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Make Culture, Not Think Tanks

Mike Flynn recently wrote a cri de coeur on Big Government asking why conservatives have failed to move back the needle on government spending despite the profusion of conservative think tanks, foundations, policy shops, grass-roots organizations, and sundry other pointy-headed

Maybe Anthony Weiner Has Been Hacked!

This is not the real Anthony Weiner. Somebody hacked him and this is an avatar named, Tony…uh….Tony….Whiner. It’s a subtle difference in name, but makes all the difference in the world when it comes to what is going on here.

'American Exposure': Preserving Liberty On the Airwaves

UPDATE: Due to her upcoming bus tour, Governor Palin has had to do some rescheduling. Rep. Michele Bachmann and “Northern Exposure” co-star Rob Morrow will be Janine’s guests Saturday. If you build it, they will come. I have been concerned

Josh Brolin Still Whining Over 'W.' Criticism

Josh Brolin sounding ridiculously defensive over a two-year old movie on Jimmy Kimmel: “They want to criticise it because you think it’s Oliver Stone, it’s Josh Brolin, who people perceive as very, very left wing, which I’m not necessarily. They

Media Matters' Stunning Hypocrisy on Anonymous Donations

Ever since the shellacking Democrats suffered in the midterms, their strategists and donors have been meeting to discuss plans for 2012. Tuesday, the New York Times reported on the latest high profile effort by David Brock, head of Media Matters:

WMD and Cognitive Dissonance

George W. Bush is telling the world says he was “sickened . . . when we didn’t find weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq. How, I would like to know, did he feel when 550 metric tons of yellowcake were

Christine O'Donnell: The Next Political Celebrity?

Part I: Part II: Christine O’Donnell sat down with Jay Leno on the “Tonight Show;” the conversation was cordial and the topics were, shall we say, familiar. In Part I, watch for when O’Donnell says she thinks Karl Rove is

A Congressional Race to Watch (and Support)

In the 3rd Congressional District of Missouri, a race for the ages is taking place. Ed Martin (R), one of the originals involved with the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition and endorsed by that organization, is fighting to replace Russ

Charge: Whitman, Fiorina Torched California Forest for Sport

Sacramento (AP) – In the current edition of The Nation magazine, California Democratic Party chairman John Burton charges Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and senate hopeful Carly Fiorina behaved badly during the Tehachapi wildfire emergency last summer which destroyed forty

President Obama's Updated Enemies List

Senator Barack Obama campaigned for President against the “politics of personal destruction” and a future President who could “bring Democrats and Republicans together.” As President, Obama has denounced opponents of the Administration and brought partisanship to a new level. The

SEIU Solicited Contributions from 'Foreign Nationals'

President Obama’s baseless attack on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce underscores the routine hyper-partisan attacks his administration has become known for. Obama’s allegation was that the Chamber has been using money from foreign members to influence this election. Karl Rove,

Progressives Embrace Convicted Terrorist

This past July, in a formal request it filed with the prosecutors of Maryland state and the city of Baltimore, a left-leaning organization known as Velvet Revolution urged prosecutors to press criminal charges against James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles for

Flashback: Progressives Embrace Convicted Terrorist

This past July, in a formal request it filed with the prosecutors of Maryland state and the city of Baltimore, a left-leaning organization known as Velvet Revolution urged prosecutors to press criminal charges against James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles for

Karl Rove Needs to 'Meet John Doe'

Et tu, Karl? Only Miles Monroe, Woody Allen’s character in Sleeper, could have missed the firestorm Karl Rove touched off during his appearance on Fox News’ Hannity show on Tuesday night. But for the benefit of Mr. Monroe and other

What Karl Rove Should Have Said

John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, offers his thoughts on the GOP spat over Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware. It’s a refreshing read. Tuesday night, I happened to be watching live when Karl Rove fulminated on the Christine

Hey GOP: Lead. Follow. Or Get Out of the Way

Tea Party conservative Christine O’Donnell knocked off longtime Republican insider milquetoast Mike Castle in the Delaware Republican primary Tuesday for the Senate seat once held in a lockbox by Vice President Joe Biden. It’s another victory for the GOP rank