Nov 7, 2009 – On MSNBC Saturday morning, Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer stated that he and Pelosi will have the necessary 218 votes to pass their govt-run healthcare bill by early-afternoon/early evening.

Nov 25, 2009 – From New Jersey: Singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" might be okay in Maplewood-South Orange schools. But "Silent Night" and "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" are still out. A board of education policy that prohibits celebratory religious music in district schools was upheld today by the United States Court of Appeals...

Nov 25, 2009 – Guest blog post by Ken Klukowski In today’s American Thinker, former Ohio Sec. of State and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission Ken Blackwell calls for Gen. George Casey to be fired. Sec. Blackwell’s beef with Gen. Casey is that in the aftermath of the Ft....

Nov 25, 2009 – Todd Hollenbeck at Americans for Tax Reform gives us ten reasons we should be thankful cap-and-trade hasn't passed.1. We don’t have to pay over $100 billion in additional taxes.2. We don’t have to pay an additional $3.6 trillion in gas taxes.3.We won’t lose 1.1 million jobs between 2012 and 2030...

Nov 25, 2009 – It's easy to see why. 'Grace': PETA's Thanksgiving ad

Nov 25, 2009 – 47% of Americans want to increase troops in Afghanistan, with an additional 9% of Americans wanting the number of troops to stay the same.Two weeks ago, 44% wanted a troop increase, with 7% wanting the levels to stay the same.This slight increase means that Americans are still very much undecided...

Nov 25, 2009 – It's only the second time in history that an astronaut has celebrated the birth of a child while floating in outer space.

Nov 25, 2009 – Here's Gabor Steingart, who was embedded with the President during his recent trip to Asia.The mood in Obama's foreign policy team is tense following an extended Asia trip that produced no palpable results. The "first Pacific president," as Obama called himself, came as a friend and returned as a stranger....

Nov 25, 2009 – This holiday season, Townhall.com has partnered with Oliver North and the Freedom Alliance to thank American soldiers serving around the world. We hope you find this campaign meaningful and join us in support of our troops.Click the image below to support our efforts!

Nov 25, 2009 – Special offer: Michael Medved's book free when you subscribe to Townhall Magazine Most children learn that the Mayflower settlers…

Nov 24, 2009 – Hats off to this lady:Credit Pundit Kitchen

Nov 24, 2009 – ...from Americans for Tax ReformHave you ever asked yourself how much of the cost of your Thanksgiving feast is owed to the fact that the government takes a big bite at it in hidden taxes?  The Americans for Tax Reform Foundation and the Center for Fiscal Accountability have calculated just...

Nov 24, 2009 – Guest post from Mattie Duppler with the Center for Fiscal AccountabilityWhile taxpayers were sold a lemon with the “stimulus” deal, they aren’t buying the claims by proponents of the spending package that jobs have been “saved or created” since its passage. According to a recent Washington Post-ABC news poll, 62...

Nov 24, 2009 – Rammesh Ponneru offera three possible results from the Palin resurgence:The first is that she has another model in mind for winning the presidency, in which case I think her chances are bleak. The second is that she wants to run in 2012 but has no particular strategy in mind, in...

Nov 24, 2009 – This time, before Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.A few more leaders, and he might have to start worrying about scoliosis....

Nov 24, 2009 – Incentives for not owning firearms aren't explicitly laid out in the health reform mandates that passed the House or Senate, but they're not explicitly prohibited, either. That made the Virginia-based Gun Owners of Americaa little concerned, sending out a notice to its members saying that premiums for gun owners could...

Nov 24, 2009 – Townhall Magazine digs into where we are in Afghanistan, how we got there and what we need to do next. Gen. … We give you the latest in Townhall Magazine. … Townhall Magazine exposes that machine—Organizing for America—for what it is: a cult-like DNC-based group of Obama sycophants.Also,…

Nov 24, 2009 – Guest post from Americans for ProsperityDuring the financial disaster on Wall Street a year ago, politicians, economists, and pundits became obsessed with the term “moral hazard,” which occurs when a person, corporation, or other entity makes riskier choices because the consequences have been artificially manipulated. The Wall Street bailout created...

Nov 23, 2009 – Guest post from Nick Loris with the Heritage Foundation1,000 emails and more than 3,000 other documents from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University in the United Kingdom publicly revealed by a hacker, or allegedly an inside whistleblower, are rekindling the flame to the global warming debate just weeks...

Nov 23, 2009 – Why should you cut up your AARP card? Because the organization has advocated, among other things, egregious subsidizing of older Americans' health care by younger Americans. No wonder the AARP is a major player in the reform debate. Here's the WaPo:[The current reform package] mandates that health insurance premiums for...

Nov 23, 2009 – The LA Times makes a good point: Palin's approval ratings are up to 43% from 40% in July (with one poll currently giving her a 47% favorability rating), while Obama's have slipped to 48%. It's possible both Obama's and Palin's approval ratings will be about equal in the very near...

Nov 23, 2009 – They camped out overnight in 30 degree weather. They talked about feeling hopeless with the politics of the Obama administration. They talked about how much Palin made them feel inspired.She's not perfect, but my goodness, what you see is what you get.Here's Politico's Anne Schroeder Mullins and Patrick Gavin covering...

Nov 23, 2009 – We've seen it all.

Nov 23, 2009 – The latest global warming scare video:

Nov 22, 2009 – Just to add my two cents to the post below by Townhall staff.  Make no mistake that last night's vote was a serious threat. …