The Daily Caller

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Thank recalcitrant Republicans for uncovering the Benghazi talking points revisions?

8:41 AM 05/10/2013

Can the American people thank recalcitrant Republicans and grandstanding politicians for some of the truth finally coming out about Benghazi?

No, Rubio’s chief of staff never ‘worked for George Soros’

2:57 PM 05/09/2013

You read it here first: Sen. Marco Rubio's chief of staff Cesar Conda never worked for George Soros.

Rubio: Obama downplayed Benghazi terrorism angle for political reasons

11:35 AM 05/09/2013

On "Fox & Friends" this morning, Sen. Marco Rubio weighed in on Benghazi and immigration.

Why we should stop bashing ‘government’

11:28 AM 05/09/2013

My latest column for The Week is a contrarian conservative defense of government.

Former Arizona attorney general makes the ‘law and order’ case for immigration reform

9:39 AM 05/09/2013

Two weeks ago, a bipartisan group of 36 current state attorneys general and 76 former state attorneys general signed a letter to Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid backing immigration reform.

My first rifle, ctd

6:16 PM 05/08/2013

My post last week on "My first rifle" aroused a lot of debate and discussion. Even some of my friends (0r maybe former friends?) were divided on it.

Vanity Fair: ‘Hail Breitbart’ (and damn The Breitbartians!)

11:22 AM 05/08/2013

When he was alive, the mainstream media sought to diminish him. Now that he is dead, the narrative seems to be that nobody on the right is good enough to fill his shoes.

Lila Rose: Gosnell is just the ‘tip of the iceberg’

8:57 AM 05/08/2013

If you think the horrific tales coming out of the Gosnell trial are completely unique, Lila Rose of Live Action says think again.

Heritage Foundation and conservatives for immigration reform trade barbs

11:38 AM 05/07/2013

Yesterday, conservative panelists on a conference call organized by American's for Tax Reform (ATR), took turns slamming a new immigration reform report released by the Heritage Foundation.

On having kids …

8:37 AM 05/07/2013

I was pleasantly surprised to not be referenced in the mini-scandal that erupted when Niall Ferguson said that John Maynard Keynes wasn't interested in the future because he was gay and childless.

Edith Windsor slams NOW and the women’s rights movement

1:07 PM 05/06/2013

Despite my criticism of effete journalists, I frequently find myself paging through the New York Times magazine on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

On moral relativism and a higher law

11:09 AM 05/06/2013
One of my recent columns in The Week “Why I could never be a liberal,” aroused some mild mockery. Washington Monthly called the title an answer to a “question no one was asking.” Little Green Footballs called me a wingnut (I think). And even Conor Friedersdorf criticized it at the Atlantic . While I do not intend to respond [...]

Saber-rattling and domestic partisan politics

9:01 AM 05/06/2013

Peggy Noonan's recent Wall Street Journal column makes the interesting point that a sort of saber-rattling occurs in partisan politics, too.

Lewis’ Lagniappe…

8:38 AM 05/04/2013

1. Sean McMeekin talks about his new book, “July 1914: Countdown to War," on my podcast. (Hint: Blame Russia):

My first rifle…

9:18 AM 05/03/2013

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NR’s folly?

1:10 PM 05/02/2013

If you haven't seen it yet, this is the latest cover of National Review:

Reid accedes to Rand Paul on immigration bill

10:20 AM 05/02/2013

One of the major criticisms of the "Gang of Eight" is that they're attempting to rush the immigration bill through unamended, thus forcing the public to (paraphrasing Nancy Pelosi here) have to pass it to find out what's in it.

Would the John McCains of the world back Hillary over Rand Paul in ’16?

8:23 AM 05/02/2013

Yesterday, I noted Sen. John McCain's recent comments, where he lamented: "There are times these days when I feel that I have more in common on foreign policy with President Obama than I do with some in my own party."

Why conservatives shouldn’t listen to Ann Coulter on immigration

11:28 AM 05/01/2013

Nobody ever accused Ann Coulter of not knowing how to get attention and gin up conservative anger. She's an expert at it.

McCain says he sometimes agrees more with Obama on foreign policy

10:44 AM 05/01/2013

It was largely overshadowed by the Boston bombing, but on April 18, Sen. John McCain gave what might have been an important speech at the Center for a New American Security.