Tweet By Lori Montgomery,Washington Post Obama wants more of your money With budget deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus expansion of health coverage,some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh look at a money-making idea long considered politically taboo:a national sales tax. Common around the [...] Tweet By NEOMI RAO,Wall Street Journal She faces questions that must be answered Yesterday President Barack Obama announced his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. She is federal circuit court judge Sonia Sotomayor. What sorts of questions should senators and the American people ask a nominee [...] Tweet By Sen. James Inhofe,The Washington Times Guantanamo Bay is the best home for terrorists Stay the course on closing the facilities. Less than 24 hours after the Senate overwhelmingly rejected the president’s request for funds to shut down Gitmo –mainly because the administration had no plan –[...] Tweet By Heejin Koo,Bloomberg Tensions are high on the Korean DMZ North Korea threatened a military response to South Korean participation in a U.S.-led program to seize weapons of mass destruction,and said it will no longer abide by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. Tweet By Mike Boehm,Los Angeles Times Photos of Barry Obama from College were hidden during the campaign A public that wants to know everything about Barack Obama can thank Lisa Jack for a glimpse of what the future president was like when he was just another college freshman trying [...] Tweet by Jeffrey Rosen,The New Republic A judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,Sonia Sotomayor’s biography is so compelling that many view her as the presumptive front-runner for Obama’s first Supreme Court appointment. She grew up in the South Bronx,the daughter of Puerto Rican parents. [...] Tweet By Leo Rennert,America Thinker Kim Jong Ill shocks Obama this Memorial Day President Obama vowed to do a better job than George W. Bush by using diplomacy instead of wielding a big stick in dealing with hostile nations like Iran,North Korea and Syria. It hasn’t worked. Tweet By Ed Whelan,National Review Information about Sotomayor's dismal court record I haven’t had time to research and review Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s body of opinions,so I’ll limit myself to a couple additional comments (beyond his Part 1 post): 1. On those occasions on which the Supreme Court [...] Tweet By Mathew D. Staver,Liberty Counsel The revenge of George H. W. Bush,judges that disrespect the Constitution Today President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the seat of retiring Justice David Souter. If confirmed,Sotomayor would become the first Hispanic and third woman to serve [...] | |