Obama, Huckabee Make Their Case in Iowa

by Salena Zito

Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama stand on political precipices in Iowa.

NYT: An Undocumented Newspaper

by Ann Coulter

Last week, in an article titled "Walking a Tightrope on Immigration," The New York Times made the fact-defying claim that the illegal immigration issue poses a risk for Republicans who appeal to voters "angry" about illegal immigration. (This is as opposed to voters "angry" that they spent good money buying a copy of The New York Times.)

Addicting Government, Forcing Football, Killing Jobs, Spending Restraint

by Michael Quinn Sullivan

The hubris of the government planners varies between scary and laughable. Social engineers keep whining to the press that thousands of "eligible" children are not enrolled in the government health "insurance" plan. Their solution, of course, is to spend a lot of your money to "educate" wayward parents into placing their kids in the care of government bureaucracy.

Paris Violence Ramps Up

by Gary Bauer

The rioting in France entered its third day last night, and events took an ominous turn. A French police official said that "genuine urban guerrillas with conventional weapons" were now involved. European news broadcasts available online show Muslim rioters firing shotguns at reporters and policemen. Over 100 police officers have been injured, at least thirty of them hit by buckshot. Six officers were in serious condition after being shot at close range, several of them in the face. Most media reports continue to describe the rioting thugs as "youth" or, in a few cases, as "Arab and black children."

House GOP Exits Will Strengthen Right in '08

by John Gizzi

With the number of House Republicans retiring at 17 and counting -- compared to four exits on the Democratic side -- there are few GOP prognosticators who dare to say that their party has any chance of regaining the majority it held in the House from 1994-to-2006.  Simply put, the mathematics just aren't there.

Hollywood Huckabee?

by Jed Babbin

One way to tell how well a candidate is doing is by seeing who turns up for the press conferences and lunches they sometimes hold. At a Capitol Hill lunch Thursday, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and his wife Janet attracted a lot of the folks who wouldn't have taken his phone call a few months ago.