Dec 15, 2011 – I wrote a feature for the November issue of Townhall Magazine about the perpetual state of degradation and despair on many of the United…

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Dec 15, 2011 – Written by Ford O'Connell In case you missed the news (and you probably did), former U.S. Senate candidate and tea party activist Christine O’Donnell endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Tuesday night. According to O’Donnell, her endorsement of Romney “cam[e] down to trust” among other items. It’s...

Dec 14, 2011 – Written by Jarrett Skorup, with the Center for Vision and Values at Grove City College. “No matter your thoughts about the Occupy Wall Street movement, the protesters were right in at least one respect: The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer.” Variations on this...

Dec 13, 2011 – . ------------------- From the December installment of Townhall Magazine's "Free Market" series: "I'm proposing a bold … Read more of John Ransom's analysis in the December issue of Townhall Magazine.  …

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Dec 12, 2011 – By William O’Keefe Washington D.C. attracts a seemingly infinite number of special interests and advocacy groups lobbying for federal policies crafted to enrich them. Many of these groups have names that ring of high principle and social responsibility, regardless of the merit of their actual goals. And this month...

Dec 12, 2011 – . ------------------- From Townhall Magazine's EXCLUSIVE December feature "Fear We Can Believe In": Obama needs something … Read more of David Freddoso's analysis in the December issue of Townhall Magazine, including: -- more analysis of the … " -- why this campaign of fear is a rocky strategy for 2012 and its effect on Obama's fundraising Order Townhall…

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Dec 8, 2011 – In July, Townhall reported Fast and Furious was designed to promote gun control after obtaining an email asking for a push on new long…

Dec 8, 2011 – As the 2012 election approaches, the mainstream media is crawling back into the tank for their guy. How do I know this? Because of a new round of articles touting the "unappreciated benefits" of President Obama's health-care law. It is an obvious attempt to build support for the unpopular legislation...

Dec 8, 2011 – In 1995, then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich banned proxy votes in committees. That meant no longer could powerful chairmen (for 40 years previous, all Democrats) cast votes for lawmakers who skipped out on the marking-up of legislation. This is ironic because the reason Gingrich is the Republican presidential front-runner today is...

Dec 8, 2011 – WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders on Thursday unveiled their plan to extend a payroll tax holiday and expiring unemployment benefits and pay for them through changes in social spending programs while adding contentious new provisions opposed by Democrats. In a sharp answer to a bill produced by Senate Democrats that...

Dec 8, 2011 – Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. clashed with congressional Republicans on Thursday over Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s role in evaluating the health-care law and the Justice Department’s “Fast and Furious” gun-trafficking sting. Under intensive questioning from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), Holder reiterated that his department would...

Dec 8, 2011 – Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was released from prison on $250,000 bail today after spending the night in jail on new sexual abuse charges filed against him. Through his attorney Joe Amendola, Sandusky posted $200,000 worth of real estate and a certified check of $50,000 from his...

Dec 8, 2011 – WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder suggested Thursday that weapons lost during the course of the failed "Fast and Furious" gunrunning operation will continue to show up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico "for years to come." Holder, in testimony on Capitol Hill that comes as...

Dec 8, 2011 – Ron Paul is the exception to the rule on Twitter — comments about him are mostly positive, while for all the other Republican hopefuls and President Barack Obama, the twitter-verse has gone negative, according to a study of more than 20 million tweets about the 2012 race. According to...

Dec 8, 2011 – The Jon Huntsman campaign limped off the starting line. He promised a "civil" campaign when Republicans were angry at the sitting president. He seemed to be cooperating with the mainstream media's attempt to paint him as a 'moderate Republican', even though he had one of the most conservative records...

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Dec 7, 2011 – [Editor's Note: This article is authored by David Morris]   Gingrich seems a strange political animal, as there are many versions of him. There's the "Regeanesque" version of Newt. The "Moderate Model" of Newt. The "viscious Newt" who shuts down the government and tries to impose labor upon children....