Archives for: February 2012

Out of the fire, into the frying pan

The Obama administration's so-called "retreat" on it's hyper-controversial refusal to give a waiver to religiously-affiliated organizations (but not actual places of worship, which do get a waiver) from having to provide health insurance covering birth… more »

Breaking: Obama to "retreat" on birth control rule

The Hill is reporting that "The White House will announce a retreat from its controversial rule requiring religious organizations like charities and hospitals to include contraception in their healthcare plans." They had little choice given how dama… more »

Access this!

The Obama administration’s refusal to grant religiously affiliated institutions a waiver from Obamcare provisions requiring that they provide employees with health insurance covering contraception, the “morning after” pill, and sterilization procedures… more »

A waiver except for thee

There have been over 1200 waivers handed out for companies to avoid complying with parts of Obamacare, including waivers that cover over half a million labor union members -- and fewer than 70,000 non-union workers. Today it is being reported that 10 s… more »

Santorum's Colorado

Rick Santorum swept the Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado caucuses last night. Enough ink has been spilled on Rick's "big night", which indeed it was, and I think the political implications are fairly obvious: it will put increasing pressure on Newt Gin… more »

Murderous Iranian thinking laid bare

For those of you who still don't believe that Israel's isolation by the Obama administration substantially increases the chance of war, or that Iran would risk nuclear retaliation by Israel for the chance to eliminate "the Zionist entity," one need l… more »

Jimmy Carter II causing smiles in Tehran

In an interview with the Today show's Matt Lauer recorded on Superbowl Sunday, President Obama said that "Our preferred solution (to the Iranian efforts to develop a nuclear weapon) is diplomatic." Although he also stated "we're not taking any options o… more »

Can Romney be the next Reagan?

William Tucker thinks so: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/02/06/romney-can-be-the-next-reagan/ more »

Jed Babbin: Pushing Israel to War

In a must-read article for the American Spectator today, the always excellent Jed Babbin explains how the damage caused by the Obama administration to our relationship with Israel is far from just symbolic, and makes the world a much more dangerous plac… more »

Superbowl: Did you see that?!?

Another tremendous comeback victory by Eli Manning and the New York Giants over the New England Patriots in yesterday's Superbowl. I didn't really care about either team, but was going for the Giants (despite being a Redskins and Broncos fan -- drifting… more »
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