Tom Friedman hits the nail right on its head in his latest column for the New York Times. The liberal hawk summarizes recent events in the war on terrorism in the West – several wannabe terrorists were arrested recently at the moment they wanted to kill innocent citizens – after which he explains:

These incidents are worth reflecting on. They tell us some important things. First, we may be tired of this “war on terrorism,” but the bad guys are not.| MORE ›

Ed Morrissey talked to the Wall Street Journal‘s John Fund yesterday about Obama’s low approval ratings and his difficulty selling his health care reform plan to the public.

Fund told Morrissey that he believes that Obama’s major problem is that he doesn’t seem to understand that the public elected him “to fix the economy.” Last year’s elections weren’t about cap and trade,  health care reform or the 2016 Olympics, but about jobs, about economic growth.

He’s right.| MORE ›

I just finished watching “Wanted,” a 2008 movie directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie. Most of you watched it last year, I’m sure; yeah, I’m Dutch, we’re a bit slow down here.

Don’t worry, I’m not going to write a summary – this is just a commentary. For a summary you can go here. Enjoy.

“Wanted” is strange. There’s no other way to put it. It’s nihilistic, void of any morals, empty.| MORE ›

Hurray!  Alan Wilson finally apologized to the Republicans!

Haha, gotcha!  No, he apologized to the Anti-Defamation League for calling the healthcare situation a “holocaust in America.”  However, he remains unwilling to apologize to Republicans for saying their healthcare plan tells people to “die quickly.”

You can see the hypocrisy of the Democrats on this issue.  When Rep.| MORE ›

Yesterday on Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News, Fox Business Network analyst Charles Payne talked about the culture of victimization and hopelessness prevalent in African American communities today and the role leftism played in shaping it.

Payne commented on the tragic death of Chicago honor student Derrion Albert who was beaten to death in Chicago earlier this week. Derrion was a remarkable kid:| MORE ›

On Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News yesterday, best-selling author, Internet entrepreneur and high profile blogger and columnist Michelle Malkin explained that the Obama administration lies to its teeth when it says Chicago will make money from hosting the Olympic Games in 2016.

“Cities always overestimate the benefits, underestimate the costs… and taxpayers are on the hook,” Malkin explained.| MORE ›

In my latest post for David Horowitz’s NewsRealblog, I take MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” crew to task for ridiculing Governor Sarah Palin during yesterday’s show. The show’s Willie Geist talked about the governor’s bestselling book, “Going Rogue:| MORE ›

Reuters’ James Pethokoukis believes that U.S. President Barack Obama plans to raise taxes ASAP:

Obama’s campaign promise to not raise taxes on households making less than $250,000 a year was always considered a joke here inside the Beltway. It’s the economic “consensus” — and this was true even before the financial meltdown and recession — that rising entitlement costs would eventually mean a higher tax burden for the American people.| MORE ›

It’s clear, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is preparing to run for president in 2012:

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been quietly assembling the blueprint of a presidential campaign and will announce Thursday the support of a group of high-level political strategists and donors, complemented by a handful of top new media consultants, POLITICO has learned.| MORE ›

Remember how Nancy Pelosi cried foul when Republican Joe Wilson lashed out at Democrats? Oh, she appeared on all cable channels, decrying the horrible, nasty tone of the political debate in America. How terrible that a Republican called Democrats names.

So what does she do when one of her own tells voters Republicans just want them to die? Right:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says there’s no reason for Rep.| MORE ›