Our friend Monical Showalter writes regarding the victimization of the heroic Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez (of Generación Y) by one of the dictators with whom Barack Obama takes no issue:
Yoani Sanchez, the adorable and vividly good Cuban blogger who blogs about Castro's island hellhole from inside Cuba, using [...]
At this moment, the House of Representatives has begun to debate Pelosicare. Unexpectedly, the Democrats' leadership is struggling to find the 218 votes needed for passage. The immediate hurdle is abortion. The Democrats' House bill provides for federal funding of abortions, and the pro-life movement has mobilized in support of [...]
President Obama's radio address today is on the Fort Hood massacre. Byron York has the full text.
Yesterday, Obama warned us against jumping to conclusions. Now, as we predicted, it's pretty clear that Obama has no intention of coming to any conclusions, ever. He ponders the deep mystery [...]
The more you read the fine print of the Democratic health insurance proposal, the more you realize how perverse the incentives and what a truly nutty outcome seems likely to occur due to its details.
Obamacare could have the unintended consequence of raising health insurance premiums and causing a decline [...]
Stephen Hayes invokes Jeane Kirkpatrick's classic 1979 essay on Jimmy Carter's foreign policy in his his Weekly Standard article of the same title on Barack Obama's foreign policy. Hayes updates the the continuing saga of the Obama administration's appeasement of the Islamic Republic of Iran. By contrast with [...]
Visiting a friend in Boston in the fall of 1968 I caught a live show with James Taylor opening for Joni Mitchell in a basement dive with benches for seats. It was an incredible show for the price of the $3.00 ticket. Taylor's debut album on Apple hadn't even been' [...]
Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting | NBC Chicago
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Sometimes you hear it said that baseball's post-season reveals weaknesses in teams that went undetected during the regular season. I've never really subscribed to this view. The 162 game season (and its 154 game predecessor) should expose any true weaknesses. The much shorter post-season (only four to seven games in' [...]
The Uighurs are Muslims from East Turkmenistan who no doubt have legitimate grievances against the Chinese who have conquered and colonized their country, if such it ever was. But some of them decided to pursue jihad against China and went to Afghanistan to train with al Qaeda. They were there [...]
Tomorrow I'll be on the radio from 11 to 1 central, as usual, with my radio partner Brian Ward on AM 1280 the Patriot. You can listen on the internet here. At 11:30 central, 12:30 eastern, we'll be interviewing Michael Barone. Tune in to hear Michael's thoughts on [...]
Mark Steyn, at The Corner:
The Headline of the Day, from the BBC:
Shooting Raises Fears For Muslims In US Army
Really? Right now the body count stands at:
Non-Muslims 13
Muslims 0
...Even if you take the view that it would be grossly unfair if all Muslims were to be tarred by [...]
By a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent, the voters of Maine on Tuesday repealed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed. Maine becomes the first state in which residents reversed the state government's decision to allow same-sex "marriage." In every single state — 31 [...]
MDE tracked down this press release from the National Taxpayers Union in support of Governor Pawlenty’s proposed Constitutional Amendment about Minnesota’s budget.
Check it out below:
Nation’s Largest Taxpayer Group Praises Governor Pawlenty’s Decision to Give Taxpayers a BreakFor Immediate Release Nov 6, 2009
For Further Information, Contact:
Peter J. Sepp, [...]
If you are a member of Congress, staffer for one, a Political party leader, staffer, strategist, or media talking head this is incredibly bad news for you. Some high lights, or lowlights depending on whether you earn an honest living or not.
But the new findings are not necessarily good news for [...]
President Obama took another pass at commenting on the Fort Hood massacre in the Rose Garden this morning:
This morning I met with FBI Director Mueller and the relevant agencies to discuss their ongoing investigation into what caused one individual to turn his gun on fellow servicemen and women. We don't' [...]
Board Ruling Exposes Rybak’s Pattern of Deception
St. Paul- Republican of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb applauded today’s ruling by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board finding that Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak violated state campaign finance law by far exceeding the $100 expenditure threshold required [...]
Link here. The final paragraph:
Sportz is everywhere. There's so much of it that it's contributed to the inflation of all the numbers and values in the sports industry, and as a result we now have a Sports Bubble. It's up to each of us to stand up to the TV or the [...]
Developing story…
The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board has ruled AGAINST Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak using funds before filing for Governor.
Full ruling here.
FROM THE RULING: The Complainants supported their allegation that Mayor Rybak had made expenditures in sufficient amounts to require registration of a principal campaign committee in two ways. First, the [...]Media Advisory
Who:Â Â Â Â Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb
What:   Chairman Sutton and Deputy Chairman Brodkorb will respond to today’s ruling of the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board
Where:Â Republican Party of Minnesota HQ, 525 Park St., Suite 250, St. Paul
When:Â Â Today at 1:15 PM
Unemployment has reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent. Today the House Republican Conference sent out this graphic, which is essentially the same as the chart that we've been following for some months now; click to enlarge:
It's gone past the point where we could officially [...]
Pro Musica Hebraica is an organization devoted to presenting Jewish classical music -- much of it lost, forgotten, or rarely performed -- in a concert hall setting. It is the project of Charles and Robyn Krauthammer (respectively, the chairman and the chief executive officer). Charles Krauthammer discussed the [...]
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