This article was originally published in the Washington Post. The White House has defended President Obama’s unilateral decision to legalize the presence of nearly 4 million undocumented immigrants as consistent, even in scope, with the executive actions of previous presidents. In
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) expressed his opposition to a government shutdown, arguing congressional Republicans should wait to fight the fight in January. Host Megyn Kelly asked Paul to
Fox News Channel Media Analyst and “MediaBuzz” host Howard Kurtz argued that the media paid more attention to comments made by Congressional aide Elizabeth Lauten about the Obama daughters than comments made by Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber even though Lauten’s
A Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that the decision by the Ferguson grand jury to not indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of Michael Brown is more popular than President Obama. By a 48-45% margin, those polled agreed
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) kicked off Tuesday’s hearing on President Obama’s “executive overreach on immigration” by comparing Obama to England’s King James II. But amnesty activists quickly disrupted the hearing with shouts, chants and signs. After playing a video
The Jewish State is fighting wars for its very survival against barbarous, genocidal foes like Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. But far outside the Middle East, ferocious battles are being fought on the campuses of the world’s great Universities for Israel’s
**UPDATE: Like the New York Times, Bloomberg Politics published all of Darren Wilson’s address information (specific street, city, state) except for his exact house number. The rage and frustration boiling behind the decision to publish the address information of
Thanksgiving is the most uniquely American day of the year — regardless of our ethnic ancestries. It is a day of gratitude spent with family and friends, feasting on turkey with all the trimmings and watching football. Most of all,
Thanksgiving is a rare mid-week holiday, a chance to celebrate what’s effectively a four day weekend. But it’s nothing special for some government employees. For them, every day is a paid holiday. For example, the Inspector General of the Environmental
Ilya Somin of the Volokh Conspiracy, a blog hosted by the Washington Post, revisits the story of the Pilgrims at Plymouth and how instituting private property rights saved the community from ruin. There is much to be thankful for on
Emails between Hillary Clinton’s handlers and UCLA administrators reveal that the Clinton team micromanages her $300,000 appearances–down to the count of lemon wedges, color of stage armchairs, and type of cushions she uses in those chairs. The emails, obtained by
In response to Wanted: a government that sides with the law-abiding: Inquiring minds want to know why the Missouri National Guard wasn’t deployed in Ferguson Monday night. Governor Jay Nixon called a state of emergency in the St. Louis area
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Mike Barnicle asked Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson to react to Monday’s grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for wrongdoing in the shooting of Michael Brown earlier
A columnist for Time magazine hopes that Americans don’t get too worried about the violent riots spiraling from Ferguson, Missouri out into the rest of the country. Violent riots are good, she says. In fact, she thinks riots are “a
On Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to rhetoric earlier in the day from outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, who remarked on last night’s decision not to charge Ferguson Police Officer Darren
With the 2014 midterm elections behind us, pollsters and pundits have turned their attention to the 2016 presidential election. Quinnipiac and Rasmussen have released national polls of the nomination contests, while Bloomberg has surveyed the New Hampshire primary (Mitt’s their
Another example of just how good Democrats got it in the mainstream media arrived Sunday morning when no less than the Washington Post published a high-profile fact-check of a “Saturday Night Live” skit blasting Obama over his granting of amnesty
WASHINGTON (AP) — Divisive and flamboyant, maddening and beloved, Marion Barry outshone every politician in the 40-year history of District of Columbia self-rule. But for many, his legacy was not defined by the accomplishments and failures of his four terms
Note from Senior Management: Jen Kuznicki explores the work of a Bush hitman. We reprint here. Peter Wehner made Mark Levin the target of his work at Commentary lately, as an extension of his zeal to cast G. W. Bush
Citing the “appearance of an independence impairment,” North Carolina’s Democratic state auditor Beth Wood terminated the state’s contract with MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber in a phone conversation with him on Wednesday. The official letter terminating his contract was executed on Thursday.
Yesterday in an interview with Iowa Congressman Steve King to discuss the “Iowa Freedom Summit,” a multi-candidate forum for presidential hopefuls, King claimed that Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin called him a “racist” to a member of his staff during a phone
On Thursday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, Obama administration adviser Jennifer Palmieri defended President Barack Obama’s anticipated executive amnesty action scheduled to be made official later this week. Palmieri argued against a Washington Post editorial making the argument that Obama’s actions
On November 14 The Washington Post ran a story on Stanford law professor John Donohue’s claim that “educated judgments” show concealed carry laws are associated with higher crime rates. These “educated judgments”–i.e., educated guesses–come from a law professor who previously
In 1972 film critic Pauline Kael gave a lecture in which she said, “I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted forNixon. Where they are I don’t know. They’re outside my ken. Butsometimes when
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” former Obama “car czar” Steve Rattner, the lead adviser of Obama’s task force on the Auto Industry during the automaker bailouts of 2009, challenged the White House’s line that embattled ObamaCare architect Jonathan
