Print Joel B. Pollak Follow Read Full Bio Leadership, Media Struggle with Boston Attacks On Monday, the heroism of first responders, medical personnel, and bystanders shone through, even as the nation’s political and security echelon struggled to adapt once again to an old problem that had never really gone away. If “What difference does it make?” sums up the Benghazi debacle of 2012, “We are very much going to depend on you” could live on--in a positive way--as the epigram of the Boston Marathon attacks. 16 Apr 2013 The Tea Party Comeback Thousands of Tea Party activists will gather Monday at rallies across the nation to mark Tax Day, April 15--and to re-ignite a movement that had been written off as dormant by the media and the political classes. 15 Apr 2013 Durbin: We Don't Yet Have the Votes for Gun Control Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) told host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that supporters of new gun control legislation do not yet have the votes to pass it, despite defeating a Republican-led filibuster attempt last week. 14 Apr 2013 Freudian Slip? Politico Calls Cornyn 'Minority White' From the Politico: 14 Apr 2013 Sen. Rubio, If Immigration Reform's Worth Doing, It's Worth Doing Right "Comprehensive immigration reform" is shaping up to be the next Obamacare. By negotiating in secret, by drafting an enormously complicated bill, and by rushing passage with almost no time for public debate, the Senators who are pushing immigration reform are following the same path that divided the nation in 2009-10 and led to one of the worst expansions of federal regulation, spending and power in American history. 14 Apr 2013 Venezuelans Vote in First Post-Chavez Election Venezuelans head to the polls Sunday in the first presidential election since the death of Hugo Chavez earlier this year. Chavez's successor, acting President Nicolas Maduro, will defend against a renewed challenge by Henrique Capriles, who lost a relatively close contest to Chavez in the fall of 2012. 13 Apr 2013 The Right to Bear Arms to Abortion Shall Not Be Infringed In response to Gosnell and Media Bias: 12 Apr 2013 Exclusive: High School Canceled Santorum Visit Partly over Staff 'Information' An errant email to parents suggests that the decision to disinvite former presidential candidate Rick Santorum from a visit to Grosse Pointe South High School in Michigan was likely taken at the behest of staff, not for the technical reasons cited publicly by the school's administration. 11 Apr 2013 Obama's Budget: 2014 Election Gimmick Obama knows that the districts his party must win in 2014 are largely districts he lost in 2012. He must therefore win independents with gestures of bipartisanship, without cuts that depress base turnout. The president's new budget is tailor-made for that political task. But it leaves for future presidents, and future generations, the task of paying for its provisions. 11 Apr 2013 MSNBC's Harris-Perry Defends the Constitution... South Africa's Constitution I've noted before that President Barack Obama and much of the left--especially the legal and academic left--envy the new South African Constitution, particularly its Bill of Rights, which includes broad guarantees of equality and socioeconomic rights including "health care, and to education, and to decent housing, and to quality food at all times." 10 Apr 2013 Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next
Leadership, Media Struggle with Boston Attacks On Monday, the heroism of first responders, medical personnel, and bystanders shone through, even as the nation’s political and security echelon struggled to adapt once again to an old problem that had never really gone away. If “What difference does it make?” sums up the Benghazi debacle of 2012, “We are very much going to depend on you” could live on--in a positive way--as the epigram of the Boston Marathon attacks. 16 Apr 2013
The Tea Party Comeback Thousands of Tea Party activists will gather Monday at rallies across the nation to mark Tax Day, April 15--and to re-ignite a movement that had been written off as dormant by the media and the political classes. 15 Apr 2013
Durbin: We Don't Yet Have the Votes for Gun Control Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) told host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that supporters of new gun control legislation do not yet have the votes to pass it, despite defeating a Republican-led filibuster attempt last week. 14 Apr 2013
Sen. Rubio, If Immigration Reform's Worth Doing, It's Worth Doing Right "Comprehensive immigration reform" is shaping up to be the next Obamacare. By negotiating in secret, by drafting an enormously complicated bill, and by rushing passage with almost no time for public debate, the Senators who are pushing immigration reform are following the same path that divided the nation in 2009-10 and led to one of the worst expansions of federal regulation, spending and power in American history. 14 Apr 2013
Venezuelans Vote in First Post-Chavez Election Venezuelans head to the polls Sunday in the first presidential election since the death of Hugo Chavez earlier this year. Chavez's successor, acting President Nicolas Maduro, will defend against a renewed challenge by Henrique Capriles, who lost a relatively close contest to Chavez in the fall of 2012. 13 Apr 2013
The Right to Bear Arms to Abortion Shall Not Be Infringed In response to Gosnell and Media Bias: 12 Apr 2013
Exclusive: High School Canceled Santorum Visit Partly over Staff 'Information' An errant email to parents suggests that the decision to disinvite former presidential candidate Rick Santorum from a visit to Grosse Pointe South High School in Michigan was likely taken at the behest of staff, not for the technical reasons cited publicly by the school's administration. 11 Apr 2013
Obama's Budget: 2014 Election Gimmick Obama knows that the districts his party must win in 2014 are largely districts he lost in 2012. He must therefore win independents with gestures of bipartisanship, without cuts that depress base turnout. The president's new budget is tailor-made for that political task. But it leaves for future presidents, and future generations, the task of paying for its provisions. 11 Apr 2013
MSNBC's Harris-Perry Defends the Constitution... South Africa's Constitution I've noted before that President Barack Obama and much of the left--especially the legal and academic left--envy the new South African Constitution, particularly its Bill of Rights, which includes broad guarantees of equality and socioeconomic rights including "health care, and to education, and to decent housing, and to quality food at all times." 10 Apr 2013
Texas Tech hires former Lady Raider Whitaker; 2nd time in 6 months school has hired alum20 May 2013, 8:17 AM PDT