Dennis speaks to Ian Plimer, Professor of Mining Geology at the University of Adelaide. He's also head of the department. His new book is Heaven and Earth: Global Warming - The Missing ScienceHere's the article about hi [...]
Dennis talks to Godfrey Hodgson, associate fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. His new book is The Myth of American Exceptionalism. [...]
Wafa Sultan, Syrian-born psychiatrist and critic of contemporary Islam. Her new book is A God Who Hates. Here is a worthwhile Wikipedia bio of her: Here is a YouTube extract of her famous interview on AlJazeera. You can... [...]
Dennis talks to Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, about the fall in popularity of ObamaCare. Here's Brooks' latest piece in the Wall Street Journal.' [...]
According to this husband and wife environmental science team, your German Shepherd is worse than your SUV. They would prefer you have pets you can eat like chickens and goats. [...]
I am very enthusiastic about the future. The future may prove better than we can conceive. It could even outshine our hopes.
There's a corollary to this: Many common hopes are ridiculous. In politics, at least, we too... [...]
"Is she going to put her country first or her children first?"
So asked columnist Sally Quinn last week, at the close of a segment on The O'Reilly Factor. Quinn was making a repeat appearance, apparently to apologize... [...]
Just how important is it to you that your grandmother not be sent to a labor camp?
As the Beijing Olympics fade in memory, take one last note of the septuagenarian women threatened by Chinese authorities with a year... [...]
I'm special. I've known this for some time. It was my mother who first brought this to my attention. But now apparently Barack Obama knows it, too.
Why am I so special? Well, for Mom and me there are a million... [...]
Cape Coral, Florida, is a city of over 150,000 people in Lee County. Along with its nearby neighbor, Ft. Myers, it is part of a multi-city region numbering over half a million. Tourist pamphlets ballyhoo Cape Coral's... [...]
You may think racial and sexual discrimination is (usually) wrong. But whether you call it "affirmative action" or "reverse discrimination," compensatory racial and sex preference remains in wide use by governments and... [...]
How do you build a monument to a senator?
Well, you whittle away everything that doesn't look like a senator.
Unfortunately, statuary is out of fashion. Today's trendiest and most powerful senators don't want their... [...]
Doug Guetzloe is a threat. Since threats must be confronted, contained, or extinguished, people like Guetzloe must be locked away from law-abiding folk.
That, I guess, is the reasoning behind why Mr. Guetzloe was... [...]
There's a note of thanks for all you HamNation viewers at the end of this video, but I can't say thank you enough to everyone for watching and helping make HamNation a success. The song in this video is an original... [...]
Michelle Obama will guest-host 'The View' on June 18. Ahhh, the genius of the Obama campaign-- putting a mean-spirited woman with a tendency toward politically stupid utterances on a national stage with a group of women... [...]
Fox & Friends is reporting that Terry McAuliffe said Hillary would likely "congratulate" Obama if he meets the delegate threshold of 2,118.Hillary, meanwhile, is ready to "do whatever it takes" to get a Dem in... [...]
Off message again:Bill Clinton acknowledged Monday that today may be his last campaigning for his wife. "I want to say also, that this may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind," the former... [...]
This is President Bush doing what President Bush does in a way most presidents don't-- congratulating an Air Force Academy grad: Meanwhile, the back-stabby swan song of the mediocre press secretary continues... [...]
Hillary is running on the fiction in South Dakota that she'll return us to "fiscal responsibility." She's got a new TV ad up on the subject:She's also running a radio ad that takes aim at the pundits for calling on her... [...]
Hey, everyone. I hate to break news on a Friday afternoon (I'm becoming such a politician!), but such is what the timing required. I'm leaving the great, great folks at Townhall.com and Salem after almost three years... [...]
Sadly, because of the curse of the Commies who have controlled the beautiful island nation of Cuba since the 1950s, it is not the beautiful, carefree, sun-kissed paradise it should be. Cuban native Jon Secada had to... [...]
All right, let's be serious. He threatens to have Darrell Issa (R- Calif.) physically removed, not to physically remove him himself, because that would certainly be a losing battle.What was the dust-up over?The issue:... [...]
Jennifer Rubin thinks Hillary may be able to take a page from Ted Kennedy's career book. Kennedy, despite his family's White House history, could never make it there himself. His baggage was too great, the timing never... [...]
A Muslim man who requested a female driving instructor for his wife objects when the company sends a woman... who used to be a man.It's the battle of the "others!" Muslim vs. transsexual. With whom will the guilt-ridden... [...]
Esquire names the country's best bars. Two Washington, D.C. haunts make the list, and they're on the same block. What are the chances? I'm guessing the expert bar-reviewers decided after the first bar, when they... [...]
Michelle Malkin brings together a pretty devastating list of goof-ups from the savior of American politics: -- Last May, he claimed that tornadoes in Kansas killed a whopping 10,000 people: "In case you missed it, this... [...]
This appears to be becoming a strategy:Gillespie noted that McCain was the son and grandson of admirals and called him part of the "Navy royalty.""Admirals' sons," Gillespie said, unopposed for the Democratic nomination... [...]
Laura Ingraham disagrees with me on this one (see us discuss it on O'Reilly last night). I can see the argument from fellow conservatives that this kind of thing is beneath the dignity of the office, but I can't... [...]
I've been out-of-pocket today working on magazine stuff, but I'm on O'Reilly tonight talking about McCain's SNL appearance and the age issue, among other things. The lovely Laura Ingraham's guest-hosting, so tune in! [...]
In Internet parlance, what Mike Huckabee just did is properly termed FAIL, preferably Photoshopped prominently over his head in the awkward video in which he jokes about Barack Obama being shot at.For a guy with... [...]
I'm speaking at the May meeting of the Conservative Women's Network at The Heritage Foundation at noon today in Washington, D.C. I don't think they show this particular event online, so I'll just take my video camera... [...]
Well, this is pretty straight-forward:BLITZER: Now, your great friend and supporter Congressman Charlie Rangel said and I'm quoting now. "It's the dumbest thing you could have said." CLINTON: Well, he's probably right. [...]
Awww: Just because they're cute doesn't make them endangered.Iain Murray, author the "Really Inconvenient Truths" points out that the allowances for oil exploration and limitations of ESA's jurisdiction the secretary... [...]
Colin Finnerty, center in green, poses with former teammates after scoring three goals on Duke in a NCAA tournament game at Duke's home field. (Photo courtesy of the Duke Men's Lacrosse Parents Group)Colin Finnerty, one... [...]
Yikes, from the annals of political tin-earism. Seriously.For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families: He has given up golf. "I... [...]
Dennis Kucinich seems to be regularly updating his YouTube channel despite having dropped out of the race in January.Today, witness the electricity of this visionary leader and wonder at the inexplicable fact that he... [...]
Just compare the coverage of this to the McCain's Sunni/Shia terror funding "gaffe" of a couple months ago, which of course was actually not that much of a gaffe at all since terror funding crosses such religious lines... [...]
The staunch Clinton ally argued she should stay in until early June, but conceded this pretty significant point:"I still hear some dogs barking," Carville said, according to The State newspaper. "I'm for Senator... [...]
The U.S. Marine Corps exceeds its recruiting goals by 42 percent, and the San Francisco Chronicle must report on it.Tee hee. I hope these guys took the news in stride. [...]
It says something about Obama's stance that the very statement meant to make his position crystal clear, delivered by his own representative on Jewish issues, is one of the more clumsy, opaque, convoluted sentences of... [...]
An open question to my fellow bloggers...Obviously, she's been considerably bolstered in her dream to plow on by the revelation that fully 67 percent of Democratic voters wish her to plow on. Even among Obama voters,... [...]
Still a bit of a cheap shot from the man who says Jeremiah Wright's off-limits, but Obama's associates always do speak loudly about his priorities. Today, an adviser gets canned for hangin' with Hamas:A Middle East... [...]
The Democratic race has devolved into note-passing:In an open letter to her Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton asks Barack Obama to help her "arrive at a solution that honors the votes of the millions of people who went... [...]
On the Diane Rehm show yesterday: David Rothenberg, philosopher, musician, and "expert in inter-species duets," who has written a book called "Thousand-Mile Song," which chronicles the magic of whale songs and his... [...]
John McCain on the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence:"I join all Americans in offering my heartiest congratulations to the Israeli people on the 60th anniversary of their state's founding. When President Harry... [...]
Laura Bush held a press conference two days ago, in which she addressed the disaster in Burma. After she had talked about that for a few minutes, the press asked her about her daughter Jenna's upcoming wedding this... [...]
Whatever you think about the claim that the McCains didn't vote Bush in 2000, this is a doozy of a push-back, from McCain aide Mark Salter on Arianna Huffington's story:"Why would she make something up? Because she's a... [...]
Momentum means nothing in this campaign. It never has. Sheesh.Something strange is going on in Lake County, where the totals reporting is very slow. The earliest numbers from there, 28 percent reporting, show that Obama... [...]
Reynolds Coliseum on N.C. State's campus seats 12,400 people. It did not seat that many tonight. Behold, the power of political staging:The Obama rally, as seen on TV:The Obama rally as seen from the other end of... [...]
RALEIGH, N.C.-- Obama plays the unity card early, congratulating Hillary on what looks to be a probable win in Indiana (to shouts of "Not yet! Not yet!), calling her a tough opponent, and insisting that the party will... [...]
No word on the margin. He won black voters, 91-6, economy voters 58-40ish (Check that. I think I got that reversed.), change voters 77-20-something. [...]
I've heard about the so-called "Obamacans," Republicans who allegedly fall head over heels for Obama's message of hope.I'm assuming the sign above, spotted in Durham, is targeting "Obamacoms," the 20-something,... [...]
Rapidly changing numbers from the HuffPo sources show a 12-14- point win for Obama in North Carolina and a 5-7-point win for Clinton in Indiana.The angry Reverend wreaked havoc:Preliminary exit poll results indicate... [...]
Ouch:Nearly six in ten Obama supporters in Indiana say they would be dissatisfied if Clinton were the nominee -- that's (I believe) the high percentage of Obama supporters who have ever said that. In both IN and NC,... [...]
DURHAM, N.C.-- From my own unscientific investigation of the Obama-leaning precincts in my area of Durham, awash in Duke professors and black voters, it looks like turn-out was, indeed, steady but not overwhelming... [...]
DURHAM, N.C.-- My gut feeling is that the Obama blow-out in N.C. is not happening in the numbers people are projecting. I thought yesterday, judging by the apparent momentum in her favor and the large rural population... [...]
I wonder if they were wearing Abercrombie & Fitch shirts:About three-quarters of the 9,000 people who turned up to see Barack Obama at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday evening were black. Yet, the... [...]
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Bill Clinton has been sent on a "Bubba Tour" of the Tarheel State's rural areas, and has managed not to mess up in 49 stops. Could his performance, especially when contrasted with Michelle Obama's boost... [...]
Reasons she loves America. Watch and compare to Obama's crack at it, in case you remain undecided.Obama's list was slightly funnier, but the pantsuit crack is good. [...]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.-- Both Sen. Richard Burr and Ted Olson took the stage for a few moments, but ol' Fred stayed seated in his light grey summer suit, disappointing the crowd which cheered loudest for him before McCain... [...]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.-- I suppose it's natural that the press would assume McCain would spend an entire speech about the judicial system talking about policy instead of principles. The beauty of conservatives, however, is... [...]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.-- As I mentioned, I'm sitting in the auditorium at Wake Forest University waiting for McCain to arrive and give his judges speech. But who needs me when you've got a couple speech excerpts and the AP... [...]
I'm in Winston-Salem, N.C. this morning waiting on a speech by John McCain on judges. He'll also be joined by Fred!, Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Sam Brownback, and Ted Olson. The line to get in stretched the length of the... [...]
RALEIGH, N.C. - Bill Clinton arrived an hour and 15 minutes late to his last campaign stop of the day in Raleigh, N.C., but he arrived to cheers. It was his ninth stop of the day, and his 15th in two days, stumping for... [...]
Talking judges and McCain with Glenn and Helen on their podcast. Go listen for a delightful romp through the downhome bonhomie and policy expertise of the Fredster. Fun times!I'll be in Winston-Salem tomorrow morning... [...]
The head angel of Soldiers' Angels has done wonders in the blogosphere and on battlefields with her organization, which is a network of 200,000 volunteers getting letters, care packages, and comfort items to deployed... [...]
Obama avoiding black neighborhoods on the trail. According to reports from N.C., he's also avoiding the largely white, blue-collar mountains of the state. Exactly to whom is he talking?The headline on this should be:... [...]
More class from the Left.Here's Mickey Kantor, on video, in 1992: "Look at Indiana - 42-40. It doesn't matter if we win; those people are shit. How would you like to be a worthless white ni***r?"somesomeHe's speaking to... [...]
Well, everyone's talking about the "Baptist minister's" very un-Baptist question for McCain today.As Matt pointed out, the man who asked McCain if he called his wife an unmentionable word was not just a Baptist... [...]
Doug Heye thinks only Hill could have met up with Bill:Except those hoping to see Clinton fail, liberals and progressives most likely did not tune in. Of North Carolina Democrats watching last night's interview, many... [...]
This doozy comes from Richard Moore, one of the Democratic gubernatorial candidates at which that very non-racial anti-Obama ad was aimed. Moore condemned that ad along with McCain.Moore's new radio ad takes place in a... [...]
The Townhall Blog, my dad, and I got a mention on Rush today, which Allah was kind enough to grab for us. Audio, here. Rush also reinstated Operation Chaos today after a brief pause, and the LAT is predictably huffy... [...]
A great read from our pal, Dean Barnett:Yesterday's Wright-ditching press conference was for Obama what the disastrous New Hampshire debate was for Bush 41. The occasion called for Obama to take control of the issue,... [...]
Cam Edwards and his kids aren't buying Obama's disavowal of Wright.Late Night still taking on Rev. Wright. This can't be good for BO.Awesome conservative solution of the day: Blame teachers' unions for the housing... [...]
Mrs. Edwards was on MSNBC a bit ago hinting that there may be certain conditions that would inspire her and her husband to make an endorsement before Tuesday in North Carolina, presumably wooing the blue-collar vote... [...]
Gee, I wonder why Obama, the anti-political posturer, disowned Wright today. My dad got a call last night that might explain.I got some more information about that call. It was a live call last night around 7 p.m., not... [...]
He's going all-out this time. Really should have thrown him under the bus the first time, Barry.If you'd Sister Souljah-ed him instead of your grandma, maybe you wouldn't be here now. A few quotes I grabbed:"What we saw... [...]
McCain, bless his heart, had his political marshmallows pulled out of the proverbial fire this week by none other than Sen. Obama. He really is the savior! Will they keep delivering each other from harm to the detriment... [...]
It was a pickle only John McCain could have gotten himself into. What should have been a mostly uneventful weekend for McCain, two weeks before the increasingly ugly Democratic campaign culminates in a Carolina... [...]
He's an uninspiring doofus who's crashed two--count 'em two-- stock cars during exhibition laps. His last term was also tainted by the exorbitant corruption of House Speaker Jim Black, the fallout from which Easley did... [...]
My, my goodness. The Moyers interview was bad enough, wherein he explained that Obama had to distance himself from Wright because he's a politician with a politician's audience to please, no matter what his actual... [...]
Contrary to multiple media reports and word from McCain aides, the North Carolina Republican Party says it will continue to run the anti-Obama ad that's caught so much flak over the last couple of days.From a North... [...]
