Asher Embry

Another day, another Pelosi explanation of what she knew about the “torture” she so abhors — and when she knew it. On top of everything else, she’s upstaged by her nemesis, Rep. Jane Harman.  Nancy Pelosi is No Paul Revere…

Sen. Tom Harkin and Sen. Max Baucus want to give incentives for “healthy” behavior as part of the Democrats’ “health care reform.” It depends on what the meaning of “healthy” is. Democrats’ Healthy Habits       By Asher Embry Well, here…

President Obama says the ideal replacement for Justice Souter should have “a sharp and independent mind” and, of course, “empathy.” Could White House counsel Greg Craig be researching feverishly whether a President can serve in two branches of the federal…

People magazine’s 100-most-beautiful list this year features “Barack’s Beauties,” including the First Lady, White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Not everyone may agree with the choices, especially those left off the…

Earlier in April, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, contextualizing interrogation procedures detailed in the Bush-era Justice Department memos President Obama released, said: “Those methods, read on a bright, sunny, safe day in April 2009, appear graphic and disturbing.” President Obama…

In a rare Sunday White House press briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano spoke about emergency steps (including “passive” border protocols) being taken to address the threat of swine flu coming from Mexico. On Wednesday, President Obama plans to hold…

Canada’s National Post asked in a recent editorial: “Can someone please tell us how U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano got her job?” Napolitano had equated the threat at our Canadian border with the threat at our Mexican…

“You may fool some of the people all of the time, you may even fool all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” — folk wisdom attributed to…

Sometimes a gift is not a gift: Hugo’s Book ClubBy Asher Embry Not even Oprah can compete, With Hugo’s latest PR feat. The Venezuelan used our Prez, And pulled a classic “Stunt Chavez.” Not since he duped Joe Kennedy, To…

We saw President Obama shake hands with a lot of short people in Mexico and at the Summit of the Americas. Not once did we see the bow-like, waist-high bend of the patented Obama short-person handshake. Short Shakes by Asher…