Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 12:26pm
Charles Krauthammer is a modern-day renaissance man who has worn many hats and enjoyed tremendous success first as a psychiatrist, then journalist, international relations theorist, and now a commentator. With the passing of William F. Buckley and Samuel Huntington last year, Krauthammer is arguably the finest conservative thinker around (Newt Gingrich certainly deserves honorable mention). Cable news is filled with hollow talking heads who do little more than regurgitate liberal and conservative talking points–both sides are guilty of this. You know, they’re the ones on TV with labels like “Democratic Strategist.” Hosts, like Keith Olbermann, are the worst. So insecure is Keith Olbermann in his ability to debate that he never has guests with opposing views on his program. Krauthammer’s ability to provide valuable…
Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 10:23am
Hopefully President Obama also budgeted some of his time on Sunday to thinking about Afghanistan. President Obama went golfing for the 24th time since taking office yesterday. Former President George W. Bush was in office almost three years before reaching the same milestone. Maybe a little less golf and a little more decision-making is in order for the Commander in Chief. What’s the big story for the media? President Obama went golfing with his Domestic Policy Advisor, Melody Barnes. Glad to see the media has their priorities straight.
Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at 8:03pm
What is there to say? Rush Limbaugh got sandbagged by both the mainstream media and his business partners. Whether you’re a liberal or a conservative, you should care about the St. Louis Rams debacle and what happened to Rush. Rush was discriminated against just because he’s an outspoken conservative. In America, anyone should be able to purchase whatever they want, regardless of political ideology. I’m not a fan of Michael Moore, but if he wanted to buy the Detroit Lions he certainly has the right. There is a double-standard for conservative and liberals. You can read Rush’s recent article in The Wall Street Journal; he chronicles some of the more memorable remarks of the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Of course,…
Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 12:36pm
Wow, Anita Dunn is on fire. In fact, she’s shaping up to be the next Van Jones–radical leftist turned Obama staffer turned political liability. First, she trashed Fox News and now we find out that Mao Tse Tung is one of her favorite political philosophers. Historians estimate that Mao killed between 50 and 70 million people–yet Dunn, who serves as the White House Communications Director, groups him in the same category as Mother Teresa. People with views like this should not be serving in the United States government because they are fundamentally at odds with the principles outlined in the U.S. Constitution. Her attack on Fox News is tantamount to an attack on the First Amendment. Fox News is obviously a legitimate…
Friday, July 24th, 2009 at 8:37pm
I guess Barack Obama is human after all. He went into Wednesday evening’s press conference with the goal of convincing the American public that a massive government overhaul of the U.S. health care system is a good idea. He failed.
Instead, he stepped on a political land mine when he weighed in on the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Gates. Obama and his political team had to know that he’d get that question. Yours truly even knew it. When asked about the arrest, Obama should have said: “I’m not going to comment on a local law enforcement matter.” But he didn’t. His response must have given the Rahmster shortness…
Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 6:44pm
Congratulations to President-elect Obama. He won a decisive victory on Tuesday. It is my sincere hope that he makes good on his campaign promises of bipartisanship and governs from the center. I hope that he does not embrace the liberal policy proposals of Nancy Pelosi and Co., such as the Fairness Doctrine or the Freedom of Choice Act. It was an historic election that could only have happened in one country, but I have always been proud of my country and I’ve never needed an election result to validate my belief in American Exceptionalism.
As for the Republican Party, we need new blood. We have strayed from our core beliefs of small government, personal responsibility and liberty. This election was not…
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 at 5:34pm
What’s with Sen. Barack Obama and San Francisco? It seems like the only time we get Sen. Obama’s actual positions on issues is when he’s speaking in the City by the Bay. Remember when he said that folks from rural Pennsylvania “…cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them…” Well, it looks like his actual plans for the coal industry are cause for concern. Voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania should take note. The Ohio Coal Association president, Mike Carey, said today:
Regardless of the timing or method of the release of these remarks, the message from the Democratic candidate for President could not be clearer: the Obama-Biden ticket spells…
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 at 5:47pm
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