Dissenters targeted with suppressing fire Oct 21, 2009 By Monica Crowley During the eight years of the George W. Bush presidency, the left constantly told us that “dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” During the Obama presidency, dissent is routinely considered the lowest form of treachery. Candidate Barack Obama promised to be a “new [...]

Nuclear weapons will force endgame Oct 21, 2009 By James Zumwalt A young, foreign policy pundit on CNN made a comment recently that best explains why Iran’s brazen march to develop nuclear weapons continues, unabated by U.S. efforts to stop it. Asked about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s statement that the Bush administration at one [...]

Oct 20, 2009 By Charles Lane The Justice Department says it’s backing off the prosecution of people who smoke pot or sell it in compliance with state laws that permit “medical marijuana.” Attorney General Eric Holder says “it will not be a priority to use federal resources to prosecute patients with serious illnesses or their [...]

Ellen Ratner  - FOXNews.com October 16, 2009 Any one who has ever spent any extended amount of time with children knows that if you put something in front of them and tell them not to do it, the “not to do thing” becomes enticing. So, the best thing to do is not to give credence to [...]

John Tantillo  - FOXNews.com October 20, 2009 Thanks for the advice, Bono, but if America is going to be “rebranded” we’ll need Americans to do it. On Sunday Irish rock star and political activist, Bono offered his commentary as guest columnist on the Opinion pages of The New York Times to tell us that we must [...]

Oct 21, 2009 WASHINGTON — A government watchdog said the $700 billion bailout for the financial industry played a major role in rescuing the economy over the last year but also engendered anger and distrust among Americans because of secrecy and confusion about the way the program was handled. The mixed and blunt assessment by [...]

Oct 21, 2009 VIENNA —  Iranian negotiators on Wednesday agreed to consider a draft deal that — if accepted by the Tehran leadership — would delay its ability to make nuclear weapons by sending most of the material it would need to Russia for processing, diplomats said Wednesday. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei confirmed [...]

Oct 21, 2009 (National Review Online)  James C. Capretta is a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Late last week, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad told his fellow Democratic colleagues that he wouldn’t play along with their transparent scheme to offload $247 billion – the amount needed to pay for the so-called [...]

Oct 20, 2009 by Charles Cooper Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post has a remarkable column today about the White House’s decision to ostracize Fox News. She’s entirely right about this both being a waste of time and creepily reminiscent of the anti-media jihad waged by the Nixon-Agnew regime. I’ve already said as much, as [...]

Oct 21, 2009 Official Says Expect Wider Distribution by Mid-November (CBS/ AP)  A CDC official said Wednesday that vaccine for the H1N1 (swine flu) virus should be widely available by mid-November, but admitted distribution is slower than initially planned. “We are a bit behind,” Dr. Anne Schuchat told CBS’ “The Early Show”. Calling the production [...]