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Is Jon Huntsman Barack Obama's Secret Weapon?

Many have wondered why Jon M. Huntsman Jr., a former Obama administration official as Ambassador to China, climate-change believer, ally of Harry Reid and all-around anti-Tea Party candidate is running for the Republican presidential nomination. Were the 2012 Republican primaries

Will Rep. Weiner's New York City-based Seat Flip to the GOP?

From The New York Times: Few predict a Republican upset: registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by three to one in the Ninth Congressional District. But it is not uniformly liberal — many Orthodox Jews live there, for example — and even

CAIR Disappointed with Rick Perry, and That's a Good Thing

A few weeks ago, the left-leaning Texas Independent interviewed Mustafaa Carroll of that state’s branch of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Rick Perry’s relationship with local Muslim communities there. Carroll complained about Perry reaching out to the

The English-Speaking Cyrano: Mark Steyn

No, he doesn’t improvise in rhyming couplets but one feels he could if it might provoke a laugh at the foolish world’s expense. One doesn’t want to be at the end of his verbal rapier. He’s already skewered the Obama

Bummer Summer: Left Now Complaining about Obama

From The Associated Press: Liberals argue that he caved on the debt ceiling. Unions are upset over his handling of unemployment and labor issues. Hispanics brought the immigration debate directly to his campaign doorstep. President Barack Obama’s summer of discontent

Obligatory Meghan McCain Needs Attention Post

I have always believed that Meghan McCain was upset that the 2008 election produced a female superstar that wasn’t her. Since Sarah Palin’s ascendancy to the upper echelon of conservatives, McCain has been running hard, nipping at her ankles, in

The Government War on Young Enterprise

What do the London riots and the recent government crackdowns on Lemonade stands across America have in common? The answer is that in each case, government has done its best to control young people, to stop them engaging in enterprise.

Sen. Lieberman Unsure He'll Support Obama in 2012

From The Washington Times: Senator Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, told host John McCaslin on America’s Morning News radio show on Tuesday morning that he had not decided if he would endorse President Obama in

Friday's Obamacare Ruling Was a Momentous Event

What is the most important part of the 11th Circuit’s recent ruling on The Affordable Care Act? You might think it was the individual mandate being struck down. But it was actually this: Judicial engagement. For the first time in

Funeral Pyres for the British Welfare State

The media still seems baffled that prim and proper England would be almost brought to its knees by what the London Daily Mail newspaper referred to as “nihilistic and feral teenagers” rioters. For four days anarchistic youths “from all walks

Black Tea Party Protests NAACP Annual Convention

Burrowed amongst extensive X-Games construction and L.A. Live weekend traffic, the historic South Central L.A. Tea Party held their first rally on July 24, 2011 outside the 102nd NAACP National Convention in Downtown Los Angeles to challenge the racist allegations