Thomas Sowell:
Random Thoughts
In the Congressional elections this year, many Democrats are running away from Barack Obama, but they can't hide their record of voting for Obama's agenda more than 90 percent of the time.
Hugh Hewitt:
How High Will Your Health Insurance Premiums Go In 2015?
Folks trying to plan their personal fiscal '15 are at a loss. They can't do a budget because they don't know what their health insurance costs will be.
Byron York:
Who Says Obamacare Isn't A Major Factor in Midterms
Some Democrats and their advocates in the press believe Obamacare, a year into implementation, is no longer much of a factor in the midterm elections.
Chuck Norris:
California Forces Churches to Fund Abortions
First, the mayor of Houston flagrantly violated clergy's First Amendment rights, when she subpoenaed sermons, and she still refuses to rescind her mandate. And now California government officials are forcing churches and other faith-based organizations to fund abortions. What's next?
John Hawkins:
6 Reasons We Need To Help Republicans Take The Senate Even Though They Stink
The Democratic Party is systematically destroying America and other than Barack Obama, no one deserves more blame for it than Harry Reid.
Michael Barone:
Reagan's Campaign Speech Continues to Reverberate 50 Years Later
On Oct. 27, 1964, 50 years ago Monday, a movie actor and television host delivered a 30-minute speech on primetime national television in support of the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwate
Mike Adams:
Good Women Have Abortions
After putting on UNCW name tags to show that they speak for the university, Amy Schlag and Katie Peel decided to pose in public for a photo op in front of a large sign reading "Good Women Have Abortions."
David Limbaugh:
Scales Finally Falling From America's Obama-Obscured Eyes
Do you all realize what a major deal it is that liberal comics are now openly ridiculing President Obama -- and not just for his mannerisms and the like but based on his abject policy failures?
Mona Charen:
Voter ID Myth Crashes
Democrats want everyone to vote: old, young, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, citizen, non-citizen. Wait, what was that last one again? We'll get to that.
John Ransom:
The Ebola Government
I'm surprised that Obama hasn't called Ebola the JV of viruses. But I'm grateful that he hasn't too. THAT would be a bad sign.
Cal Thomas:
Help for Middle East Christians
American Christians have been slow to the point of near silence when it comes to speaking out about the atrocities committed against their fellow believers by the Islamic State in Iraq (ISIS). The Jewish people are much better models in solidarity when Jews are persecuted.
Dennis Prager:
If It Damages America, It's Good for Democrats
In almost every area of American life, the better things are, the worse it is for the Democratic Party. And vice versa.
Doug Giles:
National Effort To Bully Churches Into Silence Before Elections With IRS Threat
Many pastors have been cowed into inactivity by the threatened loss of their tax-exempt status if they say anything remotely political.
Pat Buchanan:
Terrorism & 'The True Believer'
"A mass movement," wrote Eric Hoffer in "The True Believer," "appeals not to those intent on bolstering and advancing a cherished self, but to those who crave to be rid of an unwanted self.
Debra J. Saunders:
Pelosi Looking Past Dems' Grim Present
"We don't agonize. We organize," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi chimed after an editorial board meeting with the San Francisco Chronicle on Monday.
Paul Greenberg:
Saving Private Turner
That empty space on the list of Columbia County's veterans of World War II had stood waiting to be filled all these years, like a silent sentinel. The committee in charge of the monument, once it learned that one of the county's own had been overlooked all these years, did its duty -- just as Private Turner had done his. At long last, it is an honor to report, his name has been engraved alongside those of his comrades in arms. America does not forget its own, and neither does this largely rural county in South Arkansas.
Rachel Marsden:
Canadian Attack Prompts Absurd Reactions
PARIS -- Some warped minds believe that when a nation suffers a terrorist attack, it somehow deserved it and should set about doing some soul searching. Implicit in this argument is the notion that the attacker was somehow justified in his heinous actions -- there was no other option but to lash out violently.
Phyllis Schlafly:
Illegal Voters May Decide Fate of Senate
Control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs on Nov. 4, and illegal voters may tip the balance.
Bill Murchison:
Government as the Great Equalizer -- and Other Absurdities
The really troubling point that Joel Kotkin makes in the New York Daily News is that New York can't figure out how to do the economic equality thing we hear so much about in this and every political season.
Matt Barber:
U.S. Funnels Billions to Child-Beheading ‘Freedom Fighters'
Its hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys anymore. Youve seen it in the news. It has shocked and horrified the civilized world.
Nick Adams:
Memo To Hillary- Slash, Baby, Slash…
Hillary Clinton believes that corporations and businesses dont create jobs. Thats what she told an audience in Massachusetts, as she was stumping for fellow liberal sister and gubernatorial candidate, Martha Coakley.
Phil Kerpen:
Price Controls Reward Special Interests And Slow Innovation
Remarkable new wonder drugs have caused a new confrontation over pricing wars between manufacturers and health plans, now reaching a fever pitch over hepatitis C treatments from Gilead.
Michael Schaus:
Bill De Blasio’s Grand Plan for the Green Movement
There is a war on prosperity in New York City; and Bill de Blasio has just conscripted New York City property owners to fight on the side of the environmentalists. Businesses will first be given incentives to clean up their act; but mandatory compliance will ultimately be the tool of choice for the environmentalists who run the Big Apple.
D.W. Wilber:
Is it Time for a ‘Citizen Wolf Pack’ Against ‘Lone Wolf Terrorists’
As the news media and politicians pontificate about the threat from lone wolf terrorists one thing has been missing from their comments: What normal Americans can do to help protect themselves and the nation.
Nick Sorrentino:
Jeb (probably) gets in, The establishment steps up attacks on Rand Paul
The establishment is circling the wagons. They want their defense industry money protected. The Chamber of Commerce wants its corporate welfare protected. The big banks want to make sure their corporate welfare is protected.
Daniel J. Mitchell:
Has Italy Passed the Point of No Return for Statism and Big Government?
The world is a laboratory, with lots of experiments to see if a nation can prosper with big government and pervasive intervention.
Night Watch:
The Slow Response to ISIS is Proving to be Deadly
The pace of both Kurdish and government forces in launching counter-attacks is glacial. The extent of the ISIL threat from south of Baghdad has not been described in detail, but it seems less serious than the threat from ISIL forces west of Baghdad.
Ralph Benko:
Janet Yellen, Politicizing the Fed?
Janet Yellen gave a widely noted speech recently. The speech presented as a if ghostwritten for her by Quincy Magoo, that beloved cartoon character described by Wikipedia as a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of comical situations as a result of his nearsightedness.
Mike Shedlock:
Another Unbelievable Stress-Free Test
In an effort to fool the public into believing the latest round of bank stress tests were actually designed to find stress, the ECB found 25 scapegoats, with the biggest losers in Italy and Greece.
Crystal Wright:
Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson Gets “Black Attacked”
Apparently, theres a manual on how to act black floating around among black Americans and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is guilty of not reading it. In the spirit of full disclosure, neither have I. This hate is leveled by blacks towards other blacks, who speak standard, not broken, English and are or either aspire to be educated and successful.
Ransom Notes Radio:
Things Are About to Get Harder for the GOP
So what is the next step after the 2014 elections? Republicans will have an amazing chance to impact the direction of the nation The big question is: Will they take it? Also, Dan Bongino (former Secret Service agent and Republican candidate for Marylands 6th Congressional District) joined the show to talk about the task ahead.
Charles Payne:
Final Straw
Over the last three weeks, there has been a lot of talk about Ebola. The economic costs and executed protocol have been a poorly thought out process.
Political Calculations:
The Weeks That Were and Will Be with the S&P 500
Looking forward through the next two weeks, we would anticipate that in the absence of noise or an announcement from the Fed specifying that they will begin hiking short term interest rates in 2015-Q2, which would prompt a shift in focus.
Bill Tatro:
A Peek at the Future
The World press, at least the American mainstream media, is reporting that the Ukrainian people have overwhelmingly voted President Poroshenko, the Wests handpicked boy, a mandate to take the Country away from the Russian Bear and into the European Sphere.
Mike Adams:
University Deans Gang Rape Black Sorority
I know the story is just hearsay. And I emphatically believe it to be untrue. But I've heard I have an obligation to report such stories even if they are hearsay and even if I don't believe they are true.