By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer (CNSNews.com) – White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said he did not know and could not imagine asking President Barack Obama whether he used the vulgar sexual term “tea baggers” to describe Americans active in the Tea Party movement. But he added that he would check. “I can’t imagine I would […]
By: Jonathan Martin April 28, 2010 04:54 AM EDT Talk privately to just about any leading Republican about the 2012 presidential race, and you’ll often hear a sentence that starts with: “If his last name were …” They’re talking about the former two-term governor of one of America’s largest states who is a reformer, a […]
Iran and Egypt are lining up to fight the United States and its allies over Israel at the upcoming United Nations meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has requested a visa to enter the U.S. to attend the meeting, which begins Monday in New York, but it is not yet clear […]
The Pony Express, the system of mail delivery by continuous horse and rider relays between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, started 150 years ago on Apr 3. The scant 19 months it lasted ranks as one of the most colourful episodes in the history of the American West. Hollywood has immortalized the service and […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online April 27, 2010 “Nothing is more Western than hatred of the West.” So writes the French novelist and essayist Pascal Bruckner in his book La tyrannie de la pénitence (2006), capably translated into English by Steven Rendall and recently published by Princeton University Press as The Tyranny of Guilt: […]
By: Ronald Kessler If songs extolling the virtues of America make you swell with pride, you will like this song. If you recoil at people who have nothing good to say about America, you will like it even better. Jon David, the writer of the song “American Heart,” has sung it at tea party rallies […]
By: Jim Meyers Sen. Joe Lieberman says the world is at a “turning point in history,” and the United States should begin preparing plans to attack Iran’s nuclear program — and use that option if all diplomatic and other means fail. In an exclusive interview with Newsmax, the Connecticut independent discloses that he probably will […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online April 13, 2010 Things are not always as simple as they seem; the current crisis in U.S.-Israel relations has a silver lining. Four observations, all derived from historical patterns, prompt this conclusion: First, the “peace process” is in actuality a “war process.” Diplomatic negotiations through the 1990s led to […]
Commentary by Steve Rothman April 7 (Bloomberg) — The argument that American military aid to Israel is damaging to the U.S. is not only erroneous, it hurts the national security interests of this country and threatens the survival of Israel. U.S. support for Israel is essential, not only for Israel’s national security, but for America’s. […]
By Charlie Reese Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we […]
