Embattled R2K pollster Del Ali lashes out at Kos in response to lawsuit.
Young Conservatives Rage Against The D.C. Machine At Anti-Kagan Rally
It looks like the Florida GOP credit card / Crist / Rubio / Greer scandal has officially entered the hooker phase of the scandal.
We just published this striking photo of the late Sen. Byrd (D-WV) lying in state in the Senate chamber today. Now I know the usual routine is for revered political leaders to lay in the Capitol Rotunda. And I thought it was either rare or unprecedented for someone to lay in the Senate. So we looked into who the last person was. And it turns out it was Sen. William “Wild Bill” Langer (R-ND). Read More
Lindsey Graham tells Tea Partiers (via the NYT) that he expects their movement to “die out.”
I don’t have a firm enough grip of economics to decide with any confidence whose predictions to believe about the direction of the economy. And there’s enough different about this recession from all or most of those of the post-war era to give me some pause when people cite historical norms for how recessions operate. But we do seem to be seeing more and more evidence that the recovery is at risk of stalling, if not falling back into recession, which seems possible too. And as that is happening, both the elite and the popular/political policy debate seems to be going to those who believe we should ramp back government spending even though history suggests that is the best way to choke off the recovery and toss the economy into a double dip recession or worse. Read More
The State of Arizona has released a training video for police officers aimed at how to avoid racial profiling under the state’s new immigration law.
Only it mainly seems aimed at how to combat charges of racial profiling from the liberal media.
We’ve taken a close look at the Russia spy case. And the big story seems to be the really sorry state of Russian spy tradecraft. Meet the lamest group of spies ever to imperil America.
Human Events magazine has a major business sending out emails about different advertisers products. This one just came in.
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I thought the Southern right had sort of thrown in the towel on slavery. But I may have misjudged that. In any case, always a big market for treason.