American Federalist Journal
Friday - September 3, 2010


Redistricting Could Prolong the Democrats' Pain
Michael Barone  Google Blog Search

Every 10 years, it's time for reapportionment and redistricting. The framers of the Constitution created the first regularly scheduled national census and required, for the first time that I am aware, that representation in a legislature be ...



The White House War on Jobs
Michelle Malkin  Google Blog Search

The "Summer of Recovery" is looking more and more like the Beltway Chainsaw Massacre for America's workers. As President Obama lolls on Martha's Vineyard with his well-heeled Chicago pals, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows...



August 1990 and the War for Modernity
Austin Bay  Google Blog Search

The Aug. 2, 1990, Iraqi invasion of Kuwait stunned Washington and the world. Within days, the Bush administration (George H. W. Bush) deployed American military units to thwart further assaults by Saddam...



A Basic Human Right to ObamaCare?
Maggie Gallagher  Google Blog Search

Under President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the United States for the first time joined the U.N.'s Human Rights Council. The U.S. has long steered clear of this council, reluctant to participate in a "human ...



Medical Care Facts and Fables
Thomas Sowell  Google Blog Search

There is so much political spin, and so many numbers games being played, when it comes to medical care, that we have to go back to square one and the simplest common sense, in order to get some rational idea of what...



For the Left, Opponents Cannot Have Decent Motives: The Ground Zero Example
Dennis Prager  Google Blog Search

I recently wrote about leftists' hatred for conservatives as people, not merely for conservative ideas. Demonization of opponents is a fundamental characteristic of the left. It is not merely tactical; they believe...



Spinning Obama's "Persuasion" of Israel
Jed Babbin  Google Blog Search

Though US intelligence on Iran's nuclear weapons program is notoriously lacking, the Obama administration is working to create a media narrative that credits its intelligence expertise with deterring an Israeli attack on Iran's ...



D.C. Democrats: Clueless, Condescending & Costly
Deroy Murdock  Google Blog Search

NEW YORK - Why are Americans enraged? As this moribund economy limps through the third year of doldrums, Americans are sick of having their hard-earned money swiped by Washington, D.C.'s Democrat-dominated political class, which is ...



Public in No Mood for Obama's Liberal Agenda
Michael Barone  Google Blog Search

Like many Democrats over the past 40 years, Barack Obama has hoped that his association with unpopular liberal positions on cultural issues would be outweighed by pushing economic policies intended to benefit the ordinary person. In his campaign in ...



A Federal Law Against Lying
Debra Saunders  Google Blog Search

In 2005, Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., sponsored the Stolen Valor Act that made it a federal crime to lie about receiving military medals or honors from the military. Breaking the law could lead to a fine and a sentence of six months. Lying about ...



And Now: The Stealth Obama Ocean Grab
Michelle Malkin  Google Blog Search

It's not enough that the White House is moving to lock up hundreds of millions of acres of land in the name of environmental protection. The Obama administration's neon green radicals are also training their sights on...



Dismantling America: Part IV
Thomas Sowell  Google Blog Search

Dismantling America: Part IV How did we get to the point where many people feel that the America they have known is being replaced by a very different kind of country, with not only different kinds of policies but very...



Dismantling America: Part III
Thomas Sowell  Google Blog Search

One of the few campaign promises that Barack Obama has kept was this: "We are going to change the United States of America!"As in many other cases, those who were thrilled by the thought of "change" seldom seemed to...



Obamanomics Fails: Will the President See the Light?
Larry Elder  Google Blog Search

The position of chair of the Council of Economic Advisers is open. How President Barack Obama fills it can tell us whether he's finally gone wobbly on Obamanomics -- maybe in time to arrest some of the damage.Would...



Ground Zero on the Tolerance Issue
Debra Saunders  Google Blog Search

The mission of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's Cordoba Initiative is not just to build a mosque and Islamic cultural center near ground zero, but also to build "interfaith tolerance and respect." The imam says he wants to bridge ...



Big Government Forgets How to Build Big Projects
Michael Barone  Google Blog Search

When I drive from downtown Washington to Reagan National Airport, I often encounter delays on the George Washington Parkway due to construction of a small bridge over an inlet of the Potomac. It's called the Humpback Bridge, and the Federal ...



Obama's Big Labor Ethics Loophole
Michelle Malkin  Google Blog Search

Everything you need to know about President Obama's fraudulent ethics pledge can be summed up in four words: SEIU lawyer Craig Becker. Becker is the left-wing lawyer Obama sneakily installed on the National Labor...



Dismantling America: Part II
Thomas Sowell  Google Blog Search

"We the people" are the central concern of the Constitution, as well as its opening words, since it is a Constitution for a self-governing nation. But "we the people" are treated as an obstacle to circumvent by the...



China's Border Patrol
Austin Bay  Google Blog Search

The Pentagon just released its annual report to Congress on China's military. Weapons programs got ink, especially its cyberwar programs, its expanding navy, ballistic missile projects. The report summarized China's...



Chuck Cooper Strikes Back
Maggie Gallagher  Google Blog Search

This week, two things happened in the gay marriage wars: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay overruling U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's decision to permit gay marriages to take place immediately, before higher courts have a ...