Aug 20, 2009 – Attorney Ralph Marra's remarks about the root causes of corruption in New Jersey raised suspicions in certain political circles last … The center of the investigation revolves around remarks Marra made at a news conference last month to announce the arrests. … There's a larger story developing here about political abuse of power in Washington.…

Aug 20, 2009 – brain cancer in July 2008 -- he seemed to adhere to his longstanding practice of never writing a column in which he did not break news … to the whole package of Democratic programs, starting with the $787 billion economic stimulus, which threatens to increase the national … those who care about the specifics of health care policy and those who care more than anything else -- as many Americans on all political…

Sep 4, 2009 – after bruising town hall meetings, and polls show Obama and the Democrats in Congress sinking fast in public opinion polls, the political … Obama has held four full-dress, primetime news conferences, granted God knows how many interviews, and delivered dozens and dozens … When he speaks to the Congress next week, the president could rock the political world if he acknowledged certain facts.…

Sep 3, 2009 – My initial reaction to the news, naturally, was to visualize the violent Java-induced (organic and fair-trade only!) … Even if you oppose the president on a political level, it is empirically evident that the more one hears his homilies the less inclined … And Obama's penchants to lecture us endlessly, to be the center of attention endlessly and to saturate the airwaves and national conversation…

Sep 2, 2009 – Over at CNS News, Adam Brickley has a piece up about the book 'Global Warming for Dummies'.  … Co-author Elizabeth May is the leader of the Green Party of Canada – a Canadian environmental political party.  … May’s “For Dummies” guide suggests that readers use the content of the book to make political decisions.…

Sep 2, 2009 – "When the government of the United States of America claims the authority to ban books because of their political speech," says … Times) has much more influence on the political debate than the average citizen. … The government cannot create a pure, balanced, undistorted political debate; all it can do is introduce new distortions.…

Sep 2, 2009 – He has undercut CIA chief Panetta, raising questions as to who is running the agency, Panetta or the White House's political agents … a message to those who would do us harm that we are using all of the tools, methods and weapons at our command to protect our national … "It doesn't appear to be a serious move" to combat terrorism, Cheney said Sunday on Fox News. "It's a direct slap at the CIA."…

Sep 1, 2009 – He calls those who resist his changes radical, out-of-touch, Fox News-driven conservatives who only want the status quo. … The current political war to determine the future of America is becoming more partisan and vicious. … This, as former Vice Chairman of the CIA's National Intelligence Council Herbert E.…

Sep 17, 2009 – A Republican political operative? A Fox News political analyst? … No, it was Lawrence Summers, the director of Barack Obama's National Economic Council and, by common consent, one of the world's leading … And while it sounds like self-protective political rhetoric, it is also in line with the thinking of Democratic economists who bemoaned…

Sep 16, 2009 – O'Donnell has apparently forgotten the inglorious history of news "entrapment" by her betters at NBC News. … This is the network that sent out an intrepid NBC News reporter in a canoe to cover treacherous New Jersey flooding in 2005 -- only … The same sting tactics were adopted by ABC News' Primetime Live news show in Alabama and Texas.…

Sep 15, 2009 – Of course, being the political animal he is, Obama eventually distanced himself from his pastor Jeremiah Wright. … national campaign co-manager, Merrill A. … There are plans to hold a national prayer gathering of Muslims on September 25 in front of the US Capitol Building.…

Sep 15, 2009 – Even the prolific political columnist, Mark Steyn has weighed in, asking, “Do you notice anything shriveling?”   … Now, according to the ANP news agency, “the Dutch now derive more pleasure from going to the bathroom than from sex.”   … Two Wharton economists analyzed what they called “declining female happiness,” using 35 years of data collected by the National Bureau…

Sep 15, 2009 – And didn't that fictive Irish barkeep and incisive political commentator practice his comforting trade in the Windy City? … Like creating a more efficient, national market for health insurance -- one crosses state lines. … Still, there is a sliver of comfort in all the news coverage.…

Sep 10, 2009 – In other words, if radical leftists don’t end up with the political result they want, it can’t possibly be real democracy. … Alinsky believed that in political combat almost anything goes: “In war the end justifies almost any means.” … Members can also join ACORN’s legally separate political action committee for an extra $5 a month.…

Sep 8, 2009 – As those network news organizations hemorrhaged viewers, Fox News Channel grew to not only be the number one cable news channel, but … Fox News regularly beats its cable news competitors. … They are still vastly outnumbered by not only national newspapers and network news, but also even some content that appears in non-news…

Sep 27, 2009 – He tweaks the presidenthimself for using the very word to describe another incivility, laterin the news week. … He thinks we should move heaven and earth toundermine the national slide into disgrace and jackassery. How? … So it’s no surprise why California’s political establishment covetsthis system, and placed it on the June ballot.…

Sep 23, 2009 – The Tibetans took the news, as usual, nonviolently. … But Obama is clearly less willing to put himself in the diplomatic line of fire for other, less tangibly political reasons. … Ambassador Susan Rice and National Security Council staffer Samantha Power.…

Sep 23, 2009 – Obama has repeatedly stated that promise throughout the healthcare debate, despite evidence to the contrary, and no one in the national … news media has called him on it. … With skittish Senate Democrats, who face a tough political environment in next year's midterm elections, threatening to oppose the…

Sep 21, 2009 – Now that Fox is actually breaking news on this story by showing new videos, ACORN might just do it. … a political scandal in Washington. … It could also become a massive political scandal in Washington.…

Sep 19, 2009 – news. … Only FOX News has bothered to report on the controversy. … And the news media have ignored the consistent theme.…

Oct 7, 2009 – reasons, so it would appear that the assertion of al-Qaida's weakness by the White House might be merely an excuse to justify the political … The next day, the Pentagon responded through Jake Tapper's blog on ABC News' Web site, arguing that those successes were "largely because … objectives rather than honestly assess the intelligence on behalf of our national security needs.…

Oct 16, 2009 – It is always curious to hear irascible members of one political party accuse members of the opposing political party of "playing politics … There is plenty of room for dissent in political parties. … They have no moral or civic or political obligation to embrace bipartisanship. History might even be telling them not to.…

Oct 15, 2009 – Townhall.com National Political Reporter Jillian Bandes: Will -- there were a lot of crazies at the Tea Party protests. … John H: If you could recommend one conservative pundit to a political newbie, who would it be? … The real donations and political momentum start cranking up next year. marilyn: hey jillian! marilyn from alabama here!…

Oct 14, 2009 – To the extent you can get liberals to focus on national security at all, you will find they are rooting against their own country. … Sadly for them, America's foreign policy will now be based on a calculus of political correctness, not national security. … Bush removed the Taliban from power, captured or killed the lunatics and, for the next seven years, about the only news we heard out…

Oct 14, 2009 – New polling brings good news and bad news for beleaguered Republicans yearning for a comeback in the Age of Obama. … They must renew the same combination that has worked for Republican winners at the national level for some thirty years. … The most important point to remember about those citizens in the political middle who seem to decide every national election is that…