
This week, James Rainey of the Los Angeles Times made a fascinating argument about Mitt Romney’s Mormonism. Romney, he suggested, should talk about his faith; doing so “might explode the soft bigotry of critics, particularly liberals who could use a
by Ben Shapiro14 Aug 2012, 5:23 PM PST0

The Democratic National Committee, stung by its association with Bank of America after Bank of America has come under fire from the left for its foreclosure policies, is trying to put space between itself and B of A. It’s not
by Ben Shapiro14 Aug 2012, 4:49 PM PST0

The Obama campaign is in an utter tizzy about the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate. Yesterday, they sent out an email asking “why the hell” Romney would pick Ryan, and speculating that it was because Ryan
by Ben Shapiro14 Aug 2012, 3:37 PM PST0

This morning in Virginia, Vice President Joe Biden dropped some shocking and offensive language in ripping into Mitt Romney’s economic plans. Stooping to a new low, Biden said, “Romney wants to let the–he said in the first 100 days, he’s
by Ben Shapiro14 Aug 2012, 10:43 AM PST0

This evening, the Obama campaign sent out its most desperate fundraising email yet. Following in the footsteps of their other emails cursing out Americans (e.g. “Let’s win the damn election“), and tweets deriding Obamacare opponents as “motherf***ers,” now the Obama
by Ben Shapiro13 Aug 2012, 6:21 PM PST0

Last night, newly-selected debate moderator Bob Shieffer of CBS featured Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on 60 Minutes. The interview was fine, except for one small portion – a portion Schieffer and the folks at CBS left on the cutting-room
by Ben Shapiro13 Aug 2012, 11:13 AM PST0

This morning, Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter appeared on Face The Nation, where she discussed Obamacare’s $700 billion cuts to Medicare. She touted those cuts as an “achievement”: Well, you know ask the wealthy to pay a little bit
by Ben Shapiro12 Aug 2012, 8:55 AM PST0

Today, Barack Obama opened his assault on the newly-minted Romney/Ryan 2012 ticket with – you guessed it – a lie. Obama’s campaign account just tweeted this: When it comes to general elections, Democrats understand that they must campaign as Republicans
by Ben Shapiro12 Aug 2012, 8:17 AM PST0

According to a memo obtained by CNN, surrogates for the Romney/Ryan campaign appearing on television today will disassociate slightly from the Paul Ryan budget plan. Here’s what the memo had to say: Questions and Answers About The Romney/Ryan Ticket: 1)
by Ben Shapiro12 Aug 2012, 7:21 AM PST0

President Obama’s latest fundraising email has moved away from the pathetic and crazed attempts to guilt Americans into donations, and back toward the Obama-as-celebrity meme. This time, Obama’s telling you that if you give money, you might get to meet
by Ben Shapiro10 Aug 2012, 12:38 PM PST0

The Democratic Party’s and Obama administration’s cynical attack on Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the country’s leading breast cancer foundation, has reaped its final victims: the top executives of the foundation itself. Yesterday, Nancy G. Brinker, the founder of
by Ben Shapiro10 Aug 2012, 11:10 AM PST0

Yesterday, speaking in Pueblo, Colorado, President Obama uttered the following unbelievable paragraph: I said, I believe in American workers, I believe in this American industry, and now the American auto industry has come roaring back. Now I want to do
by Ben Shapiro10 Aug 2012, 10:54 AM PST0

Mitt Romney took to the airwaves yesterday to condemn President Obama’s and his allies’ ridiculous and despicable attack ads, particularly late-breaking ads accusing Romney of killing a man’s wife with cancer and cheating on his taxes. “You know, in the
by Ben Shapiro10 Aug 2012, 10:15 AM PST0

Tim Pawlenty’s website, TimPawlenty.com, is apparently undergoing some major changes. As of three weeks ago, it was reported that the site had taken down all of its content, replaced by a single line reading: “Please come back later.” Speculation is
by Ben Shapiro9 Aug 2012, 12:12 PM PST0

Camden’s mayor has announced that the city will be closing its police force, instead working with the county to outsource police services. Camden is one of the most violent cities in the nation; all of the police officers will likely
by Ben Shapiro9 Aug 2012, 11:08 AM PST0

Two union members in Baltimore decided to strike back at Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake over the city’s plans to close fire companies. Their weapon of choice: toilet paper. The members posted online pictures of her face on toilet paper; they added
by Ben Shapiro9 Aug 2012, 10:58 AM PST0

According to local news reports, David Gorczynski, an Occupy Easton, Pennsylvania protester, has been arrested for attempted bank robbery after he held a sign outside a bank reading, “You’re being robbed.” He held a second sign, too, that read, “Give
by Ben Shapiro9 Aug 2012, 10:51 AM PST0

I spent this last week vacationing with my wife in Paris. Between visits to historic sites like the Louvre and Versailles, my wife and I noticed something very odd: nobody seemed to be working. The sidewalk cafes were chock full
by Ben Shapiro8 Aug 2012, 2:02 PM PST0

This week, Mitt Romney ripped into Barack Obama’s “culture of dependency” – and rightly so. More people are now on food stamps than at any time in American history; Obama’s administration has gutted welfare-to-work requirements. There’s a reason for that:
by Ben Shapiro8 Aug 2012, 11:55 AM PST0

Today, two top Obama campaign officials fibbed on national television, explaining that they didn’t know about the case of Joe Soptic, a former employee of GST Steel who appeared in an ad by an Obama-associated Super PAC, Priorities USA Action.
by Ben Shapiro8 Aug 2012, 11:25 AM PST0

Amidst the flurry of ever-more-desperate campaign emails from the Obama team, yesterday’s missive still stood out as beyond the pale. “We’re in trouble,” the email said. “We got beat three months in a row. If we don’t step it up,
by Ben Shapiro8 Aug 2012, 10:38 AM PST0

According to local news, Denver gun shops are reporting an escalating number of gun buys and safety courses after this weekend’s Wisconsin shooting at the Sikh temple and the Colorado theater massacre a few weeks ago. Applications for conceal and
by Ben Shapiro8 Aug 2012, 10:29 AM PST0

Remember that vaunted General Motors recovery ushered in by President Obama’s bold bailout program? Well, not so much. In June 2009, GM filed for Obama-managed bankruptcy, costing the taxpayer some $50 billion. The vast majority of that cash was never
by Ben Shapiro30 Jul 2012, 2:27 PM PST0

The Obama administration, trying to dig itself out of a hole with American Jews, just inadvertently dug itself in even deeper. Today, Mitt Romney spoke in Jerusalem, where he attributed Palestinian economic stagnation to cultural issues: Culture makes all the
by Ben Shapiro30 Jul 2012, 1:43 PM PST0

In a bizarre and utterly unsourced report suggesting that the hoity-toity Romneys may be allowing their highfalutin equine hijinks to corrupt their campaign, ABC News states today that Ann Romney’s horse’s participation in the London Olympics may delay her husband’s
by Ben Shapiro30 Jul 2012, 1:21 PM PST0