Challenges for a Republican Renaissance
by Star Parker
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and the New York Yankees can look back on a good week. Maybe Steele deserves extra credit.
The Swine Flu Boogeyman
by Michael Fumento
"The boogeyman will get you!" parents sometimes tell misbehaving children. With about 40% of parents saying "no!" to vaccinating their kids for swine flu, apparently health officials think turnabout is fair play. And the media seem happy to help.
Divided We Fall
by Erick Erickson
The Democrats' health care legislation passed the House of Representatives on Saturday by three votes. Under the Democrats' plan, should you fail to obtain health insurance, you will go to jail for five years.
Third-Party Candidacies, Last Resort
by Gary Bauer
Doug Hoffman's narrow defeat in New York's 23rd Congressional District special election was one of few blemishes in a nearly flawless Election Day for Republicans. But Hoffman's strong showing - coupled with the successful uprising against Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava's candidacy - will embolden some conservatives to consider abandoning the GOP and initiating a broader third-party movement.
Prejudice, Denial and Fort Hood
by James Taranto
"We don't know all the answers yet," the Associated Press quotes President Obama as saying Friday about the Fort Hood massacre. "And I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts."
Defense Nominee Won't Reveal Potential Conflicts
President Obama's nominee for a top weapons-buying job at the Pentagon recently served as a paid adviser for a big defense contractor and is declining to disclose whom else he has worked for on a government ethics form designed to help the public guard against potential conflicts of interest.
Fort Hood Suspect Was under FBI Probe in 2008
The FBI and the Army last year investigated contacts between a Yemen-based militant Islamist prayer leader and the Army psychiatrist accused of last week's deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, but they dropped the case after concluding that he didn't pose a terrorist threat, a senior federal law enforcement official said Monday.
Terrorist Pen Pals
by Gary Bauer
We now know that Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hasan sent between 10 and 20 messages to Anwar al-Awlaki, an Islamofascist cleric known for his exhortations for Muslims to rise up and kill the infidels. Counterterrorism officials intercepted the communications but concluded (are you sitting down?) that the e-mails were probably part of a research project on post-traumatic stress disorder that the psychiatrist had been conducting at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Blind Diversity Equals Death
by Michelle Malkin
The violence at Fort Hood, President Obama told mourners on Tuesday, was "incomprehensible." The "twisted logic that led to the tragedy," he reiterated, may be "too hard to comprehend." If the Bush administration suffered a systemic failure of imagination on homeland security, the Obama administration is suffering a willful failure of comprehension.
Conventional Wisdom Recycles Lies about Recent Elections
by Michael Medved
Mistakes, distortions and outright lies appeared so frequently in media coverage of the elections of 2009 that they made accurate analysis all but impossible.
Pro-Abortion Senator Who Could Live with Stupak is Attacked by Net-roots & Caves
by Dan Perrin
The difference between the U.S. House and U.S. Senate debate on the Stupak amendment is stark. The pro-abortion Members of Congress in the House, and pro-abortion groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood, rolled over and did not threaten to derail the bill because Speaker Pelosi asked them to. So they played dead.
'No Easy Way Out' for Democrats on Abortion
by Alexander Burns
The sudden spasm of intense debate over abortion on Capitol Hill this week threatens not only to stall the passage of health care legislation, but also to shatter the delicate cease-fire that has governed the abortion issue during the Obama era.
Muslim Suffers Bruised Ego in Fort Hood Tragedy
By Ann Coulter
The massacre at Fort Hood last week is the perfect apotheosis of the liberal victimology described in my book "Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and Their Assault on America."
Democrats Divided on Abortion
by Bill McLaughlin
A funny thing is happening on the way to the impending health care showdown, as the Democrats try to turn the newly-passed House bill into something that can pass both Houses of Congress.
Fort Hood Suspect Contacted Muslim Extremists
Fort Hood shooting suspect Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had been in contact with numerous Muslim extremists -- some of whom are under federal investigation -- before last week's rampage, two U.S. officials told The Washington Times on Wednesday.
Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Sent Money to Pakistan, Texas Congressman Says
An Austin congressman said Thursday that he has confirmed that Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik Hasan wired money to Pakistan, which Muslim extremist groups use as a base to raise funds and carry out terrorist attacks.
Breaking News
by Gary Bauer
There are reports out of New York's 23rd District of major voting irregularities. Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman may have conceded too early. Recanvassing has dramatically narrowed Democrat Bill Owens' lead to just 3,000 votes, with thousands of absentee ballots still to be counted.
RNC to Opt Out of Abortion Coverage
The Republican National Committee will no longer offer employees an insurance plan that covers abortion after POLITICO reported Thursday that the anti-abortion RNC's policy has covered the procedure since 1991.
Holder: Gitmo 9/11 Suspects Face Trial in N.Y.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York for trial in a civilian federal court, and he expects to seek the death penalty.
