Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky) continues to separate himself from the
pack, this time with several common-sense proposals involving
immigration policy.
Yesterday he introduced the “Secure
the Vote” amendment to the immigration reform bill—S.
744...
As Daniel Halper at The Weekly Standard
notes,
President Obama told Charlie Rose that one cannot understand the
“complexities” of our policy in Syria “if you haven’t been in the
Situation Room.”
So does this mean that Beyonc...
Today the Supreme Court struck down, by a vote of 7 to 2, an
Arizona law that required proof of citizenship for voter
registration.
The case at hand, Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of
Arizona, Inc, involving
Arizona’s Proposition 200, was ultimately a...
Just when it seems like things have hit a stride in the Middle
East, something new happens and turns everything on its head.
On Thursday, the U.S. announced its plans to intervene in Syria
on behalf of the rebels, and many
loud voices—including hawkish...
Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian has wrapped up an
online question-and-answer session with NSA leaker Edward
Snowden. He answered questions about his backstory, motivations,
contact with the Chinese government (none, he said), and claims of
awesome, unive...
There’s a report out there in a story by the New
Yorker’s Ryan Lizza that is written
up this way in Politico and was also quoted by Rush
Limbaugh. Here’s the pull quote:
Fox News has notably changed its tone since the election.…
McCain t...
Arguments about overpopulation—when the number of people in an
area is believed to have exceeded the carrying capacity of that
area—are traditionally grounded in environmental concerns about the
decline of global resources and irreversible damage to t...
Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray disclosed a
comprehensive welfare reform bill this morning that focuses on
helping welfare recipients find jobs. It includes the creation of a
“full-employment program” that focuses on job placement and no...
A video posted last week shows House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi struggling yet again with the question of abortion. (Recall
her erroneous
assertion that the Catholic Church remains agnostic as to when life
begins.)
In this new video, the Weekly Standard...
