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| Hot Air Primary Survey: June Results 6/8/2015 10:01:42 AM Patrick Ishmael 14 Comments The most interesting news from this month’s survey is in the consensus category, so be sure to get that far into the post. That said, your first choice leader is once again Ted Cruz, followed by Scott Walker, Rick Perry, Marco Rubio and Carly More... Clintons donated $100K to the NYT in 2008 as paper endorsed Hillary candidacy 6/8/2015 9:21:21 AM Ed Morrissey 26 Comments Just a coincidence, or a quid pro quo? The confluence of money and influence usually works in the opposite direction for the Clintons and their “charitable” efforts, but the Washington Free Beacon’s latest discovery suggests More... Video: Afghan vet Brian Mast announces for FL-18 6/8/2015 8:41:51 AM Ed Morrissey 13 Comments Marco Rubio’s decision to run for the presidency has opened up Florida’s electoral map. His open Senate seat has enticed Rep. Patrick Murphy, the Democrat representing the 18th Congressional District, into running for the Democratic More... de Blasio: We have a "democracy problem" in America 6/8/2015 8:01:20 AM Jazz Shaw 59 Comments Big Apple Mayor Bill de Blasio (AKA Warren Wilhelm, Jr) is a busy guy. He’s got more than enough on his plate already, needing to deal with his city’s skyrocketing crime rate, crushing poverty in the areas that the TV cameras don’t cover and a police force More... Quotes of the day 6/7/2015 8:01:23 PM Allahpundit 269 Comments Scott Walker, a likely Republican presidential contender who is riding high in polls in the early voting state of Iowa, was literally the leader of the pack on Saturday at a gathering of 2016 White House hopefuls. Walker, the governor of neighboring More... Rick Perry is ready… to regulate Wall Street 6/7/2015 6:31:42 PM Jazz Shaw 69 Comments This morning saw the debut of a new host on Face the Nation as John Dickerson took over for the now retired Bob Schieffer. Before getting to the subject at hand, I’ll say that I found John to be fairly agnostic in his political coverage, but also More... Bobby Jindal may have waited too long to jump in 6/7/2015 5:01:40 PM Jazz Shaw 62 Comments Timing is everything, or so they say in comedy. The same may be said for presidential primary politics. There are still a few big names left on the sidelines who are expected to jump into the 2016 GOP primary, but the lanes are already fairly full. One More... Joni Ernst reminds Hillary that "it's not enough to just be a woman" 6/7/2015 3:31:48 PM Jazz Shaw 78 Comments I was watching some of the Iowa interviews coming out of Senator Joni Ernst’s event on CNN this morning where several presidential hopefuls were strutting their stuff for primary voters. None of them really jumped out at me, but the interview by More... More great news: Social Security overpaid nearly half the people on disability 6/7/2015 2:01:07 PM Jazz Shaw 82 Comments This is probably a good time to recall that Social Security is on the verge of reaching the point where it will continually need to pay out more than it takes in. That’s already happened a few times, but it will soon become a permanent feature More... Putin: You think I'd attack NATO? You must be insane. 6/7/2015 12:31:16 PM Jazz Shaw 83 Comments In most of the western world there has been increasing concern over precisely what Russia’s long term plans are and whether Vladimir Putin really has his eyes on his old empire or if he’s just playing tough guy politics at home. Trying to More... Sunday reflection: Mark 14:12–16, 22–26 6/7/2015 11:31:15 AM Ed Morrissey 98 Comments "Sunday Reflection" is a regular feature, looking at the specific readings used in today's Mass in Catholic parishes around the world. The reflection represents only my own point of view, intended to help prepare myself for the Lord's day and More... This is not the Shawshank Redemption 6/7/2015 11:01:56 AM Jazz Shaw 66 Comments If you’re watching the news this weekend you’ve probably seen the headlines about a “shocking” jailbreak carried out by two murderers in upstate New York. The two killers are still at large at the time of this writing and the More... |   | |||||
