2010 Watch: Schilling vs. Hare
Phil Hare, the Democrat who represents Illinois's seventeenth congressional district, ran unopposed for a second term in 2008. A union man, he's an opponent of free trade who voted Yes for the stimulus, cap-and-trade, and health care bills. In 2008 he earned a 100 percent rating from Americans for Democratic Action, the ACLU, and the [...]
President Obama Speaks Out on Iran Violence
A violent Iranian government crackdown on protesters this weekend has reportedly resulted in multiple deaths, as well as the arrests of hundreds of demonstrators, including several political figures and human rights activists. The continued government suppression since the contested June presidential elections has drawn sharp international criticism. The United States will always bear witness for [...]
Pinky’s Puppies
I take as my thesis that the Senate Democrats, by voting unanimously for cloture on the ObamaCare bill (or PinkyCare, after Sen. Majority Leader Harry “Pinky” Reid, D-Caesar’s Palace, 70%), have made themselves very vulnerable in 2010 and 2012. I also take it that the more Republican the state, the more trouble that state’s [...]
Paul Rahe: The Great Awakening, part 2
Hillsdale College Professor Paul Rahe writes:
Back in early September, I attended the annual meeting of the American Political Science Convention, which was held — for the first time — outside the United States in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
One of the panels I attended had as its focus the first eight months of the Obama administration [...]
A Marine’s Family Says
Kyle and Joseph Nevins, respectively the brother and father of a Marine serving in Afghanistan, write on the homepage:
As family members of a Marine deployed in Afghanistan, we know the importance of timely decisions in the heat of battle–indecision in the field puts troops at risk and leads to casualties. Likewise, the president’s indecision about [...]
Join the Senate and Don’t See the World
From the very day (June 28th, 2009) that José Manuel “Mel” Zelaya Rosales was impeached and removed from office by the Honduran supreme court and arrested by the military — the organization tasked with removing presidents under the Honduran constitution — the Barack H. Obama administration cast their lot with the so-called “Bolivarist.” Zelaya [...]
