All Blogs / Politics / US Politics / Conservative / Popular
Change
Petitioning the Lightworker: "Come back to us, and all will be forgiven!" Journalists who covered the George W. Bush administration said they encountered arrogant attitudes toward the press but were usually able to engage knowledgeable...Show More Summary
The social triangle
Three great forces shape a society: culture, politics, and economics. Each of them influences the other. The late Andrew Breitbart famously observed that politics are “downstream” of culture. In other words, culture shapes political expectations. Show More Summary
Secret Documents Reveal Winnie the Pooh Author A. A. Milne Was an Officer of MI7b During the Great War
That headline there? That's a big fat lie. Well, it's the truth, but it's misleading. I learned this from the media. MI7b was a propaganda-writing outfit, not a frontline espionage group. This was actually revealed last month but it didn't...
Marking the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China
A year ago today, when I met with some of the 80,000 underground Catholics of Wenzhou, China, they were rebounding from serious hardship. Just months before, authorities had detained their bishop, Peter Shao Zhumin, and chancellor, Paul Jiang Sunian. Show More Summary
DNC: Republicans Doctored Emails and Are Making Up These Scandals or Something
Friday afternoon, the Democratic National Committee sent out an official email accusing Republicans of "making up so-called scandals," doctoring...
"You have no idea what people will do to themselves," said a veteran ER nurse...
... quoted in Mary Roach's "Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal." “Forget to remove the potato that you used as a pessary until you noticed a vine sprouting between your legs? Decided to do your own nose job at the bathroom mirror and replace the cartilage with a leftover piece from last night’s chicken dinner? You have no idea.”
Have You Been to the Home Front Lately?
Do check out Colette Moran's new posts.
Grassley: Lerner Was Asked to Resign, But Refused
According to Senator Chuck Grassley, the IRS's tax-exempt division director Lois Lerner refused to resign after she was asked to do so by the agency's acting commissioner: “My understanding is the new acting IRS commissioner asked for Ms. Show More Summary
GOP widening Sebelius shakedown probe
Fourth scandal?
Documents: Lois Lerner Was Directly Involved in Targeting Program
Not to fear, America -- she's been placed on "administrative leave," a terribly severe form of discipline that's effectively tantamount to paid...
McCain and Republican Foreign Policy
Jonathan Chait is mostly right about John McCain and wrong about the …
Did Eric Holder lie under oath?
Plus -- HuffPo: Time to go
Al Franken Resists Impulse to Slug Reporter
(John Hinderaker) This video of Jason Mattera trying to interview Al Franken and Chuck Schumer about their two letters to the IRS, asking the agency to crack down on tax-exempt “social welfare” groups, is pretty entertaining. Only I don’t think Breitbart TV, which posted the video, described it correctly. Show More Summary
"I’ve concluded that the goal of most college courses should not be knowledge but engaging in certain intellectual exercises."
Writes Notre Dame philosophy prof Gary Gutting, who teaches a freshman seminar reading "a wide range of wonderful texts, from Plato and Thucydides to Calvino and Nabokov." We have lively discussions that require a thorough knowledge of the text, and the students write excellent papers that give close readings of particular passages. Show More Summary
Nancy Pelousie: An Example of the Stupidity & Lies One Must Perpetrate to be a Democrat
Haven’t ranted for a while, so here we gooooo…. There are dozens of examples every day of the lack of logic, ignorance of facts, downright dishonesty, and stupidity one must employ to be a Democrat in America, but today we must focus on a particular example of lunacy perpetrated upon the public by the loud-mouthed, [...]
Luntz in Closed-Door GOP Briefing: Stop Talking Impeachment
Republicans looking to press President Obama on the trio of scandals that have been consuming Washington -- but not overreach on them -- got some private advice this week from Frank Luntz, the pollster and linguistic guru who often briefs...Show More Summary
Ode on a Grecian Yearning
Athens -- Democracy is under siege in its birthplace. In a room of over 50 Greek CEOs and scholars from the American School in Greece, not one raises their hand when asked if they think their democratic government is capable of solving their economic problems. Show More Summary
CRACKDOWN IN ENGLAND! Officials Jump into Action After Terror Attack – Arrest Twitter Users For Ugly “Anti-Muslim” Tweets
Yes, this really happened. Great Britain understands that people are upset after the bloody terrorist attack this week. So they’re cracking down on Twitter users. British officials jumped into action following the bloody terror attack this week… And, arrested Twitter … Continue reading ?
Chris Christie: “I’ll be here to welcome” Obama when he comes to tour the NJ coast again next week
Obligatory.
Fantastic Essay: Rote Expressions of Alleged "Outrage" Are Not Enough To Combat Terrorism
Great link from Hot Air. This is so full of head-nodding quotations that it's a a lie to excerpt any one part. However: Too many still seek refuge in ignorance and denial that was so memorably displayed by U.S. officials...
- The Internal Revenue Service
- President Obama
- Attorney General Eric Holder
- Lois Lerner
- Hillary Clinton
- White House
- Kermit Gosnell
- James Rosen
- The Associated Press
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Sharyl Attkisson
- Tea Party
- Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
- Jay Carney
- State Department
- Prime Minister David Cameron
- Government Reform Committee
- The American Civil Liberties Union
- George W. Bush
- Gang of Eight
