must pick up a good percentage of women who voted for Hillary Clinton or he can kiss the presidency goodbye: More

The Marxist president of Venezuela has ytold the FARC guerillas in neighboring Colombia to give up their struggle to overthrow the US ally. More

The most dangerous terrorist networks in Southeast Asia are on the run thanks to multinational cooperation, good police work, good intelligence, and well executed military operations: More

It shouldn't come as a shock that most Americans see a bias at work in media coverage of the election this year. More

Washington Post editorial writer Fred Hiatt makes mincemeat of Senator Rockefeller's latest "Bush Lied" report More

Democrats have convinced themselves that victory will just fall into their lap. An overconfident foe is usually blind to its own weaknesses. More

Despite having a prime location, the US Senate's restaurant operation has been steadily losing money and even a substantial $18 million subsidy from the taxpayers was not enough. More

An Obama supporter belonging to a group called "Socialists for Obama" posted a long piece on "The Jewish Lobby" right on Obama's presidential campaign website. More

The good news is that Iraq's cell phone towers are still standing. The bad news is that the towers now are being "protected" by a Shia militia that may have ties to Iran. More

The next time you're feeling discouraged, or infuriated, by the fecklessness of our country's bureaucrats, keep in mind that things are even worse in Europe. More

Debbie Schlussel got quite a jolt when she opened her newspaper Friday morning: More

They really don't get it. More

Perhaps the most imporant international organization relating to stopping the spread of atomic weapons is apparently headed up by an old woman. More

Why does Barack Obama have trouble finding untainted members for his three person panel vetting vice presidential candidates? More

Mark Penn is generally credited with botching a sure thing. More

President Bush warned Congress in his radio address yesterday that he may be forced to cut military pay if they do not pass the $165 billion war funding bill More

The Democrats' lawyer friends are getting a huge tax break, making big lawsuits cheaper to finance. More

No wonder Republican Senators are having a hard time raising money. Employees of the campaign fund evidently feel perfectly secure in robbing them blind: More

Under threat from Pakistan's ruling coalition of arrest for various offfenses against the constitution, President Pervez Musharraf is resisting calls that he resign his ofice: More

In a speech before several thousand cheering supporters, Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign for the presidency and endorsed Barack Obama for president: More

Did Secretary of Defense Gates kowtow to China? More

Our illusions are gone/ (If they were ever there from the beginning)./ The silver-tongued Barry/ Continues to carry/ The believers who picture him winning More

We probably won't be doing much of this if Obamamessiah gets elected president. More

Jimmy Carter popularized the term "misery index", and it's back. More

The Democrats should be far ahead, of course. McCain should be in the low 30's considering everything that is going on. More

Far from the front page, today's Washington Post carries some intriguing information: More

Let the navel-gazing begin! Democrats now scramble to avoid the looming feminist backlash from Hillary supporters, More

Another D-Day anniversary has come and gone, and still the media won't report the news they don't want you to see. More

Thirty years ago, on June 6, 1978, Americans began a political revolution. More

In the largest single monthly increase since 1986, the unemployment rate for the nation jumped half a percentage point in May More

Media Bistro is chronicling the grim news of staff buyouts at the New York Times. More

Hey buddy, can you spare a trillion to save the planet? More

The Air Force Chief of Staff and the Secretary of the Air Force were both fired yesterday in response to a report that heavily criticized the top levels of leadership in the USAF with regard to their handling of nuclear weapons: More

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton sat down to discuss the future of the campaign in Washington yesterday More

The source of the liberal, far-left mindset, blame America, counsels isolationism in the face of threats, standing down instead of standing up for people in distress who labor under dictatorial rule More

Today is the 64th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France, and is the day following the anniversary of Ronald Reagan's death. More

Tuesday, as the Democratic nominating process finally came to an end, American Thinker was contacted by the Times Global Broadcasting Company of Mumbai, India, asking if I would agree to an interview for their TV news programs. More

One problem that Islam has in competing with other cultures in the modern economy is that the requirement to pray five times a day -- after a ritual cleansing -- interrupts the flow of work. More

Amazingly, it has taken less than 24 hours before Barack Obama started backtracking on one key part of his speech to AIPAC Wednesday More

Tonight begins Round 11 of the Celtics-Lakers championship series. The Celtics lead the series 8 to 2, but lost the last two to the Lakers in 1985 and 1987 More

In public, on the floor of the Senate, Barack Obama uses his physical size and strength against an older man. More

An old joke is being resurrected in honor of Barack Obama. More

Global warming skeptics have been compared to Nazis so I guess it's not surprising we should here this kind of crap from the gloabal warming crowd: More

The mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said that he would welcome becoming a "martyr" if found guilty in his military trial: More

Diplomats from the United States and Great Britain who were investigating political violence in Zimbabwe were attacked by police and "war veterans" More

Though he refuses to repudiate them, merely "distancing" himself, Rev. Wright, Father Pfleger and James Meeks all have a public history with Barack Obama. More

R. Emmett Tyrrell, founder of The American Spectator and Clinton critic extraordinaire, exposes Todd Purdum of Vanity Fair ( More

The media went ballistic when a photo surfaced of Jack Abromofff walking with George Bush.... More

Once again, Barack Obama has demonstrated serious gaps in actual knowledge of the subjects on which he so charmingly pontificates. More

It's been a long time coming but it looks like we may get our first new oil refinery in over 30 years. More

Bob Owens has the story over at Pajamas Media of the latest blow against the government's trumped up case against 8 Marines who were involved in the so-called "Haditha Massacre." More

Obama's VP search committee belies his claims of hope and change. More

After such a long, tough campaign, it will be painful to watch Hillary Clinton finally conceding defeat and then endorsing someone she clearly doesn't think is qualified to be president: More

Antoin "Tony" Rezko, friend and fundraiser to many movers and shakers in Illinois politics, has been found guilty on 16 counts of fraud and corruption in connection with a "pay for play" bribery scheme More

The new Pakistani government has been negotiating with extremists in the NW Frontier Provinces for weeks and are finding the going a little tough. More

According to the media, Barack Obama has won the Democratic Presidential nomination. It is not that simple. More

There will probably be more said on this later but Barack Obama, fresh from clinching the Democratic nomination for president, spoke before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. More

Perhaps this sidelight got lost in the denouement of the Clinton-Obama primary battle? More

This seems to be a desperate move by the Congressional leadership and will probably not sit well with Hillary Clinton supporters. More

It's existence is still not absolutely confirmed, but the Michelle Obama "rant" tape is being described with a fair amount of detail on a pro-Hillary website More

Fouad Ajami reminds us why we went to war in Iraq More

John McCain gave a speech in New Orleans that he said was the kickoff to the general election campaign. More

The feds have showered a reported 15 mill on Rev. Wright's former church. Just how wisely has that money been spent? More

Last night after Obama clinched the race for all practical purposes, Hillary Clinton gave a rather curious speech. More

Father Pfleger may be in trouble with more than his church superiors. More

As I watched the Fox news coverage of Obama's speech from St, Paul, Minnesota and looked at the faces behind him on the podium I had to wonder where were all the men in Minnesota on Tuesday night? More

Where on earth does Obama get his ideas on reparations? Just look in the Trinity United Christian Church bookstore and you find the model he's using. More

You won't want to miss tonight's Rick Moran Show,, one of the most popular conservative talk shows on Blog Talk Radio. More

i happened across your site by means of one of my acquaintances sending me some of your spew. More

James Lewis' article today pointed out the media-generated Phony Ops benefitting Obama. Another example came the evening of the North Carolina primary, More

Hey kids! Wanna see what's in store for the American people if the Democrats win the White House next year? More

Takes some chutzpah to blame 100,000% inflation on someone else. More

How does one understand Scott McClellan? Perhaps medicine has some answers. More

The regulatory relationship that Congress has relentlessly sought to impose on the energy sector of the American economy has had deadly effects on the supply of gasoline in the United States. More

Venezualean President Hugo Chavez has issued new decrees that gives him new and sweeping powers over the intelligence apparatus in the country: More

Now that we're flirting with the Cap & Trade scheme proposed in the pending Climate Security Act before Congress, how about resurrecting the selling of indulgences and applying it to speech? More

Erik Ericson of RedState.com has a very detailed article today on Barack Obama's connection to a neo-Marxist political party called the "New Party." More

Officially, when the polls close tonight in Montana and South Dakota around 10:00 PM eastern time, the Democratic race for the nomination will be over. More

American Thinker Associate Editor will appear on KSFO's popular morning talk show in San Francisco, the Lee Rodgers Show this morning. More

Bad news for Hugo Chavez but good news for everyone else. More

Following up on their success in Basra, the Iraqi army has now moved to begin to disrupt operations of the Iranian Qods force that has been operating inside Iraq More

I'm gettin' elected in November;/ Ding, dong the polls are gonna chime./ So plug in some stoppers,/ I'll tell some more whoppers,/To get me from this church on time. More

Syria has granted the International Atomic Energy Agency permission to inspect the site bombed by Israel last September More

With all the hub bub over the Democratic nomination, it's easy to forget that there is a third man in the race who now can step front and center to claim an equal share of coverage for his campaign. And he can boost that prospect by buying some strategically placed ads. More

Who's bitter and clinging now? More

Ever since the Danish media published the cartoons featuring Mohammed, radicals have been saying that the Danes would pay for their blasphemy. More

This Pfleger guy is almost as entertaining as Jeremiah Wright except he doesn't spout those idiotic conspiracy theories about the US government inventing AIDS to kill black people. More

Hillary Clinton racked up another primary win, this time in Puerto Rico where she beat the frontrunner Barack Obama by a more than 2-1 margin: More

Rasmussen reports the latest survey on voter attitudes toward the candidates and at the moment, John McCain is besting Barack Obama in several important categories. More

Defense Secretary Gates pulled no punches during a press conference in Singapore where he has been meeting with other defense chiefs trying to figure out a way to get relief supplies into Burma despite the opposition of the government. More

The crackdown in Zimbabwe escalated yesterday as the government arrested two prominent members of the opposition apparently because they spoke out against President Robert Mugabe: More

If the press had reported on Bill Clinton back then they way they are now, I don't know if he would have won a first term much less a second. More

If the Democratic party thought the meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee yesterday would go a long ways toward uniting the party, they were sadly mistaken,On the agenda was what to do with the Florida and Michigan delegations to the convetion - originally told that none of them could attend... More

The Washington post not only sees a turnaround in Iraq in this editorial, but actually calls on Barack Obama to change his proposed policy of withdrawal: More

After 20 years association, the near nominee has decided to end his association with Trinity United Church. More

While Barak Obama has raised a huge amount of money, those in charge of hosting his coronation in Denver are considerably short of their target More