True fiction turns out to be stranger than fake fiction. May 18, 2012 – WSJ By JAMES TARANTO How’s this for deus ex machina? Breitbart.com “has obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama’s then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, which touts Obama as ‘born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.’ ” Of [...]

May 19, 2012 – John Ransom Obama may go down as the first president in the history of the U.S. to run a campaign based, like Jerry Seinfeld’s comedy, on nothing.   It’s gotten so bad that the New York Times is appealing to people to “believe in” Obama, like he’s a children’s character or [...]

By Thomas Sowell (Archive) · Saturday, May 19, 2012 Now that census data show — for the first time in American history — the number of white babies born exceeded by the number of babies born to non-white minorities the question is: What does this mean for the future of American society? Politically, it means [...]

By Burt Prelutsky (Archive) · Saturday, May 19, 2012 My wife hates it when I say I hate something or someone, but she usually gives me a pass when I substitute the word “despise.” I suppose it doesn’t sound so personal. Also, hatred is said to infect the hater. I don’t really feel that way. [...]

May 19, 2012 James Eaves Paul Krugman gave up being an honest economist a long time ago – shortly after he learned that the cool crowd gave him more attention when he conjured up economic-like arguments to support the left’s irrational view of the world. His most recent piece of propaganda claims that increased national [...]

May 19, 2012 By Jack Cashill No sooner did the literary agency brochure in which Barack Obama was said to be Kenyan-born surface than the media went to work to deep-six it. “This was nothing more than a fact checking error by me – an agency assistant at the time,” Miriam Goderich, now a named [...]

May 18, 2012 Federal Priorities: A new report shows we have spent $70 billion on climate change since 2008 while our strapped military is ordered to become energy-efficient. Imagine weapons that don’t harm the environment. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and a senior member of [...]

May 18, 2012 Success: Facebook’s cultural ascent is a tribute to American innovation and entrepreneurship. But powerful Democrats see its financial success as a chance to fuel popular envy and line the pockets of big government. Barack Obama and Congress’ leading Democrats say Mitt Romney doesn’t get it when it comes to the economy. But [...]

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Election math is adding up to a win for Romney By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Friday, May 18, 2012 The Obama campaign has had to deal with a rash of bad news lately. A souring economy combined with a series of gaffes and missteps has made the president look weak and defensive. Poll [...]