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Cultural Rot and Its Political Fallout
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2014/02/15/cultural-rot-and-its-political-fallout-n1795151
– Having softened us up with cultural rot, the Left is driving for total political control, with little effective opposition. … To suggest we can just tune out the cultural, political and social mayhem and go about our business is a non-starter. … Even if you turn off the news, it seeps in everywhere.…
Rand Paul Versus Barack Obama
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2014/02/15/rand-paul-versus-barack-obama-n1795121
– I’m a national security hawk. But, I’m also a free-market, anti-crony capitalist. … For all these reasons, I stand with Rand in his lawsuit against Barack Obama and his co-defendants: the Director of National Intelligence … “Paul’s suit, filed in conjunction with conservative group FreedomWorks,” says the New York Daily News, “alleges that the NSA’s bulk…
Americans, Where Have You Gone?
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2014/02/14/americans-where-have-you-gone-n1794660
– --Manufacturing a phony GOP war on women and pitting the genders against each other for political gain. … --Ostracizing and slandering black conservatives, all for daring to stray from the "required" political views. … --Using the presidential bully pulpit to demonize Fox News and conservative talk radio.…
Soviet Communism Was an Unmitigated Disaster, Not a 'Pivotal Experiment'
https://townhall.com/columnists/gabriellahoffman/2014/02/13…as-an-unmitigated-disaster-not-a-pivotal-experiment-n1794435
– people are doing very well and the fear that others are being left very far behind,” he teased on the February 12, 2004 morning news … Rummell— a University of Hawaii professor emeritus of political science who famously coined the term “democide”— wrote in his book … Like National Socialism, Soviet communism and its variants deserve equal condemnation for their human rights violations and mass bloodshed…
Syrian Peace Talks are Stalling More than Syrian Opposition
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2014/02/13/syrian…eace-talks-are-stalling-more-than-syrian-opposition-n1794217
– The Deputy National Security Advisor in the Presidential Office leads the South's delegation. … During this Watch, news services confirmed the talks took place, but reported not details.. … Brahimi told a news conference the second round of talks so far was as "laborious" as the first, last month.…
Welcome to the Presidential Race, Hillary
https://townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/2014/02/13/welcome-to-the-presidential-race-hillary-n1793919
– Already an enormous political action committee has been formed. … At first, the Episodic Apologists are full of hope for the Clintons -- they have such charisma, such political promise. … Now Benghazi is again in the news.…
An Orwellian Nation of Obamathink
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2014/02/13/an-orwellian-nation-of-obamathink-n1793843
– That nonpartisan verdict should be bad news for workers. Not in our brave new world. … In 2013, the IRS confessed that it had targeted particular political groups based on their names or political themes -- a Big Brother … intrusion into private lives that was revealed at about the same time the Associated Press and National Security Agency eavesdropping…
Pay Dirt: RGA Reaps Largest January Fundraising Haul Ever Under Christie
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/02/12/pay-dirt…argest-january-fundraising-haul-ever-under-christie-n1793433
– A featured item on national Democrats' anti-Christie punch list is to create a political climate in which Republicans … The RGA isn't the only Republican political operation performing well in the crucial money race. … The RNC trounced the DNC in 2013: The Republican National Committee beat the Democratic National Committee in 2013…
Wendy Davis Says She'd Back a 20-Week Abortion Ban
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2014/02/12/wendy-davis-says-shed-back-a-20week-abortion-ban-n1793814
– In an interview published today in the Dallas Morning News, Davis came out in favor of a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, provided … Davis was a political nobody in Texas who was barely reelected to her seat in the state senate. … Her 12-hour filibuster against the bill effectively turned her into a national political celebrity.…
Tim Scott Hits Back Against Bigoted NAACP Leader
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/02/12/tim-scott-hits-back-against-bigoted-naacp-leader-n1793767
– Last night on Fox News' Hannity, Republican Senator Tim Scott responded to North Carolina NAACP Leader William Barber after … Fox News Contributor, radio host and tea party leader David Webb traveled to North Carolina over the weekend to confront Barber, who … National leaders at the NAACP have refused to comment, despite Scott being the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction.…
Democrats Trapped in the Bodies of Republicans
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelschaus/2014/02/12/democrats-trapped-in-the-bodies-of-republicans-n1793608
– The truth is, Political Party does matter. … What the vote really boils down to is political tactics. … My guess is that Boehner is in need of some political identity counseling.…
Culture of Corruption Postscript: The Hilda Solis Files
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2014/02/12/cu…ture-of-corruption-postscript-the-hilda-solis-files-n1793543
– --Upon winning confirmation, Solis quickly went to work doling out plum political appointments at the Labor Department and fat pay … After stepping down from her Obama cabinet position last year, Solis is back in the political spotlight. … Hews Media Group-Community News obtained a lawsuit filed in California's Central U.S.…
Washington State Governor: I am Suspending the Death Penalty
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/02/11/washi…on-state-governor-i-am-suspending-the-death-penalty-n1793404
– Perhaps taking a page out of the president’s political handbook, Washington state’s Democratic governor has announced … suspending the use of the death penalty in Washington state, announcing a move that he hopes will enable officials to "join a growing national … There have been too many doubts raised about capital punishment, there are too many flaws in this system today," Inslee said at a news
Who's Pumped For...President Joe Scarborough?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2014/02/11/are-you-ready-forpresident-joe-scarborough-n1792787
– When I first saw this headline yesterday, I instantly stuffed it into my brain's "idle speculation on a slow news … (This news hadn't dropped yet). Not so, says an NBC "insider" who spoke on background to Ed Morrissey. … And if not, would the upside of going to bat for his brand of conservatism on a national stage outweigh the downside of walking away…
Let's Read the Polls About Amnesty
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2014/02/11/lets-read-the-polls-about-amnesty-n1792820
– Even more striking is the callous way Obama's friends are trying to put a happy face on this bad news by claiming that Americans who … Polls show that Republican emphasis on patriotism and national sovereignty is likely to alienate many immigrants. … University of Alabama political scientist George Hawley observes that "immigrants are well to the left of the American public on a…
Vladimir Putin Tries to Rebuild the Soviet Union
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2014/03/01/vladimir-putin-tries-to-rebuild-the-soviet-union-n1802485
– Thailand: The leader of the anti-government protest movement said Thursday he is willing to negotiate to end the political crisis, … if the prime minister is willing to talk with him live, one-on-one, on every national television station. … Comment: This appears to be the first break in the political impasse.…
“Here I come to save the day!” Jimmy Carter offers to visit Venezuela
https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2014/03/01/h…save-the-day-jimmy-carter-offers-to-visit-venezuela-n1802350
– President Nicolas Maduro and to Venezuela’s defrauded Presidential candidate Enrique Capriles expressing “grave concern” regarding the political … The news of Carter’s proposed Venezuela visit was only hours old when alarmed Venezuelan anti-socialists sent out an SOS: “Please, … yells a demonstrator to a heavily armed national Guardsman. “Then sing the Venezuelan national anthem!”…
The Issue That Could Finish Off the Republican Party
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevedeace/2014/03/01/the-issue-that-could-finish-off-the-republican-party-n1801028
– Reagan arrived on the scene backed by national defense hawks and anti-tax/pro-growth conservatives. … Prior to this mobilization, evangelicals were hardly a political force. … A generation that isn’t even sure political activism makes a difference.…
Russia Considers Taking Over Lower Peninsula of Ukraine
https://townhall.com/columnists/nightwatch/2014/02/27/russia-considers-taking-over-lower-peninsula-of-ukraine-n1801232
– Comment: Concern about Japanese stocks of fissile material, especially plutonium, became headline news after the Fukushima power plant … It is clear that for this reform to succeed all the Ukrainian political forces and all regions of the country must become its part, … Iran-Iraq: News services reported that Iran has signed an agreement to sell arms and ammunition worth $195 million to Iraq.…
The Good War and the Bad Afghan Leader
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2014/02/27/the-good-war-and-the-bad-afghan-leader-n1801175
– McKeon is baffled as to why Obama doesn't talk up the good news coming out of Afghanistan. … Afghan national security forces have come a long way, although they still need U.S. support. … "We still have a clear national interest there," he told me.…
Stop Being Stupid!
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2014/02/27/stop-being-stupid-n1800914
– So if you’re going to do political events with Ted Nugent you have to be prepared to take the heat that comes with it. … The Conservative Political Action Conference is next week, and it wouldn’t be CPAC were there not some media frenzy over some group … Soon after the news broke, CPAC reversed itself and announced the group no longer was welcome.…
Young Conservatives Fuel Optimism in the Liberty Movement
https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2014/02/26/young-conservatives-fuel-optimism-in-the-liberty-movement-n1800852
– the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (commonly known as “ICE,” a branch of the Department of Homeland Security) to build a national … But that wasn’t the only good news last week. … “We are just getting started,” YAL Executive Director Jeff Frazee told US News.…
Real Huffington Post Story: Scott Walker Broke Campaign Rules When Running for College President in 1988
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/heatherginsberg/2014/02/25/a-g…yesterday-jindal-claims-obama-is-waiving-white-flag-n1800350
– Must be a slow news day over at the Huffington Post , they are really reaching for stories now. … The online “news” source is glorifying the actions of a Democratic super PAC that is trying to bring down the Governor of Wisconsin … Walker needs to stop ignoring legitimate questions from the Wisconsin and national press and explain what he knew and when about the…
Global Hotspots and Revolution
https://townhall.com/columnists/charlespayne/2014/02/25/global-hotspots-and-revolution-n1800044
– Actually, the biggest financial news of the week reflected that the world is on the move, and should only become a better, richer, … All the while, the main engine of money - the national oil company - pumped out 2.9 million barrels a day, down from 3.2 million in … Where news is fair and balanced; where dreams are unlimited and independent thought is encouraged and applauded.…
FCC "Survey" Straight From Podesta's Fairness Doctrine Playbook
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/conncarroll/2014/02/24/fcc-sur…y-straight-from-podestas-fairness-doctrine-playbook-n1799837
– "Any suggestion that the FCC intends to regulate the speech of news media or plans to put monitors in America's newsrooms is false, … But that did not mean she was not looking to change media content on the basis of her political views and opinions. … York is dead right about Clyburn's intent to use the FCC to promoter her own progressive political views and opinions.…
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