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Media coverage now implies that the U.S. Supreme Court will determine the fate of President Obama's health care law. But nothing the court decides will keep the law alive for more than a brief period of time...even if the law survives the Supreme Court and the next election, the clock will be ticking.

This speech was broadcast by legendary ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey on April 3, 1965: If I were the Devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree, so I should set about however necessary to take over the United States. I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a...

For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke. I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the...

"A hundred dollars on Denver." "You sure?" said the guy at the Las Vegas casino who takes the sports bets. "You don't want the points?" No, things did not look good for the underdog Denver Broncos football team. They suffered three straight ugly losses at the end of the regular season. Their quarterback, Tim Tebow, looked seriously unimpressive. Yet somehow, Denver found themselves in a playoff game against the mighty Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. But how can you not pull for Tim Tebow, the polite, respectful rookie quarterback who enjoys stratospheric name recognition, popularity and polarization? Tebow, a devout Christian,...

It was, in it’s way, a great moment. Dumb and profound at once. On NBC television, singer Cee Lo Green ushered in 2012 at a Times Square studio by singing John Lennon​’s leftist anthem “Imagine,” only he updated an originally atheist lyric so that it now came out as a multiculturally sensitive, ecumenical one. In 1971, Lennon wrote and sang about his paradise on earth, in which there’s “nothing to kill or die for/and no religion too.” Green changed that to “nothing to kill or die for/and all religion’s true.”

Such is The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, a scholarly work of over 1400 pages treating, as the foreword says, "the results of modern scientific criticism with rigor and clarity". The writer, Cardinal Martini, Archbishop of Milan, Italy at the time, went on to say that the volume, "will also be an instrument for rich ecumenical dialogue." There are eighty plus contributors (Catholics only) but only three editors, Raymond S. Brown, S.S., Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J., and Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm. and it is they who give this publication the Nihil Obstat. Most of the books of the Bible are...

Andrew Klavan talks turkey

I hate the death penalty and always have, so I do not say this lightly, but it’s high time even opponents of capital punishment start thinking seriously about executing convicted terrorists. Unlike even the worst criminals such as serial killers, terrorists remain dangerous to societies at large even after they’ve been locked up with life sentences because innocents outside the prison walls are frequently kidnapped to secure their release. The Israeli government just struck a deal with Hamas to free Gilad Shalit, a soldier who was kidnapped five years ago near the border with Gaza. In exchange for Shalit’s release,...

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Presidencies can go through various stages in terms of their effect on the opposition – from eliciting respect and some amount of fear, to provoking anger, to becoming the object of ridicule. Barack Obama has reached the third stage.Dana Milbank of the Washington Post has written a column in which he cites passages from Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress last night and then chronicles the reaction among congressional Republicans, which included chuckles, guffaws and giggles. Hostility to Obama has given way to indifference to what he says; witness the fact the GOP did not even feel the need...

(Charley Reese was a long-time columnist for the Orlando (Florida) Sentinel. He wrote this “545” column in 1985. It has been updated a couple of times since, including here.) Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes? You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I...

According to thefreedictionary.com, the definition of the word "acronym" is as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as RADAR for Radio Detecting And Ranging." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, that's a pretty good definition of the word, but it leaves out something very, very important. Acronyms can be a crap load of fun, especially when it's really slow at work, despite Jew Hater Obama's assurances that all is well with economy. On a boring, rainy day when...

“Just to be clear, I’m running for president of the United States of America, and I’m not running for second place.” That was my announcement on Saturday, May 21, 2011, in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park. It was a high noon event with over 15,000 of my closest friends in attendance! I wanted to be very clear of my intentions because of the three usual reservations expressed by skeptics about a “dark horse” candidate winning the Republican nomination for the presidency. Name recognition, money and not being a previous officeholder are the usual negatives pointed out by political pundits. My name...

Today is the Feast Day of St. Nicholas of Myra. He was a real man, a bishop (circa 343 AD), a servant of Christ. He did not have reindeer.

-Best of the New Media's Resurgent Right- The Camp of the Saints brings you his regular quote-of-the-week -here-  The Conservative Wahoo sounds the call: Steele Must Go  -here- Moonbattery -this week's RR Featured Blog- finds Bush Derangement Syndrome still raging amongst liberals -here-  The Lonely Conservative reports that serial failure Obama is leaving the economic summit empty handed... is anybody surprised -here-  Adrienne's Corner has an informative Bill Whittle clip on gun rights -here-      Weasel Zippers finds Bubba actually praising W's new book... -here- Fishersville Mike:Coming to Terms with a One-Term Obama  -here- Conservative Pup sees the Communist Party USA dropping all pretenses -here- And So It...

Clip from conservative talk show host Dave Weinbaum's weekly radio show concerning Barack Obama's call for a civilian militia.

Once again, Connecticut and the nation got some “face time” with the former’s state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s press conference, flanked with members who have served in the Unite States Marines and speaks about a son who is now at present serving in the Marines.

Dear FRiends, I am looking for recommendations for a good online commentary on the Gospel of Luke.

I've been hearing this a lot on the radio while traveling thru Illinois and Indiana. Thought I would share...

Barbara from Harlem (a frequent caller to the Mark Levin Show) and her co-host provide commentary on the response of those who blindly defend President Barack Obama's policies. They also update their listeners on the Climate Gate controversy. They bring straight conservative talk from black Americans to all Americans. Check out the site!