RICH LOWRY — In America, we are supposed to like constitutional rights. One would think that an organization that vigilantly -- and effectively -- safeguards a constitutional right would be honored as a kind of national jewel. Yet the National Rifle Association gets only obloquy. It's practically branded an accessory to murder whenever a lunatic shoots people... (more)

REUTERS — A Colorado business owned by a Catholic family does not have to comply with President Barack Obama's new healthcare mandate that private employers provide employees with insurance coverage of birth control, a Colorado federal judge ruled on Friday... (more)

ROBERT KNIGHT — Each day brings new evidence of the left's hatred for Christians and other traditionalists, but the smear campaign against Christian-owned Chick-fil-A sets a new low. The Atlanta-based, 1,600-restaurant chain, famous for its misspelling-prone cows that urge consumers to "eat mor chikin," is under a full-scale fascistic assault, complete with obscene celebrity tweets and government bullying... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel waltzed into the Chick-fil-A controversy Wednesday when he declared, "Chick-fil-A's values are not Chicago value. And if you're gonna be part of the Chicago community, you should reflect Chicago values." He wants to block the restaurant chain from expanding in his city because its owner made public statements in defense of traditional marriage... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — About one in six voters still thinks President Obama is Muslim while only half identify him as a Christian, according to a new national poll released Thursday. Just 49 percent of voters surveyed by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life said the president is Christian, while 17 percent said he is Muslim and 31 percent did not know his religion... (more)

FRED HUTCHISON, RA ANALYST — "I, wisdom, dwell with prudence....By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, and all the judges of the earth....When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices....By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted....Take away the wicked from before the king and his throne shall be established in righteousness."... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE — Despite mounting evidence of close ties between the Muslim Brotherhood and Huma Abedin, Secretary of State Clinton's close aide, Republican congressional leaders -- particularly Senator John McCain and House Speaker John Boehner -- continue to target their ire not at the State Department but at Representative Michele Bachmann... (more)

FRANK GAFFNEY — Movie theaters across America have recently showed a film depicting former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a woman whose visionary leadership and fortitude -- particularly in the fight against Soviet communism -- earned her the sobriquet "the Iron Lady"... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Hillary Clinton's chief-of-staff, Huma Abedin, worked on the editorial board of a Saudi-financed Islamic think tank alongside a Muslim extremist accused of financing al-Qaida fronts... (more)

REUTERS — Legislation to subject the Federal Reserve's monetary policy to audits sailed through the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday although the measure is expected to die in the Democrat-controlled Senate... (more)

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — President Obama wants you to know that he really does believe that entrepreneurs built their own businesses -- but they need the federal government's help. Earlier this month, it sure sounded like Obama said successful businessmen didn't build their own business... (more)

MICHELLE MALKIN — It's one thing for Hollywood moppets and television Muppets to protest Chick-fil-A over the fast-food chain president's support for traditional marriage. They're private citizens and entities. But when an elected public official wields the club of government against a Christian business in the name of "tolerance," it's not harmless kid stuff. It's chilling... (more)

EMILY MILLER — Miss Piggy, the lovable Muppet who is always trying to lose weight, will have an easier time of it now that her puppeteers have banned her from Chick-fil-A. The Jim Henson Co., creator of the Muppets, pulled its toys from the popular fast-food chain in protest of the company owner's statement of support for traditional marriage... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee is demanding that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reveal whether he will allow uniformed members of the military to participate in more political events like the "gay" pride event last weekend in San Diego... (more)

ANITA CRANE — As Barack Obama intensifies his re-election campaign by granting illegal aliens amnesty, endorsing "gay marriage" and even producing a White House commercial for the nation's largest abortion business, there's a new movie coming that digs into his real roots... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — WND hasn't received many kudos for its relentless and responsible pursuit of the real identity of the current occupant of the White House. In fact, that would be an understatement of understatements. More precisely, WND has been demonized, marginalized, ridiculed, viciously attacked, unfairly stereotyped; its founder (me) has been audited by the Internal Revenue Service for the first time in his life... (more)

SEN. JAMES M. INHOFE AND SEN. JIM DEMINT — For years, liberals and misguided State Department officials have pushed for the U.S. Senate to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). This treaty would convey ownership of the oceans to a United Nations agency and give international bureaucrats veto authority over U.S. naval operations and could force the United States to comply with international carbon emissions caps... (more)

CNS NEWS — A report issued by the United Nations-backed Global Commission on HIV and the Law; recommends that nations around the world get rid of "punitive" laws against prostitution -- or what it calls "consensual sex work" -- and decriminalize the voluntary use of illegal injection drugs in order to combat the HIV epidemic... (more)

DAILY CALLER — Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly told a group of reporters at the Heritage Foundation Tuesday that President Barack Obama believes that loyalty to government trumps even loyalty to God... (more)

DAILY CALLER — Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich wants Congress to pass a bill sponsored by Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul that would give the Government Accountability Office the authority to fully audit the Federal Reserve, which Kucinich says "acts like it's some kind of high exalted priesthood"... (more)

JEFFREY T. KUHNER — America may be facing a constitutional crisis. Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., has made a startling declaration: President Obama's birth certificate is fraudulent. If true -- and I stress if -- then this scandal dwarfs Watergate. In fact, it would be the greatest political scandal in U.S. history... (more)

ALAN KEYES — In 2010, Paul Gosar was elected to represent Arizona's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. Congress. With the help of a much-publicized endorsement from Sarah Palin, he rode to victory on the wave of resentment against Washington that fueled what came to be called the tea-party movement... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — There was a rather low-key confession made in the New York Times last week that deserves to be blared throughout this country so that every American understands what they are reading in the establishment's ultra-controlled, government-managed "press" -- and I use that last word loosely indeed... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Der Spiegel pointed out the obvious: "A certain role of the Muslim Brotherhood in the transition process [to 'democracy'] in Egypt seems acceptable to the Obama White House"... (more)

DAILY CALLER — Iranian assets positioned in the United States have been activated and are actively working to acquire intelligence and equipment that might be useful in terror attacks, according to a former member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards... (more)