What is Hanukkah and does it really matter? What if you’re not Jewish? Does it still matter? The answer is yes to all of the above. First some basic information. Hanukkah 2011 begins on the 25th of the Hebrew month of Kislev, which corresponds, this year to sundown on the …
Read More »Right Ruling Against Obamacare Doesn't Go Far Enough
Today, a federal court rightly struck down as unconstitutional Obamacare’s individual mandate. But this decision is only half right. It also shows that if Congress won’t repeal this law entirely, then tinkering with it might doom our chances in court of having this whole monstrosity thrown out. Judge Henry Hudson …
Read More »Expect Style Over Substance As Kagan Is Vetted
Elena Kagan, Barack Obama’s second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, would be the first person to join the bench in 48 years without having served previously as a judge. Ironically, Kagan’s lack of judicial and litigation experience runs contrary to what she herself has called the “threshold requirement” for …
Read More »Iran's President Is Defiant and Our Diplomacy Looks Foolish
“Since they took over 30 years ago….when the regime acquired rocks, they stoned our women; when they acquired rope they hung our men; when they acquired guns they used them on our streets; when they acquired technology they spied on our children. Does anyone doubt what this illegitimate regime would …
Read More »Why the Democrats Will Raise YOUR Taxes
The Democratic Leadership in the Congress made a pretty big strategic mistake on Thursday. They, for all intents and purposes, announced that they will raise your taxes on January 1, 2011. They did so plainly, and I tend to believe them. For weeks on my radio show, at Tea Party …
Read More »Sarah's Saga Starts Today
As Sarah Palin embarks on her much anticipated book tour she needs to think about more than just settling scores and image rehabilitation, she needs to get serious. That means, during her promotion tour kicking off this week, she needs to discuss more than moose chili and teen pregnancy. With …
Read More »Foiled NYC Terror Plot — Another Reason to Keep Gitmo Open
Thu, 21 May 2009 16:30:09 +0000 – The four men arrested in New York for allegedly plotting terrorist acts against Jewish synagogues and military planes ought to serve as another warning to the Obama administration as to the dangers these people present to the country. ———— At a time when …
Read More »Obama Comes Out of the (Centrist) Closet
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:00:08 +0000 – By Liz PeekFinancial Columnist As a candidate, Obama sought to portray himself as a pragmatist and centrist. That electability cloak vanished with the release of the 2010 fiscal budget. Consider: in this country there are too many houses for sale, driving down prices, …
Read More »Marine Held in Mexico: If Congress can't get Obama's attention to free Tahmooressi, We the People must
When justifying the release of five vicious Taliban terrorists detained at “Gitmo” in exchange for U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, the president said, “We don’t leave our people behind.” He was subsequently accused of violating a law requiring him to notify Congress thirty days before releasing any Gitmo detainees. Apparently breaking …
Read More »Hillary Clinton's diplomatic memoir invites us to forget her record
Hillary Clinton will likely be the next president of the United States, and why not? We live in an age of choreographed reality, and hers is among the most choreographed of lives. Also, an age of the triumph of symbol over substance and narrative over fact; an age that demonstrates …
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