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NPR is for coastal liberals what Rush Limbaugh is for heartland conservatives: a means of relating to the world from within the confines of a specific subculture. The difference, of course, is that Limbaugh’s admirers do not force others to pay for it. |
Richly footnoted and fully indexed, the book still manages to read much like an adventure story, as David Horowitz carried on his crusade virtually alone and armed only with the truth. (Watch Glenn Reynold's PJTV interview with Horowitz.)
The porous border claims more lives.
Its founders would be disgusted at the undemocratic cesspool the UN has become. (Also read Claudia Rosett: Can the UN Come Clean on Bedbugs?)
Apparently some lies are good, and some are bad. The trick is to know which is which.
A Maryland court rules that a soldier who does not receive his ballot on time has had his constitutional rights violated, and can sue without waiting for the Department of Justice to act.
"I have said at nearly every climate change hearing that for me I don't dispute the science," Upton said in 2009, adding, "Right or wrong, the debate over the modeling and science appears to be over." Surprise! Should the GOP retake Congress, Upton is next in line to be chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Isn't paying higher taxes patriotic? The Democratic National Committee and their private dining establishment in D.C., the National Democratic Club, are serious tax scofflaws.
Witness describes poll misconduct, professors push the vote on campus, plus, if you want to report voter fraud, there's now an app for that courtesy of American Majority.
The stench of Washington permeates the West Coast.
Hans von Spakovsky submits an affidavit (click here to download) saying Robert Kengle intentionally misled the Commission.
If gay voters choose to sit out the election, it could mean Democratic losses in tight races.
Our resident expert on election law explains the ins and outs of how to detect voter fraud. Join PJM/PJTV's Voter Fraud Watch
Hope and Change Airport — built entirely out of hollow bamboo and even hollower promises — has failed to attract the predicted heaven-sent magical prosperity.
What the Republicans could do with a majority that would give certainty to businesses, calm the markets, and reignite the economy.
President Obama has demonstrated an overwhelmingly damning pattern of ideological extremism, polarization, and basic incompetence. And we still have 27 months to go.
The 26-point polling swing means New York may be a big part of the Republican wave.
Totten interviews Martin Kramer, and finds he has a point of view on the topic different from anything you've heard.
And she stayed on Reid's staff for two years after confessing the scam to the feds. What did Harry know, and when did he know it?
What brought Ford, the Army, and talker Hugh Hewitt to Vegas last weekend? Plus, how the Learning Channel hopes to leverage controversy in the Blogosphere to help promote their newest show, Sarah Palin's Alaska.
We sounded the warning about Harris County, Texas, back in September. Now serious allegations of misconduct by poll workers and illegal electioneering by members of the union most closely connected to the Obama administration are coming to light.
Execrable comparisons with Hitler and Mussolini are accompanying the proposed oath to the Jewish state, ignoring the very real problem that 64% of Israeli Arabs deny Israel's right to exist.
Why did I vote "yes" on Prop 19 to legalize marijuana in CA? Well, with unemployment in this state hitting the teens, I hate to put out of business the only new small enterprises employing anybody in my neighborhood — the marijuana shops.
Pursued by assassins almost until the day he died, Hwang provided the West with intimate knowledge of the Kim family and the secretive society they led. This election season, spare a moment to remember the bravest Korean you've never heard of.
The many Department of Justice officials behind this debacle should be very nervous about a front-page Washington Post article today that confirms everything I've written about at PJM.
Election watchers True the Vote have found disturbing amounts of fraud in Harris County, Texas. Rather than support their important work, the Texas Democratic Party (among others) is suing them. (And don't forget to join PJM's voter-fraud watch!)
The president's pandering and fear mongering are not working, and the nation's fastest growing demographic is rapidly turning away from his socialist policies.
Ignoring revelations that Pakistan aided in the Mumbai attacks, this administration prefers maintaining relations to taking action.
The measure wouldn't affect Jews who are protected under the Law of Return, but would impact Arabs wishing to become Israeli citizens.
President Obama says he's OK with Russia building a nuclear plant for Venezuela, as long as Venezuela doesn't go and do something irresponsible with it all (such as maybe, well, you know... use the project as a cover for pursuing or installing nuclear weapons in America's backyard).
If the next Congress wants to immediately demonstrate its accountability to voters, I have a humble suggestion for a piece of legislation that I think the public would appreciate seeing enacted as quickly as possible.
An expert witness claimed the higher court judge who ordered the prosecution of Wilders discussed the case with him at a dinner party. The dismissed judges would not allow the expert witness to testify on this.
Here’s a new drinking game — down a shot every time O’Reilly writes “I may be wrong” in his new book.
"When I get on the plane, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous." And fired from NPR.
Because in the Democratic land of epic, mega, ultra, apocalyptic levels of sucking, those who kinda suck are king.
The new emphasis in the league on helmet-to-helmet hits sends a message to players that is at once confusing and contradictory: play hard but not too hard
The idea that the electorate could even consider electing Jerry Brown in 2010 attests to that.
Memo to America's hippies: you won't enjoy hearing this, but Tea Party values are also hippie values.
England's Green Police takes capital punishment for heretical thinking seriously.
An accomplished young man is killed by police outside a Vegas Costco, and bystander accounts starkly contrast with official reports.
The "Colorado Model" and George Soros' "Shadow Party" have both landed in Texas in the form of a shady activist with a plan: attack the GOP's largest stronghold and destroy its limited-government success story. UPDATED: Post about another shadow operator linked.
The new book by Congressmen Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan and Kevin McCarthy is the next best thing to a classic—it's a war cry.
Or even Nixonologist-style: a modern-day equivalent of Woodward and Bernstein would have lots of fun tying together all of the strange stories that have circulated recently from the former home of Ben Bradlee and Katharine Graham.
Radical Chic: The Next Generation. (Also see PJTV: J. Christian Adams: NAACP Lobbied Obama Administration to Dismiss New Black Panther Case.)
The failure of a thesis. (And for perspective on both sides of the argument, don't miss Ed Driscoll's earlier post: "Whatever Your Ideology, Your Opponents’ Worldview is Officially Dead.")
If the polls are any indicator, these elections portend a revolution: one that could resemble the Reagan Revolution in raw political force, thanks to the tea party movement.
Leading independent paper Novaya Gazeta is on the ropes and Russian internet media is next, but Obama would prefer to keep up appearances.
Want a press pass? Dear Leader cannot be reached at this time.
How big will the wave be on Tuesday? Let's just say that you'll need a lot of Scotch to go with that water.
Thirty-five years ago this week, a six-year-old Christine O'Donnell, high on Twinkies and Pop Rocks, showed up at the kickball game of a classmate and ended up spending the afternoon in his rumpus room. Here's the story of his escapade with the would-be Delaware senator...
The Texas Democrats' Great White Hope hasn't materialized, and a photo from the campaign trail gives strong clues as to why.
Many people uphold Marxist tenets without considering themselves Marxists.
Nobody forced Syracuse to build a giant building with the First Amendment emblazoned on the side. Having done so, however, one would think that the university would at least have the shame to try to live up to it.
Did the speaker encourage illegal contact between the Democratic Party and outside "independent" groups to facilitate ad expenditures?
Bill Clinton's involvement in the three-way Florida Senate race suggests that the Democrats want Rubio defeated so badly that they're willing to cheat -- again.
Obama went on the The Daily Show to try to bring back the youth vote magic, but he ended up the butt of the joke. Heckuva job, Mr. President!
Senator Ma'am gets caught with the red hand.
Robert Snider predicts that America's bluest state will retire a long-term Democrat, sending military veteran and Republican Sean Bielat to Washington in place of Barney Frank.
What is the root problem between the Muslim world and the West? Muslims point to U.S. support for Israel and other grievances; Westerners point to Islam’s lack of freedoms and equality. In fact, the ultimate problem is offensive jihad — and that’s entirely Islam’s problem.
If Republicans win next week, they will carry a mandate from the people to stop Barack Obama's drive to re-shape America into his radical image.
I wonder how many liberals who think it un-American to oppose the Ground Zero mosque are ready to support Annie Chambers Caddell.
The entire leftist program is based on the idea that, if socialism has always failed, it's because it hasn't been tried hard enough. Never mind that the Soviet Union, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela are down the tubes, and Big Blue States like Illinois, California, and Michigan are rapidly becoming basket cases.
Stanley Kurtz and other conservative Obama critics run afoul of iconoclastic centrist gadfly John Avlon, upset that according to polls, 55% of Americans think Obama is a socialist.
Forty-six years ago today on October 27, 1964, Ronald Reagan gave his now-legendary "Time for Choosing" speech. Next Tuesday, you and I have our own "rendezvous with destiny" as well.
Early voting continues and voting fraud and problems arise, CA sours on legalizing pot, the FL debate ends with a Democrat staffer getting fired for breaking the rules, the Ehrlich-O'Malley rematch looks all too familiar, and more in the penultimate Battle for America state-by-state update.
Getting an easy line of credit may not sit well with cash-starved small businesses that have sought loans during the bad economy. The question is, will the DNC come clean and open their books on this transaction? (Update: Bank of America responds to the article; Richard Pollock responds to BofA.)
Afghanistan's president was accused of accepting bags of cash from Iran and then stupidly tried to justify the bribery.
President Obama tries another go at pandering to Hispanic voters to save himself and Democrats from mid-term disaster, goading them to "punish" their "enemies." Chris Salcedo writes that he's fine with that — but President Obama won't like getting what he wished for.
It looks like an uphill climb for Republicans to take the necessary 10 seats to gain control of the Senate, but the probability of significant gains is still high.
There are House races that are just now being seen as competitive, while we are likely to wake up the day after the election and find races that were on no one's radar decided for the GOP.
When confronted with voters over the past year, the Democrats have wielded one consistent message: "I order you to be quiet!"
In the future, we absolutely must sustain a level of commitment to liberty comparable to the current wave. There is no other way.
Seven Countrywide mortgages ... failure to disclose real property ... Is Senate Ethics chair Boxer in ethical and legal trouble?
A military mom describes her experience fighting the bureaucracy to ensure that her deployed son receives his ballot in time to participate in elections back home.
Eric Holder's DOJ isn't interested in making sure our military members' votes are protected and counted, so PJM is gathering evidence to ensure that problems are reported properly and will be fixed.
The Obama administration and the Pelosi-Reid Congress have spent wildly and run up deficits recklessly on a scale virtually unprecedented in human history.
Self-censorship in the face of Islamist violence directed against free speech does not demonstrate respect for other cultures. It shows fear.
Will anyone ask Obama, Biden, Secretary Clinton or members of the previous administration to explain their failure to act against Iran?
Dramatic defense cuts signal a global military withdrawal by a Britain that lacks both the economic means and the political will to continue projecting power beyond its own shores.
People who are calling for cutting off public funds to NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are far too modest. Come November 3, I propose we embark on a far more ambitious program, one that will perform an important public service, as well as provide much needed television entertainment.
The song that unshook the world — and that the Lennon tributes forgot.
Hugh Hewitt on what happens next in the Blogosphere — and in Congress after November; plus a chat with BlogWorld CEO and founder Rick Calvert.
Fitzgerald be damned, you can have as many acts in your life as you wish; but remember, while it's perfect in Tomorrowland, it's never open today.
Taken from this week's PJM Political, Ed Driscoll's full 17-minute interview with W. Joseph Campbell, former AP reporter and author of Getting It Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism.
The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto coins a brilliant meme for the more totalitarian fringes of the environmental movement; concurrently, Australian journalists Andrew Bolt and Tim Blair stumble over actual lynching imagery they've employed in their ad campaigns.
Lance Brown dissects and dismantles the Obama EPA's latest attack on the Lone Star State.
Once known as "America's foremost cultural critic," Paglia's literary output has dropped precipitously while she has failed to engage on the number one women's issue in the world: Islam's treatment of females.
How Bob Dylan checked out of the culture war.
Obama touts his stimulus success at a sign company getting very few government contracts, a fitting backdrop for further investigation into the propaganda road signs.
A Top Ten-style video look at the Democratic, Bureaucratic, Gaffe-O-Matic senator from Nevada.
“Rev. Wright is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”
Posted today by Glenn Reynolds
 | A CORNUCOPIA OF Alaska Senate write-in candidates. Heh. |
| TRIBE, SOTOMAYOR, and Obama. |
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| ANSWERING TO OUR robot overlords. |
| ARE WE HAVING ANOTHER FOOD CRISIS? “The world food price index is at its highest since 2008, when food prices rocketed and millions of people suffered. This year the crisis seems to be happening again. Prices for the staple grains that underpin the world’s food supply soared after forecasts for the US and Chinese maize harvests fell in October, Pakistan lost its wheat to floods, and crop losses to drought and wildfire led Russia to ban grain exports until 2011. Food prices have soared in India, Egypt and elsewhere and are being blamed for riots in Mozambique.” |
| THAT’S MORE THAN MOST OF US CAN DO WHILE AWAKE: Sleeping Rover Finds Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars. |
| AT AMAZON, markdowns on flashlights. |
| INSTAVISION: I talk with David Horowitz about his Academic Bill of Rights proposal, and his new book, Reforming Our Universities: The Campaign for an Academic Bill of Rights. |
| RICHARD POLLOCK: My Ordeal with Jon Stewart and His ‘Cone of Silence’ Event. “Interacting with Comedy Central over the upcoming Jon Stewart Rally to Restore Sanity, or the March to Keep Fear Alive, or the This Is Not a Political Rally rally is much like trying to communicate with North Korea’s Kim Jong II.” |
| VIRGINIA: Red-light camera installed at accident-free location. “Albemarle County, Virginia plans this week to install its first red light camera system, ostensibly to reduce accidents caused by red light running. County documents show that at one of the two intersection approaches selected, there has not been a single accident caused by red light running in the past three years.” It’s all about the benjamins. |
| SPACE HOTEL PROGRESS: Bigelow Aerospace Shows Off Bigger, Badder Space Real Estate. |
| FLIGHT RECORD SET by laser-powered helicopter. |
| AT AMAZON, it’s the Friday Sale. |
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