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NPR's Grade Inflation for Obama's Berlin Address

I’m laughing as I listen to NPR fawn over President Barack Obama’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate today. They are straining to compare his mediocre, self-referential and platitude-packed address with the stirring historic orations of President John F. Kennedy and

Three-Month Average of Job Creation Plummets

Three-Month Average of Job Creation Plummets

The American economy has created 78,000 fewer jobs per month over the last three months as compared to the previous three months. Between December of 2012 and February of 2013, 699,000 jobs were created, for an average of 233,000. Between

Nice Guys with Principles Finish First

Nice Guys with Principles Finish First

Traditionally, losing presidential candidates stay out of party affairs, the practical reason being that their party has moved on and sees the loser as radioactive or having something contagious. It may not be fair, but it is the way of

Obama's DC Judges: Democrats Started the Fight

Obama's DC Judges: Democrats Started the Fight

Last week we reported that President Obama’s agenda may depend on how many judges he can appoint to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Today Obama nominated three legal heavyweights to fill every vacancy on the D.C. Circuit,

The Lack of Moral Clarity in the War with Radical Islam

The Lack of Moral Clarity in the War with Radical Islam

The former Soviet prisoner Natan Sharansky, among other communist dissidents, has often spoken about the moral clarity that President Ronald Reagan’s much-maligned phrase, “evil empire,” brought to the Cold War. Ridiculed by the liberal elite as primitive moralizing, Reagan’s concept

Bob Dole Has Some Nerve

Former Senate Majority Leader and 1996 GOP Presidential nominee Bob Dole excoriated the Republican Party on Fox News Sunday, saying the Party lacked new ideas and engaged in too much obstructionist activity in the upper chamber. “They ought to put

Oxford University Sets Up Thatcher Scholarship

Oxford University Sets Up Thatcher Scholarship

Oxford University is to honour former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who died last month, with a £100 million scholarship trust for “future leaders”, the Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust, backed by patrons including fellow former

Surprise: Young Americans Don't Want More Government

Surprise: Young Americans Don't Want More Government

Since I graduated from college in 2009, the economy has remained stagnant and the job market has remained weak, with no sign of improvement. Just last week, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics reported that the unemployment rate hit 7.5

Voter Fraud Lawsuits Filed in Two Mississippi Counties

Voter Fraud Lawsuits Filed in Two Mississippi Counties

Two Mississippi counties are facing lawsuits filed by the American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) that seek injunctions to compel election officials in Jefferson Davis and Walthall Counties to clean up their voter rolls. The two cases could have a nationwide

Immigration Discussion Remiss to Ignore Cartel Violence

Immigration Discussion Remiss to Ignore Cartel Violence

One of the top motivations for Mexican citizens coming to the United States is that there are more economic opportunities north of the border. After guest-workers were limited in the 1960’s, illegal entry into the United States increased substantially.  The

Stockman Blasts Federal Reserve on 'Breitbart News Sunday'

Stockman Blasts Federal Reserve on 'Breitbart News Sunday'

David Stockman, the former budget director for President Ronald Reagan, was a guest on the weekly Breitbart News Sunday show on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 last Sunday. He spoke extensively about how the permanent political class in Washington has

More Than 2,000 Invited to Thatcher Funeral

More Than 2,000 Invited to Thatcher Funeral

(AP) – Invitations to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral are going out to more than 2,000 celebrities, dignitaries, colleagues and friends of the late British leader — from former U.S. presidents to composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. Invitations are being printed Thursday and

Thatcher, Freedom, and Free Markets

Thatcher, Freedom, and Free Markets

Many profound and detailed admiration pieces will be written about the late Margaret Thatcher, and they’ll be much deeper than this one. But I want to get on record with my own esteem for Mrs. Thatcher, whose character, philosophy, and

Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87

Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87

(AP) Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87By GREGORY KATZ and ROBERT BARRAssociated PressLONDONLove her or loathe her, one thing’s beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady who ruled for 11 remarkable years imposed her will on a

Long Live the Iron Lady! Margaret Thatcher Dies

Long Live the Iron Lady! Margaret Thatcher Dies

Baroness Thatcher died this morning following a stroke, her spokesman Lord Bell said. Lord Bell said: “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning. The