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First, LBJ had the “War on Poverty,” then Reagan launched the “War on Drugs,” now President Obama has come up with the “War on Charity”? Yes, President Obama wants to tax charitable contributions for households making more than $250,000 a year. His hope is that the government will earn $11 billion in additional revenue from this plan This is not shocking since President Obama believes that government is the answer to all societal ills, rather than contributions... Read More→

Andrew Klavan makes a great point in his LA Times column. Hey liberals…before bashing Rush Limbaugh and comparing him to most hateful voices of our time…why don’t you LISTEN TO HIM. Hey, I rarely believe in anything that Keith Olberman says, but I still watch Countdown every now and then. It is quite an entertaining show and the same goes for Bill Maher. It is important that liberals start hearing divergent voices, because it will challenge their beliefs and prevent them from... Read More→

Al Gore never ceases to amaze me. First, he is caught having more electricity running in his house than Yankee Stadium. Now, during Earth Hour, when everyone was supposed to live in darkness starting 8:30 PM Saturday as a sign of “limitin” our carbon footprint and saving the planet from global warming….what does Al Gore do? Well…of course he had bright spotlights shine on the trees at the entrance to his driveway. So Mr. Gore’s lesson is this…conserve energy... Read More→

As the temperature begins to get warmer with spring just a week away, President Barack Obama’s approval ratings are heading in the other direction. Yes, the American public is cooling to the 44th president of the United States and he could use some global warming right about now. The president’s approval rating has fallen to 56% in the latest Rasmussen poll after being 65% on innauguration day. However what’s more striking for President Obama is that his disapproval rating has... Read More→

Newsweek has released this week’s cover story by David Frum entitled “Why Rush is Wrong.” It is an interesting take on the central figure of the conservative movement in America, but doesn’t completely understand Rush’s message. David Frum is one of main critics of conservatives who want to return the Republican Party to the policies of Ronald Reagan. He believes that the party needs to retire its fascination with tax cuts and come up with real world solutions for... Read More→

The New York City Tea Party held on Saturday was major success as 300 to 400 people came out to protest President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package. Tea parties have been organized around the country in support of Rick Santelli’s rant on CNBC a few weeks ago. The event featured a multitude of speakers who expressed their anger over the ridiculous spending being passed by this administration and the return of a big government and nanny state policies to Washington D.C . From being... Read More→

Stuart Rothenberg in The Rothenberg Political Report analyzes Republicans chances for gaining gubernatorial and congressional seats heading into 2010. For New York, he believes that Jim Tedisco has a good chance of grabbing Sen. Kirsten Gillenbrand’s open seat in the 2oth congressional district. He also sees Greg Ball being able to defeat Democrat Rep. Jim Hall in the 19th district. As for major contests in the Northeast, Rothenberg believes that former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie could defeat... Read More→

According to the latest Rasmussen Poll, only 47% of Americans believe the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror. This is a remarkable 15% drop from two weeks ago and provides President Obama with a major hurdle to overcome in foreign policy. Last week, Obama decided to commit an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan and plans to remove all combat troops out of Iraq by August 2010. Remember…the main reason President Obama won the Democratic primary over Hillary Clinton... Read More→

Bruce Bartlett writes an article on Forbes.com where the central point of the piece defeats the main purpose for writing it. Confusing right. Well I’ll explain. Bartlett believes that it is important for newspapers to survive so that there are reputable news sources to educate the public with reliable information. He is correct in saying that blogs are not accurate news sources since bloggers are not editors and therefore post items that contain mistakes in them. However…he misses... Read More→

Sam Tanenhaus in the latest issue of the New Republic analyzes the plight of modern conservatism in an article labeled “Conservatism is Dead.” One of his main arguments is that conservatism lost its power because it became an ideological movement rather than a form of governance. I totally agree with this central point. The public view of conservatism has tended to focus on restricting social issues like abortion and gay marriage through moral based arguments rather than the constitution. The... Read More→