By Robert Costa (National Review): Yardley, Pa.— A year ago, Joe Miller, a low-key attorney with a Chuck-Norris–style beard, was Alaska’s Republican Senate nominee, waging an uphill battle against incumbent GOP senator Lisa Murkowski, who ultimately won reelection via write-in votes. No longer in the national spotlight, Miller remains active in politics, speaking at tea-party […]
By Bill Gertz (Washington Times): Jihadists among the Libyan rebels revealed plans last week on the Internet to subvert the post-Moammar Gadhafi government and create an Islamist state, according to U.S. intelligence agencies. U.S. officials said spy agencies are stepping up surveillance of Islamist-oriented elements among Libyan rebels. A government report circulated Tuesday said extremists […]
(By the Portland Press Herald): Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine are among the three least conservative Senate Republicans, according to a legislative scorecard released today by the conservative Heritage Action for America, which is affiliated with the Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank. Collins received a rating of 45 percent and Snowe […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is offering advice to parents and teens about sex education, including assurances that teens may “experiment” with homosexuality as part of “exploring their own sexuality,” and that masturbation should be of concern only “if a child seems preoccupied with it to the exclusion of other activities.” […]
By Brad Mattes (LifeNews.com): I’d like to introduce you to Richard Retta, a 79-year-old grandfather. He’s being prosecuted by President Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ). Richard’s crime is that he walks alongside women on the sidewalk outside a Planned Parenthood abortion mill. He gently offers them hope that they can carry their babies to full […]
(by The Dailey Caller): So much for dialing back the rhetoric, right? On Saturday in Inglewood, Calif., Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters had some harsh words for the tea party. “I’m not afraid of anybody,” the California congresswoman told constituents in footage that appeared on ABC affiliate KABC in Los Angeles, not backing down from comments […]
By Stephen Dinan (Washington Times): The Homeland Security Department said Thursday it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria such as attending school, having family in the military or are primarily responsible for other family members’ care. The move, announced in letters to Congress, won immediate praise […]
By Larry Kudlow (NRO): Amidst the financial flight-wave to safety, with stocks plunging, gold soaring, and Treasury bond rates collapsing — and all the European banking fears which go with that — there’s an important sub-theme developing: An almost-forgotten monetary indicator, M2, which is mostly cash, demand-deposit checking accounts, savings deposits, and retail money-market funds, […]
By Joe Miller. Fareed Zakaria, the Indian-born CNN commentator, has suggested that because of the debt ceiling crisis, the U.S. Constitution should be scrapped in favor of a European-style of parliamentary governance. In his August 17 column, “Does America Need a Prime Minister,” he writes: “After the S&P downgrade of the United States, no country […]
By Thomas Lamb (Red County): Last week, the saga of Senator Murkowski’s ex-aide Arne Fuglvog came to a close when Fuglvog had his day in court: Alaskan fisheries adviser guilty of $100,000 in illegal fishing. It’s too bad the reporters in the media still have not mentioned the documents obtained through a FOIA request that […]