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In the rankings game, one standard re-emerges: Great presidents must be...

Indeed, if public opinion is any indication, Democrats’ cause for concern may be worse than expected...

The 2008 Presidential Election represents the Republican Party’s single best opportunity to advance its agenda in recent presidential history. That’s not a misprint. Read it again...

Thousands of Chinese Americans protested outside CNN's offices in Hollywood this morning, calling for the dismissal of commentator Jack Cafferty, whose recent remarks about...

On his Fox News radio show, Tom Sullivan predicted that African-Americans would be rioting in the streets similar to what happened after the O.J. trial in the 1990s...What if Barack Obama is not -- does not win the Democratic nomination, or he does win it, and loses in the presidential race against John McCain? Is black America going to...

Jeffrey Ressner was at Hillary's fundraiser last night at the Wilshire Theater in Los Angeles, and captured the audio of a really jarring scene: A woman dragged out in handcuffs, screaming that she was the only black supporter of Hillary there. (She wasn't.) Listen to the audio for yourself at: http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=73363&comments=1#comments

Typical of the outrage was a posting on Monday on Townhall.com, a conservative Web site, that decried “patchouli-smelling Berkeley hippies” and “radical antimilitary haters.” “Groups like Code Pink and the Berkeley City Council don’t care about freedom,” a poster, Sgt. Seth Conner, blogged. “They only care about saddling another generation — my generation — with their hippie-loving propaganda.” The shock and awe extended to Washington and Sacramento, where Republican elected officials proposed withholding millions in state and federal money for Berkeley for programs like school lunches and transportation.

My baby sister is a student at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, and as I sit here in the desert heat outside Fallujah, Iraq, I can’t help but envy her. But I can hear the discouragement in her voice when I talk to her during long- distance phone calls. It’s not the schoolwork or the fact that her only brother is fi ghting overseas, but that her professors talk poorly of American influence in Iraq and...

Like my Marine brothers who fought alongside me in the Battle of Fallujah, I know a little something about choices. When the nosecones of 747 passenger jets punched into the Twin Towers, my choice was simple to make. My choice was not, as the patchouli-smelling Berkeley hippies would have you believe...

Black History Month is about informing citizens of the hurdles and heroes of America’s climb toward civil rights and equality. How interesting, then, that so many race-related political myths continue to be perpetuated by Democrats who know better...

Some unsatisfied Republican voters, especially conservative ones, have threatened to sit out the Republican primary in protest. Indeed, within GOP circles it is not uncommon that one may hear the refrain, "I'd rather have Hillary or Obama win and start fresh than to vote for a RINO (Republican in Name Only) or some half-committed conservative." Rants of frustration such as these, while understandable, are baseless

For all his ideological purity, Arizona senator Barry Goldwater’s 1964 pummeling at the polls was one of the weakest showings by a Republican presidential candidate in modern political history. Arizona senator John McCain — not a perfect conservative, but an electable one — may yet be the 2008 campaign’s Barry Goldwater, in reverse.

In all the furor over John Kerry's so-called "botched joke" (that repeated an assertion he's made his whole political career) about how those who don't study in school will get "stuck in Iraq," something was lost in the shuffle...

It’s so moving to see God using all His children to spread love and save lives. Watch and listen to the pro-life rap video "Happy Birthday": http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1793567620

Glenda Brawley and Ralph King want to press New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to re-examine the November 1987 incident, which a state grand jury ultimately concluded was a hoax, the Daily News reported. "New York state owes my daughter...."

"I was basically a leech on the side of America's body, sitting there, sucking blood out, not doing anything productive. Finally, when I joined the Marine Corps, I understood what it was to be an American," said Martinez.

Some liberals sort of remind me of that lyric from that old song that goes: “There ain’t no good guys, there ain’t no bad guys. There’s only you and me and we just disagree.” Marines don’t “disagree” with the enemy. We shoot to kill.

Liberals often like to say that "violence is senseless." That’s wrong. Violence isn't senseless. Senseless violence is senseless. And I should know. Before being awarded the Navy Cross and having the privilege of becoming a Marine, I was a gang member. Sometimes it takes having used violence for both evil as well as good to know that there's a profound moral difference between the two. People often ask me whether I still support the war. I never hesitate when answering: "Absolutely I support completing the mission," I tell them, "Now more than ever"...

Conservatives are being picky about whom to back for president. They are wise to be picky. The reason: conservatism is a much harder sell than liberalism. Think about it. Conservatism is the doctrine...

But the most electric energy in the debate hall was reserved by the man not on stage, Sen. Fred Thompson. In a bit of brilliant tactical maneuvering, Team Thompson scheduled their candidate to appear with Sean Hannity to offer post-debate analysis from the comfort of the Fox News studios. Not only did this in effect make Thompson a “participant” in the debate, it allowed him to contrast himself against the candidates and their responses without the strictures of time limits or spirited counterattacks from rival candidates. Better still for Thompson, his appearance...