Balancing Liberty and Security: YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG


Keeping this from happening again should be our top concern. But “strip and grope” security won’t do the trick. Outrage over the Transportation Security Administration’s new “strip and grope” airport searches seems unlikely to die down anytime soon, because most people sense a big difference between the mere hassle of being told what you can’t [...]

Hyperbolic Hypocrite Andrew Sullivan Outraged by Rush Limbaugh’s “Bald Racism”


Looking at modern-day Andrew Sullivan, it’s hard to believe that he was ever considered a sane, respectable member of the Right. Today he’s infamous for bizarre rantings on everything from Sarah Palin’s children and Catholicism to domestic politics and that scheming Israel, and to the extent that he retains any conservative views, they’re easily eclipsed [...]

Do Republicans Owe Their Control of the House to Sean Hannity?


Republicans can attribute their success in taking back the House of Representatives to numerous factors: the Tea Party movement, unemployment, the people’s sense that the federal government’s overreaching Democrat leaders weren’t listening to them, and…Sean Hannity? There’s no doubt that talk radio generally is a potent force for promoting conservative politics, but the American Spectator’s [...]

Is Saul Anuzis the Man to Turn Around the RNC?


After their big electoral victory at the beginning of the month, the next question for Republicans is, how do they maintain and expand their control of Congress? An obvious component to that question is what to do with beleaguered Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele, who’s managed to lose the confidence of just about everyone [...]

Hot Post:Anti-Semitism Arrows Fired at Glenn Beck Miss the Mark


This popular post was first published on November 11 here. You haven’t really made it as a conservative until leftists start calling you either a raging bigot or functionally illiterate. Ideally both. It has nothing to do with whether or not you’ve actually done anything bigoted, and everything to do with whether or not they [...]

Unreal: Leftist Professors Trash World War II, With the Help of Big Government


Can you spot the bad guys in this picture? It’s not who you think anymore… Anti-American, anti-military propaganda aimed at the United States’ actions in the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars, not to mention scores of lesser conflicts and issues involving our armed forces, is nothing new. But all but the craziest of the anti-war [...]

Anti-Semitism Arrows Fired at Glenn Beck Miss the Mark


You haven’t really made it as a conservative until leftists start calling you either a raging bigot or functionally illiterate. Ideally both. It has nothing to do with whether or not you’ve actually done anything bigoted, and everything to do with whether or not they feel you pose a threat to their agenda. But once [...]

Why Shameless Ron Paul Disciple Wesley Messamore Isn’t Worth Any More of My Time


Last month, I wrote a post summarizing the case against Ron Paul. A Paul disciple named Wesley Messamore attempted to refute it at the Young Americans for Liberty blog. I responded here, demonstrating that Wesley’s screed consisted almost entirely of dishonesty, misdirection, and simply ignoring information that was too inconvenient. Curious about how our apologist [...]

Blazing Exciting New Trails for Partisanship: Media Matters Blasts Hannity for NOT Being a Hypocrite


Media Matters: this aggressive, but far less effective Whenever a leftist gets in hot water, you can count on Media Matters to find a way to steer the conversation toward alleged conservative misconduct. Yesterday, they dug past the headlines about Keith Olbermann getting (briefly) suspended for donating to Democrat candidates, and posed the question on [...]

“Tax-Cutter Obama” Revisited: Daily Beast Blogger Sets a New Standard in Leftist Duplicity


The most amazing thing liberals have done is create the myth of a compliant right-wing media with Republicans badgering baffled reporters into attacking Democrats. It’s so mad, it’s brilliant. It’s one kind of lie to say the Holocaust occurred when the Swedes killed the Jews. But it’s another kind of lie entirely to say the [...]