As I reported earlier, columnist Robert Novak visited the Heritage Foundation today to talk to conservative bloggers about a variety of issues related to politics and media. He’ll be dropping by again on Thursday for a public lecture related to his new book, “The Prince of Darkness.”
After listening to Novak’s pessimistic view about the state [...]

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Hall of Fame Baseball Reporter Peter Gammons Chats with Pirates Manager Jim Tracy, originally uploaded by WEBN TV.

The Pittsburgh Pirates lost their 14th in 16 games tonight. It’s been a miserable stretch since the All-Star [...]

Liberals in Congress are moving as quickly as they can to complete work on a health-care bill that looks a lot like HillaryCare, the government-run heath-care plan soundly rejected 14 years ago. The legislation is known as the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and it’s up for renewal this year.
Instead of just renewing the [...]

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Mountain mirror, originally uploaded by Just Peachy!.

We had columnist Robert Novak, author of “The Prince of Darkness,” visit the Heritage Foundation today for our bloggers’ lunch. (He’ll be back on Thursday for a public event.) [...]

I’m excited to report that Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D.-Ill.) post about broadband policy is now live on RedState. Durbin has set aside time at 6:30 p.m. today to take your questions and listen to your suggestions. This a great new idea in legislating and I hope you’ll participate.

Yesterday’s op-ed in the New York Times by Michael O‚ÄôHanlon and Kenneth Pollack, scholars at the liberal Brookings Institution, deserves another link today. I also want to share another great piece by my colleague Steven Groves, who explains why it’s in America’s interest to leave a secure and stable Iraq.
The United States has a responsibility [...]

Senators Hillary Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.), the leading Democrat presidential candidates, are setting an awful precedent on judicial nominations, writes Stuart Taylor of National Journal. Even though it might be in Clinton and Obama’s best interest to block President Bush’s nominees today, it could come back to haunt them should either be elected [...]

We had a quick game tonight against Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D.-Iowa) team in the Senate Softball League. We won, 16-8, with some clutch hitting from Heritage’s Adam Salmon (two home runs and at least seven RBI). I played a couple innings in right and notched one hit in my lone at-bat. We’re now 6-1 in [...]

There’s an outstanding piece in the New York Times today by two scholars at the liberal Brookings Institution. Michael O’Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack recently returned from Iraq and wrote the piece, “A War We Just Might Win,” describing why the surge is working and why Congress shouldn’t abandon it now.
Here is the most important thing [...]

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Harry Reid’s Ethics Bill Eviscerates Earmark Reform, originally uploaded by Rob Bluey.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has rewritten his signature ethics reform bill to strip it of meaningful earmark reform, a remarkable development for a [...]