Author: Lorie Byrd

Big surprise. I thought the final "surge" troops were not even to be in place until this month, but already Democrats have told the President that the surge is …

According to John Boehner, Republicans are going to get serious about earmarks.Minority Leader John Boehner threatened Democratic leaders Tuesday, vowing to slow down legislative activities in the House until …

Friday I linked to an Anchoress post about the tone of the recent debate on immigration. Today at the Examiner I discuss the need for the GOP to learn …

In this Examiner editorial the corruption seen in the criminal cases of William Jefferson, Randy "Duke" Cunningham and others is compared to the widespread and growing corruption that is …

Laura Lee Donoho beat Drudge to this story today. She was at an amusement park in Hot Springs, Arkansas when a power failure left 12 people upside down on …

Via Atlas from The Guardian (Observer):A British company has been closed down after being caught in an apparent attempt to sell black-market weapons-grade uranium to Iran and Sudan, The …

The Anchoress posted a snapshot of America observed in a bookstore. Here is a bit. At the checkout counter I found the rest of the shoppers - there were …

Betsy Newmark, who teaches at one of the best charter schools in the country, blogs today about them. Charters that are poorly set up and don't have a sound …

I have heard about similar stories around the country, but Bob Owens is blogging about a case in my area of the state where the principal of a high …

The Anchoress has a couple of posts I have been thinking about a great deal today. The posts have to do with the debate that has taken place on …