As I reported earlier this month, families of the two hero Marines killed in the 9/14/12 Taliban attack on Camp Bastion have been awaiting word of an official military review of the incident. The family will be briefed tomorrow, but the media is running the story today. Via Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the Washington Post: The […]

Bait & switch

(Via @jay_pe) Related: Blame Harry Reid. Related: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and 1600 Days Without a Budget According to the US Debt Clock, we are $16,970,000,000 in debt. The US Debt Clock is an unofficial tally of our excessive spending. The federal deficit increased by $146 billion in August, as reported by the CBO four days […]

And the definition of “success” is…?

Pre-condition?

Chess

Truth in advertising

Sides

Education’s Shiny Toy Syndrome by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2013 It’s elementary. Public education bureaucrats do the darnedest, stupidest things. Clever kids are ready, willing and able to capitalize on that costly stupidity in a heartbeat. Within days of rolling out a $30 million Common Core iPad program in Los Angeles, for example, students […]

Forever in their debt

Mandated rights?

Chivalry

**Written by Doug Powers Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has wrapped up his mega speech in opposition to Obamacare after more than 21 hours. As you can see by today’s Dueling Headlines, some of those writing about this story have yet to settle on a talking point about Cruz. From the Daily Beast: Dueling with that […]

Obama lied, my health plan died by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2013 Like an estimated 22 million other Americans, I am a self-employed small-business owner who buys health insurance for my family directly on the individual market. We have a high-deductible PPO plan that allows us to choose from a wide range of doctors. […]

“Washington depends on the American people not paying attention”

Setting examples

Declarations

Jeb Bush can deride and mock opponents of shoddy, costly, intrusive, and unconstitutional Common Core standards all he wants. The grass-roots movement against Fed Ed can’t be stopped. In Bush’s own Florida, GOP Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order yesterday withdrawing the state from the Common Core testing consortium known as PARCC. Word is […]

Reader S. e-mailed me an infuriating message and attachment last week after the Washington Navy Yard massacre. More on her letter in a moment. As I pointed out on the one-year anniversary of the Fort Hood shooting, many military bases and facilities remain gun-free zones thanks to Clinton-era gun restrictions. Reminder: –The victims were all […]

Really?

Security

Liberation?

**Written by Doug Powers 2009: “If you like your insurance plan, you can keep your insurance plan”: 2013: Who’s up for many more examples of why that was beyond a total lie? Here are just a couple of the many: @michellemalkin just rec notice from my hlth ins-"By law we must close your plan."New plan-deductible […]

Scroll for update…charges dropped, questions remain… If you haven’t read my column today on Jeb Bush’s latest Common Core snit fit, do it now. Then, watch this: Next, read this e-mail I received tonight from a parent in Baltimore County, Md: I know you are vehemently against the Common Core standards that are being thrust […]

“What difference does it make” unacceptable