June 19, 2013

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  • The apology speech Barack Obama will never deliver

    By Sean Higgins | 06/18/13 07:20 PM

    MEMO: Date: June 13, 2013, 5:45 pm To: VJarrett@EOP.WhiteHouse.gov From: POTUS@EOP.WhiteHouse.gov Subject: Proposed draft of nat'l security address Valerie, let me know what you think. I need to get this off of my chest, you know? Barry *** (Applause fades) My fellow Americans, a...

  • How Chinese investors buy their way into the U.S.

    By Timothy P. Carney | 06/18/13 12:45 PM

    Immigration bill enshrines program that lets foreigners get green cards in return for major investments The Senate immigration bill would create a permanent federal program allowing politically connected businessmen to sell visas to Chinese millionaires. ‘I still can't get my head around...

  • Dishonorable and unjust arguments about the NSA

    By David Limbaugh | 06/17/13 07:55 PM

    Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson attacked my brother, Rush, and my good friend Mark Levin (and former Rep. Ron Paul) in a recent column for their various comments concerning the National Security Agency's surveillance data collection operation and other administration activities. I...

  • Supreme Court set to reveal major ruling

    By Mona Charen | 06/17/13 07:55 PM

    In the weeks before the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Obamacare, the country trembled with anticipation. No such eagerness is evident now -- yet the court is again poised to rattle our world. The case of Fisher v. Texas could upend the system of racial preferences in use...

  • Rise in illegal crossings roils immigration debate

    By Byron York | 06/17/13 07:10 PM

    In an unguarded moment, Chuck Schumer confirms news reports that the southern border remains porous, with millions more expected to slip though in coming years. There was a striking moment in the Senate Judiciary Committee's debate on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill...

  • Then what in Syria, Mr. President?

    By Cal Thomas | 06/17/13 06:35 PM

    Two recent newspaper editorials illustrate the double-mindedness some feel about President Obama's decision to provide small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebels. The Washington Post headlined an editorial: "No time for half-measures: Syria's rebels need a robust intervention from the Obama...

  • A libertarian turn on social issues

    By Michael Barone | 06/17/13 11:25 AM

    Are Americans becoming more libertarian on cultural issues? I see evidence that they are, in poll findings and election results on three unrelated issues — marijuana legalization, same-sex marriage and gun rights. Start with pot. Last November voters in the states of Colorado and Washington...

  • Sen. Charles Schumer's choice: Immigration reform or a campaign issue

    By Hugh Hewitt | 06/16/13 06:20 PM

    Immigration reform, including the regularization of the nation's 11 million-plus illegal immigrants, appeals to a large slice of the conservative movement -- if it is accompanied by genuine border security, specifically a very long, very strong border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Sen....

  • Gregory Kane: Nothing says NBA must be all-black

    By Gregory Kane | 06/16/13 04:30 PM

    By the time this column runs on June 17, the National Basketball Association championship series will be almost over. So what better time to reflect on what might have been the oddest NBA story of the 2012-2013 season: the Minnesota Timberwolves having the whitest team in the league. During...

  • Memo to network news execs: Ailes is what's good for you

    By Cal Thomas | 06/14/13 02:40 PM

    The Bradley Foundation, a private, independent grant-making organization based in Milwaukee, recently handed out its annual Bradley Prize to four men who have, in the words of the organization's mission statement, "(preserved and defended) the tradition of free representative government and...



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