HotAir Daily Express 04/27/2015

The Hillary Op-Ed Challenge: How many platitudes can you fit in one paragraph? 4/27/2015 10:01:07 AM  Ed Morrissey 41 Comments In the 1950s, college students used to try squeezing as many of their friends as possible into telephone booths. In the 1960s, the fad shifted to Volkswagens. Perhaps hearkening back to her youth, Hillary Clinton wrote an op-ed in the Des Moines Register More... Why colleges need cameras everywhere all the time 4/27/2015 9:31:06 AM  Jazz Shaw 33 Comments As the nation struggles with the idea of body cameras on police officers there are plenty of other places where some George Orwell style surveillance state technology may come in handy. One example of this may be found on the nation’s college More... When Washington fiddled while Baltimore burned 4/27/2015 9:01:43 AM  Noah Rothman 59 Comments Gradually, and over the course of the two decades, the White House Correspondents’ Association's annual dinner has evolved from a modest roast, in which reporter and subject let off a bit of steam, into an entertainment event. The self-effacing More... Video: FBI probing "ISIS-inspired" threat inside US 4/27/2015 8:31:45 AM  Ed Morrissey 18 Comments CNN reported over the weekend that the FBI has opened an investigation into a plot either directly from or inspired by ISIS that supposedly targets “parts of California.” The reporter doesn’t know whether this is a serious, acute threat More... You guessed it: gay businessmen who hosted Ted Cruz apologize for "poor judgement" 4/27/2015 8:01:06 AM  Jazz Shaw 53 Comments Remember when Ian Reisner and his partner – two gay businessmen from New York – hosted an event for Ted Cruz? Allahpundit wrote about the unusual meeting shortly after it happened and he made some rather prescient predictions. [Cruz] says the More... Quotes of the day 4/26/2015 8:01:05 PM  Allahpundit 289 Comments Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Friday elaborated on his comment that American workers need protection from legal as well as illegal immigration, saying that he wants to ensure that rules for legal immigration make sense for the economy. "I'm just More... Is Rick Santorum losing his core audience? 4/26/2015 6:31:26 PM  Jazz Shaw 52 Comments Here’s one name you haven’t seen here at Hot Gas quite so much this election cycle… at least so far: Rick Santorum. After a somewhat shocking start to the 2012 election trail, followed by a gritty, “outlast everyone else” More... Nerd Prom isn't important enough to qualify as a disaster 4/26/2015 5:01:34 PM  Jazz Shaw 46 Comments Another White House Correspondent’s Dinner has come and (thankfully) gone. In case you were wondering, no… I was not invited. Again. But I did manage to get through some of the “highlights” today and there really wasn’t More... Good news: The Russians were reading Obama's emails 4/26/2015 3:31:36 PM  Noah Rothman 51 Comments This administration has a problem with information security, and it's becoming clear that their carelessness is a threat to American national security. On Saturday night, The New York Times revealed new details about a violation of the White House's More... Fixing the US hostage rescue program 4/26/2015 2:01:03 PM  Jazz Shaw 24 Comments Ever since the recent deaths of two hostages – one of whom was American – in a drone strike, the complaints regarding how our government deals with these situations have been renewed. When you get down to the specifics of any particular More... Rehabilitation: George W. Bush is talking politics again 4/26/2015 12:31:13 PM  Noah Rothman 69 Comments Since leaving office in 2009 with a rock-bottom job approval rating, George W. Bush has maintained what even his critics considered an admirable silence on matters relating to American domestic politics. "He’s aware that whenever a former More... Sunday reflection: John 10:11–18 4/26/2015 11:11:52 AM  Ed Morrissey 28 Comments "Sunday Reflection" is a regular feature, looking at the specific readings used in today's Mass in Catholic parishes around the world. The reflection represents only my own point of view, intended to help prepare myself for the Lord's day and More... Make room for Rick Snyder in the GOP primary field… possibly 4/26/2015 11:01:06 AM  Jazz Shaw 30 Comments There have been rumors making the rounds on and off for a while now about the possibility that Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was toying with the idea of a presidential bid. That prospect moved out of the vague rumor category and into the slightly less More...		Assad's hold on power looks shakier than ever as rebels advance in Syria "Clinton Cash" author finds 11 "coincidences" U.S. may allow hostages' families to pay ransom demands Iowans sure do have great ideas for a better future This is why they hate us Jeb Bush: My PAC has raised more money in 100 days than any GOP operation in history It's come to this Would doctors be better if they didn't have to memorize? In praise of the teen summer job What good are police body cams if the public can't see the video?