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Hot Air v Big Peace On The USS Enterprise Story

Someone sent along a link to Ed Morrisey’s Hot Air post on a USS Enterprise video kerfuffle I haven’t been following. When I first saw Captain’s Quarters years ago, the old naval battleships in the banner left, in my opinion

Wagner Wins RNC Chair Heavyweight Debate On Points

Team Steele promised something akin to a prize fight at the recent RNC Chairmanship debate. A Steele insider tells Power Play that the embattled chairman will “name names” and “make it personal” when he faces off with the four candidates

Antiquated Rule Penalizes Women In RNC Chair Race

Buried within the news that Jim Bopp is endorsing Reince Priebus for RNC chair, one discovers how an antiquated rule meant to demonstrate the importance of women within the GOP has helped to change the GOP’s image from the leader

Is Liberalism Reince Priebus' Eminent Domain?

It seems fair to ask, when one uses standard liberal catch-phrasing, volunteers for an organization like the NAACP, becomes party to an eminent domain lawsuit to take property from a small business on behalf of the government and is linked

Sarah Palin: Killing Bambi

Several Thanksgivings ago an uncle of mine, an accomplished full Professor at a leading university, as well as an avid sportsman, made an interesting comment I’ve never forgotten. To paraphrase, Walt Disney’s 1942 classic, Bambi, was the beginning of the

Is Reince Priebus 'Shovel Ready' in Race For RNC Chair?

Reince Priebus is currently being touted as a front-runner to replace current RNC Chair Michael Steele. But Priebus’ leading role among a select group of high-powered Wisconsin attorneys targeting clients to assist them in maximizing stimulus dollars, at the same

Did Harvard Help Manufacture Alleged LGBT Hate Crime?

When news first broke of an alleged LGBT-based hate crime at Harvard University, Harvard and the usual suspects on the Left were quick to cry bias, or hate crime. However, new facts and some curious unanswered questions are raising troubling

Huffington Post Blogger David Epstein Accused Of Incest

From a blog post by Stacy McCain, it appears that Palin-hating Huffington Post blogger and Ivy League Professor, David Epstein stands accused of maintaining a 3-year incestuous relationship with his daughter. The daughter is said to have been over 18

Obama Using Pigford Cash to Pay Campaign Debts?

One key to understanding the Pigford travesty is realizing how Barack Obama came to the point where today he is giving away billions in taxpayer dollars for potentially fraudulent Pigford-related claims. What may have begun as a legitimate 100 million

Why Pigford Matters

As Barack Obama prepares to sign an alleged landmark settlement to right previous wrongs dealt black farmers by the USDA, it’s important to realize that this is less a story about race, or discrimination, than it is a textbook case

The Press Slept As Fed Spent

Texas Representative Ron Paul is routinely painted as fringe, or a lunatic, at least in part for his long-standing call to audit the Federal Reserve. As the financial crisis of 2008 – 2009 played out, a compliant liberal mainstream media

Next RNC Chair Could Be A Tea Drinking Female

Yesterday, FreedomWorks and the Conservative Steering Committee brought together four top contenders to potentially replace Michael Steele as head of a cash-strapped RNC. While the race is presumably wide-open and the event may have little bearing on how it ultimately

Who is Julian Assange?

While Wikileaks’ Julian Assange is much in the news, there’s been very little written about the individual and the forces that likely played a role in shaping him. Certainly he’s bright enough and claims to embrace some new form of