CPAC Crowd Takes a “Stand With Rand”
"The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered," said the junior senator from Kentucky. "I don't think we need to name any names, do we?" ...
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Afghan President Karzai Claims U.S. Colluding With Taliban Terrorists
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused the United States of secretly working with the Taliban to facilitate terrorist attacks in order to demonstrate a need for U.S. troop presence...
Inspector General’s Iraq Report Misses the Point
This week's news of a report by the Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction raised some eyebrows and maybe some hackles among the taxpaying American public before falling down the...
N.H. Free Staters Cheer Thomas Woods’ Speech on Nullification Doctrine
Keynote speaker Thomas Woods, a historian and best-selling author, drew nothing but ovations from the New Hampshire Free Staters when he spoke in Nashua last weekend in favor of...
Ex-White House Press Chief Recalls Gag Order on Drones
Robert Gibbs, former press secretary for President Obama, said Sunday he was under orders during his White House years not to discuss or even acknowledge the existence of a...
Joe Biden’s Shotgun Advice Could Get His Wife Jailed
If Jill Biden follows her husband's shotgun advice, the vice president's wife could find herself on the wrong side of Delaware law. ...
Rubio Would Expand “Liberal International Order”
According to Senator Marco Rubio, "Our prosperity depends upon the liberal international order that America has supported since the end of World War II." In fact, his statements on...
Koch Death Penalty Arguments Still Persuasive
The recent death of former New York Mayor Ed Koch brings to mind one of the most controversial things he ever did as a Democrat in the heart of...
Calvin Coolidge and the Greatness of a ‘Not Great’ President
If brevity is the soul of wit, it is unfortunate that Calvin Coolidge is remembered more for his greatly exaggerated brevity than for his frequently overlooked wit. Indeed, two...
Lincoln on Presidents’ Day: Image vs. Reality
Lincoln's birthday, February 12, appears to have lost some of its former aura, as all presidents are now supposedly covered by the amorphous, all-purpose "Presidents' Day," but his time...
N.H. Considers Resolution to “Commemorate” Roe v. Wade
In an event likely to produce more heat than light, a committee of the New Hampshire legislature will on Thursday, February 14 — Valentine's Day, of all things...
McCain, “Off His Meds,” Plagues GOP
The Grand Old Party is far from grand these days and not much of a party. That it is old is beyond dispute. That the party is increasingly seen...
100 Years Ago: Instituting the Income Tax
The ratification of the 16th Amendment — the income tax — caused profound changes throughout the United States. Not surprisingly, though the amendment was sold as a tax-the-rich plan,...
Ted, Saint Paul, and the Super Bowl of Life
I always knew the first question I wanted to ask the great Ted Williams if I ever had a chance to question the great Hall of Fame slugger....
Hagel Grilled By McCain, Graham at Confirmation Hearing
President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, a former senator from Nebraska, was questioned intensely Thursday during hearings of the Senate Armed Services Committee. ...