Bob McCarty Writes

A cloud is hanging over the Oval Office as Americans wonder whether or not Smoker-in-Chief Barack Obama is giving up cigarettes during today’s Great American Smokeout.
Truth be told, one would hardly know the event that takes place annually on the third Thursday of November is taking place today.
As of this posting at noon Central today, [...]

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During an interview that aired yesterday on Fox News Channel, President Barack Obama told Fox’s Major Garrett that his focus remains on job growth.  If he’s honest about wanting to keep Americans working, he should take note of the testimony of Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association, delivered before the Senate Environment and [...]

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For perhaps the first time in his political life, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) proved he has a spine — and a brain — during a hearing yesterday with Attorney General Eric Holder on the subject of prosecuting terrorists such as Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court instead of a military one.
Not only did he [...]

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Following today’s release by Human Rights Watch of “New Castro, Same Cuba,” a 123-page report about conditions on the island nation under Raúl Castro’s government, I decided it appropriate to share excerpts of my recent interview with Rosendo “Marty” Martinez, a St. Louis-area man whose family fled Cuba soon after Fidel Castro seized power in [...]

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I’m not a Catholic, but, like the makers of the video above, I support any and all efforts to prevent groups like ACORN from receiving funding through less-than-transparent means such as the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
In case you’re not familiar with CCHD, the group played a big role in getting Barack Obama elected and [...]

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