Author: Daniel Clark

A Port Charlotte, Florida deputy and a pair of bystanders are now being treated as heroes, for having stopped a woman from drowning her two children in a pond. Well, where do they get off?

During last spring’s tea party demonstrations, the liberal media ridiculed the participants for naming their events after history’s most famous tax revolt. Reporters wondered aloud whether those ill-informed red-state troglodytes understood that they were among the 95 percent of Americans …

Media reports of President Obama’s budget projections have called them “optimistic,” but that’s not quite right. You may remember that Ronald Reagan once described himself as optimistic, prompting news anchors to sniff that the definition of an optimist is someone …

“A strategic restructuring” is what Duquesne University is calling it. What it should be called is a brazenly illegal act of discrimination. Or else, you could simply call it liberalism as usual.

Having spent seven years doing all they could to hinder the War on Terror, liberals are now seeking absolution. Their method is to accuse their conservative counterparts of behaving the same way they did, now that a Democrat is Commander-in-Chief. …

One of the five artists honored at the Kennedy Center last month was Bruce Springsteen, whose signature tune Born in the U.S.A. describes life in America as basically being like hell without the red pajamas.

Good news from Copenhagen for all the global warming hypocrites out there. The National Population and Family Planning Commission of China has given them a new way to shrink their “carbon footprints” without cramping their lifestyles. Now, they can buy …

If you grew up watching The Little Rascals, you probably remember those breakfast table scenes in which one of the grownups would say, “Meat is not good for little boys. Now be quiet and eat your mush.” It wasn’t true, …

Nobody would expect the liberal media to be remorseful about slandering Rush Limbaugh with racist quotes that were not only fabricated, but utterly implausible. You might think they’d offer an apology to their readers and viewers, however, out of concern …

Throughout the Bush administration, liberal Democrats self-righteously made the fatuous pronouncement that “dissent is patriotic.” Literally, that means that any contrarian position one might take must occupy the moral high ground, regardless of the nature of that from which it …

“We’re pleased we delivered a peaceful summit,” says Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl, and not without reason. After all, the protesters against the G20 Summit only smashed a couple dozen storefronts, set several small fires, committed a handful of violent attacks …

If you’re wondering where New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s extra sensory perception comes from, it just might run in her family. Decades ago, Ellwood P. Dowd believed he spoke to a giant, invisible rabbit named Harvey. Now, Maureen hears …

President Obama has declared the ouster of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya to be “illegal.” Exactly what he means by that is not readily apparent.

During her confirmation hearings, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor described her judicial philosophy as “fidelity to the law.” In a 2005 speech at Duke University, however, she said that the “court of appeals is where policy is made,” a direct …

If you had to explain to somebody how most politicians see the government’s role in relation to the private sector, the “refundable tax credit” from President Obama’s stimulus package would be a good place to start. The credit of $400 …