In one final, futile act of desperation, tweet the Republican leadership...
The role of bloggers as the tip of the conservative arrow has been much in the news this week. The David Gregory gun-law issue is one example, as is the reaction to the newspaper which published the names and addresses of law-abiding gun owners. It is,...
As is traditional with the season, the end of the year is a chance to look back and reflect on the events that occurred over the past 365 days. And what a year it has been! Here are some stories, beyond the election and the fiscal...
The publication of the names of gun permit holders by the NY Lower Hudson Journal News sparked controversy, including publication by a blogger (additional here) of equally personal yet publicly available information about the editors and writers of the Journal News. Now the Journal News is...
It's the end of College Insurrection's first year. Not literally a full year, as we turned on the lights on August 22, 2012. This last week of the first year had much of interest, The usual malarkey: Finally, a college major for which 99.99% of students were qualified...
Folks freak at size of tax hikes if fiscal cliff isn’t averted in the coming days is a story from Thursday’s NY Post. Three reporters interviewed New Yorkers (most of whom, statistically, voted for Obama) of all income groups, asked them what they earn per year,...
Reaction to threats by Senator Dianne Feinstein and others to ban certain weapons and severely restrict ownership of guns generally has caused a run on gun stores, as is widely reported. Less reported is the run on ammunition, leaving ammunition inventories down 93% since election day. So...
David Gregory is returning from vacation for an exclusive interview with Obama on Sunday. I can't wait for the topic of strict enforcement of gun laws to come up. Excited to announce that President @barackobama will be my exclusive guest this Sunday on @meetthepress nbcnews.to/W9Ykim #MTP— David...
CBS reports: President Obama and congressional leaders met for just over an hour this afternoon to work on a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" in a meeting that was described as "constructive and candid."...
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Recently released figures have resulted in mixed interpretations among economists about the 2013 economic outlook. Some say the economy is on pace to achieve a modest recovery pointing to better than expected housing figures, and a relatively low amount of first time unemployment claims during...
Obama has bad intentions, according to Charles Krauthammer. News flash! Sure, it's a mess right now. But maybe a mess is what we needed to get this party in shape. It's a risky tactic Obama is taking, one which might just as easily backfire, as I noted in...
Legislative overreach reveals the agenda...
Much has been made of David Gregory’s alleged possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device during an airing of Meet the Press on December 23. In my mind there are two big questions to answer: 1) can the government prosecute Mr. Gregory; and 2) if...
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That's where we are at the end of the day, today, via Jonathan Adler at National Review: It appears as if NBC’s David Gregory decided to brandish a high capacity magazine on NBC’s “Meet the Press” even though NBC was informed it would be illegal to...
Just breaking: The Associated Press is reporting that retired General Norman Schwarzkopf has died. He was 78. Schwarzkopf served as the commander of coalition forces during the Persian Gulf War in 1990. His strategy of using a “left hook” to go behind Iraqi forces occupying...
It took five centuries before the strychnine of corruption and fatigue finally killed the Roman Empire (né Republic). It’s taken the U.S. about five decades to reach a point where such a suicidal whimper no longer seems unthinkable. If you want to know why we’re getting...
