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Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist - 12/19/2005
While The Wall Street Journal editorial page is conservative, it's news pages are even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Cove More...

Can Democrats Survive Gun Talk? - 12/19/2005
Dwight Stansel is that rare Democrat who wins elections among rural, white voters in North Florida. He has simple advice for Democrats who want to do the same: "There's no such thing as sensible gun c More...

A Free Speech Kind Of Thing - 12/16/2005
Eugene McCarthy will always be remembered as the man who "toppled LBJ" in 1968. McCarthy himself believed that most campaign finance restrictions violated the Constitution while upholding the privileg More...

Lessons Of Gene McCarthy - 12/13/2005
Sen. Eugene McCarthy's 1968 insurgency, the most luminous memory of many aging liberals, would today be impossible-criminal, actually-thanks to the recent "reform" most cherished by liberals, the McCa More...

Sen. Clinton On Big Money Tour - 12/12/2005
Sen. Hillary Clinton has launched a pre-Christmas national fundraising tour to pad her already sizeable campaign war chest for the 2006 election. But some say the New York Democrat is collecting donat More...

Hillary's Road To A Walkover - 11/16/2005
One reason why Clinton is an overwhelming favorite for re-election—she's been a very smart senator. She's behaved very much as a freshman senator is expected to, never moving too far out in front on a More...

Supreme Court Upholds Felon Voting Ban - 11/15/2005
The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to Florida's ban on voting rights for felons, letting stand a 137-year-old law that applies to both inmates and ex-convicts. The justices offered no comment More...

Bush Push In Virginia - 11/7/2005
President Bush is making an 11th-hour campaign stop in Virginia tonight to boost the Republican candidate for governor-turning that tight contest into a test of Bush`s political clout at a weak point More...

The Conservative Case For Kilgore - 11/3/2005
Virginia`s gubernatorial election results will determine the principal direction of our state government in the near future. In the area of preserving constitutional rights, Jerry has always been an More...

Kilgore: Carry Permits Should Extend To Restaurants - 11/2/2005
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore said Nov. 1 that he favors changing the law to allow Virginians with concealed-weapons permits to carry their firearms into restaurants. More...

Vote NO On San Franciso Gun Ban - 11/2/2005
"Prop. H would not be an effective or appropriate means of preventing violent crime. These difficulties should be addressed by better enforcement of existing laws and better regulation of firearms-not More...

Bill Bolling For Virginia Lieutenant Governor - 11/1/2005
State Sen. Bill Bolling (R) captures the Washington endorsement for lieutenant governor. More...

Chronicle Recommends A NO Vote On Prop. H - 10/31/2005
Handgun ban. NO. This measure would prohibit city residents from owning handguns. The need to curtail the proliferation of handguns on the streets is a debate worth having, but at the state level. Sta More...

Jerry Kilgore For Governor - 10/27/2005
Virginia voters will choose between two starkly different candidates for governor: The Republican nominee, former state attorney general and state secretary for public safety, Jerry Kilgore, is an ene More...

It`s Back To Square One For The FEC - 10/26/2005
The full District of Columbia Court of Appeals has declined the Federal Election Commission`s (FEC`s) final appeal to save major campaign-finance regulations it wrote after the reform law was enacted More...

Kilgore, Kaine And Illegals - 10/26/2005
Perhaps no issue better illustrates the difference between Republican Jerry Kilgore and Democrat Tim Kaine than their approaches to the illegal-immigration question. More...

Va. Candidacy Rooted In Rustic Upbringing - 10/25/2005
If he was not trudging with his hunting rifle through patches of teaberry or dreaming of becoming a baseball player, a young R. Creigh Deeds might have been hanging out at the polls on Election Day wi More...

Congress OKs Gun Industry Lawsuit Shield - 10/20/2005
Congress gave the gun lobby its top legislative priority Thursday, passing a bill protecting the firearms industry from massive crime-victim lawsuits. President Bush said he will sign it. "Our law More...

President Commends House for Passing the "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act" - 10/20/2005
I commend the House for passing the "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act." More...

Virginia`s Pioneers - 10/14/2005
Two things every American should know about Virginia`s governor`s race: It`s the first sizable political contest to turn, largely, on the issue of illegal immigration, and as such, it spotlights the p More...

The Hillary Hollywood Tour - 10/13/2005
For someone who`s not running for the White House, Hillary Clinton will certainly look like a presidential contender as she embarks on a swing through Hollywood. Among the other pols to feel out showb More...

Corzine Loses Lead In Governor`s Race - 10/12/2005
New Jersey`s governor`s race, once considered a Democratic lock, is now in a dead heat with four weeks to go before the Nov. 8 off-year election, a new independent poll shows. More...

Va. Governor Candidates Clash In TV Debate - 10/11/2005
The two major-party candidates for Virginia governor clashed on the death penalty and taxes during a televised debate October 9 that included several rancorous exchanges. More...

Press Slow To Follow Trail Of Probe Into Steele Theft - 10/7/2005
It took the New York Times 16 days to acknowledge the theft of the personal credit report of Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, Maryland Republican, by a pair of operatives working for the Democratic Senator More...

NRA Backs Creigh Deeds For Va. Attorney General - 9/30/2005
The National Rifle Association has endorsed Democratic state Sen. Creigh Deeds of Bath County in the race for attorney general. More...

Dumpster Digging - 9/30/2005
Have you heard about what New York Sen. Charles Schumer`s meddling minions tried to do in Maryland to embarrass a Republican opponent? Don`t bother with the New York Times if you want details. Since t More...

Hunters As Endangered Species? A Bid To Rebuild Ranks. - 9/29/2005
Youth hunt days in several states attempt to attract young people to a hunting. More...

The Left Nips At Hillary - 9/29/2005
Right after Election Day in November 2004, Bill and Hillary Clinton seemed to have reached certain conclusions. They appear to have decided that Hillary needed to stress religious values, hew to a haw More...

Honolulu Issues 10,000 Gun Permits - 9/27/2005
Police are issuing gun permits at a strong pace this year, with the number of people buying firearms on Oahu up significantly. More...

Crime Rates Stay At Record Lows - 9/26/2005
The nation`s crime rate was unchanged last year, holding at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973, the Justice Department reports. More...

Katrina Highlights Big Easy's Violence - 9/22/2005
"The hurricane was a breeze compared with the crime and terror that followed," said Gregg Harris, a psychotherapist who lives in the battered area. "I think now it's a wake-up call." More...

Candidates Court Sportsmen - 9/19/2005
The two major-party gubernatorial candidates in Virginia are targeting gun-rights advocates, including sportsmen--a crucial voting bloc that previously endorsed candidates, most of whom ended up winni More...

Strategists Say Democrats Set To Make Gains In House - 9/16/2005
A top elections analyst and Democratic strategists predict Democrats are poised to make significant gains in the House next year, perhaps half a dozen seats or more, but probably not enough to capture More...

Rep. Weiner Weasels - 9/15/2005
Rep. Anthony Weiner`s cynical withdrawal from the 2005 mayoral race may serve him well four years from now, but it is contemptuous of the law and disrespectful of the people of New York City. More...

Kilgore Promotes Friendliness To Gun Owners - 8/31/2005
Virginia`s Republican nominee for governor surrounded himself August 30 with GOP lawmakers and a National Rifle Association official to announce the formation of a "Sportsmen for Kilgore" committee. " More...

Kilgore Duels Kaine In Hunt For Sportsmen - 8/31/2005
A shootout for Virginia gun owners` votes escalated when Republican gubernatorial candidate Jerry W. Kilgore announced the creation of a "Sportsmen for Kilgore" coalition that will counter a similar g More...

Kaine Woos Gun Vote, Drawing Kilgore`s Fire - 8/29/2005
In a classic imitation of John Kerry, Tim Kaine has gone to a shooting range to try to convince gun owners he is an ally. The truth is that Tim Kaine is no friend of gun owners. More...

Is Kaine Able... - 8/18/2005
Virginia Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine really wants you to believe he`s a political moderate. That makes sense since his boss, Mark Warner, is a self-described centrist with approval ratings that hover above 60% More...

Of Morality And Legality - 8/18/2005
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) recently met with about 200 conservatives at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in Wilmington, Del., to discuss his new book, "It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the C More...

Jittery GOP Seeks Pirro Alternative - 8/16/2005
U.S. Senate candidate Jeanine Pirro`s gaffe-marred announcement and her emphasis on liberal social positions has led to new unrest in some quarters of the New York GOP, party insiders said yesterday. More...

N.J. Bear Hunt Vote Expected August 9 - 8/9/2005
The N.J. state Fish and Game Council is scheduled to vote on whether to allow a bear hunt. More...

America Coming Together Comes Apart - 8/4/2005
A few days after the 2004 election, America Coming Together, the giant pro-Democratic voter turnout group that had raised about $200 million from George Soros, Peter Lewis, and a variety of Hollywood More...

Does Kaine Expect Anyone To Believe He Believes This Stuff? - 8/3/2005
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tim Kaine says he supports the Second Amendment and opposes further restrictions on gun ownership. Yet his infamous support for the Million Mom March shows his heart l More...

Allen Kicks Off `06 Senate Race - 8/2/2005
George Allen (R-VA), a strong advocate for gun owners in the U.S. Senate, has begun his efforts to win re-election in 2006. More...

Tossups Draw Focus In Midterm Elections - 7/27/2005
A few House districts really are up for grabs in the 2006 midterm elections. This select group will draw an outsize share of campaign funds and media attention next year, because it will almost certai More...

Hillary`s Battle Cry - 7/26/2005
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been appointed to head the Democratic Leadership Council`s "American Dream Initiative"-an outreach program. The post will allow her to boost an already high national pr More...

Va. Candidates For Governor In Tight Race - 7/25/2005
Virginia`s race for governor is extremely tight, with Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine and former Attorney General Jerry Kilgore locked in a close contest, according to a new poll. More...

A Little Less Sensitivty, Please - 7/22/2005
The L.A. Times lectures L.A. Police Chief William Bratton for telling the truth. More...

Debate Tills Familiar Ground - 7/18/2005
The first formal debate of the 2005 Virginia governor`s race was dominated by familiar fights on Saturday, as Republican Jerry Kilgore and Democrat Tim Kaine aired their long-running arguments on the More...

Hillary Makes Left Turn - 7/14/2005
Maybe Sen. Hillary Clinton has come down with a bad case of tone-deafness. Or maybe she`s caught MoveOn disease. But over the past week the wannabe moderate with an eye on a 2008 White House race sudd More...

House Takes Up 527 Finance Reform - 7/14/2005
House Republicans plunged into the issue of 527 reform July 13, as conference leaders sought to bridge the gap between two competing pieces of legislation. More...

Family As Foundation - 7/8/2005
Politics and election speculation can work together to create the perfect atmosphere for a book release by a public figure--Bill Clinton pulled it off with "My Life" and Hillary Clinton attempted the More...

Court Nominees Will Trigger Rapid Response - 7/7/2005
In an acceleration of past nomination battles, interest groups now send missives to millions--instantly. More...

Bill Would Lower Deer Hunting Age To 10 - 7/1/2005
State Rep. Terry Musser, R-Black River Falls, doesn`t think it should be against the law to take his 11-year-old grandson hunting with a gun. In fact, he thinks it should be encouraged. More...

DNR Battling Bear Problem In Greenbrier County - 7/1/2005
A growing bear population in Greenbrier County is giving state wildlife officials headaches as the animals wander into back yards and root through garbage cans looking for food. Up to a dozen bears ar More...

"Mainstream" Judges - 6/30/2005
"Recent shocking Supreme Court decisions may at least wake up those people who have been saying glibly the Senate has spent too much time fighting over judicial nominees, instead of getting back to th More...

Financing Campaigns - 6/30/2005
While Democrats and Republicans face identical regulations, new evidence suggests major differences exist in how political money gets raised and spent and by whom in the wake of the new Bipartisan Cam More...

Why Press Gets "Bad Press" - 6/27/2005
One reason some of America`s most prominent news organizations have been getting "bad press" lately, and losing viewers and readers, is they lack transparent standards and seem willing to "report" (a More...

No Muppet Left Behind - 6/27/2005
Like most supporters of taxpayer funding for TV and radio broadcasts, Rep. Edward Markey (D- Mass.) simultaneously exaggerates and minimizes the significance of the subsidy, refuting his own argument. More...

Embattled Durbin Makes Fund-Raising Pitch for Democrats - 6/23/2005
Democrats are not distancing themselves from Sen. Dick Durbin. The Illinois Democrat, fresh from a tearful apology on the Senate floor, is now circulating a fund-raising letter on behalf of the Democr More...

Durbin`s Slanderous Charge - 6/22/2005
Let us be clear about the gravity of Sen. Dick Durbin`s words. Nine million human beings were murdered in Hitler`s death camps, nearly 3 million perished in the gulags under Stalin and more than 1.5 m More...

Inside Hillary`s Mind - 6/22/2005
Edward Klein`s "The Truth About Hillary" is not a scandal book intended merely to gratify the reader`s salacious interests. Instead, he has written a serious political and psychological biography of t More...

Frist Tells Durbin To Apologize On Senate Floor - 6/21/2005
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has demanded that Sen. Richard J. Durbin make a "formal apology" on the floor of the Senate for comparing U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay to Nazi and Soviet regi More...

Dustbin Durbin - 6/21/2005
When a United States Senator says something deeply offensive, there are usually but two immediate recourses: Either he or she voluntarily apologizes, or colleagues formally censure the senator. If the More...

The Truth About Hillary - 6/21/2005
The prospect of the former First Lady and current junior-but-star senator Hillary Clinton running for president has in part meant a little bit of a publishing bonanza of Hillary books. Among the most More...

The Virginia Campaign Begins - 6/20/2005
The political highlight of 2005 will certainly be the gubernatorial race between former state Attorney General Jerry Kilgore, a Republican, and current Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine, who ran unopposed for the De More...

Sen. Al Fraken? - 6/20/2005
Al Franken for Senator? Egads. What will they think of next? That bespectacled radio comic and best-selling author is beguiling the Minnesota electorate with rumblings that he`ll run for the U.S. Sena More...

GOP, Democrats Set For November Election - 6/15/2005
The Republican and Democratic tickets were set yesterday for the Nov. 8 general election. More...

Trust, But Verify - 6/14/2005
During the presidential campaign, various antagonists repeatedly urged John Kerry to sign a Standard Form 180, thereby releasing the entirety of his military records for public consumption. The senato More...

Conservatives, Liberals Align Against Patriot Act - 6/14/2005
Conservative groups have found common ground with the liberal American Civil Liberties Union in their opposition to the USA Patriot Act and pledge to wage a high-profile fight against it, claiming eve More...

Federal Power Daze - 6/13/2005
The chief author of our Constitution, James Madison, had little patience for those who accused him and his allies of trying to create a large, intrusive federal government. In 1788, he noted pointedly More...

Bolling Staying On Message - 6/13/2005
NRA-PVF endorsed Bill Bolling, running for Virginia lieutenant-governor, says: "There are values that I believe in strongly. The right to life, the Second Amendment, the sanctity of marriage. I talk a More...

Connaughton, Bolling Differ On Key Gun Questions - 6/10/2005
When it comes to guns, there are several key differences between the two Republican candidates for Virginia`s lieutenant governorship--Sean Connaughton and Bill Bolling. More...

Durbin Blames "Right Wing" - 6/10/2005
The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate blamed "the right wing" and elements of the press "in service to it" for repeating Howard Dean`s remarks about Republicans and inflating them out of proportion. "I thi More...

Kerry: The New Al Gore - 6/10/2005
It`s not easy for Senator John Kerry these days. Having failed to capture the White House and facing the likely prospect of getting steamrolled by Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Democratic presidential More...

House Eyes Campaign Finance Changes - 6/9/2005
The House Administration Committee has taken a major step toward enacting the first changes to the last round of campaign-finance reforms by passing a bill doing away with some limits on donations to More...

Democrats Decry Dean Rhetoric - 6/9/2005
Several Senate Democrats June 8 distanced themselves from national committee Chairman Howard Dean, whose spate of inflammatory comments about Republicans has prompted renewed criticism of his leadersh More...

Kilgore Wins NRA Endorsement - 6/8/2005
Republican Jerry Kilgore picked up the National Rifle Association`s endorsement June 7, then opened fire in new radio ads at Tim Kaine, the Democrat he will likely face in the fall Virginia governor`s More...

Dems Roll Back Campaign "Reform" - 6/8/2005
Guess who`s having second thoughts about the merits of campaign-finance reform? Some of the very same liberal groups that for years championed tighter controls on free speech and political donations, More...

Attention Sen. Clinton - 6/7/2005
Memorandum to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: To win the Oval Office, you will have to start demonstrating leadership that genuinely sets you apart from reflexively liberal partisans. To be convincing, More...

Groups Weigh In On Web Politicking - 6/6/2005
A raft of lawmakers, campaign finance watchdog groups, election lawyers and bloggers urged the Federal Election Commission June 3 to exempt the vast majority of--if not all--individual political activ More...

Hollywood Rallies For Hillary - 6/3/2005
Conservatives may strive to portray New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as a polarizing figure, but she unified Hollywood Democratic political donors at a series of fundraisers that netted More...

Black Caucus Retreats on 527s - 6/2/2005
Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus are teaming up with conservative Republicans to push for the first major changes in the 2002 campaign-finance reform bill, most admitting that they made More...

Amnesty Leadership Aided Kerry - 6/2/2005
The top leadership of Amnesty International USA, which unleashed a blistering attack on the Bush administration`s handling of war detainees, contributed the maximum to Sen. John Kerry`s presidential c More...

Bill Clinton Takes Global Stage - 6/1/2005
In 2001, in the opening months of his ex-presidency, Bill Clinton confided to an aide that he had decided on his dream job for the next chapter of his life: secretary general of the United Nations. More...

FEC Eyes Political Blogs - 6/1/2005
Web loggers, who pride themselves on freewheeling political activism, might face new federal rules on candidate endorsements, online fundraising and political ads, though bloggers who don`t take money More...

Bush, The Post And The Courts - 6/1/2005
"GOP Tilting Balance Of Power to the Right," proclaimed the page 1, column 1, above-the-fold headline in The Washington Post last Thursday. Hello? In which ideological direction did The Post expect a More...

Campaign Finance Reform`s False Hope - 6/1/2005
Now that the first election conducted under the new campaign finance laws has come and gone, a little post-mortem is in order. By any objective standard, it has been an abject failure. More...

Reelect Rick - 6/1/2005
"If you believe the political Left, Rick Santorum is public enemy No. 1," writes Kathryn Jean Lopez. "And one of their top priorities between now and November 2006 will be to try to get Pennsylvania v More...

An American Soldier - 5/31/2005
Sgt. Carlson, of St. Paul, Minn., was killed on Jan. 24, 2005, when his Bradley fighting vehicle overturned in Mohammed Sacran, Iraq. He was 22. The following is adapted from a "credo paper" he wrote More...

The "Vast" Left Wing - 5/31/2005
When President George W. Bush broke a campaign promise in his first term and signed into law the ill begotten McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill he little guessed that he was opening a can o More...

Hunting Trips Offered To Sick Kids - 5/31/2005
Last year, before he lost his ability to walk, Zachary Neill, 10, of Chester County wanted to go deer hunting in the desert. His parents arranged his trip with the help of Hunt Of A Lifetime, a nation More...

Democrats Block Vote On Bolton - 5/27/2005
Democrats blocked an up-or-down vote on the nomination of John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations yesterday, opening their first filibuster of the year three days after a bipartisan deal to More...

Kerry Finally Signs On - 5/27/2005
Better late than never was the reaction to Joan Vennochi`s Boston Globe column on Tuesday. More than 100 days after he promised to do so, Sen. John Kerry has signed the form authorizing the Defense De More...

Illinois House Rejects Gun Ban - 5/25/2005
Illinois lawmakers narrowly rejected a proposed ban on semi-auto and .50-caliber rifles May 24 amid intense lobbying by both sides in the debate. More...

The Caveat Emperor - 5/25/2005
At this point, it comes as no surprise. John Kerry is releasing all his military records--but then again, he isn`t. More...

Former Clinton Fund-Raiser Testifies - 5/25/2005
Hillary Rodham Clinton`s former chief fund-raiser took the stand in his own defense May 24, saying that he never intended to understate the costs of a Hollywood concert and dinner during her 2000 Sena More...

Record Cleans Up Congress For History - 5/24/2005
Only in this town of lawyers along the Potomac can politicians utter statements that were, according to official history, never spoken. More...

Star Wars Movie Quickly Politicized - 5/19/2005
The light-saber-wielding forces in "Star Wars" movies can`t hold a candle to the blogging, advertising and boycotting forces of the right and left. The liberal advocacy group Moveon.org was preparing More...

GOP Targets Spending Limit - 5/19/2005
House Republicans are gearing up to push campaign finance legislation that would scrap post-Watergate restrictions on the total amount of money individuals can donate and parties can spend on candidat More...

Witness Says She Was Told To Cut Clinton Gala Charge - 5/19/2005
Thousands of dollars in expenses, including more than $1,000 worth of rose petals, disappeared from a budget for a fund-raising gala on orders of David F. Rosen, who was the national finance director More...

Feedground Phaseout Proposal Takes Shape - 5/17/2005
A proposal to phase out some of the state`s elk feedgrounds is gaining strength through more details and more answers. But state officials still say there are too many unanswered questions, and critic More...

The Hollywood Left - 5/16/2005
Barbra Streisand. Jane Fonda. Susan Sarandon. Tim Robbins. Sean Penn. Warren Beatty. Richard Dreyfuss. These Tinseltown titans have something else in common besides their whopping bank accounts and la More...

Stopping Hillary - 5/13/2005
Hillary Clinton`s reelection campaign for the U. S. Senate in 2006 may be tougher than expected. On May 2, the New York Observer reported that Clinton might face a challenge from Richard Nixon`s son-i More...

A Salute To Tom DeLay - 5/13/2005
The conservative faithful filled a Washington hotel ballroom the evening of May 12 to praise House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and blast his opponents. Sponsored by the American Conservative Union, the More...

Prosecutor Blames Fundraiser - 5/12/2005
David F. Rosen deliberately and illegally underreported the costs of a star-studded Hollywood fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton`s 2000 Senate campaign, federal prosecutors said at Rosen`s trial. More...

Trial of Fundraiser For Sen. Clinton Opens - 5/11/2005
Jury selection got off to a quiet start in a criminal trial that could quickly become a noisy political soap opera involving a former finance director for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). More...

PBS Dial Dynamics - 5/11/2005
"A New York Times editorial writer phoned to follow up on that paper`s recent Page One article that charged I was "aggressively pressing public television" to reflect the political balance and diversi More...

Your Blog Will Be Investigated Soon - 5/11/2005
John Samples, director of the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute, takes a look at campaign finance regulation a few years down the road. More...

Steak Dinner Could Cook Hill - 5/10/2005
The Justice Department case against David Rosen, national finance chairman of Hillary Clinton`s 2000 Senate race, is getting stronger, increasing the odds the aide will start cooperating with the gove More...

The Reagan Years - 5/10/2005
Not often does any nation of great stature experience virtually a complete make-over within a period of eight years. Yet in John Ehrman`s new book, "The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan," this i More...

Clinton Gala Spurs Courtroom Drama - 5/9/2005
Beginning May 10 in a Los Angeles courtroom, David F. Rosen, the former fund-raising director for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, will go on trial on charges that he illegally underreported the cost of a More...

Quiet, Congress At Work - 5/9/2005
"On a quiet spring morning, they`re working in Washington," writes Paul Jacob. "Working hard, as the president would say. Working hard to regulate, burden, and impede your right to communicate about p More...

Brady Campaign, PAC Pay $12K FEC Fine - 5/6/2005
The Brady Campaign and its political action committee have paid a $12,000 fine to settle a campaign finance case from the 2000 election. At issue were ads and endorsements by the Brady Campaign to Pr More...

AFL-CIO Boss`s Politicking Now Threatens His Job - 5/6/2005
While most organizations celebrate anniversaries with great fanfare, the AFL-CIO may mark its 50th birthday in Chicago this July with an internal leadership struggle that threatens the job of the coal More...

Democrats Plot Their Return To Power - 5/6/2005
A liberal advocacy group is hosting a "Take Back America" conference next month. The Campaign for America`s Future, headed by Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey, is hosting the conference, which include More...

Culpeper Gun-Law Draft Hits Deer Hunts - 5/5/2005
If enacted as written by the county attorney, a suggested new shooting law would effectively put an end to deer hunting with rifles in Culpeper County. More...

Kerry Maintaining High Profile - 5/5/2005
Six months after losing the presidential election, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry has not disappeared from public life like Al Gore did in 2001, but instead has kept a high public profile and even has More...

Kerry Used Campaign Funds To Pay Parking Tickets - 5/4/2005
Sen. John F. Kerry tapped campaign funds for Red Sox tickets and to pay nearly $300 in overdue Boston parking tickets in March, records show. More...

Should Felons Vote? - 5/4/2005
Forty-eight states currently restrict the right of felons to vote. Most states forbid current inmates to vote, others extend such bans to parolees, and still others disenfranchise felons for life. A m More...

Constitution Imperiled - 5/3/2005
If the radical arguments defending judicial filibusters are accepted, the Constitution will be imperiled," writes Bruce Fein. "The three branches will chronically clash and urgent unwritten constituti More...

Advise And Consign - 4/29/2005
With a confrontation over the filibuster of judicial nominees immanent, now is the time to point out another abuse of the Senate`s "advise and consent" power. It`s called the "hold," whereby an indivi More...

Panel Backs Bill To Rein In `527` Advocacy Groups - 4/28/2005
The Senate rules committee approved legislation April 27 to prohibit "527" organizations from using unlimited contributions to run political commercials. More...

MoveOn.org Moving On Up - 4/27/2005
April 27 the liberal Internet organizing group MoveOn.org plans to hold more than 160 rallies across the country to support Senate Democrats in their filibusters of 10 of President Bush`s judicial nom More...

Bush Vs. Kerry, II - 4/26/2005
They`re back. The people who tried to defeat George W. Bush are the same people now trying to defeat his nominee for the United Nations, John R. Bolton. More...

An IRS Cover-Up? - 4/25/2005
Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N. Dak.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are trying to block a report on Clinton-era abuses with an amendment to the latest supplemental war appropriations bill More...

Votes There For `Nuclear Option,` McConnell Says - 4/25/2005
Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says that Republicans have enough votes to invoke the "nuclear option" to limit filibustering consideration of President Bush`s nominees for federal appeal More...

Dems Try To Kill Clinton Probe - 4/22/2005
Senate Democrats are quietly trying to kill a 10-year legal probe that implicates several senior Clinton administration appointees for obstruction of justice, the Daily News has learned. More...

Bush Scolds Senate About Bolton Delay - 4/22/2005
President Bush accused the Senate of playing "politics" by delaying the confirmation of John R. Bolton, an unapologetic conservative, to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. More...

The Rap On Gangsta Rap - 4/22/2005
As we soldier up in the culture war from time to time, it`s important to know what we`re up against and who`s on our side. That`s not to say that hip-hoppers or rappers are our enemies; they are not. More...

The Bolton Mugging - 4/21/2005
So John Bolton`s nomination to be U.N. Ambassador is said to be in trouble, as a couple of Republicans waver amid reports that he has been rude to subordinates. Pardon us for breaking up the mock horr More...

House And Senate Take Different Approaches To Campaign Finance - 4/20/2005
The House and Senate appear headed in separate directions on campaign finance reform, with the House considering a wide range of changes as the Senate narrows its focus to regulating 527s. More...

Soros Says Be Patient - 4/20/2005
Global gun banner George Soros has told a carefully vetted gathering of 70 likeminded millionaires and billionaires that they must be patient if they want to realize long-term political and ideologica More...

New Campaign-Finance-Reform Follies - 4/19/2005
“Although Democrats often maintain that their unprecedented outside-the-party campaign against President Bush last year, led by the so-called 527 groups, was a broad-based, grassroots effort, it wa More...

New NRA campaign targets the Hispanic population - 4/17/2005
The most tangible evidence of the NRA`s commitment is a new Spanish-language Web site that will be rolled out at the convention here this weekend. The colorful site is rife with winsome Latino images: More...

NRA Viewed Favorably By Most Americans - 4/15/2005
With National Rifle Association members now gathered in Houston for the NRA`s 134th annual meeting, a recent Gallup Poll finds that public opinion of the nation`s leading pro-gun lobby is fairly posit More...

NRA Carries Enormous Clout In Washington - 4/15/2005
The guns are not what makes the National Rifle Association formidable in the eyes of politicians. It`s the political firepower. With nearly 4 million members, many lawmakers and other observers say th More...

Public Bashes Wildlife Panel At Meeting - 4/14/2005
Florida Rep. Will Kendrick is fed up with hunting and fishing regulations and with the haughty way they`re put in place and reviewed. After allowing those who share his view to vent at a House hearing More...

Speaking Truth To the U.N. - 4/13/2005
Senate Democrats wasted no time in sinking their fangs into U.N. Ambassador-designate John Bolton during confirmation hearings before the Foreign Relations Committee. "But despite several hours of of More...

A Short, Unhappy History Of Campaign Finance Reform - 4/12/2005
"To its supporters, our most recent round of campaign finance reform legislation, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold, in shorthand), merely fills in the loopholes in the campaign fina More...

Trouble For Hillary? - 4/12/2005
A new book could prove a roadblock to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton`s possible run for the White House in 2008 by promising revelations about the New York Democrat that could cast doubt among voters. More...

"Get Tom DeLay!" - 4/12/2005
For the old-fashioned, the definition of a "news story" is a story that is new-hence the name. But the newspeople at the newspapers the Washington Post and the New York Times have an updated definitio More...

Sen. Clinton: Liberal Lioness - 4/12/2005
A recent poll by Rasmussen Reports revealed that Sen. Hillary Clinton was making some progress in her unceasing efforts to portray herself as a moderate. Today, only 43% of Americans view her as a lib More...

Anti-Dove Hunting Petition Is Anti-Hunting - 4/11/2005
As expected, those who oppose dove hunting in Michigan appear to have collected enough signatures to put the issue to a vote. Although the Board of Canvassers won`t certify the petitions for several w More...

GOP Sees Judges As Fair Game - 4/11/2005
Senate Republicans say Congress should scrutinize some federal court decisions and would not rule out impeaching activist judges for imposing their own preferences on public policy. More...

Going Viral - 4/8/2005
Byron York`s new book, The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, details how MoveOn.org, George Soros, Michael Moore, 527 groups, Al Franken, and other Democratic activists built the biggest, richest, and best o More...

Sandy Rolls Over For Bill And Hill - 4/7/2005
Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger has now joined the pantheon of those who, in the immortal words of Webb Hubbell, have chosen to "roll over one more time" to protect Bill and Hillary Clin More...

Bolton, Sudan And The U.N. - 4/7/2005
"John Bolton`s confirmation as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations can`t come soon enough," says the Wall Street Journal. "At the very least, his well-known candor would shed welcome light on the re More...

The Berger Wrist Slap - 4/6/2005
It is very troubling, though unsurprising, the Justice Dept. will barely slap Sandy Berger`s wrists for intentionally violating a criminal law critical to national security. Berger, a national securit More...

Watch The VLWC - 4/5/2005
National Review`s Byron York is author of The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy: The Untold Story of How Democratic Operatives, Eccentric Billionaires, Liberal Activists, and Assorted Celebrities Tried to Bri More...

Wretched Judging - 4/5/2005
The fight over President George W. Bush`s judicial nominees is a fight between clashing conceptions of judging. Concocted interpretations will triumph over textual constructions if President Bush is d More...

Heavy Fallout Likely From Filibuster Battle - 4/5/2005
After months of taunts and threats, Republicans and Democrats are preparing to escalate a conflict that each side describes as the "nuclear option": changing the rules for confirming federal judges. T More...

Sandy Berger`s Crime - 4/5/2005
Martha Stewart went to jail for lying to federal investigators. But for lying after stealing highly classified documents from the National Archives--in an apparent attempt to alter the historical reco More...

Bush Democrats - 4/4/2005
A treasure trove of data on the meaning of the 2004 presidential election has just been released, and you can bet that if reporters don`t look at it carefully, strategists for potential candidates wil More...

Closing Of The University Mind - 4/4/2005
Hillary Clinton`s right-wing conspiracy, even if as vast as she said it was, has yet to be discovered. But a left-wing conspiracy--or something close to it--flourishes on the campus. We have a vast ne More...

Deadly Force Bill Passes Florida House - 4/1/2005
A man`s home is his castle. And, if the Florida Legislature has its way, the sidewalk or the grocery store could be his castle, too, if he shoots someone he thinks might seriously harm him. More...

Viewpoint: Bill Expands Rights To Protect Property - 4/1/2005
“I am proud to sponsor Senate Bill 436 this year, which changes current Florida law to allow the use of deadly force against an intruder. I sponsored this legislation for one simple reason: I saw a fl More...

Prime Violators Hold Seats On U.N. Rights Panel - 4/1/2005
The world`s most repressive countries hold more than a quarter of the seats in the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Commission and their presence has subverted the panel`s mandate, a respected watchdog More...

Ex-Clinton Aide To Admit Taking Classified Papers - 4/1/2005
Samuel R. Berger, a national security adviser to President Bill Clinton, has agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and give up his security clearance for three years for removing classified m More...

Cougar Comeback? - 3/31/2005
The last wild cougar confirmed in Virginia was killed in Washington County in 1882. But are they really gone? More than 500 people have reported seeing cougars in Virginia since 1978. More...

Battle For The Courts - 3/31/2005
A battle is about to open in Washington that will knock such old staples as Iraq and Social Security reform right off the nation`s front pages-or at least to positions well below the fold. For Preside More...

Battlements And Ammunition - 3/31/2005
"Saying the Constitution is a living document is the same as saying we don`t have a Constitution," writes Walter Williams. More...

Riding The Waves - 3/31/2005
"Republicans," writes Peggy Noonan, "are . . . beginning to grouse about those who keep warning that Mrs. Clinton will be a formidable candidate for president in 2008. She won`t be so tough, they say. More...

Another Democrat Embraces MoveOn - 3/31/2005
On Capitol Hill, another prominent Democratic senator has allied himself with the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org, even as some centrists in the party have reportedly urged Democrats to distance t More...

Dana Milbank And `The Facts` - 3/31/2005
"Can nothing spare us from the arrogance of liberal media figures, still parading around as Guardians of the Facts and Solely Anointed Professional Disseminators of the Truth?" asks Brent Bozell. More...

Speech, Lies And Videotape - 3/31/2005
"If there`s one ironclad law in the world of politics, it`s the law of unintended consequences," writes Jonathan Cipriani. "Campaign finance reform has been in the news lately, serving as a prime exam More...

Red Dusk - 3/30/2005
It`s time Hollywood gave up its love affair with communism. More...

Domestic, Not Foreign - 3/28/2005
"Our process for selecting federal judges has unfortunately become increasingly controversial and divisive in recent years," writes Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.). "But whatever one`s personal views may be More...

Salazar Retreats From No-Filibuster Position - 3/28/2005
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) has backed off the position he took during his campaign last year that Democrats should not filibuster President Bush`s judicial nominees. More...

Annan To Face Renewed Calls For Resignation - 3/28/2005
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will face fresh calls for his resignation this week after being criticized by the commission he set up to investigate the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal. In a report, An More...

The ABC`s of Media Bias - 3/25/2005
The infamous memo that argued Republicans stood to gain politically by saving the life of Terri Schiavo was characterized by ABC News as consisting of "GOP Talking Points." "Rather than an example of More...

Appeals Court Upholds Soros Conviction - 3/24/2005
A French appeals court on March 24 upheld George Soros` conviction for insider trading, and also upheld a 2002 fine of 2.2 million euros ($2.9 million at current rates) for the Hungarian-born financie More...

Navigating The Left - 3/24/2005
David Horowitz, a radical turned conservative author and activist, has created a Web site, DiscoverTheNetwork.org, which he describes as " More...

The Campaign Finance Lobby - 3/24/2005
Although Ryan Sager and The Post are to be lauded for the revelations about the Pew Charitable Trusts, these revelations should come as no surprise. Even absent the details, it had to be obvious to an More...

FEC Signals Light Hand On Internet Campaigning - 3/24/2005
The Federal Election Commission revealed that it plans to take what one of its commissioners termed a "relatively nonintrusive" approach to regulating political campaigns on the Internet. The agency, More...

Propaganda And The Money Trail - 3/23/2005
According to a recent report by the nonpartisan Political Money Line, Campaign Finance Lobby: 1994-2004, Pew Charitable Trusts spent an average of $4 million a year over 10 years promoting campaign fi More...

In Deep Trouble - 3/23/2005
Kofi Annan`s idea of "reform" at the U.N. is more of the same--and lots more money. More...

If Gun Background Checks Don`t Work, Will `Watch Lists` Be Any More Effective? - 3/22/2005
"Should people lose rights because they are sympathetic to, but do not actually help, terrorist groups? Should law enforcement be the arbiter of those sympathizers who should be placed on “watch list More...

Gun Shy - 3/22/2005
Ever since election day, the media have been wringing their hands over failing to understand how much cultural values mattered to voters. Among the most polarizing issues--gun ownership. Media tend to More...

One-Term Hillary? - 3/22/2005
A senior official in the Bush administration says he doesn`t think Hillary Clinton will run for reelection in New York in 2006. "You miss all those votes" if you try for the party`s presidential nomin More...

FEC Considers Restricting Online Activities - 3/22/2005
The Federal Election Commission has begun considering whether to issue new rules on how political campaigns are waged on the Internet, a regulatory process that is expected to take months to complete More...

Bush`s Shake-Up-the-World View - 3/22/2005
Anyone shocked by the Wolfowitz and Bolton nominations doesn`t understand the president`s approach to multilateral organizations. The conventional idea is that these organizations are wonderful, thoug More...

Astroturf Politics - 3/21/2005
How liberal foundations fooled Congress into passing McCain-Feingold. The bill`s restrictions on political speech have the potential for great mischief; a member of the Federal Election Commission has More...

Bolton Faces Confirmation Fight - 3/21/2005
Democrats say John Bolton may win confirmation to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, but he is going to have a rough fight. More...

Weapons Of Mass Disinformation - 3/21/2005
If someone advocates an ideology that has contempt for the individual and has caused untold economic misery and the deaths of hundreds of millions at the hands of their governments, what would you thi More...

First Judge Showdown - 3/18/2005
When the Senate Judiciary Committee met March 17, "chairman Arlen Specter didn`t see the need to refight the nomination of William Myers to a place on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Myers had alr More...

Burglary Bill Killed By Tory No-Show - 3/18/2005
Michael Howard was facing embarrassment after a no show by his own MPs effectively killed off a Tory bill to clamp down on burglars. The Householder Protection Bill aimed to give stronger legal protec More...

Kerry Loves Mainstream Media - 3/17/2005
John F. Kerry effectively ended his political career on Feb. 28, 2005, during a little-noticed event at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. He was being presented with the library`s "Distinguish More...

Hunters: Shot In Arm To Local Economies - 3/17/2005
As hunters turn their sights on big game each fall, rural towns across the West look forward to a different kind of bounty--hunters` cash to ease winter`s economic blahs. More...

"Right On, MoveOn!" - 3/17/2005
"At times during MoveOn.org`s `Rally for Fair Judges,` held March 16 near the Capitol, it was hard to tell if the left-wing organizing group had planned a political rally or a revival meeting," writes More...

Senate Might Re-Examine Gun Makers` Liability - 3/16/2005
Republicans, their ranks expanded in the Senate with the help of the National Rifle Association, may be close to gaining legislation to shield gun manufacturers from lawsuits claiming they put weapons More...

Gun Makers Seek Relief From Reckless Lawsuits - 3/16/2005
Gun makers told Congress on Tuesday that their industry could be financially crippled by lawsuits that seek to hold firearms sellers and manufacturers liable for criminal violence. In a hearing before More...

Democrats Threaten Shutdown - 3/16/2005
Democrats yesterday said they will halt all Senate business except essential operations and national defense if Republicans use the "nuclear option" to unclog President Bush`s judicial nominees. More...

Study Finds Press Negative On Bush - 3/15/2005
The press produced three times more negative stories about President Bush than about Sen. John Kerry during the 2004 campaign, says a study released March 14. More...

Ag, Conservation Groups Embrace `Open Fields` - 3/14/2005
A federal proposal that would award farmers and ranchers who open their land to hunting, fishing and other wildlife-related access is winning approval from ag and conservation groups alike. More...

Sarbanes to Forgo Another Senate Term - 3/11/2005
Anti-gun Maryland Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes will announce today that he will not seek another term in the Senate, a Senate Democratic official confirmed, ending a 34-year congressional career. More...

High Noon For Judges: Part II - 3/9/2005
"One of the big confusions in the impending Senate fight over the confirmation of judicial nominees is that this is an issue about "liberal" judges versus "conservative" judges," writes Thomas Sowell. More...

Justice Kennedy`s Mind - 3/9/2005
"Mature, sensible people generally don`t agree to obligations they don`t understand," writes Jonah Goldberg. "But that is precisely what our elected and appointed leaders are asked to do today. When t More...

Dan Rather`s Shoddy Legacy - 3/9/2005
"The Dan Rather era may be over at the "CBS Evening News," complete with the self-congratulatory special segments," writes Brent Bozell. "At least Rather`s critics could enjoy Donald Trump being cued More...

Tough Love For The U.N. - 3/8/2005
Secretary General Kofi Annan is said to be looking for a dose of tough love, some bare-knuckled truth-telling about all the ways the U.N. has failed and what`s to be done about it. So we can only assu More...

High Noon For Judges - 3/8/2005
"It is painfully ironic that we should be promoting the spread of democracy abroad when democracy is shrinking at home, writes Thomas Sowell. "Over the years, the outcomes of our elections have meant More...

Bolton Tabbed As Envoy To U.N. - 3/8/2005
President Bush yesterday nominated John R. Bolton, the tough-talking undersecretary of state, to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. More...

Felons And Democratic Politicking - 3/8/2005
Should convicted murderers be allowed to vote? If the federal Count Every Vote Act of 2005 passes, they will be. The bill--sponsored by Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barbara Boxer, Bar More...

My Felon Americans - 3/7/2005
The Constitution grants states the authority to determine "the Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections," but Hillary Clinton and John Kerry are pushing a Count Every Vote Act that would, among o More...

Castor will not run for Governor - 3/6/2005
Betty Castor stopped the speculation and said Friday she won`t run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination next year. More...

Moore Now Getting Less - 3/4/2005
First, Michael Moore threw his creative weight and his celluloid into defeating President Bush`s re-election. Then he made a big push for an Oscar nomination. But the Hollywood elite turned up their s More...

Labor Of Politics - 3/4/2005
John Sweeney, president of the union federation for about a decade, defeated a challenge led by the Teamsters and Service workers who wanted to spend more on union organizing. Mr. Sweeney and allies p More...

GMU Ties Phi Beta Kappa Rejection To Moore Snub - 3/3/2005
George Mason University professors say the rejection of their application to start a Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus is linked to the school`s high-profile snub of "Fahrenheit 9/11" filmmaker Michael More...

Pryor Impressions - 3/3/2005
"If judicial nominations represent the spear-point of all of the partisan battles in Washington, former Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor is the poison on the spear," writes Quin Hillyer. " Come to More...

Eyes Peeled On An Illusion - 3/3/2005
Is Hollywood out of touch with America? Not necessarily. Hollywood chooses to be in touch with an America of its own choosing. More...

Rudy `06 - 3/2/2005
A boulder now blocks Rudolph W. Giuliani`s path to the White House: a nagging suspicion among conservatives that he is too liberal for the Republican presidential nomination. Giuliani could earn conse More...

President Cheney? - 3/1/2005
As professions of lack of interest in the presidency go, Vice President Dick Cheney`s is unusually strong. "Yet there`s every reason he should change his mind," says Fred Barnes. More...

Judicial Nomination Battles Begin Anew - 3/1/2005
When William G. Myers, III appears before the Judiciary Committee March 1, his nomination to the federal appeals court will reopen the battle between President Bush and the Senate Democrats over judic More...

A Contradictory Biden - 3/1/2005
Appearing on NBC`s "Meet the Press" Sunday, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden, a former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was asked a direct question about filibustering judicial nominees, and Mr. B More...

Rule Of (International) Law - 2/28/2005
One of the more dangerous fads in Supreme Court jurisprudence of late is something called "international law," in which American laws are measured not just against the Constitution but against the law More...

The Threat From the Bench - 2/28/2005
The joke in Hollywood is that everyone from half-witted actors to the pope wants to direct. The joke in Washington is that everyone wants to legislate. Only it`s no joke when it comes to activist judg More...

Hillary The Chameleon - 2/25/2005
"I have always considered Hillary Clinton a formidable politician, but I haven`t really feared a Hillary presidency because I haven`t thought she was electable," writes David Limbaugh. "I`m not quite More...

NASCAR Still Red State - 2/25/2005
They ran the Daytona 500 last Sunday afternoon and the New York Times even covered it. It was not so long ago that the Times would have considered stock-car racing unworthy of its attention; but there More...

Secrecy In The Voting Booth - 2/24/2005
Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, has introduced the Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2005. This bill guarantees that every worker in America ha More...

Unshaven, Unbowed And In Our Face - 2/23/2005
Tom Matzzie describes himself as a pacifist techno geek. Maybe so, but MoveOn.org`s man in Washington sounds like one cocky computer nerd. Having helped revolutionize online organizing and fundraising More...

The Real Refugee Scandal - 2/23/2005
So prolific in scandal has the United Nations become that it`s getting hard to keep tabs. You can surf the channels, from rape by peacekeepers in the Congo, to theft at the World Meteorological Organi More...

Bush Tries Again On Judicial Nominees - 2/15/2005
President Bush yesterday re-nominated 20 candidates for federal judgeships, several whose nominations were blocked by Senate Democrats during the last term of Congress. More...

U.S. Hunters Flock To Mexico`s Deserts To Bag Trophy Game - 2/15/2005
The success of hunting operations in Mexico are a prime example of the positive impact hunting can have on a rural economy. It also shows that when hunting has an economic value to the community, mem More...

Senate`s New Math May Aid Stalled Judicial Nominees - 2/14/2005
When the battle over judicial nominations resumes in the next few weeks, President Bush may have a good chance of winning confirmation for some of his previously blocked candidates, Democrats and Repu More...

One Year Later: Pryor`s Record On 11th Circuit - 2/11/2005
A year ago this month, William H. Pryor Jr. was excused from the contentious Senate confirmation process and given a presidential pass that took him directly to a seat on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court More...

Senate Nears Revision Of Class Actions - 2/10/2005
President Bush and his business supporters won a large and long-sought victory yesterday with a series of Senate votes that virtually guarantee enactment of legislation restructuring rules for class More...

Wider Probe Of U.N. Looms - 2/10/2005
A powerful House Republican yesterday issued subpoenas to two key contractors in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, as lawmakers said they might expand their probe of financial mismanagement to more th More...

Democrats Give Hillary Clinton Early Lead For Presidential Nomination - 2/10/2005
Three years before state contests begin to choose nominees for the next presidential election, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York is the early favorite among Democrats. More...

Liberals ’n’ Lawsuits - 2/7/2005
"Who do you think said this: "Reliance on constitutional lawsuits to achieve policy goals has become a wasting addiction among American progressives.... Whatever you feel about the rights that have be More...

GOP judicial strategy - 2/7/2005
Senate Republican leaders have decided to begin their use of the "nuclear option" -- forcing confirmation of President Bush`s judicial nominations with a majority Senate vote -- on an African-American More...

Senate Committee Passes Tort Reform Bill - 2/4/2005
The bill aimed at curbing class-action lawsuit abuse, which Democrats filibustered last year, was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday with bipartisan support. More...

Normal Service Resumed - 2/4/2005
"George Bush finally began his second term on Wednesday night with an address that marked the return of the Bush of the stump, the Bush who was re-elected president three months ago and whom the natio More...

The Last Nail In Gun Control - 2/3/2005
The expected election of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as chairman of the Democratic National Committee will strike a crippling blow to the gun-control movement, some lobbyists and political observe More...

Congress Pushes To Close Loophole - 2/3/2005
The architects of the 2002 campaign finance overhaul have introduced a bill to clamp down on so-called "527 organizations" such as MoveOn.org, which flooded the airwaves with political commercials las More...

Bush`s Big Mo - 2/3/2005
Reporters hearing the State of the Union address "were coming down with a disturbing feeling," writes Tim Graham. "Despite their best efforts last year to convince Americans to drop President Bush . More...

The Green "State Of Fear" - 2/3/2005
Michael Crichton is a high-tech, science-savvy Renaissance man in the 21st century. He has sold more than a hundred million books, which have been translated into 30 languages. He has a lot of thought More...

Legislation Will Allow Utahns The Right-To-Carry In Cars - 2/2/2005
Utahns should be able to carry loaded guns in their cars-even if they don`t have a carry permit--says Sen. Mark Madsen (R-Lehi). He is drafting a bill that would give gun owners the same access to fir More...

Students Fail First Amendment - 2/1/2005
American high school students lack knowledge and understanding of the First Amendment, a new study suggests. More...

Dean Still Favorite For DNC Chair - 2/1/2005
Howard Dean still appears to be the front-runner in the race for Democratic National Committee chairman despite a late sprint by a relatively unknown but well-connected upstart. More...

Loser Kerry Takes All - 2/1/2005
According to a campaign-finance attorney interviewed recently by The Washington Times, the phone lines among his Republican and Democratic associates lit up in early December after Kerry`s campaign fi More...

High Caliber Advocacy - 1/31/2005
`When I was growing up in Tennessee, we had a saying for something that was so outrageous nobody could believe it: `That dog don`t hunt,`" says Chris W. Cox, the chief lobbyist of the National Rifle A More...

Pro-Bush Forces Gear Up For Supreme Struggle - 1/31/2005
Supporters of President Bush`s judicial nominees have hired the same media firm used by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth for their efforts to defend the next nominee for any upcoming Supreme Court vacanc More...

Second Amendment Threatened, Barr Warns - 1/28/2005
Former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr defended the constitutional right to bear arms against what he called an "anti-freedom philosophy" in a speech about the importance of the Second Amendment at the E More...

Harry Reid`s Choice - 1/28/2005
Will the new Minority Leader follow Ted Kennedy off a cliff? Tom Daschle lost his majority and then his own career taking Ted Kennedy`s advice. Democrats who want their party to succeed had better hop More...

The CBS Bogus-Memo Affair - 1/28/2005
One reads the report on CBS and the bogus memos--all 224 pages of it, supported by about 500 pages of exhibits--with a gathering sense of dismay. More...

Va. Senate Defeats Gun-Show Bill - 1/27/2005
The Virginia Senate has blocked renewed efforts to increase government restrictions on firearms sales at gun shows. More...

Elementary Deduction - 1/27/2005
Sherlock Holmes could teach deductive reasoning to the National Academy of Sciences. An NAS panel created during the Clinton administration--and infested with gun-grabbers--issued a 328-page report on More...

Right Turn? - 1/27/2005
That many college campuses vibrate with an overwhelmingly leftist hum is a fact acknowledged by just about all. What--if anything should be done about that is a question debated by many. As the discus More...

ABC`s Inauguration Plans - 1/26/2005
Over at Power Line, blogger John Hinderaker has found one of the most egregious bits of media bias yet recorded. It deals with how ABC News wanted to cover President Bush`s inauguration. More...

Look Out, Hillary`s Morphing Into Bill - 1/26/2005
"If you`ve listened to Hillary Clinton lately, you could be forgiven for thinking you were hearing her husband Bill," writes Ben Shapiro. " In the last week in particular, she`s been positioning herse More...

Republicans, Democrats Offer Rival Senate Agendas - 1/25/2005
Senate Republicans have introduced their top 10 priorities for the 109th Congress, including President Bush`s campaign promises on tort reform, as Senate Democrats presented their own 10-bill platform More...

Fourth Estate Or Fifth Column - 1/25/2005
"There are still people in the mainstream media who profess bewilderment that they are accused of being biased," writes Thomas Sowell. "But you need to look no further than reporting on the war in Ira More...

Going `Nuclear` - 1/24/2005
It`s been a long time coming, but we now have an approximate date for a confrontation in the Senate on judicial nominations. Majority Leader Bill Frist has announced that if Democrats filibuster the n More...

Oil For Influence - 1/24/2005
The United Nations Oil for Food scandal continues to effloresce, moving into the criminal realm. Iraqi-American Samir Vincent`s guilty plea shows that Saddam Hussein was indeed exploiting the program More...

Liberty Bell Ringer - 1/21/2005
If nothing else, President Bush`s second inaugural address yesterday should put to rest the myth that the idealistic roots of his foreign policy aren`t his own. The vast "neo-con" conspiracy would app More...

MoveOn.org Sees `Watershed Moment` For Liberals - 1/21/2005
An anti-Bush group is trying to rally discouraged liberals by reminding them that "pro-corporate, right-wing" Republicans swept to power in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 -- just two years More...

Zell Was Right - 1/20/2005
Last year, then-Sen. Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat, wrote a scathing critique of the Democratic Party. Miller defended gun rights and explained how gun-controllers were out of step with the American More...

Republican National Committee Chair Unveils `Durable Majority` Plan - 1/20/2005
Ken Mehlman has taken over leadership of the Republican Party and plans to find new voters among the ranks of churchgoers and social conservatives. "We can deepen the GOP by identifying and turning ou More...

Exit Pollers Say Surveys Were Faulty - 1/20/2005
Two firms that conducted Election Day exit polls for major news organizations report that they found a number of problems with the way the polls were carried out last year, resulting in estimates that More...

The CBS Whitewash - 1/20/2005
CBS News promised a full accounting within "weeks, not months" of its attempt to pass off as genuine four fraudulent memos about President Bush`s military service. After nearly four months, CBS releas More...

Changing The Subject From CBS - 1/19/2005
The drama over the release of the CBS internal probe of Rathergate had several acts. In the first act, nearly everyone acknowledged that the actual "news" gathering by CBS was amazingly unprofessional More...

Distorted Views On--And From--Tehran - 1/19/2005
Billionaire George Soros, the deep pockets of the political left, has come under fire from Iranian dissidents for putting out the welcome mat for Javad Zarif, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nati More...

Attorney General Kilgore To Resign - 1/18/2005
Virginia Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore (R) has decided to resign effective Feb. 1 to campaign full time for governor and will inform his staff of his decision Tuesday, Republican sources close to More...

Terroism As An Excuse: Another CBS Campaign - 1/14/2005
Ironically the day before CBS finally released its report on the 60 Minutes Memogate scandal, 60 Minutes was again stirring up fears about how terrorists would use 50-caliber rifles to attack American More...

Right On Campus - 1/14/2005
The left`s long dominion over the university--the last place on earth that lefty power would break up, conservatives believed--is showing its first signs of weakening. The change isn`t coming from the More...

Main Stream Media Requiem - 1/13/2005
"The Rathergate Report is a watershed event in American journalism not because it changes things on its own but because it makes unavoidably clear a change that has already occurred," writes Peggy Noo More...

Powell: Annan Must Be Held Accountable - 1/13/2005
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan must be held accountable for mismanagement of the $64 billion Oil-for-Food program, according to Secretary of State Colin Powell. More...

CBS Fails To Escape Cloud Of News Bias - 1/12/2005
Was political bias at work at CBS News? The network devoted six pages to the question in its 224-page investigative report on the journalistic failures of a "60 Minutes" story attacking President Bush More...

Another Trail to Follow - 1/12/2005
Along with United Nations secrecy, Saddam Hussein`s perfidy, and the general coyness of the bribed, one of the big obstacles to getting to the bottom of the Oil for Food scandal is the sheer horror of More...

Hillary: Please Send Money - 1/12/2005
Amid speculation that she might forgo a run for re-election to the Senate in 2006 in favor of a presidential run in 2008, New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has sent an early fundraising More...

CBS Ducks Political Motives - 1/11/2005
In one sense, the independent panel asked by CBS News to investigate a fraudulent "60 Minutes Wednesday" story on President Bush`s service in the Texas Air National Guard did a remarkable job. At the More...

Abuse Of Power - 1/11/2005
“The Democrat filibuster of judicial nominees in the Senate is unprecedented,” writes Mark Levin. “Unfortunately, even a handful of conservatives treat these filibusters in the context of political ca More...

Former Aide To Hillary Clinton Indicted - 1/10/2005
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton`s (D-N.Y.) former campaign finance director has been named in a federal grand jury indictment in Los Angeles on charges of filing false campaign finance reports with the Fe More...

Don`t Count Rossi Out - 1/10/2005
The new media--talk radio, bloggers and independent watchdog groups--have followed up their success in exposing Dan Rather`s use of phony memos by showcasing another scandal: Washington state`s bizarr More...

Of What Use Is The United Nations? - 1/10/2005
"Of what use is the United Nations?" asks Michael Barone. "Sometimes, it seems the answer is: none at all." More...

Bush Lawyers Target Gun Control`s Legal Rationale - 1/7/2005
Readying for a constitutional showdown over gun control, the Bush administration has issued a 109-page memorandum aiming to prove that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual--not collective-- r More...

Where Did The Turkeys Go? - 1/5/2005
The director of a Detroit food bank wants to know what happened to 720 pounds of frozen birds that his charity gave to members of U.S. Rep. John Conyers` local staff two days before Thanksgiving to gi More...

U.N. Ain`t The World - 1/5/2005
Is the United Nations an odious institution?" asks Jonah Goldberg. "Like a billion other columnists, I recently wrote a column considering the allegation made by a U.N. administrator that the United S More...

Democrat Leaders Crack Whip On Loyalty - 1/5/2005
Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.)--who receives an "A" rating from the NRA-PVF--was harshly upbraided January 3 by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.), Rep. George Miller (Calif.) and other members of More...

Prove It - 1/5/2005
The Columbia Journalism Review finally confronts CBS News, Rathergate, and the blogosphere. More...

Senatorial Resolutions - 1/4/2005
"The Senate needs a New Year`s resolution to fix its broken process for considering the president`s judicial nominees," writes Sen. John Cornyn (T-Tex.). "To do so, however, we must first recognize th More...

Legislator Calls For Study Of Gun Seizures - 1/4/2005
A New Hampshire lawmaker is asking the legislature to revisit the laws that allow judges and police officers to seize guns in domestic violence cases. "A lot of these domestic violence charges are bro More...

The Undemocratic Party - 1/4/2005
If the process for confirming federal judges in the next session of Congress is at all like the last, the Democratic Party should change its name to the Undemocratic Party. More...

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