First Lady Michelle Obama’s invitation of the rapper Common to the White House for a poetry event caused a hypocritical uproar in right-wing media. Common is alleged to have rapped about shooting police and to have written lyrics calling for the “burn[ing] of former President George W. Bush.” The Obama White House responded, saying it [...]

In search of Hispanic votes and a long-shot immigration overhaul, President Barack Obama on Tuesday stood at the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time since winning the White House and declared it more secure than ever. He mocked Republican lawmakers for blocking immigration over border security alone, saying they won’t be happy until they get a moat with alligators along the border.

Fox News contributor Sarah Palin claimed that gasoline prices have doubled since President Obama took office because the administration is “decreasing the amount of energy in our market domestically.” In fact, this claim has already been debunked by energy experts, and even those who disagree with Obama’s energy policies have said that it’s simply not accurate to blame those policies for the current spike in gas prices.

   By: Andrew KimbrellIt was Teddy Roosevelt who with characteristic aplomb dubbed the presidency a “bully pulpit.” T.R. used the nation’s highest office as the perfect platform to rally the American people around a vigorous and, in his case, often controversial agenda. With Obama, we have, for the most part, an empty pulpit. During the campaign, [...]

They can’t help compare today’s Middle Eastern terrorists with Indians. Subconscious and psychologically, it reminds them of snug safe days as five-year-olds when the world was simple, when they curled around a TV set with a cup of hot coco watching Wayne dispatch Indians and bad guys, the annihilation of our native population complimentarily called by racist America as the “Winning of the West.”