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When the late Robert Bork was received into the Catholic Church only a few years ago, his two godparents were Kate O’Beirne and me. He was amused enough by this to say to Kate that he felt that he was becoming an Irish Catholic rather than a Roman Catholic. “Beware the sin of pride, Bob,” responded Kate. Almost everyone who knew Kate from National Review, the Heritage Foundation, the Washington media world she all-too-briefly dazzled, or in her earlier life as an Army wife and lawyer, can tell some such story of her quick spontaneous wit and engaging laugh. If...

Kate O’Beirne was part of National Review’s world before she joined the staff. When she became the magazine’s Washington editor in 1995 her resume already included stints at Senator Jim Buckley’s office, the Reagan administration, and the Heritage Foundation. She served NR in that position for eleven years and then became president of National Review Institute for six more.

Get specific. That’s the message conservative intellectuals and strategists have for the Republican Party as it faces an assault from President Obama and Democrats on issues resonant with struggling voters such as the minimum wage and extending unemployment benefits. Obama’s income inequality push comes as the tide appears to be rising for the left on economic and social issues, something evident in everything from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s election to the legal selling of marijuana in Colorado. Some conservatives fear that the party has failed to make its case on how its policies can improve the lives...

Conservatives across the nation’s campuses, take hope in dealing with radical feminists. Kate O’Beirne who’s newest book, Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports, might be able to be a rallying point against a resurgent feminist movement. O’Beirne’s book names, names and provide quotes, detailing how feminists are hurting what they claim to be helping. “The modern women’s movement does not speak for most men and women,” she said in a recent speech to 50 college students at the 13th Eagle Forum Collegians (EFC) Annual Leadership Summit....

Weekend Talk Show *Preview* for 5/27 - 5/28/06 (not the live thread)The main message is the Sunday Shows.  Message 1 will be the Saturday Shows and message 2 will be the show guest links post.  Then I'll post the ping list.ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos) Meme: The power of the MSM is unassailable!watch as they destroy the evil right wingers and crown the good progressives while blaming everything on the United States (It's what they do best) Topics: Reports of a massacre in Haditha, IraqThe immigration debate Guests Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif. Duncan Hunter doesn't realize it yet, but he's...

Pro-Life Women Fight for Feminism Today’s feminists are far from yesterdays. EDITOR'S NOTE: This piece is reprinted from Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports, by Kate O 'Beirne, with the permission of its publisher, Sentinel. Today's feminists attempt to ennoble their demands by wrapping themselves in the suffragettes' principled campaign for the right to vote. They argue that you can't be pro-women without being pro-choice. But the radical abortion views of today's feminists like Kate Michelman, Faye Wattleton, Gloria Steinem, Gloria Feldt and Eleanor Smeal betray...

...My friend and colleague Kate O'Beirne has written a new book. It's called, with no undue subtlety, "Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports." I think it's a great book, and I truly would not say so if I thought otherwise.... ... A large majority of women oppose the NARAL party line of abortion on demand. John Kerry won the overall women's vote by 3 points but lost the white women's vote by 11 points. (This is particularly ironic since self-identified feminists are overwhelming white.) When presented...

Some women protest, "I'm a feminist, just not a radical feminist." Kate O'Beirne is impatient with such qualifications. She is not any kind of feminist, and when you finish her sparkling new book "Women Who Make the World Worse," you won't be one either. Feminism, far from promoting the happiness and well-being of women and society, has instead left great swaths of melancholy in its wake. O'Beirne cites "One large study of well-being data on one hundred thousand Americans and Britons from the early 1970s to the late 1990s found that while American men had grown happier, women's well-being had...

Whatever she tells you during the Alito hearings, Dianne Feinstein is not the embodiment of American women’s attitudes. Pssst. . . just between us. I have arranged to have the following speech slipped into the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing room and placed in a Republican senator's leather portfolio in the hope that he will mistakenly read it aloud during his next turn before the cameras. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I would like to join my colleagues in thanking you, too, for your admirable leadership of this committee as we confront one of our most consequential responsibilities as United States...

The Media Research Center Annual Gala and Media DisHonors Awards Cal Thomas, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Neal Boortz, Zell Miller, Midge Decter, T. Boone Pickens and Janet Parshall highlighted the presentations and acceptances of MRC's "2005 Dishonors Awards: Roasting the Most Outrageously Biased Liberal Reporters of 2004," which were presented on Thursday night, April 21, before an audience of more than 950 -- our largest crowd ever -- packed into the Grand Ballroom of the J.W. Marriott in Washington, D.C. Following the presentation of the Dishonors Awards videos in five categories, a look at the Best of the Worst of...

If the powerful documentary featuring highly decorated Vietnam POWs recounting how Lt.(jg) John Kerry's antiwar activity affected them was seen by the huge audience it deserves, Massachusetts's junior senator wouldn't get elected to a sanitation commission. In Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal, 13 POWs, whose cries of pain, defiance, and despair went unheard during their hellish captivity, share their stories about the betrayal they felt when a fellow officer claimed American forces were guilty of widespread war crimes. Over 30 years ago, antiwar veterans (both faux and real) basked in the media spotlight; now proud veterans who endured their...

A post-debate conversation with Bush-Cheney campaign manager Ken Mehlman revealed a determined and confident Republican team heading into the final weeks of the race. Mehlman shared his thoughts on the shape of the race and then gave updates on how he thinks the President is faring in a few key states. What was the effect of the Arizona debate? There was an immediate angry reaction to John Kerry's mention of Mary Cheney. "Americans saw a big clash of visions and a big clash in two kinds of people — one who's decent, the other one who's not. It says a...

Senator Susan Collins of Maine is shepherding through the Senate the most sweeping reform of the intelligence community in more than 50 years. North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole has been busy shaping the defense appropriations bill and making the case for the war in Iraq on the Senate floor. Maine Senator Olympia Snowe and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas got their plan to beef up air-cargo security passed while Senator Lisa Murkowski champions the need to protect the nation's energy security. All of this has escaped the feminists' notice because these women senators share the stigma of being Republican....

Over the past 20 years, determined Vietnam veteran B. G. "Jug" Burkett has succeeded in challenging hundreds of phony military records — but he has not succeeded in holding the media accountable when they carelessly rely on bogus service stories to make political points. Burkett is now getting some welcome reinforcements: the corps of amateur experts whose instant analysis demolished the credibility of CBS's purported Bush National Guard records. (B. G. Burkett is not to be confused with Bill Burkett, the man who gave the phony documents to CBS.) "The Dan Rathers of the world can no longer put up...

KERRY ON BOORDA The current dispute over Kerry’s medals is a good time to recall the tragic suicide of the Navy's Admiral Mike Boorda in 1996. Kate O’Beirne summarized it well: “In 1996, a left-wing news service raised questions about two small "V" clips that the chief of Naval operations wore over two of the medals on his chest full of them. The clips are awarded for valor under fire, and there was some doubt about whether Boorda's two tours in Vietnam aboard combat ships qualified him for the awards, although the Washington Post reported that a 1965 Navy manual...

New York, N.Y. — On the eve of the Boston convention, Kerry aides were buoyant. They appeared utterly convinced that disgusted voters were ready to send the president packing and all their guy had to do was present himself as an acceptable replacement. There was no need for a sales job on either Senator John Kerry's record or agenda. LTJG Kerry would single-handedly assure victory. The mood here in New York is more down to earth and the Republicans' convention plans more ambitious. While the Democrats banked on pervasive loathing of the president, Republicans are betting on his proven leadership....

KERRY ON BOORDA [08/27 03:53 PM] The current dispute over Kerry’s medals is a good time to recall the tragic suicide of the Navy's Admiral Mike Boorda in 1996. Kate O’Beirne summarized it well: “In 1996, a left-wing news service raised questions about two small "V" clips that the chief of Naval operations wore over two of the medals on his chest full of them. The clips are awarded for valor under fire, and there was some doubt about whether Boorda's two tours in Vietnam aboard combat ships qualified him for the awards, although the Washington Post reported that a...

Boston, Mass — On Tuesday night we learned that the Democrats think they have a problem on their hands and her name is Teresa. We didn't learn anything personal about John Kerry from his bride, the traditional job of the First Lady-in-waiting, because her speech was conceived and designed to reassure voters about her, not her husband. I think it's obvious that the problem to be addressed wasn't her reputation for being opinionated. My guess is that Democrats fear that her odd demeanor, accent, and foreign birth might be just a tad too exotic for Middle America. The point of...

THE STAR OF THE SHOW [Kate O'Beirne] The look of rapture on the faces of women delegates when they gaze upon the Hillary is remarkable. They can have her in just four short years if only that meanie John Kerry would knock it off. Report from the workplace: Jonah was extremely happy when the Dunkin' Donuts arrived. Of course, there can be no dunkin' with his liquid problem. And, an earnest young volunteer at the door: "Would you like a copy of Stephanie Tubbs Jones' speech?" Answer: "Does it come with an explanation of who the heck she is?" NR's...

When former President Bush notified the Republican House leader in 1989 that he was nominating Dick Cheney to be secretary of defense, Bob Michel was reportedly distraught. He said, "Mr. President, you're taking my right arm." The current President Bush has no intention of suffering such an amputation. "Dick Cheney is the best vice president this nation has ever had," Bush frequently declares to enthusiastic applause on the campaign trail. His predecessors predictably bestowed similar accolades upon their choices, although this president is the only one who freely allows, "My mother may not agree." He is also the only one...