“John Kerry” on The Daily Caller

President Obama’s supporters have attacked his decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed via the military commission process. Some of these criticisms have merit and are worthy of debate. But the argument that military commissions won’t be legitimate because members of the Armed Forces will serve as the judge and jury is patronizing, insulting, and demonstrably false. (more)

The upheaval in the Middle East has added to the risks to the U.S. economy by causing global oil prices to surge. (more)

Does Barack Obama hate ice hockey? (more)

Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat from Massachusetts, the home of the Boston Bruins, said a controversial hockey check by Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara that put a player in the hospital and even provoked a criminal investigation was not dirty and did not warrant additional sanctions. (more)

Led by forward Justin Beachnau, a lobbyist for IBM, and stellar goaltending from Andrew Sasinowski, who works for the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a group of lobbyists defeated a team of lawmakers and their staff in a charity ice hockey game at the Verizon Center Thursday, 5-3. (more)

Most of us will never know the stress of a political position. With that said, it would be unfair to make fun of the political figures who have opted for botox or face lifts to look younger and saner. Considering the high number of politicians who have undergone face work, it’s clear their job is stressful. (more)

If Speaker John Boehner’s House is the frontier of Congresses, with a band of cowboy congressional leaders trying to break in 87 new horses, who do you picture as the bucking stallions? Would it be new lawmakers representing the reddest of red districts, in states like Mississippi, Texas and Utah? How about freshmen representing districts deep in Democratic territory — that not only President Obama, but Sen. John Kerry won in his campaign for president in 2004? (more)

I’ve long maintained that the existence of the “birther movement” is President Obama’s fault. He could dispel the rumors about his birth by simply showing everyone his 1961 birth certificate. By doing so, he would also save a lot in legal fees. Yet, no one has ever asked Obama why he’d rather lose money than show his birth certificate. It’s time to ask that question. (more)

Sen. John Kerry has left for a trip to Pakistan today, according to his spokesperson on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (more)

Senator John Kerry spent a good deal of time over the weekend being diplomatic even as his staff played down his interest in being the country’s top diplomat. (more)

Jared Loughner’s question for Gabrielle Giffords was utterly incomprehensible. When the Arizona representative couldn’t makes sense of Loughner’s nonsense during a 2007 rally, it set the alleged Tucson gunman off (“Can you believe it, they wouldn’t answer my question“). Loughner felt ignored and then the questions stopped. (more)

“If we outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.” ~ old bumper sticker (more)

The shocking mass murder visited upon Tucson a week ago Saturday by a lunatic loner provided the nasty Left with another opportunity to show that they haven’t a shred of decency. The Associated Press led the yellow hoard with minute-by-minute accusations before the victims of this horrific tragedy were even evacuated to the hospital. The so-called mainstream media coverage went something like this: “Most people believe there is a Tea Party and Sarah Palin connection to all of this.” That was before the name of the shooter was even known. (more)

Controlling and neutralizing the opposition’s speech is the name of the left’s game. The liberal speech police have had us walking on eggshells with politically correct speech lists for so long now that by the time we learn a newly sanctioned liberal term for persons, places, or things, it is outdated and we are suddenly branded hate-filled radicals for using it. (more)

I was just forwarded an email from ThirdWay.org calling for more federal intervention in the energy markets, further supporting politically deigned winners from the pool of losers that must petition for aid in order to exist. Which of course isn’t all that different from the old, First Way (post-FDR, that is). But it’s got a Blair-ite marketing panache that’s worth a try, anyway. (more)

Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, and Center for American Progress president John Podesta considered canceling a Tuesday morning speech calling for “civility” and “bipartisan leadership” in Washington after the shooting in Tucson, but decided it was “imperative to give it.” (more)

So here’s the latest from our president’s erstwhile glorious peoples’ economic model — which he, oddly, no longer cites — socialist Spain, where a revolt is brewing. (more)

While watching one of the news shows I had recorded over the weekend, a particular panelist’s comment stood out for its rare feat of actually saying something. In explaining a critical aspect of the economic problem facing the U.S., she said: (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to approve a nuclear arms pact with Russia, handing President Barack Obama a huge victory on his top foreign policy priority. (more)

The Senate passed a landmark shark conservation bill Monday that would close loopholes that had allowed the lucrative shark fin trade to continue operations off the West Coast. (more)