On the same day that the Supreme Court announced that it would take up the challenge to President Obama’s healthcare reform law, Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) launched the Health Care Innovation Challenge,
by Dr. Susan Berry20 Nov 2011, 5:42 AM PST0
Just two days after his inauguration, Barack Obama signed an executive order directing that Guantanamo Bay be closed within a year. In an effort to bring this campaign promise into reality and to bring terrorists into the civilian court system,
by Tom Fitton17 Nov 2011, 5:47 PM PST0
Supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement took to Twitter to enlist the help of hacker group Anonymous in targeting New York Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman within minutes of his ruling that Occupy Wall Street protesters could not return
by Dan Riehl15 Nov 2011, 3:31 PM PST0
From the Associated Press: A New York judge has upheld the city’s dismantling of the Occupy Wall Street encampment, saying that the protesters’ first amendment rights don’t entitle them to camp out indefinitely in the plaza. Supreme Court Justice Michael
by Publius15 Nov 2011, 2:09 PM PST0
The Supreme Court has announced today that it will hear the challenge to President Obama’s signature health care reform law. The Court is expected to hear oral arguments in February or March, with a decision given by June of next
by Dr. Susan Berry14 Nov 2011, 8:42 AM PST0
Within our own country, the Founders and Framers understood that there has to be a balance between individual rights and the rights of the community. They were under no illusions that in a country this large that everyone could hold
by Nancy Salvato12 Nov 2011, 6:30 PM PST0
Greece is about to default on its public debt or ruin the European Union, or both. The Greeks are destroying themselves today much as they did during the Peloponnesian War. This looks like the inevitable result of the welfare statism
by Dr. Paul Moreno11 Nov 2011, 2:25 PM PST0
Fox News Insider: At a meet-and-greet event Thursday in Michigan, a man asked Herman Cain if he’d heard the latest news about Anita Hill, who is, of course, known for accusing Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in
by Breitbart TV10 Nov 2011, 7:39 PM PST0
Liberals have concocted yet another method to get around the founders’ Constitution. They plan to elect the President in 2012 on the basis of the national popular vote, rather than by a majority of the electoral college. Although earlier progressive
by Dr. Paul Moreno10 Nov 2011, 5:23 AM PST0
WASHINGTON (AP) – A conservative-leaning panel of federal appellate judges on Tuesday upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law as constitutional, helping set up a Supreme Court fight. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
by Publius8 Nov 2011, 10:38 AM PST0
From Reuters: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, looks likely to win re-election on Sunday after heavy social spending won him strong support among the country’s poor. Ortega has overseen a period of economic progress in his
by Sun Tzu6 Nov 2011, 5:00 PM PST0
The illegal immigration debate could not be any hotter. While JW was protecting the rights of Maryland citizens to stop tuition breaks for illegal aliens in Maryland, on October 14, a federal court blocked provisions of Alabama’s new tough illegal
by Tom Fitton6 Nov 2011, 12:35 PM PST0
Richard Goldstone. Source: The Jewish Daily Forward Richard Goldstone, who once accused Israel of deliberately seeking the deaths of Palestinian civilians, then recanted, has published an op-ed in the New York Times today refuting the accusation that Israel is an
by Joel B. Pollak4 Nov 2011, 5:19 PM PST0
“If you’re going to take away liberty and property, there has to be some sort of due process involved,” says Chris Littleton, the head of Ohioans for Healthcare Freedom and a Tea Party leader in the Buckeye state. “In this
by Reason TV2 Nov 2011, 1:13 PM PST0
Bless WaPo‘s increasingly irrelevant heart, it’s at it again. Marco Rubio on national ticket could be risky bet for Republican Party Just a week after the paper misfired badly at the Florida Senator, it’s not only giving it another go;
by Stephen Kruiser27 Oct 2011, 3:00 PM PST0
By Collin Roth After discovering that Occupy Milwaukee protester and left-wing activist Austin Lee Thompson used a Glendale hotel to register and vote, Media Trackers has discovered that at least two more out-of-state activists employed by the SEIU registered to
by Media Trackers26 Oct 2011, 10:13 AM PST0
The little boy sitting with a cop in a diner could have been myself sitting with my police surgeon father on a morning of “custody fights” between my “mom” and my “dad.” I wasn’t a runaway yet. I would be.
by Michael Moriarty24 Oct 2011, 2:09 PM PST0
Michele Norris hosts NPR’s dishonestly named “All Things Considered,” one of those insufferable dulcet-toned offerings where very few conservative ideas or pols are “considered” reasonable or sane. The show would be laughable if not for the fact that my hard-earned
by John Nolte24 Oct 2011, 2:08 PM PST0
This week on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio: US Congressman for the 40th district of California and the Chairman of the Sub-committee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, Rep. Ed Royce discusses the prosecution of a man in Pakistan accused of
by Secure Freedom Radio12 Oct 2011, 12:43 PM PST0
I took a week off from my Enter Stage Right memoir, The Haunted Heaven, and this series for Big Hollywood. Why? For time to ponder how some people are losing their jobs because of their free speech. More than one
by Michael Moriarty11 Oct 2011, 4:30 PM PST0
The Founding Fathers Reconsidered R.B. Bernstein Oxford University Press, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-19-983257-6 238 pgs. R. B. Bernstein leads the reader down three important and intertwined roads in The Founding Fathers Reconsidered. The first explores the importance of the Constitution
by D.L. Adams11 Oct 2011, 12:54 PM PST0
Can we afford to wait for the Supreme Court to rule on ObamaCare? Perhaps not. If the Left is anything, it is relentless. The Right needs to push back every bit as hard and consistently, or we will lose this
by Publius10 Oct 2011, 9:15 AM PST0
The past week was very interesting in Presidential politics. The darlings of the rank and file Republican Party, New Jersey governor Chris Christie and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, have concluded it is not time to run for President. Herman
by Elliot M. Kaplan10 Oct 2011, 6:17 AM PST0
Many are focused on the Supreme Court’s take-up of the question of the constitutionality of the individual mandate clause in Obamacare as the means to stop President Obama’s signature legislation. However, some of the law has already been funded and
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Oct 2011, 12:50 PM PST0
If you were to pile Hollywood’s most talented black actors, actresses, and singers into a room, many of them would echo the same sentiment towards the Tea Party movement — that they are, in effect, little more than a fringe
by Terrence Jackson6 Oct 2011, 10:32 AM PST0