Tag Archives: NRO

The Trouble With Ron Paul’s Defense

By Jonah Goldberg The New York Times has an interesting front page piece on Ron Paul’s relationship with the racists, anti-Semites and neo-Nazis in his coalition (sorry, but whatever you think of Lew Rockwell, Stormfront and David Duke certainly deserve such labels). His three defenses are: 1) He didn’t have direct knowledge of the really [...]

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Five Reasons Ryan Bowed Out

Ryan will not seek the presidency, but he will shape the debate. Sources close to Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin tell National Review Online that the Budget Committee chairman considered a variety of factors this summer as he mulled a late-entry presidential campaign. This afternoon, he closed the door on a 2012 bid, choosing to [...]

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Harry S. Obama?

EXCERPT ONLY: Pundits lately have been comparing Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter, suggesting he is a likely loser in 2012. But my American Enterprise Institute colleague Norman Ornstein, writing in The New Republic, compares Obama to Harry S. Truman, suggesting he may outperform the polls and win. It’s always helpful to be reminded that early polls [...]

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The GOP Has Momentum

EXCERPT ONLY: Ames, Iowa — This has been quite a week or ten days for Republicans. Pundits will parse the Iowa results and the Perry polling to determine which candidate is up and which down or out. The Iowa straw poll may prove to be the last stop for some Republican candidates, as it was [...]

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Obama Kills the War Powers Act

By Rich Lowry Somewhere, Richard Nixon is smiling. In 1973, he vetoed the War Powers Act, insisting that it was unconstitutional. Congress overrode him, but almost every one of Nixon’s successors has agreed with his assessment of the resolution. It took Pres. Barack Obama, though, to rip the War Powers Act into little pieces and [...]

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The Die Is Cast

Republicans need to fight to stay alive. By: Jonah Goldberg Alea iacta est. That’s what Julius Caesar proclaimed as he crossed the Rubicon River in 49 B.C. It means, “The die is cast.” By crossing the Rubicon with his army — against Roman law — Caesar guaranteed a head-on conflict with the overconfident Roman ruler [...]

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The Obama Doctrine: Leading from Behind

A foreign policy of hesitation, delay, and indecision.  Obama may be moving toward something resembling a doctrine. One of his advisers described the president’s actions in Libya as “leading from behind.”  — Ryan Lizza, The New Yorker, May 2 issue To be precise, leading from behind is a style, not a doctrine. Doctrines involve ideas, [...]

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Five Truths about Planned Parenthood

CHARMAINE YOEST Anyone who believes PP is primarily concerned with the health of women and girls needs to look at the record. As the 2012 budget battles began, Clare Coleman, CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, took to the pages of the Washington Post. In a piece called “Five Myths about [...]

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The ‘Judicial Activism’ Ploy by THOMAS SOWELL

Obamacare is another piece of congressional legislation for which there is no federal authority in the Constitution. But when someone asked Nancy Pelosi where in the Constitution there was any authority for passing such a law, she replied, “Are you kidding?” Two federal courts have now said that they are not kidding. The ultimate question [...]

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Pence for President?

By:  Katrina Trinko NRO No one has gone straight from the House to the White House since James Garfield. Mike Pence might be the one. He hasn’t held executive office. He isn’t a paid Fox News contributor. He hasn’t written a best-seller or starred in a reality show. So is there any reason Rep. Mike [...]

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