Articles by Michael Seifert

GOP Pulls Even:

After nearly six months of running behind Democrats in the public-relations fight over President Bush...

Congress Says ??¢â???¬????No??¢â???¬â???¢ to Licenses for Illegal Aliens

The REAL ID Act passed by Congress this week does primarily three things: 1) it over-rides environmen...

Who Is Priscilla R. Owen?

Speculation in Washington is that Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen may be the first Bush ap...

Q & A with Newt Gingrich

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, author of Winning the Future, has been making news lately by maki...

Owen Leading Off?

Speculation mounted this week that Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen would be the first appe...

Weld for Bolton:

Returning from the Kentucky Derby, HUMAN EVENTS’ John Gizzi found himself on the same flight with for...

Political I.Q. — Week of May 9

Test your knowledge of Presidential press....

Hillary Watch — Week of May 9

War of the Rosen; Rock Star Treatment; and More...

Bush Says No to Davis on D.C.:

The Bush Administration this week made it clear it wanted no part of the recent proposal by House Gov...

HUMAN EVENTS Interview:Pence Promotes Free Speech for Political Parties

Why shouldn't parties have the same rights as 527s?...

Walking the Plank:

Massachusetts Democrats are poised to consider adding a plank in support of same-sex marriage to thei...

Russia and the G-8:

Representatives Christopher Cox (R.-Calif.) and Tom Lantos (D.-Calif.) introduced legislation urging ...

Free-Speech Fight?

During its next term in October, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of whether federal fun...

Fourth Anniversary:

Four years ago, on May 9, 2001, President Bush announced his first 11 appellate court nominations, in...

D-Day in May:

The long delay in confirming Bush’s nominees was initially blamed on Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen ...

Conservatives Restless:

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s (R.-Tenn.) three-month delay in triggering the “nuclear option,” ...

Bolton’s Brigade:

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Reagan UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick wer...

The Right Ear — Week of May 2

Another Gun Right Victory; ROTC #s Down; and More...

Political I.Q. — Week of May 2

Test your knowledge of Secretaries of Defense...

Hillary Watch — Week of May 2

The Clintons Hate Gays?; The Queen and King; and More...

Nuclear Politics:

Vice President Cheney said last week that if his vote were needed to break a tie, he would vote to en...

Meet the Filibuster Flip-Floppers

Senate Democrats are hypocrites on judicial nominees...

Bush’s Good Friend:

With the May 5 elections in Great Britain days away, polls show a late surge for the Conservative opp...

Old Reagan Hands to Justice?

Veterans of Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department are being increasingly mentioned for two key vacancies...