Human Events back issues from August 2008:
My Brother Made His Own Breaks
Aug 04, 2008; ... By any objective measure my brother's phenomenal success in radio cannot be considered an accident or the result of fortuitous circumstances. He did not just happen to be at the right place at the right time and stumble into stardom. He made his own breaks, working against tradition, opposition, ...
Washington's Best-Kept Secret
Aug 04, 2008; ... More U.S. Energy Becomes Accessible October 1 If Congress Doesn't Act Anti-energy groups and their allies in government have successfully slowed and stopped energy investment in America over the last 30 years. Today, increased demand from newly developing economies around the world is ...
Friends Salute Rush Limbaugh
Aug 04, 2008; ... "Before Rush Limbaugh there was nothing like talk radio. He's been to talk what Elvis was to rock V roll. He saved the AM dial ... Limbaugh is a master of the airwaves, He is the best talent on the air in modern broadcasting." -MICHAEL HARRISON, the editor of the radio industry ...
Rush: The Engine of Conservatism
Aug 04, 2008; ... When i was a teenager, my dad used to say that the media in this country are so biased and so liberal that we conservatives needed to figure out a way to buy a big newspaper or television network so our views could have a voice. That was 35-40 years ago. Today, we have Rush Limbaugh. He is our ...
Rush Limbaugh: The Babe Ruth of Broadcasting
Aug 04, 2008; ... I often compare Rush to Babe Ruth. Ruth forever changed the sport of baseball. Rush has forever changed the medium of broadcasting-not just talk radio, not just radio, but broadcasting. If Rush had only revived the AM band of radio, that would have been a historic achievement. If Rush ...
Capital Briefs
Aug 04, 2008; ... * NO DRILLING, AS PELOSI AND REID SEND CONGRESS HOME: That's precisely what happened last week, as Republicans failed to get any legislation dealing with domestic oil and gas production voted on before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid closed down Congress until ...
Exclusive HUMAN EVENTS Interview with Rush Limbaugh
Aug 04, 2008; ... (Instead of Editor Jed Bobbin's usual column, this week we are running excerpts from his exclusive interview with Rush Umbaugh. The full interview is available on HumanEvents.Com.) JED BABBIN: Good Morning, Rush Limbaugh! Thank you so much for calling. On behalf of the staff and readers ...
Rush Limbaugh: The Other Inventor of Radio
Aug 04, 2008; ... Exclusive to HUMAN EVENTS The story of Rush Limbaugh reminds me of a movie you wouldn't believe could ever happen in real life. Forging his own path against all odds and under constant attack, in the end, the hero triumphs ! I knew about the prominent Limbaugh family before I ...
Rush Limbaugh Rocks
Aug 04, 2008; ... Four of nature's most intractable and powerful forces to reckon with are a sow grizzly with cubs, a coiled rattlesnake at close range, Ted Nugent driving a rental car, and Rush Limbaugh seated in his command module ensconced behind the golden "EIB" microphone. Surely one of life's ...
This is MY Moment
Aug 04, 2008; ... Last week Barack Obama's whirlwind world tour took him to several countries, including Iraq, England, Germany and France. In Berlin, Obama spoke to 200,000 Germans, giving him the distinct honor of being as popular as the two German bands he followed, but less popular than David ...
Turkey's Dilemma
Aug 04, 2008; ... Can democracy survive the closing of a major political party-the ruling political party in the country? Imagine if the Supreme Court had convened to discuss banning the Democratic Party. Something no less momentous is happening in Turkey this week. Turkey's constitutional court convened ...
Rush Limbaugh, My Dad and Me
Aug 04, 2008; ... In March of 1992, my mother insisted my father and I take off together on spring break to look at colleges. She felt strongly we needed father-son time. Having moved back to the United States from Dubai in 1990, my dad continued to work in Dubai, traveling back and forth every 28 days. In 1992, ...
There's Never Been a Phenomenon Like Rush Limbaugh
Aug 04, 2008; ... Exclusive to HUMAN EVENTS It was back in 1989, I think it was, I was home lying on the couch, recently returned from the hospital and some back surgery, when the phone rang. I recognized the voice right away, an old friend from college days I hadn't heard from in years, but she was too ...
Rush Remade American Politics
Aug 04, 2008; ... Exclusive to Human Events Ask Americans who they think of when they hear the words "talk radio," and chances are they'll say "Rush Limbaugh." For 20 years Rush has been the leader of a very long parade of listeners-educating, engaging, energizing, and even occasionally outraging some of ...
The Tobacco Temperance League
Aug 04, 2008; ... Legislative Lowdown Your Inside Report From Capitol Hill Last week, the House of Representatives approved legislation to empower the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the tobacco Industry-and impose yet another tax on the American people. The legislation would give ...
HOW'S YOUR POLITICAL I.Q.?
Aug 04, 2008; ... 1. Rumors have it that both John McCain and Barack Obama will name their vice presidential choices before their national conventions. Who was the last major party candidate for President to name a running mate during a party convention? 2. Who was the last major-party candidate for ...
Robert Novak Released from Hospital
Aug 04, 2008; ... Columnist/commentator Robert Novak was released last Friday from a Boston hospital, and was expected to return Saturday to Washington, where he will receive further treatment In an earlier written statement to his publisher, Novak had said: "On Sunday, July 27, I was diagnosed with a ...
Tombstone, Ariz.
Aug 04, 2008; ... Looming enormously in our sacred American folklore, it is almost possible to forget that the O.K. Corral is an actual place. While "The West" has grown considerably tamer, your imagination can go wild as you imagine face-offs with six shooters in the dusty streets of Tombstone, Ariz. Indeed, it ...
Gizzi on Politics
Aug 04, 2008; ... Court Fight in Michigan "The court Ronald Reagan really wanted" is how conservatives in Michigan refer to their state supreme court. Four of the seven justices are firmly committed strict constmctionists: Chief Justice Cuff Taylor (two-time Republican U.S. House candidate and Federalist ...
Stocks do Better When Congress Leaves Town!
Aug 04, 2008; ... The following chart is a politician's worse nightmare-and an investor's dream. It turns out that the best time to make money on Wall Street is when Congress is out of session. In fact, according to Wall Street analyst Eric Singer, stocks do ten times better when Congress leaves town ....
Even By Trial Lawyer Standards, Edwards A Real Sleazebag
Aug 18, 2008; ... The good news: DNA testing has confirmed that John Edwards is not the father of Rielle Hunter's baby. The bad news: The father is Bill Clinton. Ha ha-just kidding! It's almost impossible to get pregnant by having the type of sex Bill Clinton prefers. Also, by now, ...
Three Reasons for Soaring Oil Prices
Aug 18, 2008; ... Greenspan's Fateful Blunder There are three reasons oil prices have soared: the weak dollar. Iran and the booming global economy. The big villain is the feeble greenback. Commodities like oil are priced in dollars. So when the dollar becomes weak, the dollar price of commodities ...
Republicans May Have a Crude October Surprise
Aug 18, 2008; ... Republicans may be planning a crude surprise for Democrats this October. I mean crude in the sense that it will involve unrefined petroleum. Since the House recessed earlier this month, Republicans have been demanding that Speaker Nancy Pelosi call it back into special session to vote on ...
Republicans Rebel Over Pelosi's Energy Gag
Aug 18, 2008; ... For the U.S. House of Representatives, Friday, August 1, was expected to be a day of routine business and then adjournment for the next five weeks. But it was not to be. The floor of the U.S. House of Representatives suddenly became the site of a Washington equivalent of a barroom brawl. As ...
Correction
Aug 18, 2008; ... In our August 4th "Races" feature, we incorrectly listed the address of Tom Manion in ...
Capital Briefs
Aug 18, 2008; ... * MORE GOP 'EXES" FOR OBAMA: The latest gaggle of " Republicans for Obama" were predictable enough: additional former decidedly liberal office-holders who left politics embittered at the conservative direction the modern Republican Party has taken. Among them: Former Iowa House member James ...
Obama's Composite Characters, Plus a Quiz for Readers
Aug 18, 2008; ... Obama Watch In 2004, political columnist Lynn Sweet investigated Obama's "Dreams from My Father" and was so surprised that she commented: "I was dismayed at what I found when I read Dreams from My Father. Composite characters. Changed names ... Except for public figures and his family, it ...
Jerry Brown Trying to Sink California Marriage Amendment
Aug 18, 2008; ... As the battle for Proposition 8, the California marriage amendment, intensifies, one thing has become crystal clear: If Democratic Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown can torpedo Prop 8, he will. Prop. 8 takes the language of Prop. 22-approved by 61 % of California voters in 2000-and puts it in the state ...
Is Obama Losing the Support of Women?
Aug 18, 2008; ... Obama's Arugula Gap Among women in June 2000, Al Gore was ahead of George Bush by nine points. In June 2004, Kerry was ahead of George Bush by one point in a poll of women voters, and in June 2008, Barack Obama was ahead of John McCain by 14 points. But last week, a new ATV/Zogby ...
Telling New Book Unveils Obama As Wizard of Oz Candidate
Aug 18, 2008; ... Telling New Book Unveils Obama As Wizard of Oz Candidate The case against Barack Obama By David Freddoso Regnery, 2008 $27.95, 290 pp. Available at HEBookService.com "His words are a very fantastical banquet." Shakespeare's line in Much Ado About Nothing may describe the ...
A Memorial Like No Other: Remembering Victims of Communism
Aug 18, 2008; ... As many world leaders gathered in Beijing last week to attend the Olympics, joining millions watching the games on television. President Bush made some notso-subtle criticisms of the appalling human rights policies of his hosts. Although some in this country had hoped the President would skip ...
HOW'S YOUR POLITICAL I.Q.?
Aug 18, 2008; ... 1. Sen. Ted Stevens (R.-Alaska) has been in the news lately following his indictment on corruption charges. Stevens has been a significant figure in Alaskan history, but the senator he succeeded was also a significant figure in securing Alaskan statehood Can you name him? 2. Stevens ...
The Do-Nothing Congress
Aug 18, 2008; ... Your Inside Report From Capitol Hill For conservatives who have the stomach to monitor Congress, the 110th Congress has been especially unsatisfactory. Real Clear Politics has Congress with an average approval rating of 20% and a disapproval rating of 74%, strong evidence that the ...
Al Gore's Carbon Empire: Cashing in on Climate Change
Aug 18, 2008; ... In late May, Al Gore collected $1 million for winning a Dan David Foundation award for his environmental work. In his acceptance speech, Gore repeated his long-familiar sentiment, "We do face a planetary emergency." The prize is just the latest honor for Gore, who in 2007 won an Oscar, ...
Gizzi on Politics
Aug 18, 2008; ... Rocky Mountain News Both the left and right got good news in primaries in open U.S. House districts in Colorado last week. In the 6th District (suburban Denver) vacated by Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, the winner of the all-important Republican primary was State Treasurer Mike ...
Random House Withdraws Book on Muhammad
Aug 18, 2008; ... Jihad Watch Random House paid $100,000 for Sherry Jones' racy historical novel about Muhammad and his nine-year-old wife, Aisha, The Jewel of Medina, only to withdraw the book before its scheduled August 12 publication date. Random House deputy publisher Thomas Perry said they decided to ...
Conservative Forum
Aug 18, 2008; ... All correspondence for this feature should be addressed to Conservative Forum, HUMAN EVENTS, One Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 (e-mail: edrtors@HumanEverrts.com). Letters to the editor intended for publication must be concise (300 words or less) and preferably limited to one ...
Races of the Week
Aug 18, 2008; ... Michigan's 9th District Knollenberg vs. Peters and Kevorkian Michigan's 9th District is experiencing one of its most interesting and different House races in a long time. "I'm running against death and taxes," says Joe Knollenberg, Republican congressman from the 9th ...
More Tax Hikes Seen for California
Aug 25, 2008; ... The Golden State had a recall almost five years ago. California had a huge budget deficit at the time and soon-to-be-governor Arnold Schwar/.enegger was promising to "Cut up the credit card." By the March 2004 primary, Schwarzenegger, by then governor, was promoting the passage of ballot ...
Democratic Platform Has Hidden Soros Slush Fund
Aug 25, 2008; ... The Democratic Party platform is like a bag of pork rinds. You never know what high-fat liberal government morsel you're gonna get. Buried in the 94-page document is a noble-sounding proposal to create a "Social Investment Fund Network." The program would provide federal money to "social ...
Obama Voted Against State Version of Born Alive Infant Protection Act
Aug 25, 2008; ... Obama Smears Pro-Life 'Liars' In an interview with David Brody of CBN Saturday, August 16, Barack Obania leveled a startling charge at the National Right to Life Committee. Brody brought up the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, noting, "there was some literature put out by the ...
Capital Briefs
Aug 25, 2008; ... * OBAMA'S THOMAS ATTACK: In responding to Barack Obama's vicious attack on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during the much-watched interview with the Presidential candidates at the Saddleback Church last week, the Wall Street Journal, after listing all of Thomas's experience by the time he ...
Remember These Moments From Democratic Conventions?
Aug 25, 2008; ... From 'Cross of Gold" to 'Reporting for Duty' (With the Democratic National Convention beginning this week, Human Events thought readers would enjoy being reminded of many of the more memorable events of past Democratic conventions.) 2004 Boston John Kerry introduced ...
Constitutional Scholar Obama Questions Legality of Slavery Ban
Aug 25, 2008; ... This week, Barack Obama's challenge is to select a running mate who's young, hip, and whose accomplishments in life don't overshadow Obama's. Allow me to suggest Kevin Federline. The only thing we can be sure of is that Obama will choose someone who is the polar opposite of all his ...
Why Does Gates Want Airbus?
Aug 25, 2008; ... For all the Pentagon's protestations - and harsh words from the Government Accountability Office and Congress - the promise of a real competition between Boeing and Northrop-Grumman/EADS for a new generation air refueling tanker is apparently being broken. The Pentagon, based on its public ...
Right Weighs In On Veepstakes: Who for McCain?
Aug 25, 2008; ... With only days to go before John McCain reveals his choice of a vice presidential running mate, conservatives are growing increasingly edgy, with many wondering if the soon-to-be Republican nominee will do something dramatic and go with 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe lieberman, ...
Talking with David Freddoso, Author of The Case Against Barack Obama
Aug 25, 2008; ... Michelle Oddis: Dave, you're a reporter, not a columnist. You've said that you started reporting on Barack Obama in 2004. After all this research, what do you think is the most important thing people should know about Sen. Obama? DAVID FREDDOSO: The main lesson is that Barack Obama's ...
After Musharraf, the Deluge
Aug 25, 2008; ... Pakistan's Musharraf has resigned, and everyone seems happy. Pakistanis danced in the streets and fired guns in the air, and one retired soldier in Peshawar declared: "The root cause of all problems has gone." Yet Pakistan's future doesn't look to be problem-free. Pakistan is becoming ...
Races of the Week
Aug 25, 2008; ... Illinois' 18th U.S. House District Schock vs. Callahan Young man in a hurry" is the way Aaron Schock - the 26-year-old Republican nominee for Congress in Illinois's 18th District - has often been characterized in the press. And, frankly, it's starting to irk the conservative ...
If a Liberal Disses a Black Man, Is It Still Racist?
Aug 25, 2008; ... At the recent Forum on the Presidency, Pastor Rick Warren asked Barack Obama which Supreme Court justice he would not have nominated. Obama replied, "I would not have nominated Clarence Thomas. ... I don't think that he was a strong enough jurist or legal thinker at the time for that ...
Beware, Congress Returns, With Senate's Socialist
Aug 25, 2008; ... Your Inside Report From Capitol Hill As Labor Day draws near, so, too, does the return of Congress, something every American should fear. While the House of Representatives is clearly controlled by a majority of Democrats, the Senate is made up of a coalition of 49 Democrats, and ...
HOW'S YOUR POLITICAL I.Q.?
Aug 25, 2008; ... 1. The major party conventions have finally arrived. What was the first year national party conventions were televised? 2. The acceptance speech of the nominee is historically the climax of the convention. Who was the first major-party nominee to come to the convention to accept the ...
Conservative Forum
Aug 25, 2008; ... All correspondence for this feature should be addressed to Conservative Forum, HUMAN EVENTS, One Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 (e-mail: edftors@HumanEvents.com). Letters to the editor intended for publication must be concise (300 words or less) and preferably limited to one ...
Gizzi on Politics
Aug 25, 2008; ... Changing Times in Nevada Thirty-eight years ago, conservatives in Nevada and nationwide were cheering on William Raggio, district attorney of Washoe County (Reno) and the Republican nominee against two-term Democratic Sen. Howard Cannon in 1970. As HUMAN EVENTS reported in its "Races of ...
Short Takes
Aug 25, 2008; ... From the Michigan Grassroots: Although there were no major primary contests statewide or for congressional nominations, conservatives got some good news with the nomination victories of two of their own for open state legislative races in Oakland County. Tom McMillin. a key organizer of Pat ...