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Wire: New Video Seeks to Discredit Planned Parenthood

David Crary, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – An anti-abortion group Tuesday released undercover video taken in its latest attempt to discredit an organization that provides abortions — footage of operatives posing as a pimp and a prostitute seeking

Did a Noted Short-Seller Sell American Students Short?

Big Government has covered the Obama Administration’s war on career colleges before, particularly the the Wall Street connections: noted short-seller Steve Eisman, who’s testimony in front of the Department of Education and in Congressional committees is shaping the Administration’s policy

Democrats and 'Replacing' Obamacare

The recent ruling by a federal judge invalidating Obamacare in its entirety was a resounding victory for opponents of the sweeping law. It isn’t though, by itself, the end of the fight. The final determination of the constitutionality of Obamacare

David Hogberg Talks About Florida's Obamacare Ruling

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets020111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by David Hogberg of Investors Business Daily to discuss Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling against Obamacare. Then Pejman

Bernanke and Ethanol Sink Egypt

Decades of autocratic government and a lack of free elections are, of course, the main drivers of the political upheaval in Egypt. But did the sinking dollar and skyrocketing food prices trigger the massive unrest now occurring in Egypt —

Predictable: Media Matters Blames Jews for Egypt Crisis

Will the 400 leftist rabbis refute this? This was some sick stuff. Anti-Semitism is alive and well at Media Matters. Media Matters blamed the Egyptian crisis today on the US Jewish lobby and media-owning Jews. Yid With Lid reported this

Hope and Change Just as Hollow Worldwide

Predictably, the media is describing the goings on in the Arab world as consisting of revolutionaries fighting their oppressive leaders for democracy and human rights. Never mind that democracy does not ensure liberty. Never mind that the governments that will

Tuesday Open Thread: Khomeini Edition

Today, in 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile to Iran. It set in motion events which would topple the secular government and instill an Islamic ‘republic.’ Hmm…