For months, the conservative base has argued that the GOP establishment and donor classes continue to prop up and push the presidential candidacy of Senator Marco Rubio. Whether true or not, few examples support that assertion better than what occurred at the ninth Republican primary debate on Saturday, February 13, 2016, hosted by CBS News.
Shifting America back on course requires Donald Trump as the Republican nominee. Not only is he the only Republican candidate who could win the general election, but he is the only choice Republican voters should consider (and should consider themselves lucky to have on their side). In no particular order, here are the top 20 reasons why.
This article originally appeared in National Review One of the sleeper issues surrounding the debate on amnesty for illegal immigrants – an inconvenient one that no proponent of a widespread amnesty wishes to acknowledge – is the devastating effect so-called
Former NFL Viking Chris Kluwe, who served as punter for eight years and was released in May 2013, published a scathing piece in Deadspin today, alleging his release from the Minnesota team was likely due to his outspoken support of
Fresh off Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year,’ BuzzFeed‘s Julia Pugachevsky published a list of “30 Women Who Kicked Ass In 2013.” Curiously missing from the list? Megyn Kelly. The omission is a glaring one, considering 2013 saw Kelly become a
Senator Marco Rubio appeared on CBS This Morning to discuss the House’s new proposed budget bill. While noting he respects Speaker John Boehner and Congressman Paul Ryan, Rubio made clear his opposition to the bill, explaining his concerns: The budget
Here’s something unexpected: a staunchly anti-Communist Cuban-American (that would be me) did not mind President Obama’s handshake with Raul Castro today. This is why: a) the occasion: it’s a memorial — and it’s a memorial for Nelson Mandela. This an
A significant amount of criticism has been leveled at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over his decision to skip Nelson Mandela’s funeral this Tuesday in Johannesburg. Israeli President Shimon Peres, age 90, will also not attend — according to his
Business Insider‘s Steven Kovach reported today on a video of an alleged Google employee shouting at protestors that they should move elsewhere if they cannot afford the city. Protestors in San Francisco are currently demonstrating against Google, claiming the tech
This weekend, as reported by Mediaite’s Noah Rothman, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry opened her show by claiming “ObamaCare” is a derogatory term designed by rich white men to delegitimize President Obama. Harris-Perry stated: I want to talk today about a
This week, a group of immigration activists (including children) stormed Capitol Hill, a practice that has become common by those seeking immigration reform. With cameras in tow, wearing T-shirts that read: “Keep My Family Together,” the activists were singing and
A new, disturbing twist has arrived in the saga of Dayna Morales, the gay New Jersey waitress who claimed a family stiffed her on a tip and instead left a nasty, anti-gay note on the receipt. Morales’s story soon unraveled
Last month, Kyle Smith, the long-running and popular New York Post film critic, published his review of the Weinstein Company’s new film, “Philomena,” regarding a young woman essentially forced to give up her out-of-wedlock son in 1950’s Ireland who then sets out
Well, isn’t this getting confusing? On November 19th, I published a post entitled “Move Over, Rubio: Is Christie The New Immigration Flip-Flopper?”, regarding a New Jersey bill that would provide in-state tuition to the children of undocumented immigrants. In 2011 Christie
This morning, a Tweet by Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) caught my eye, reading: “17-year-old boy in coma, fighting for life after Texas cop tasered him for breaking up a school fight.” Shocked, I clicked on the link provided in the Tweet, leading
All this talk of Wal-Mart not paying its employees a ‘living wage,’ caused me to do that oft-overlooked burdensome task of… a quick Google search. The average salary of a full-time worker at Wal-Mart (and full-time is the what we
Today is Hanukkah, a special day for Jews. So it’s a particular shame that Kanye West has doubled-down on ignorance this week in comments pertaining to Jewish people. West stated: We [black people] don’t got it like that. When I tell
Earlier this week, the story of Dayna Morales, a gay N.J. waitress who claimed she was stiffed on a tip and instead received a nasty note regarding her sexual orientation, unraveled. The family to whom the receipt pertained came forward,
Earlier this month, I wrote (see here and here) about a gay N.J. waitress, Dayna Morales, who, instead of a tip, received an insulting note on a receipt, reading: ‘I’m sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree
Last week, I wrote about a gay N.J. waitress, Dayna Morales, who, instead of a tip, received an insulting note on a receipt, reading: ‘I’m sorry but I cannot tip because I do not agree with your lifestyle and how you
On Tuesday, The Daily Beast‘s Dean Obeidallah wrote about Governor Chris Christie’s upcoming Catch-22 on immigration. The New Jersey Tuition Equality Act, which would provide in-state tuition to the children of undocumented immigrants, passed the New Jersey Senate on Monday and
The star of CW’s hugely successful Supernatural show, Jared Padalecki, called out Jay-Z on Twitter Saturday afternoon, Tweeting: Hey @JayZ, society needs u to stand up to racism more than u need another million. U have enough money, try having some
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, along with his wife, Ann Romney, appeared on “CBS This Morning” on Friday to discuss a variety of issues. Regarding immigration, Romney noted: I am absolutely convinced that the Republican Party must deal with immigration,
Another day, another news story about a waitress being left an angry, bigoted note instead of a tip. Back in September, an African-American waitress at a Red Lobster in Tennessee claimed she received a receipt with the word “none” scribbled
On Tuesday, Salon writer Alex Pareene published a column entitled: “How can CBS possibly not fire Lara Logan?,” adding: “This was a screw-up just as bad as ‘Rathergate,’ but the reporter responsible probably won’t suffer the same fate.” Pareene is
In response to The Ted Cruz Persona: Excellent analysis, Joel. While Cruz’s appearance managed to squeeze in the facts surrounding ObamaCare (“#1 jobkiller) and the reality of the shutdown (no, Jay, it wasn’t Republicans’ choice!), I still found it rather
NBC’s new show, Dracula, kicked off this Friday. As someone loathe to turn down a horror film or show, I tuned in. Sure, we’ve had more than enough of vampires but… what the heck? My enjoyment, however, was short-lived. First,
Am speechless.
What a month it’s been for conservatives, during which the most chilling aspect has been the circular firing squad, with conservatives blaming and pointing fingers at one another. McConnell, Cruz, Rubio, McCain, Lee, King, FreedomWorks, HeritageAction, Jeb Bush, Rand… we
Esquire magazine, known for its liberal proclivities, posted a quiz today, done in tandem with NBC News, where one can determine one’s standing in the political spectrum — and if one fits into the ‘new American center’ over which the
In a shockingly unfair — and unusually political — turn, celebrity gossip site TMZ posted a piece on Monday, accusing Sarah Palin of using veterans as ‘political pawns.’ The headline read: “SARAH PALIN TO GOV’T STOP USING VETS AS POLITICAL PAWNS… Cuz
Over at Forbes this morning, contributor Avik Roy presents a very interesting report entitled: “ObamaCare’s Website Is Crashing Because It Doesn’t Want You To Know How Costly Its Plans Are.” Roy writes: A growing consensus of IT experts, outside and
Twitter is abuzz this evening over photos and reports that, among the protestors at the White House, one young man was waiving a Confederate flag. Heaps of condemnation poured in. Can we slow the roll for a minute, though? While
In a glowing new Vanity Fair profile, Obama supporter and hip-hop superstar Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay-Z, once again touches on his drug dealing past. Rather than expressing sincere remorse for his acts, however, this time Carter explains his previous ‘job’
In response to Inevitable Backlash Blog: Breaking Bad’s Finale Fizzles: Ezra, completely agree … after all the brilliance over 5 years, it ended in such a neat, tidy, dare-I-say corny… way? There is one common trait all great shows have in
Jon Stewart, following a three-month hiatus, returned to his hosting duties on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Tuesday. Stewart focused a key segment on slamming the call for military intervention in Syria; it featured Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) as one
As a horror and suspense film buff, I’d made a mental note to keep an eye out for the DVD and On Demand release of Black Rock. The trailer indicated a fun, tense “survival”-type flick–right up my alley. Upon forking over the
During Sunday’s Al Punto program on the Spanish-language Univision network, Senator Marco Rubio told interviewers that under the proposed Senate bill, legalization occurs first and is not contingent upon border security. First comes the legalization. Then come the measures to secure
A young British soldier is dead after reportedly being “hacked and chopped” to death by two black men Wednesday afternoon on a London street. Sky News reports the incident is being treated by government officials as a terrorist attack. The victim
On The Laura Ingraham Show Tuesday morning, The Weekly Standard‘s Bill Kristol expressed his opposition to the “Gang of 8” bill and noted that Senator Marco Rubio “should walk away from it,” adding: “He should say ‘I made a good faith
