Ben Shapiro from Creators Syndicate

Obama, Gates, and the Problem of Black Guilt for 07/29/2009

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The situation in Cambridge, Mass., surrounding Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s arrest has been analyzed and reanalyzed from nearly every angle. The character of police Sgt. James Crowley has been dragged through the mud, then polished, then dragged through the mud again.

But Gates has, for the most part, escaped scrutiny. At worst, he has been described as a racialist, a man who sees e ...

Updated: Wed Jul 29, 2009

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Obama Threatens Freedom of the Press for 08/05/2009

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

On July 22, 2009, President Obama held one of the most boring news conferences in the history of televised presidential events. For nearly 50 minutes, he blathered on about private and public health care plans, red pills and blue pills, costs and benefits. In the last five minutes of the conference, he made his controversial comments about Henry Louis Gates and the Cambridge, Mass., police depa ...

Updated: Wed Aug 05, 2009

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Obama Loses his Diversionary Touch for 08/12/2009

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

President Barack Obama thinks of himself as a master political manipulator. And why shouldn't he? Since 2004, Obama has catapulted himself from unknown Senate candidate to occupant of the White House. And he has done so largely by mastering the art of diversion. When Republicans targeted Obama's association with Jeremiah Wright, Obama diverted Americans by making a vague and infantile speech ab ...

Updated: Wed Aug 12, 2009

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The Fannie Mae Health System for 08/19/2009

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

President Obama's "public option" health care plan has been temporarily shelved — or, at least, that's what his spokespeople would have us believe. Kathleen Sibelius, secretary of health and human services, said on Aug. 16 that a public option wasn't an "essential option" in revamping the health care system. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) is now pushing a new idea: the insu ...

Updated: Wed Aug 19, 2009

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America Loses its Own Hearts and Minds for 08/26/2009

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Every insurgency has a long-term plan. That plan isn't military victory. It's tacit alliance with naysayers or sympathizers from the opposing force who are all too willing to undermine the war effort. Every insurgency is a stalling tactic aimed at the enemy, designed to oust those determined to wage war and install those determined to achieve armistice at all costs.

Even after their defe ...

Updated: Wed Aug 26, 2009

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Democrat Hispanic Mayor: Obama's Failure to Help May Spring from Racism for 09/02/2009

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Mendota, Calif. Its population is 10,000. Most of its families work in farming; the town used to be called the "cantaloupe capital of the world." Today, unemployment hovers around 41 percent. The town is now known as "the food-line capital," says Mendota's mayor, Robert Silva. This is the Dust Bowl, circa 2009.

Mendota is located in Fresno County, where Jul ...

Updated: Wed Sep 02, 2009

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What Van Jones Tells Us About President Obama for 09/09/2009

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

On Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, President Obama's hand-picked "green jobs czar," Van Jones, resigned. It was a week too late to prevent all the revelations about Jones: his admitted agreement with communist philosophy; his membership in the 9/11 "truther" movement; his racist views on environmental policy (he accused "white polluters and white environmentalists" of " ...

Updated: Wed Sep 09, 2009

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Shapiro's Law: Obama Supporters Must Cite Bush for 09/16/2009

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

On the Internet, there is a famous principle that has come to be known as Godwin's Law. Named after columnist Mike Godwin, the Godwin Law states that as Internet discussions grow longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler (whether legitimate or illegitimate) approaches. Anyone who has spent any time browsing the blogosphere can verify Godwin's Law.

Anyone who pays ...

Updated: Wed Sep 16, 2009

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Barack Obama: The Black Jimmy Carter for 09/23/2009

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

On Sept. 16, ex-president Jimmy Carter excoriated opponents of President Barack Obama as racists. "I think people who [attack] Obama have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president because he happens to be African-American," Carter blathered.

Obama's spokespeople quickly backed away from Carter's statements; Obama went so far as to remind Davi ...

Updated: Wed Sep 23, 2009

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Is Obama Breaking the Law? for 09/30/2009

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

In March 1850, Karl Marx spoke to the Central Committee of the Communist League. In order to bring about true change, Marx stated, the world needed not a massive, singular upheaval, but a "permanent revolution." The revolution would not be accomplished in a moment; it could be accomplished only through renewed and constant dedication to a political program, by a constant attempt " ...

Updated: Wed Sep 30, 2009

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Obama in Afghanistan: Losing a War to Reassure his Re-Election for 10/07/2009

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

On the weekend of Oct. 3, Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan launched a mini-Tet Offensive against American troop bases. Over 300 terrorists and their allies stormed the bases in an attack that started in a nearby mosque, which had been used to store weapons and ammunition. While the American soldiers repelled the invaders, they suffered heavy casualties: eight deaths, plus two Afghan Arm ...

Updated: Wed Oct 07, 2009

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Why I Hate Obama's America for 10/14/2009

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

According to the left, I am now a member of a treasonous group. I cheered when President Obama and his newly made-over milquetoast wife made asses of themselves in Copenhagen while attempting to wheedle the Europeans into granting Chicago the 2016 Olympics. And I gnashed my teeth when the Nobel Prize Committee decided to fete Obama with the Peace Prize. So, that makes me an America-hater.

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Updated: Wed Oct 14, 2009

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Meghan McCain's Big Bust for 10/16/2009

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Rule No. 1 for Being Taken Seriously: Don't post pictures of yourself on the Internet that are not safe for work (NSFW).

Rule No. 2 for Being Taken Seriously: Don't whine and cry when people criticize you for posting NSFW photos.

Meghan McCain doesn't know either one of these rules. But then, Meghan McCain doesn't know much of anything.

McCain is obviously not the brightest ...

Updated: Fri Oct 16, 2009

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Follow the Money for 10/21/2009

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

"An honest politician," Secretary of War Simon Cameron supposedly said, "is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought." By Cameron's definition, we have the most honest government in the history of the United States. Congress and the White House have been bought by the unions, the entertainment industry and the plaintiffs' lawyers. And they stay bought.

Why else wo ...

Updated: Wed Oct 21, 2009

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What Happened to Liberalism? for 10/28/2009

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

On Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2009, congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) appeared opposite Ralph Nader on "The Ed Schultz Show." When Nader questioned Frank's far-left bona fides, Frank quickly responded, "we are trying on every front to increase the role of government."

This is what today's liberal movement has become. Stripped to its essentials, modern liberalism is now a nake ...

Updated: Wed Oct 28, 2009

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Why Markets Fail for 11/04/2009

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

President Obama says he is a fan of the free market. Back in September, Obama spoke to Wall Street. He stated, "I have always been a strong believer in the power of the free market." He then explained that he wanted common-sense regulation of the market: "Common-sense rules of the road don't hinder the market, they make the market stronger. Indeed, they are essential to ensuring ...

Updated: Wed Nov 04, 2009

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Using Dead Soldiers as Props for 11/11/2009

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

There's nothing more offensive to the memory of those who die while serving our country than using them as props for a nonassociated political cause. Yet that is precisely what both the Army and our president have done repeatedly since the terrorist massacre of 13 American troops at Fort Hood.

First, the Army. On Sunday, Nov. 8, the U.S. Army's top general, George Casey, appeared on &quo ...

Updated: Wed Nov 11, 2009

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Celebrating Our Veterans for 11/14/2009

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

On Dec. 4, 2009, the radical Hollywood left is poised to release its latest tribute to the men and women of the armed services, entitled "Brothers." The film stars Tobey Maguire as a military man serving in Afghanistan. When he is presumed killed in action, his wife, played by Natalie Portman, has an affair with his brother, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Naturally, Maguire shows up at ho ...

Updated: Sat Nov 14, 2009

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Celebrating Our Veterans for 11/14/2009

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Thousands of Jobs Scammed or Created for 11/18/2009

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

President Obama has repeatedly stated that his stimulus package has "saved or created" hundreds of thousands of jobs. And hundreds of thousands of jobs have been created. In Unicornland.

According to the Recovery.gov website — a website that the Obama administration has spent $18 million "stimulating" — millions have been spent and hundreds of jobs have be ...

Updated: Wed Nov 18, 2009

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