Dear Lindsay, I was sad to see you were in the news once again last week for all the wrong reasons. Unlike most who watched your court appearance I don’t think your tears were a performance, or fake or a means of garnering sympathy from the judge. It must be …

If you take a serious look at our alternatives on immigration policy and dealing with the population of immigrants in the country illegally, we really do not have many choices. Mass deportation or policies designed to spark a mass exodus are clearly beyond the scope of reality. Moving an estimated …

The U.N. Human Rights Council ended its latest three-week session on Friday by abandoning human rights victims the world over and contributing to the spread of anti-semitism. With the United States now a member of the Council, the Obama administration is neck deep in the Big Muddy but telling Americans …

Last Friday, my organization the Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI), my colleague Robert Spencer and I filed a lawsuit against the city of New York for refusing my SIOA “Preservation of Ground Zero” bus campaign. Unbelievably, New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) refused the campaign because it contained “9/11 images” …

“Here I sit high, gettin’ ideas, ain’t nothin’ but a fool would live like thisOut all night, runnin’ wild, woman sittin’ home with a month oldDang me, dang me, ought-a take a rope and hang meHigh from the highest tree, woman would you weep for me?” These immortal (or immoral) …

It’s utterly amazing that our nation’s leadership is able to send our troops around the world and overnight have sleeping quarters (known in military parlance as “billets”) constructed to house them. It is equally amazing that the required arms (bullets) can be shipped with equally profound efficiency and timely deliverance …

The biggest loser in California elections wasn’t even on the ballot: Mitt Romney. Meg Whitman’s 12-point defeat in the race for California governor foretells what would happen if Republicans nominate the mirror image of Whitman for president in 2012. Whitman’s loss undermines what is left of Romney’s appeal and deprives …

Threats, nudity, shower showdowns, allegations of booze fueled sexual harassment, investigations, resignations…no, it’s not a screenplay about Washington, D.C. written by Larry Flynt. It’s the sad reality of a week in our nation’s capitol. The timeline is tricky, but see if you can follow: this past Friday New York Congressman …

As the Massachusetts Senate race heads toward its final hours, candidate Martha Coakley has proved so far to be a state of the art gaffe machine. This is indisputable. Her campaign has been overwhelmed by repeated embarrassments. Many will be inclined to blame Martha Coakley exclusively should she lose the …

This piece is republished courtesy of TheLoop21.com for which author Keli Goff is a political blogger. In the week since Sarah Palin first confirmed that she has not ruled out a run for the presidency, I have lost track of the number of people who have laughed her off. Some …