Two state representatives called on Gov. Pat Quinn Sunday to deploy the Illinois National Guard to safeguard Chicago‘s streets. Chicago Democrats John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford said they want Quinn, Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis to allow guardsmen to patrol streets and help quell violence. Weis said he did not support [...]

By Ken Blackwell (Archive) · Saturday, April 24, 2010 The Obama administration recently issued a report from the Defense Department on the Fort Hood shootings of last November. The report has sparked controversy in Washington. On Capitol Hill, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Sue Collins (R-Maine) are demanding more documents from the Pentagon. Lieberman chairs [...]

by Tom Tancredo With the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing, many liberals exploited the actions of one deranged individual to tar millions of patriotic Americans as extremists and potential terrorists. Bill Clinton said that it was legitimate to draw “parallels to the time running up to Oklahoma City and a lot of the [...]

by Dan Kennedy With casual derision, President Obama recently dismissed the people in the tea party movement and their little rallies as “amusing.” It’s a shame we can’t find him amusing. Everybody needs to remember this coming November, and again in 2012, that Obama and his cronies are sitting around the castle they think of [...]

by Linda Chavez When it comes to education trends, as California goes, so goes the nation. Which is all the more reason to be concerned about the latest effort in California to dumb down standards. The University of California’s Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) has launched another salvo in its long-running war [...]

By Burt Prelutsky (Archive) · Saturday, April 24, 2010 I am as irate as anyone at the way that Obama and Pelosi, like a pair of old-time bootleggers, strong-armed members of Congress into voting for ObamaCare. But just because the Republicans fought back, I’m not as prepared as some to give them a pass. Several [...]

By Humberto Fontova “In 1970, a Senator from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson raised his voice and called on every American to take action on behalf of the environment,” reads President Obama’s Earth Day proclamation. “In the four decades since, millions of Americans have heeded that call and joined together to protect the planet we share.” [...]

Thomas Lifson The First Smoker and his wife don’t always follow their own advice on living healthy to reduce the burden on ObamaCare finances. On yet another long weekend away from the White House, the First Couple indulged in ultra-unhealthy North Carolina barbecue. Jennifer Fermino of the New York Post writes: Making a weekend getaway [...]

Apr 23, 2010 – By Roger Runningen President Barack Obama called anew for overhauling the nation’s immigration laws, saying a failure to do so will lead to “misguided” efforts such as legislation passed in Arizona. “Our failure to act responsibly at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsibility by others,” Obama said [...]

BY Leo Standora DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Originally Published:Friday, April 23rd 2010, 12:59 AM Updated: Friday, April 23rd 2010, 7:31 AM At the SEC, all they thought about was SEX. The country’s top financial watchdogs turned out to be horndogs who spent hours gawking at porn Web sites as the economy teetered on the brink, [...]