Description http://www.townhall.com/blog/MaryKatharineHam http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/blog/MaryKatharineHam TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2012 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:41:40 GMT Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:41:40 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ There's a note of thanks for all you HamNation viewers at the end of this video, but I can't say thank you enough to everyone for watching and helping make HamNation a success. The song in this video is an original... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/e4c35d84-a48f-4fb7-b400-d9abd7de7f56 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/e4c35d84-a48f-4fb7-b400-d9abd7de7f56 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:41:40 GMT Michelle Obama will guest-host 'The View' on June 18. Ahhh, the genius of the Obama campaign-- putting a mean-spirited woman with a tendency toward politically stupid utterances on a national stage with a group of women... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/c8252b77-ff62-4796-8c35-ffa04e3a5a11 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/c8252b77-ff62-4796-8c35-ffa04e3a5a11 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:53:19 GMT Fox & Friends is reporting that Terry McAuliffe said Hillary would likely "congratulate" Obama if he meets the delegate threshold of 2,118.Hillary, meanwhile, is ready to "do whatever it takes" to get a Dem in... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/4ffd68a1-5f1c-4f77-85a0-009e3e0f38d1 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/4ffd68a1-5f1c-4f77-85a0-009e3e0f38d1 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:10:52 GMT Off message again:Bill Clinton acknowledged Monday that today may be his last campaigning for his wife. "I want to say also, that this may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind," the former... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/1c9d647a-9a3c-48ff-ba51-01fee408b815 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/1c9d647a-9a3c-48ff-ba51-01fee408b815 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:00:05 GMT This is President Bush doing what President Bush does in a way most presidents don't-- congratulating an Air Force Academy grad: Meanwhile, the back-stabby swan song of the mediocre press secretary continues... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b111eb9e-b220-4dcc-8b1f-a3dea9762232 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b111eb9e-b220-4dcc-8b1f-a3dea9762232 Thu, 29 May 2008 13:11:35 GMT I'm on O'Reilly tonight talking politics with Bill and Juan Williams. We're discussing Bill Clinton's further whining about Hillary's treatment. http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/dd4f45a8-a52e-45b4-8610-b85e85cce348 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/dd4f45a8-a52e-45b4-8610-b85e85cce348 Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:29 GMT Hillary is running on the fiction in South Dakota that she'll return us to "fiscal responsibility." She's got a new TV ad up on the subject:She's also running a radio ad that takes aim at the pundits for calling on her... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/5d9769b8-f88d-43f3-b5ee-92411a8e9c4d http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/5d9769b8-f88d-43f3-b5ee-92411a8e9c4d Tue, 27 May 2008 16:27:10 GMT Hey, everyone. I hate to break news on a Friday afternoon (I'm becoming such a politician!), but such is what the timing required. I'm leaving the great, great folks at Townhall.com and Salem after almost three years... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b818b56c-159b-4fa3-a76f-efe6bf0e6a2f http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b818b56c-159b-4fa3-a76f-efe6bf0e6a2f Fri, 23 May 2008 21:40:00 GMT Sadly, because of the curse of the Commies who have controlled the beautiful island nation of Cuba since the 1950s, it is not the beautiful, carefree, sun-kissed paradise it should be. Cuban native Jon Secada had to... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/d47316f1-ee86-4e51-9e98-ee3ab59f5e4a http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/d47316f1-ee86-4e51-9e98-ee3ab59f5e4a Wed, 21 May 2008 20:55:00 GMT She says it's her party and she'll fight if she wants to-- even unto the convention. http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/47bc4d93-5434-4988-b6c7-ab40b14c80b7 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/47bc4d93-5434-4988-b6c7-ab40b14c80b7 Wed, 21 May 2008 19:55:50 GMT All right, let's be serious. He threatens to have Darrell Issa (R- Calif.) physically removed, not to physically remove him himself, because that would certainly be a losing battle.What was the dust-up over?The issue:... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/6458be02-052c-46a1-8fdb-92e2140f44ea http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/6458be02-052c-46a1-8fdb-92e2140f44ea Wed, 21 May 2008 19:45:00 GMT Jennifer Rubin thinks Hillary may be able to take a page from Ted Kennedy's career book. Kennedy, despite his family's White House history, could never make it there himself. His baggage was too great, the timing never... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/01af7909-ecef-40b0-b5ec-01b1c1dde712 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/01af7909-ecef-40b0-b5ec-01b1c1dde712 Wed, 21 May 2008 18:34:00 GMT A Muslim man who requested a female driving instructor for his wife objects when the company sends a woman... who used to be a man.It's the battle of the "others!" Muslim vs. transsexual. With whom will the guilt-ridden... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/41308852-6105-47b1-a307-895a8f50f41f http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/41308852-6105-47b1-a307-895a8f50f41f Wed, 21 May 2008 16:14:41 GMT Esquire names the country's best bars. Two Washington, D.C. haunts make the list, and they're on the same block. What are the chances? I'm guessing the expert bar-reviewers decided after the first bar, when they... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/87beee38-0dcc-4669-bbbc-8fa01598717c http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/87beee38-0dcc-4669-bbbc-8fa01598717c Wed, 21 May 2008 16:08:49 GMT Michelle Malkin brings together a pretty devastating list of goof-ups from the savior of American politics: -- Last May, he claimed that tornadoes in Kansas killed a whopping 10,000 people: "In case you missed it, this... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/7028a6f1-4eaf-4081-8100-3d2459e63920 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/7028a6f1-4eaf-4081-8100-3d2459e63920 Wed, 21 May 2008 14:05:08 GMT This appears to be becoming a strategy:Gillespie noted that McCain was the son and grandson of admirals and called him part of the "Navy royalty.""Admirals' sons," Gillespie said, unopposed for the Democratic nomination... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/3358460b-6457-4c4e-9fda-23717a92fb6e http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/3358460b-6457-4c4e-9fda-23717a92fb6e Wed, 21 May 2008 13:51:23 GMT Laura Ingraham disagrees with me on this one (see us discuss it on O'Reilly last night). I can see the argument from fellow conservatives that this kind of thing is beneath the dignity of the office, but I can't... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/566480e0-3b7d-4e3c-8398-21aeab8364e3 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/566480e0-3b7d-4e3c-8398-21aeab8364e3 Tue, 20 May 2008 15:00:00 GMT I've been out-of-pocket today working on magazine stuff, but I'm on O'Reilly tonight talking about McCain's SNL appearance and the age issue, among other things. The lovely Laura Ingraham's guest-hosting, so tune in! http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/3d8d98af-42c9-443e-858c-fcd6cb62cbf7 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/3d8d98af-42c9-443e-858c-fcd6cb62cbf7 Mon, 19 May 2008 20:28:56 GMT In Internet parlance, what Mike Huckabee just did is properly termed FAIL, preferably Photoshopped prominently over his head in the awkward video in which he jokes about Barack Obama being shot at.For a guy with... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/3f839aa7-9432-4882-b607-bf5f9fdcf163 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/3f839aa7-9432-4882-b607-bf5f9fdcf163 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:56:05 GMT I'm speaking at the May meeting of the Conservative Women's Network at The Heritage Foundation at noon today in Washington, D.C. I don't think they show this particular event online, so I'll just take my video camera... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/c02e8b18-0216-4c24-b8ec-29e7dd1d026c http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/c02e8b18-0216-4c24-b8ec-29e7dd1d026c Fri, 16 May 2008 14:33:54 GMT I'm outraged! http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/136142da-4e3b-49e2-ba54-559f0ec971cd http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/136142da-4e3b-49e2-ba54-559f0ec971cd Fri, 16 May 2008 11:32:50 GMT Well, this is pretty straight-forward:BLITZER: Now, your great friend and supporter Congressman Charlie Rangel said and I'm quoting now. "It's the dumbest thing you could have said." CLINTON: Well, he's probably right. http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/62cb769e-3d66-4cd0-b2e7-be2967547698 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/62cb769e-3d66-4cd0-b2e7-be2967547698 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:16:31 GMT Awww: Just because they're cute doesn't make them endangered.Iain Murray, author the "Really Inconvenient Truths" points out that the allowances for oil exploration and limitations of ESA's jurisdiction the secretary... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/bda63594-c615-493c-9f21-635772db1692 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/bda63594-c615-493c-9f21-635772db1692 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:45:00 GMT Colin Finnerty, center in green, poses with former teammates after scoring three goals on Duke in a NCAA tournament game at Duke's home field. (Photo courtesy of the Duke Men's Lacrosse Parents Group)Colin Finnerty, one... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/536303a4-2b2c-483f-8fb7-bfeea86bd18e http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/536303a4-2b2c-483f-8fb7-bfeea86bd18e Wed, 14 May 2008 16:30:00 GMT Yikes, from the annals of political tin-earism. Seriously.For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families: He has given up golf. "I... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/eaa122dd-9798-4d5f-a045-9f615cbd8d61 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/eaa122dd-9798-4d5f-a045-9f615cbd8d61 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:06 GMT Dennis Kucinich seems to be regularly updating his YouTube channel despite having dropped out of the race in January.Today, witness the electricity of this visionary leader and wonder at the inexplicable fact that he... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/842d907b-2397-4b9f-ac85-f9257425b2ae http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/842d907b-2397-4b9f-ac85-f9257425b2ae Wed, 14 May 2008 15:08:25 GMT Just compare the coverage of this to the McCain's Sunni/Shia terror funding "gaffe" of a couple months ago, which of course was actually not that much of a gaffe at all since terror funding crosses such religious lines... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/3f7ff82c-21c4-449d-8466-41f316e9b670 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/3f7ff82c-21c4-449d-8466-41f316e9b670 Wed, 14 May 2008 14:49:02 GMT The staunch Clinton ally argued she should stay in until early June, but conceded this pretty significant point:"I still hear some dogs barking," Carville said, according to The State newspaper. "I'm for Senator... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/a2406840-c999-4adb-8e64-52ebf3c89723 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/a2406840-c999-4adb-8e64-52ebf3c89723 Wed, 14 May 2008 14:42:10 GMT The U.S. Marine Corps exceeds its recruiting goals by 42 percent, and the San Francisco Chronicle must report on it.Tee hee. I hope these guys took the news in stride. http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/f178da10-1563-45ee-9fd7-28b8d4d69cd6 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/f178da10-1563-45ee-9fd7-28b8d4d69cd6 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:43:00 GMT It says something about Obama's stance that the very statement meant to make his position crystal clear, delivered by his own representative on Jewish issues, is one of the more clumsy, opaque, convoluted sentences of... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/6d09a55a-587b-422a-924b-bae53fc3cb67 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/6d09a55a-587b-422a-924b-bae53fc3cb67 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:25:00 GMT An open question to my fellow bloggers...Obviously, she's been considerably bolstered in her dream to plow on by the revelation that fully 67 percent of Democratic voters wish her to plow on. Even among Obama voters,... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/14deb523-8d76-4d46-94f0-3dff90bb41d6 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/14deb523-8d76-4d46-94f0-3dff90bb41d6 Tue, 13 May 2008 19:50:00 GMT Here's the video of the al-Jazeera report as a companion to AC's report: http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/5a394f79-fad9-4486-b4ce-d5891091abdf http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/5a394f79-fad9-4486-b4ce-d5891091abdf Tue, 13 May 2008 18:58:05 GMT Still a bit of a cheap shot from the man who says Jeremiah Wright's off-limits, but Obama's associates always do speak loudly about his priorities. Today, an adviser gets canned for hangin' with Hamas:A Middle East... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/87ba871d-539a-472d-bd90-a42cb75136bf http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/87ba871d-539a-472d-bd90-a42cb75136bf Fri, 09 May 2008 23:05:49 GMT The Democratic race has devolved into note-passing:In an open letter to her Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton asks Barack Obama to help her "arrive at a solution that honors the votes of the millions of people who went... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/54c78cdb-04d2-48da-83de-184e27d9e2bc http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/54c78cdb-04d2-48da-83de-184e27d9e2bc Thu, 08 May 2008 20:07:34 GMT On the Diane Rehm show yesterday: David Rothenberg, philosopher, musician, and "expert in inter-species duets," who has written a book called "Thousand-Mile Song," which chronicles the magic of whale songs and his... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/6c8fae53-51d8-4911-b75a-cef842b54207 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/6c8fae53-51d8-4911-b75a-cef842b54207 Thu, 08 May 2008 18:53:00 GMT John McCain on the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence:"I join all Americans in offering my heartiest congratulations to the Israeli people on the 60th anniversary of their state's founding. When President Harry... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/e53fb6ed-1d8f-44ab-9e69-dd67621dbc7d http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/e53fb6ed-1d8f-44ab-9e69-dd67621dbc7d Thu, 08 May 2008 16:58:50 GMT Here I am on O'Reilly last night, talkin' the Left blogs, Right blogs, and the few pro-Clinton blogs left out there. http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/752c7ff1-35a0-4712-881a-becd99f40b43 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/752c7ff1-35a0-4712-881a-becd99f40b43 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:27:00 GMT MSNBC's reporting it, though I can't find a story link yet.Here's one. The former supporters begin to find their way to the door. http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/77657050-6e16-4a9f-8ebb-de2f1b91f148 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/77657050-6e16-4a9f-8ebb-de2f1b91f148 Wed, 07 May 2008 14:55:26 GMT Laura Bush held a press conference two days ago, in which she addressed the disaster in Burma. After she had talked about that for a few minutes, the press asked her about her daughter Jenna's upcoming wedding this... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b7947570-dbc0-411d-a07d-f9630468bf00 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b7947570-dbc0-411d-a07d-f9630468bf00 Wed, 07 May 2008 14:55:00 GMT Whatever you think about the claim that the McCains didn't vote Bush in 2000, this is a doozy of a push-back, from McCain aide Mark Salter on Arianna Huffington's story:"Why would she make something up? Because she's a... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/22082184-20d8-4905-a18e-f342b03da23e http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/22082184-20d8-4905-a18e-f342b03da23e Wed, 07 May 2008 14:10:00 GMT Momentum means nothing in this campaign. It never has. Sheesh.Something strange is going on in Lake County, where the totals reporting is very slow. The earliest numbers from there, 28 percent reporting, show that Obama... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/fdb18453-577c-41bb-91df-1ecf84e2308c http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/fdb18453-577c-41bb-91df-1ecf84e2308c Wed, 07 May 2008 03:55:33 GMT Reynolds Coliseum on N.C. State's campus seats 12,400 people. It did not seat that many tonight. Behold, the power of political staging:The Obama rally, as seen on TV:The Obama rally as seen from the other end of... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/082ab837-a4f6-4a7d-bec3-2fff2d27a681 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/082ab837-a4f6-4a7d-bec3-2fff2d27a681 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:00:00 GMT RALEIGH, N.C.-- Obama plays the unity card early, congratulating Hillary on what looks to be a probable win in Indiana (to shouts of "Not yet! Not yet!), calling her a tough opponent, and insisting that the party will... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/9155d2f8-d194-448e-ad75-2906338019cd http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/9155d2f8-d194-448e-ad75-2906338019cd Wed, 07 May 2008 01:25:00 GMT No word on the margin. He won black voters, 91-6, economy voters 58-40ish (Check that. I think I got that reversed.), change voters 77-20-something. http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/21f613b7-8508-452c-b4ab-0a4e37ec9f14 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/21f613b7-8508-452c-b4ab-0a4e37ec9f14 Tue, 06 May 2008 23:50:11 GMT I've heard about the so-called "Obamacans," Republicans who allegedly fall head over heels for Obama's message of hope.I'm assuming the sign above, spotted in Durham, is targeting "Obamacoms," the 20-something,... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/4313002e-c0de-401f-9239-ade342a9b88f http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/4313002e-c0de-401f-9239-ade342a9b88f Tue, 06 May 2008 23:40:00 GMT Rapidly changing numbers from the HuffPo sources show a 12-14- point win for Obama in North Carolina and a 5-7-point win for Clinton in Indiana.The angry Reverend wreaked havoc:Preliminary exit poll results indicate... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/db895810-f525-4227-9783-c23437cb5158 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/db895810-f525-4227-9783-c23437cb5158 Tue, 06 May 2008 23:30:00 GMT Ouch:Nearly six in ten Obama supporters in Indiana say they would be dissatisfied if Clinton were the nominee -- that's (I believe) the high percentage of Obama supporters who have ever said that. In both IN and NC,... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/7890609e-d033-44fe-aa27-89b0036e1067 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/7890609e-d033-44fe-aa27-89b0036e1067 Tue, 06 May 2008 23:10:53 GMT DURHAM, N.C.-- From my own unscientific investigation of the Obama-leaning precincts in my area of Durham, awash in Duke professors and black voters, it looks like turn-out was, indeed, steady but not overwhelming... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b3cead1c-15fd-41ca-941a-5ee3c675b503 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b3cead1c-15fd-41ca-941a-5ee3c675b503 Tue, 06 May 2008 21:45:00 GMT DURHAM, N.C.-- My gut feeling is that the Obama blow-out in N.C. is not happening in the numbers people are projecting. I thought yesterday, judging by the apparent momentum in her favor and the large rural population... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/d0c0f21f-5135-4161-99db-b5b6144e5239 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/d0c0f21f-5135-4161-99db-b5b6144e5239 Tue, 06 May 2008 19:06:36 GMT I wonder if they were wearing Abercrombie & Fitch shirts:About three-quarters of the 9,000 people who turned up to see Barack Obama at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday evening were black. Yet, the... http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/30965a71-4296-4ba1-8b2b-2364bee80e89 http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/30965a71-4296-4ba1-8b2b-2364bee80e89 Tue, 06 May 2008 18:39:00 GMT