Responsible minds are hard at work trying to figure out what to do about Iran. As I see it, it’s a no brainer. Thirty-three years ago, this Iranian regime took Americans hostage for 444 days. They humiliated our country on the world stage and have been fomenting dissent against the U.S. ever since. Iran is […]
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The Audacity of Spin
My wife put a book on a shelf in our bathroom that I walk by every day. It reminds me of the power of words each time I see it. It is essentially a tour guide. But it’s called “1,000 Places to See Before You Die.” That name alone made it a New York Times #1 Bestseller. […]
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Twenty-seven-year-old Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg is about to be worth a cool $28 billion, according to estimates. His company will be valued in its IPO at between $75-$100 billion. That’s great news all around. It means that thousands of Americans will get jobs at the company, others will likely become enriched by investing their faith […]
Read the rest of this entry »President Obama Will Back Down in Catholic Fight or Lose Re-Election
Those of us hoping for a new president next January can only pray that President Obama takes the advice of Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi today. Ms. Vennochi urges the President to double-down in his fight with the Catholic Church over the “morning after” pill. Obamacare mandates that religious institutions — hospitals, churches, universities — […]
Read the rest of this entry »Tyranny at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Two-hundred-thirty-six years ago, American colonialists rebelled against England for the sort of abuses of power that the Obama Administration is now systematically waging against two private American citizens, the philanthropists Charles and David Koch. Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson pens a must-read piece in today’s Wall Street Journal on the tactics the Obama Administration is using against the two […]
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Remember Newt Gingrich promising to run a clean campaign? Get a load of this. And try not to laugh. (Sorry about the weird formatting.) [youtubenolink]
Read the rest of this entry »John Podhoretz Nails It
New York Post columnist John Podhoretz hits it out of the park this morning with a piece entitled, “Mitt Passes the Trash Newt Test.” It made me say “exactly” aloud at my desk while reading it. Mr. Podhoretz argues that many Republican voters turned to Newt Gingrich not because of his conservative bonafides — they are […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Florida Gamblers
Some InTrade political bettors with intestinal fortitude stand to make a fortune on Tuesday — or at least a high rate of return — if, indeed, Mitt Romney wins the Sunshine State primary. The Dublin-based predictions market gives Mitt Romney a 97.1% chance of winning the Florida Primary — up from somewhere in the 30’s just 10 or […]
Read the rest of this entry »Real(ly) Clear History
Some years ago, a newspaper began publishing in Pennsylvania called Old News. It is now available exclusively online. Old News provides exactly what its name suggest, old news. Each month, it focuses on a few historical stories and tells them as if they are new and breaking. Great idea. Today I noticed for the first […]
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Day, George Will
“Time is not Newt Gingrich’s friend because the more time he has the more he talks. And the more he talks the more he says things, as he just here this morning, he said that I would love to be civil, but I’m running against a maniacal liar. Now, that’s pretty strong language. I don’t […]
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