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Inside Bachmann's Tea Party Caucus
The new Tea Party caucus will have serious clout. Its members include fundraising heavyweights from some of the safest, most conservative seats in the country. The Tea Party caucus unveiled this week is full of controversial characters - you either love ‘em or you hate ‘em. From Representative …
Michelle Rhee Fires Underperforming Teachers
Michelle Rhee Fires Underperforming DC Teachers The Washington Post reports that DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has successfully fired 241 teachers for under-performance. The teachers' union will contest the decision: D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee announced Friday …
Dems' Small Business Act Repeats Freddie & Fannie Mistakes
The Democrats new small business lending plan threatens to create a new speculative bubble similar to the one Fannie and Freddie created. Republicans were right to oppose a new small business lending plan that looks likely to become law soon; but they should have likened it to Fannie Mae and …Are Affairs Ever OK?
Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie gives advice to a woman in a long-term relationship now considering a short fling. Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie fields a question from a female reader in a long-term relationship with another woman, but now curious about men and open to …Are We Overprotecting Our Kids?
Getting around unsupervised used to be part of normal childhood. It could be scary, but it also taught independence. For most children, those days are gone. Writing in the Washington Examiner , Meghan Cox Gurdon looks at the trouble with over-protective parenting: Getting around unsupervised …Saving Our Kids from Junk Food
Right now, my kids ask for grapes, raisins and trail mix as snacks. But I'm terrified about what happens when they get into school and are exposed to ring pops and pixie sticks. Someone asked me, how do you handle junk food with your kids? How do you keep the balance of good and bad food in …
GOP Rep Warns of Secession Over Healthcare
GOP Rep Warns of Secession Over Healthcare Talking Points Memo has identified a House Rep. who believes that the new healthcare law may lead to the secession of some states: Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN), who is running in a heated three-way Republican primary for governor of Tennessee, …
Reps Call for Lockerbie Probe
Reps Call for Lockerbie Probe Politico reports that several House Reps are calling for probe into the Lockerbie Bombing: Three freshmen lawmakers from New York are sending a letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, insisting his government, along with an American …
Rand Paul Can't Remember if he Called for Abolishing USDA
Rand Paul Can't Remember if he Called for Abolishing USDA Jim Higdon of MarionCounyLine.com shot this video of Rand Paul's press conference following the candidate forum at the Kentucky Farm Bureau on Thursday, July 22. When asked to clarify his position on whether or not he has …Iran Possibly Linked to Plot to Blow Up JFK Airport
Iran Possibly Linked to Plot to Attack JFK Airport Michael Ledeen writes about an under-reported New York Tim es story that potentially links the government of Iran to a plot to attack the JFK airport: You may recall that back in 2007, some arrests were made in New York City in …
Making Government Smarter
Americans may worry about the merits of big government versus small government, but what they want above all is efficient government. While Americans maintain a healthy skepticism about the size of a centralized federal government, they also have aspirations for this government. The eternal …Tucker Carlson: Most of Journolist Archive "Banal"
Carlson: Most of Journolist Archive "Pretty Banal" In a letter to readers of the Daily Caller, Tucker Carlson discussed the site's handling of emails from the Journolist archive. The second line of attack we’ve encountered since we began the series is familiar to anyone who has ever …
Limbaugh, Beck Ask: Did White House Entrap Breitbart?
Limbaugh, Beck Ask: Did White House Entrap Breitbart? Media Matters reports: As Andrew Breitbart's Shirley Sherrod smear dissolved, rather than blame Breitbart for posting the deceptive clip of her speech, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, and Rush Limbaugh ludicrously began speculati…
American Jews Rally in Support of Anat Hoffman
American Jews Rally in Support of Anat Hoffman The Jerusalem Post reports that on Thursday, American Jews held a rally in support of Anat Hoffman at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. Close to 50 protesters, among them a dozen rabbis, warned the Israeli government on …
Rally Held at Israeli Embassy in Support of Anat Hoffman
On Thursday, rabbis from numerous denominations rallied in support of Anat Hoffman - the woman arrested for carrying the Torah at the Western Wall. When Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld of the Ohev Sholom National Synagogue decided to protest the arrest of Anat Hoffman at the Western Wall by Israeli …
Dems Dump the Beach House Bailout
Just moments before a vote on the proposed beach house bailout, House Democratic leaders pulled the bill from the floor. But is the plan really dead? The first effort to pass the beach house bailout legislation , Rep. Gene Taylor’s (D-MS) “Multiple Peril Insurance Act,” appears dead. Just …What Killed Lehman Brothers?
The fall of Lehman Brothers is a reminder that even the biggest characters on the Wall Street stage are susceptible to greed, envy and hubris. In her book, Devil’s Casino , investigative journalist Vicky Ward takes the reader deep into the personalities and politics behind the rise and fall …James Taranto is Sillier
We’ve heard many weird defenses of Andrew Breitbart. But the prize for bold cynicism has to go to James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal . Over the past few days, we’ve heard many weird defenses of Andrew Breitbart. Breitbart himself has claimed that he never intended to target Shirley Sherrod. …Daily Caller's Softball Team On Losing Streak
Daily Caller's Softball Team On Losing Streak Byron Tau reports that while the Daily Caller may be having success as an online news source, that the same cannot be said about its softball team: It seems that launching a successful political website is much easier than forming a …