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GOP and the City is covering the NYC transit temper tantrum: Estimated daily cost of a strike to the city – $400,000,000 Average Salary for a Subway/Bus operator – $62,000 Starting Salary for a NYPD Police officer – $25,100 Trying to get support from a public that makes less money (on average), will get less [...]

So, President Bush is at the border this week paying lip service to new “immigration reform”–even as he pushes his same old, enforcement-undermining amnesty plan. Back at the Department of Homeland [In]Security, crony nominee Julie Myers has may be given a recess appointment to head up the Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency, reports Debbie Schlussel. [...]

It’s the first anniversary of President Reagan’s passing. Trey Jackson has a lovely tribute.

(3/4, 1:13am. Check out the Ted Rall update below.) The cold-blooded murders of Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow’s mother and husband have rightly focused the MSM’s attention on right-wing, white supremacist Internet sites. A sample: Traffic Heavy On Hate Sites After Lefkow Murders Extremists applaud murder of judge’s relatives Killings spotlight supremacist group Hate groups multiply [...]

We made it. Barely! Still feeling queasy and exhausted (thanks for all the kind get-well e-mails), but was glad I held out long enough to meet so many nice, cool people at CPAC yesterday. Hubby and kids had a great time wandering around the cavernous Ronald Reagan building, a behemoth, federally-subsidized architectural irony which I [...]

My Ronald Reagan moment Trey Jackson’s RR birthday round-up The Reagan commemorative stamp unveiled In the Face of Evil–new documentary on Reagan and the triumph over Communism

President Bush threw a bone to fiscal conservatives in tonight’s speech with these lines: America’s prosperity requires restraining the spending appetite of the federal government. I welcome the bipartisan enthusiasm for spending discipline. So next week I will send you a budget that holds the growth of discretionary spending below inflation, makes tax relief permanent, [...]

CPAC has an open call for bloggers. The conference will be held this year from February 17-19 in Washington, DC at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Credentialed bloggers at CPAC will receive the same media benefits as traditional press outlets: * All-access passes to all areas of the conference (including the sponsor’s [...]

Browsing through the “New Non-Fiction” section at my local Borders today, I came across the following cover: Yes, believe your eyes! It’s the latest publication from the trustworthy narrators of history at CBS News–who are cravenly attempting to cash in on President Reagan’s death in time for the holiday book-buying season. I just about spit [...]

My column is about the now-thoroughly-discredited myth that higher turnout benefits Democrats. Here’s the intro: Despite apocalyptic claims of systemic voter suppression, upwards of 120 million Americans were able to navigate traffic, traverse bad weather, find their polling places, stand in line without fainting, elbow their way past United Nations nosybodies and MoveOn.org mobsters, press [...]

Well, now that the talking heads don’t have to say “Too Close To Call” anymore, a new batch of mindlessly repeated phrases are polluting the airwaves “The Country is Deeply Divided.” “It’s Time to Heal.” “We Need to Heal.” “The President Must Reach Out.” Oh, blecch. Yes, civility is all well and good. But it [...]

Zell, Zell, Zell! 1) The whole speech. So many stirring lines. These were some of the best: What has happened to the party I’ve spent my life working in? I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny. It was Democratic President Harry Truman who [...]

The latest news on the book front: * I will be speaking about the book in Houston today, at an event sponsored by The Houston Forum. My next public appearances will be at U.C. Berkeley (145 Dwinelle Hall) at 7 pm on Weds Sep 8th, Borders Books in Puyallup, Wash., at 7 pm on Friday [...]

For those who are interested, I have uploaded a follow-up response to professors Eric Muller and Greg Robinson, two principal critics of my new book. You can read the whole thing here. Part I of my response to Muller and Robinson, posted a few weeks ago, is here. I appreciate the extensive effort that these [...]

The name will be unfamiliar to most, but Constantine Menges was a great American dedicated to the preservation of freedom and security. He served under President Reagan as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs and at the CIA as a National Intelligence Officer. He was a scholar, author, university professor. Menges oversaw the design of [...]

Read this. Then wipe away your tears and read my friend Mike Fumento’s important piece on defeating Alzheimer’s.

Ben Johnson at FrontPageMag raises troubling questions about the imam selected to represent Muslims at President Reagan’s funeral today. Excerpt: Magid, who was born and educated in the Sudan, is the Director of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS). ADAMS has numerous close affiliations with the main targets of “Operation Green Quest,” “the largest [...]

I’ll be leaving for D.C. later on today for President Reagan’s arrival. Will attend the public viewing this evening. From the Washington Post today: Anthony Ferrari, a Miami businessman, traveled up here for the funeral procession. “The man had a big impact on America. He really loved this country and it showed.”

New column: “My Ronald Reagan moment” is up. And the Washington Post revisits Lenny Skutnik and other everyday heroes honored by President Reagan.