Peter Ferrara: All the President's Nuts
Former White House aide Van Jones, who resigned at midnight Saturday night on Labor Day weekend, explained in his resignation letter,
The ACLU Man Who Came to Dinner
President Obama invited an ACLU lawyer who has sued the government on assorted issues to aid terrorists, to the Ramadan dinner held at the White House in early September. This Canadian lawyer, Jameel Jaffer, was also a leader in the ACLU effort to force Gitmo to close, and personal lawyer for a Swiss Muslim denied admission to the US as an academic because of his numerous and lengthy terrorist associations.
Some of the facts for this article come from a blog entitled “From Sea to Shining Sea.” Blogs are not usually used as a basis for any of these articles, but the factual allegations about an […]
Ken Klukowski: Invoking Executive Priviledge; Court Precedent Favors the Former Vice President
If Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s prosecutor knocks on Dick Cheney's door asking about CIA interrogations, Mr. Cheney should refuse to say a single word. If the Holder Justice Department tries to drag the former vice president into court to force him to speak, President Obama will be on the receiving end of a stern judicial rebuke.
Ken Klukowski: Controlling Children's Minds
Most people have now heard that President Obama is going to address America's school children on September 8. He'll be speaking to them directly, without their parents there to serve as a filter.
Ben Franklin Talks About Constitutional Values
America’s Owner’s Manual author and ACRU Counsel John Armor, dressed as Benjamin Franklin, recently spoke at a Tea Party discussing constitutional values. Below is the video.
Peter Ferrara: Obama and the CIA: Making the Terrorists' Day
President Obama has decided that the CIA is a greater threat to America than Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism. If that decision turns out to be wrong, with thousands of Americans dying in another terrorist attack, President Obama and the Democrat Party will end up paying a grievous political price, which would be well deserved.
Matthew Vadum: What Does the 'A' Really Stand For?
In 1917, Roger Baldwin, founder of the ACLU, wrote in a letter on political strategy to journalist Louis Lochner…
“Do steer away from making it look like a Socialist enterprise… We want to look like patriots in everything we do. We want to get a lot of flags, talk a good deal about the Constitution and what our forefathers wanted to make of this country, and show that we are really the folks that really stand for the spirit of our institutions.”
In a 1934 article, Baldwin wrote “dictatorship” would be necessary “while the job of reorganizing society on a socialist basis is being […]
Ken Blackwell: Repealing Ronald Reagan's Achievement?
September 1, 1939. Seventy years ago, the Second World War began in Europe. German troops crossed the Polish border. German airplanes bombed fleeing civilians. This unprovoked attack prompted Britain and France--after an agonizing delay--to keep their commitment to Poland and declare war on Hitler.
The Other Voting Right: Protecting Every Citizen's Vote by Safeguarding the Integrity of the Ballot Box
There is a saying that "people get the government they vote for." The implication of the maxim is that if undesirable or unwise legislation is enacted, if executive branch officials are inept or ineffective, or if the government is beset with widespread corruption, then such unfortunate results are the consequence of the electorate's decision regarding whom to trust with the powers and prestige of public office. The Constitution does not forbid people from enacting wrongheaded policies. If voters elect leaders that fail them, then the citizenry is saddled with the consequences of its choice until the next election. Such is the reality in a democratic republic. But this argument begs the question of whether voters did in fact elect the individuals who take their oaths of office.
Robert Knight: Death Panels and Dining Room Tables
Liberals can't stop talking about "death panels." Sarah Palin introduced the term on her Facebook page to describe the likelihood that faceless Obamacare bureaucrats would decide people's fates. Predictably, Mrs. Palin is being assailed from every corner of the media for providing the catch phrase for what everyone else is thinking.