I’ve soured on the AIPAC Policy Conference, but facts are facts, and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is an American lobbying group, not an Israeli one, as indicated by the chyron today in Martin Bashir’s coverage. The fact that
1. Benghazi is a serious problem for the Obama administration. Four Americans, including the brave ambassador, were killed–and Obama did nothing, except lie to the public afterwards. Benghazi is every bit the scandal many of us thought it was at
I attended my first AIPAC Policy Conference in 1993, as the official liaison from my youth group to the pro-Israel organization. It was a lot of fun. Some of the highlights were: observing the carping between the Republican Jewish Coalition
Vice President Joe Biden will address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference (AIPAC) on Monday. As decorum demands, attendees will welcome him with applause; Democrats in the audience will clap more loudly. AIPAC’s leadership quietly boasts close relations
Pollster Scott Rasmussen is questioning the media’s interpretation of polling data that suggest the American public oppose spending cuts and favor spending increases for a variety of programs. In fact, Rasmussen says, Americans favor spending cuts. The misinterpretation, he says,
Fearing a loss in the 2014 midterm elections that would hand Democrats control of the House of Representatives, Republicans on Capitol Hill have settled on a unique strategy: let President Barack Obama fail. Speaker of the House John Boehner told
I’ll be speaking on a panel at CPAC 2013 about “Benghazi and Its Aftermath: U.S. Middle East and Southwest Asia Policy.” My focus will be the great strategic mistake of June 2009, when we could have sealed victory the War
White House economic adviser Gene Sperling, who controversially told journalist Bob Woodward he would “regret” accusing the Obama administration of shifting the goalposts to include tax hikes in debate over the sequester, offered a misleading defense of the sequester on
Democrats and the media have accused Tea Party favorite Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of “McCarthyism” merely for posing tough questions to and about Chuck Hagel during the latter’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense. Yet a recent column by former Secretary
I’ve already defended Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), so now it’s my turn to defend the Harvard Crimson–or, more precisely, Harvard itself. Conservatives are having fun with a recent Crimson editorial admonishing conservatives not to apply to the school if they
Andrew liked this song so much, he tweeted it at least twice. In the early morning of March 1, 2012, while I was trying to put the words together that would announce the worst news, I thought of including this
From the Right Radio is streaming 13 straight hours of interviews with Andrew Breitbart today. I tuned in about 90 minutes ago and it is simply awesome. The soundtrack to my day in the new Breitbart News HQ. It’s amazing to
When it came to classroom politics, Andrew believed in being “petty”–meaning there was no struggle too small. Education was the foundation of everything–and students the most vulnerable victims of the Democrat-media complex. He would champion the cause of anyone standing
Andrew gathered the editorial team in the center of our former office, a giant warehouse space with a row of desks above overlooking a recreation area below. We were just a few days from the re-launch of the website. Most
On Wednesday evening’s edition of Hardball, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews accused critics of former Sen. Chuck Hagel–now Secretary of Defense–of McCarthyism. He focused on three examples: Ben Shapiro’s Feb. 7 story about Senate rumors that Hagel had received funding from “Friends of
My freshman class at Harvard was the first to be randomly assigned to upperclass dormitories (“houses”). The university did not like the fact that students, given the choice, self-segregated into different communities, and was particularly disturbed by the fact that
Philip Weiss, an anti-Israel blogger so wretchedly devoted to his obsession that Palestinian terrorists were re-tweeting him during Operation Pillar of Defense last year, has revealed his version of the story of how an anti-Israel op-ed made its way into
Wednesday’s headlines provide an important lesson in the difference in strategy between the two political parties. In Chicago, the Obama operation quashed former Rep. Debbie Halvorson, who enjoyed an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association, in favor of anti-gun
Yesterday, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) attended a private meeting with President Barack Obama on the subject of immigration reform. They emerged all smiles: “It’s one of the best meetings I’ve ever had with the president,” Graham
NewYork Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $2.3 million in campaign spending helped anti-gun radical Robin Kelly win the Democratic primary to replace convicted former Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D) yesterday. Bloomberg joined Obama political adviser David Axelrod, radical Jeremiah Wright ally Father
The Senate voted Tuesday afternoon to confirm former Sen. Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, replacing Leon Panetta. Hagel overcame a contentious confirmation process to win a 58-41 vote largely along party lines. The 41 “no” votes are the largest
From a press release by the Harlem Globetrotters: (PHOENIX, Feb. 26, 2013) – Carrying on a tradition of entertaining families internationally for decades, the world famous Harlem Globetrotters have just embarked on a week-long journey to bring smiles to kids
Romney lost because conservative voters failed to turn out. Conservative voters failed to turn out for many reasons–poor technology being one of them–but also because they are tired of being betrayed by Republican candidates, and they sensed Romney was a
It is difficult to take government hysteria over the sequester seriously when federal agencies that are complaining over potential discretionary cuts to services are announcing new spending programs at virtually the same time. The blog Screwy Puppy noticed a typical
