- newSantorum's Big Night
Rick Santorum has won the Minnesota caucuses and the nonbindingMissouri primary. At this writing it looks like he may win theColorado caucuses, too, but even if Mitt Romney pulls out a winthere, this is Santorum's night.As noted here at the time…
- 49 mins ago, 8 Feb 12, 5:28am - - newNow Can I Get an Acknowledgement That Supporting Santorum Wasn't Meant to Help Romney
For months and months now, some readers have accused me of beingfor Mitt Romney because I "only" wrote about ten or 11 columns andblog posts criticizing him (and none overtly praising him) while Iexpressed numerous criticisms, shared by may other…
- 3 hours ago, 8 Feb 12, 2:52am - - newWhy The Pats Losing The Super Bowl Wasn't So Bad After All
Maria Menounos, co-host of the syndicated entertainment showExtra and a diehard New England Patriots fan,lost a bet with correspondent A.J. Calloway. If the Giants lost,Calloway would dress up as a Pats cheerleader. But if the Pats lostto the G…
- 8 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 9:56pm - - newPeace Pipe with Jeffrey Lord
First, I owe Jeffrey Lord a bit of an apology. But it will comein roundabout fashion, because I must digress to say that hisopening line in his post below is absolutely classic, hysterically funny, andwell aimed. Injecting some levity into the si…
- 9 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 9:40pm - - newRubin Again Wishes Santorum Well
It is quite clear to me, from reading almost all of her posts,that Jennifer Rubin isn't turned off by Mitt Romney, but that shealso is very favorably disposed toward Rick Santorum. Indeed, herwritings indicate, I think, a slight -- very slight, bu…
- 10 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 7:54pm - - newJennifer Rubin to Endorse Santorum, Reject Romney?
Quin, you ignorant slut.(Sorry, I still love that old Dan Aykroyd/Jane CurtinSaturday Night Live routine of TVpundits with Dan's classic opening line to his presumedcolleague.)Now, I like my friend Quin Hillyer. Seriously and really,I do. Life…
- 11 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 7:17pm - - newMark Levin on Clint Eastwood
I listened to the Mark Levin clip that Aaronmentions below. It seems to me that he does pick up that the adwas intended as propaganda for the bailouts, though he points outthat Karl Rove's boss George W. Bush was actually the first to paythe aut…
- 11 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 6:48pm - - newNinth Circuit Court Panel Rules Proposition 8 Unconstitutional
In a move that will shock few people, a panel of the liberalNinth Circuit Court of Appeals ruledthat Proposition 8, a voter-passed California constitutionalamendment affirming that marriage is the union of a man and awoman, is unconstitutional. S…
- 12 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 6:25pm - - In Defense of Clint Eastwood
As I wrotehere shortly after it aired on Sunday night, I really liked theClint Eastwood ChryslerSuper Bowl ad and said it was the only ad worthremembering.Well, it may very well be the most remembered Super Bowl ad ofall time. However, a lot o…
- 12 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 6:00pm - - Murderous Iranian Thinking
For those of you who still don't believe that Israel's isolationby the Obama administration substantially increases the chance ofwar, or that Iran would risk nuclear retaliation by Israel for thechance to eliminate "the Zionist entity," one need l…
- 14 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 4:29pm - - Obama Flip-Flops on Super PACs
Remember those "shadowy groups" the president said wereinfiltrating our democracy? The political action committees createdby the Supreme Court decision liberals love to hate, CitizensUnited? The ones that can take bottomless contributions fromthe…
- 14 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 4:28pm - - Jimmy Carter II Plays into Iran's Hands
In an interview with the Today show's Matt Lauerrecorded on Superbowl Sunday, President Obama said that "Ourpreferred solution (to the Iranian efforts to develop a nuclearweapon) is diplomatic." Although he also stated "we're not takingany option…
- 14 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 4:25pm - - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Constitution
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's advice to Egypt ondrafting a constitution is still raising eyebrows almost a weeklater. Ginsburg suggested using South Africa's constitution as a model ratherthan ours. "I would not look to the U.S. Con…
- 14 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 4:17pm - - Rick Santorum's Opportunity
Three more states vote today, with Colorado and Minnesotaholding caucuses and Missouri having its primary. Zero delegate areawarded as a result of any of these contests (at least directly),yet this could have an impact on the race going forward. W…
- 15 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 3:35pm - - The Day Ahead: Tuesday, February 7
The Washington Free Beacon launched today (Free Beacon)Once considered "a threat to our Democracy," Obama embracesSuper PACs (CBS)Obama to return major donations tied to fugitive (NYTimes)Friday night Solyndra document dumps (Politico)Army trie…
- 17 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 1:41pm - - The United Nations' Rogue Agency
We have all heard the jocular remark about the inmates takingover the asylum. But I had never actually witnessed that unnervingevent until last October 31, when I spent an afternoon in the pressgallery of the United Nations Educational, Scientific…
- 19 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 11:11am - - The Audacity of Obama's Secularism
The secularists of the French Revolution regarded the RomanCatholic Church as the last obstacle to atheism's final triumph.Blurting this out, the French dilettante Denis Diderot proposed tohis fellow revolutionaries that they strangle the last pri…
- 19 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 11:10am - - Santorum Rejects Reagan Space Legacy
I like Rick Santorum.My former senator, whom I voted for three times and havewritten about here and hereis conservative, a great family man, smart and passionateabout his beliefs.So… I hate to say this, but at the moment: what adisappointmen…
- 19 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 11:09am - - Let Mrs. Obama Eat Red Velvet Cake
First Lady Michelle Obama leaves a bad taste in mymouth.Last week, the First Lady appeared on The Tonight Showwith Jay Leno to cajole Leno to eat his veggies. For his trouble, Leno had toeat a slice of veggie pizza with zucchini and eggplant (yu…
- 19 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 11:08am - - Plains Plutarch
Mari Sandoz's struggles as a writer were a metaphor for thelandscape of her origin, the Great Plains. A wind-whistled place,home to drought, blizzards, tornados, and plagues of grasshoppers,its very hardness has branded it America's most provincia…
- 19 hours ago, 7 Feb 12, 11:07am -