By Mona Charen It’s ironic that President Obama so often carps about politics — blaming “politics as usual” or “hyperpartisanship” for everything from the lack of economic growth to joblessness to climate change — when he is the most relentlessly partisan president in recent memory. Obama is a staunch left/liberal who finds it very difficult to […]
By John Hawkins Bizarrely, racism in America is no longer mainly about race. Sure, race is involved in a peripheral manner, but racism has mainly become an excuse, a dodge, a way to escape responsibility. When a black liberal is criticized, he cries racism. When liberalism fails, liberals cry racism. When the Democrat Party gets in […]
By Byron York DUBLIN, N.H. — “I’m sick of Republicans letting Obama walk all over them,” says Denise Roberts, a Dublin, N.H., Republican who has come to a grand old home in the shadow of Mount Monadnock to get a first-hand look at Sen. Ted Cruz, perhaps the hottest might-be-candidate in the GOP 2016 presidential field.
By Hugh Hewitt “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” — President Obama, Aug. 11, 2009 So said President Obama again and again through 2009 and 2010 as he sold Obamacare to the country. He promised. He put his personal integrity on the line. His word. How many UPS […]
By Conn Carroll President Obama will have to decide how to respond to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s apparent use of chemical weapons soon, but whatever Obama does do, do not expect him to run it by Congress. Calling Obama’s bluff As The Weekly Standard‘s Lee Smith notes, Assad’s apparent use of chemical weapons on a Damascus […]
By U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul & Ted Poe New bill demands catching 90% of illegal crossers Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – Americans know better than the Obama Administration; they have heard the claims that the border is secure, but they know we’re not anywhere near that goal. For Texans, this border insecurity isn’t just close, […]
From Senator Donna Campbell It has been a pleasure to serve you in the Texas Senate. I look forward to continuing to work hard to represent your values. Now that the legislative session has come to a close, I am also looking forward to spending more time with you at events across the district. Already, […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement on the conviction of Nidal Hasan: “Nidal Hasan’s cowardly attack on our military was a deliberate act of terror against our country. This guilty verdict affirms we are a nation of laws, honors the victims of this heinous act, and proves […]
By Bartlett D. Cleland A self-proclaimed Tea Party member, Mayor pro tem David Hagan of Victoria, Texas, is trying to pressure Congressman Blake Farenthold into supporting the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act, which would radically expand the power of government, harming Texas small businesses along the way. But Mr. Hagan is wrong about virtually every point […]
By Hugh Hewitt The use of chemical weapons against hundreds if not thousands of civilians in Syria and the burning of scores of Christian churches in Egypt raises the central question of our time: Will America stand by and allow pure evil to kill thousands on the basis of ethnic and religious identification? This month’s thousands […]
By Harry R. Jackson, Jr. In the 1961 movie Paris Blues, Sydney Poitier portrays Eddie Cook, a jazz musician who flees American racism to live in France. Even when Cook falls in love with the beautiful Connie Lampson (played by Diahann Carroll), he resists returning to America to be with her. To Cook, as to many […]
By Bill O’Reilly One of the highlights of my summer experience was the 50th reunion of my graduating class from St. Brigid elementary school on Long Island. Back in 1963, 60 children sat in a small classroom hoping for big things in the future. We had spent eight years together, but now high school beckoned, and […]
DOJ Lawsuits Challenging Texas Voter ID, Redistricting Laws Predictable, says Abbott Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — “Just days after the U.S. Department of Justice arrested a Texas woman for illegally voting five times in the same election, the Obama administration is suing to stop Texas’ commonsense voter ID law,” said Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott […]
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, the Justice Department brought two actions against the state of Texas in federal court. The Department sued Texas in order to block the state’s new voter ID law, and it intervened in a redistricting lawsuit claiming that the state’s new maps discriminate against minorities.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Today, Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice lawsuit: “There is no end to the tricks the Obama administration will play to undermine Texas. The assertions of their case are actually a prime example of the sort of discriminatory behavior they purport […]
Laredo, TX – On August 23rd in Laredo, TX, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) will host the 8th Annual Border Health Conference in collaboration with the Border Health Caucus/Texas Medical Association. Previously hosted in Washington, DC, this is the first time the conference will be held in Texas and on the border.
By Sean Lengell The Justice Department said Thursday it will sue Texas over the state’s strict voter photo identification law and will intervene in a separate lawsuit challenging the state’s new congressional map. Attorney General Eric Holder said the action “marks another step forward in the Justice Department’s continuing effort to protect the voting rights of […]
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC — Today U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and former Texas Attorney General, released the following statement responding to the announcement that the Obama Administration will challenge Texas’ constitutional voter ID law in court:
