ABC News: “What a pro-active way to be able to help the economy and change the culture in this country around animals,” Robert Davi, a veteran actor (“The Goonies,” “Die Hard,” “License to Kill”) who was a main force behind
by Publius13 Oct 2009, 11:17 AM PST0
ABC News: “What a pro-active way to be able to help the economy and change the culture in this country around animals,” Robert Davi, a veteran actor (“The Goonies,” “Die Hard,” “License to Kill”) who was a main force behind
by Big Hollywood13 Oct 2009, 11:10 AM PST0
Today, the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on Senator Max Baucus’ health care overhaul. Like most Americans, I believe that our health care system needs to be reformed. However, this bill is a tax and spending bill masquerading
by Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)13 Oct 2009, 5:00 AM PST0
Representative Joe Wilson shouts in the House Chamber to President Obama during a speech on Health Care Reform, “You lie,” and is forced to apologize to the President directly and compelled to apologize in the House where the incident occurred.
by Frank DeMartini11 Oct 2009, 5:43 PM PST0
THE SECOND class of powers, lodged in the general government, consists of those which regulate the intercourse with foreign nations, to wit: to make treaties; to send and receive ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls; to define and punish piracies
by Publius10 Oct 2009, 6:01 PM PST0
Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava is not your typical Republican candidate. Running in a special election in upstate New York for the seat of departing Congressman John McHugh, she has, naturally, picked up the support of state and national Republican party officials.
by Capitol Confidential9 Oct 2009, 2:14 PM PST0
The good folks at Let Freedom Ring pass on this news: Let Freedom Ring today submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding answers after The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a massive investigation into Humana’s role
by Publius8 Oct 2009, 6:02 PM PST0
From the great folks at Sen. Tom Coburn’s office: Political scientists lobbying Congress for federal subsidies The National Science Foundation spends about $8 million annually to support political science research Research sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.S.
by The Pork Report8 Oct 2009, 12:46 PM PST0
I wasn’t surprised that Rep. Joe Wilson felt compelled to apologize to President Obama for calling him a liar. I also wasn’t surprised to hear that within 24 hours, thousands of liberals had sent in over $200,000 in contributions to
by Burt Prelutsky8 Oct 2009, 11:51 AM PST0
The allegations raised in “White House Creates ACORN for the Arts” and prior stories about the NEA enlisting artists who receive government grants to support President Obama’s political goals certainly raise a number of issues. Foremost among them is whether
by Hans von Spakovsky and Elliot S. Berke8 Oct 2009, 10:01 AM PST0
Last week, I told you about a ridiculous FEMA firefighter grant that was awarded to ACORN in Louisiana. Because of this website’s coverage of the issue and your action, the story grew, and FEMA finally made a statement saying that
by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)8 Oct 2009, 9:25 AM PST0
The allegations raised in “White House Creates ACORN for the Arts” and prior stories about the NEA enlisting artists who receive government grants to support President Obama’s political goals certainly raise a number of issues. Foremost among them is whether
by Hans von Spakovsky and Elliot S. Berke8 Oct 2009, 8:38 AM PST0
Patrick Courrielche discussed his pieces here and here with Glenn Beck on Monday. For those of you who missed it, or those of you who want to relive the magic once more: [youtube s6RIggjq-EQ nolink] Part II after the jump.
by Big Hollywood8 Oct 2009, 12:01 AM PST0
From Americans for Limited Government: October 7th, 2009, Fairfax, VA–Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today condemned members of the House for voting to refer a resolution that would have removed Congressman Charlie Rangel as Chairman of the powerful
by Publius7 Oct 2009, 12:17 PM PST0
I happened to see some clips of alleged Janeane Garofalo on the Bill Maher show the other night. I have a warning for anyone who sees her in person or is near her: Janeane is off her meds again and
by Jeffrey Jena7 Oct 2009, 9:55 AM PST0
October 6, 2009 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today released the following statement after the Senate rejected Coburn amendments that would have forced Congress to shift earmark funds back toward vital operations and maintenance. By a
by Publius6 Oct 2009, 5:36 PM PST0
Brian Walsh with the Heritage Foundation has this hilarious, ridiculous, depressing story at the Washington Times: “You don’t need to know. You can’t know.” That’s what Kathy Norris, a 60-year-old grandmother of eight, was told when she tried to ask
by Publius6 Oct 2009, 3:15 PM PST0
A friend of mine on Facebook recently wrote the following about an article on the life of the late Irving Kristol: “Once upon a time, not too many years ago, the Republican Party was the party of ideas. Would even
by Derek Hunter6 Oct 2009, 6:00 AM PST0
In his first year in office former president Bill Clinton, who had run as a centrist, was drawn into the new left vortex of socialized healthcare, which led to a resounding defeat for Clinton and the Democrats in the 1994
by Joseph C. Phillips5 Oct 2009, 3:07 PM PST0
I’m writing in regards to Chairman Landesman’s response to Senator Enzi’s National Endowment for the Arts inquiry (below). I want to first thank Senator Enzi and the other Senators for taking the time to compose the inquiry. I also want
by Patrick Courrielche5 Oct 2009, 12:35 PM PST0
A few days ago I received a call from my cousin. He’d been hearing some chatter from the family about something happening with a series of NEA articles that I’d written for Big Hollywood and wanted to find out from
by Patrick Courrielche5 Oct 2009, 12:34 PM PST0
It is easy to feel a little melancholy on a rainy fall day in Chicago. Summer is indisputably over and, while our autumn is lovely, we know too well what is right around the corner. But today is truly a
by Doug O'Brien2 Oct 2009, 3:20 PM PST0
Keep on Truckin’: Grateful Dead archive receives $615,175 federal grant; “The ultimate goal… is that everyone will have a Grateful Dead experience” Renovation project at the Bill Clinton presidential center will receive $2.5 million of federal stimulus funds North Carolina
by The Pork Report1 Oct 2009, 1:00 PM PST0
As ACORN’s faux independent review gets under way, ACORN’s advisory committee, made of up key liberal allies, is watching it closely, as seen in a fresh media advisory issued by David Redlener of The Advance Group and obtained by ACORNcracked.com.
by Kyle Olson1 Oct 2009, 11:20 AM PST0
I have come clean in the past about having been friends with Rep. Henry Waxman. We had met in the late 1950s at UCLA and wound up spending a lot of time over the following decade playing cards. In fact,
by Burt Prelutsky1 Oct 2009, 9:51 AM PST0