Tony Katz is a radio talk show host, writer and public speaker. His show can be heard on FM NewsTalk 97.1 in St. Louis, and at TonyKatz.com. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 13 May 2013 13:06:00 GMT Mon, 13 May 2013 13:06:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The only way I know we still live in a relatively free nation is that, at times, the truth does come out. The IRS announced that, yes, it did give extra scrutiny to tax returns that included the name "tea party" or... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2013/05/13/the-irs-is-the-internal-retaliation-service-n1593664 17b6b26e-2780-4948-b2c4-863cdc4c0b00 Mon, 13 May 2013 13:06:00 GMT When the horrific news from Boston broke, I was on the air with Cam Edwards, host of Cam and Company, All we had to go on was photos of mass chaos obscured by clouds of smoke. I remarked that the photo - not the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2013/04/17/the-left-agenda--connect-the-right-to-evil-regardless-of-the-facts-n1570428 ba0a409b-b90d-453e-9189-e4c1eb4f069f Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:46:00 GMT At a committee hearing in the Florida legislature on a proposed "Born Alive Bill," Planned Parenthood's Alisa Lepolt Snow stunningly asserted that the fate of a child who survives a botched abortion should be left to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2013/04/04/callers-support-planned-parenthood-infanticide-claim-judgement-by-others-is-wrong-n1558095 b400825c-94e6-4ad4-b758-54e70cb5991b Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:53:00 GMT On the network of hysterical opinion known as MSNBC, Morning Joe guest and contributor Mike Barnicle claimed that there was a "level of anti-Semitism" aimed at New York Nanny Michael Bloomberg and his $12 million... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2013/03/27/opposing-nanny-bloomberg-is-not-antisemitism-its-common-sense-n1550566 ab5b8cd5-135a-4e91-9c25-03531db3b601 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:58:00 GMT In California, gun hysteria has reached such fanatical heights that teachers now feel empowered to confiscate student property, disregard their privacy, question their mental state and threaten police action - in front... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2013/03/04/actor-joseph-c-phillips-teacher-threatened-my-son-questioned-his-mental-state-over-photo-of-bb-gun-n1525401 d39f9e47-e414-4d47-8e0a-c86455c6c46a Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:07:00 GMT Somewhere a dentist is missing his laughing gas. Because the absolute hysteria of the American Left Intelligentsia on guns has now reached a new level of laughable. No longer (as if they ever were) engaged in serious... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2013/02/20/is-anyone-going-to-notice-the-lefts-hysterical-hysteria-over-guns-n1516462 a3de4016-360d-4250-911b-56e23e7c0066 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:56:00 GMT When Karl Rove, the de facto Capo of the Republican establishment intelligentsia, took aim at the grassroots activists (the Tea Party), offering them up like Issac for sacrifice to the mainstream media and independent... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2013/02/06/the-article-in-which-the-tea-party-accepts-karl-roves-challenge-to-a-duel-n1506368 a68affb1-292f-41c4-b55f-2498b1f3d67b Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:43:00 GMT Living in California, it is difficult to find fault with other states. California has 12% of the US population, but over 30% of the nation's welfare recipients. California recently voted to increase the tax burden -... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2013/01/29/what-is-with-illinois-n1499940 d446a748-745b-46ab-b90f-99aafe789695 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:01:00 GMT When a deal is bad beyond all pretext, the only thing left to do is spin. Democrats, including Senate lackeys and Administration lummoxes, spin the Senate version of the Fiscal Crap Sandwich to mean absolute victory... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2013/01/02/obama-caves-sells-out-middleclass-for-wealthy-n1477679 d2bc6d12-f459-41a3-9e81-a9ac22e6d565 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:58:00 GMT It turns out that not everyone who is French is a Socialist, wealth-redistributing hack. Amongst the sane is legendary French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has rejected this position not solely because of taxes but rather... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/12/19/actor-depardieu-goes-galt-in-france-americans-to-follow-n1469695 40cba38d-4348-4d82-980b-be374ab1b1b6 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT Without waiting for the facts to emerge about the Newtown massacre, the usual combination of political and Hollywood elites, along with progressive social media types moved in to place the blame for this horror squarely... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/12/17/nra-derangement-syndrome-n1468658 11705e07-a520-4d50-919c-3790e1a7c9b3 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:43:00 GMT Earlier this month, documentary filmmaker Philem McAleer asked questions to filmmakers Matt Damon and John Krasinski about their new anti-fracking film "Promised Land," regarding the funding the film got from Abu Dhabi.... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/12/12/oil-exporter-abu-dhabi-funded-antifracking-film-but-matt-damon-doesnt-want-you-to-know-n1465094 c2d47ad3-49d6-4d0b-a9f1-c231b7597f81 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:30:00 GMT On his first full day in office, President Obama issued a Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, pledging that his Administration would "work together to ensure the public trust and establish a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/12/11/obama-to-take-oath-in-private-because-its-none-of-your-business-thats-why-n1464446 91f3f65b-2e03-4d68-bcc3-ff2ec5915ac1 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:25:00 GMT Bob Costas, just a few days after giving a cultural soliloquy during a halftime break regarding the murder/suicide of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, and the need to eradicate our society from guns, has... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/12/06/costas_to_america_youre_just_not_smart_enough_to_understand f078ed9b-43f9-43cc-91d7-cadaf8ccae87 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT The thing about the 1st Amendment that is so wonderfully frustrating is that the freedom of speech afforded me to be able to write about someone else's commentary - commentary so ignorant and frightening in its lack of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/12/01/hank_johnson_end_free_speech_to_end_private_enterprise 1dcf25a1-eacd-4e1e-8d28-8276fe7a0f5f Sat, 01 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT The Obama campaign suggested last week that Mitt Romney may have committed a felony by listing himself as Bain's CEO in SEC filings after he left the firm in 1999 to run the Olympics. As outrageous and inappropriate the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/07/17/obama_doesnt_apologize_doesnt_understand_the_american_way 35741828-65df-4cdd-875e-523cede679b0 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:13:00 GMT Not be be eclipsed by New York Mayor-Nanny Bloomberg and his proposed limit on soda serving sizes, Los Angeles Councilman (Nanny-In-Training) Mitch Englander is trying to banish soda from vending machines in LA parks... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/06/26/los_angeles_city_council_inspired_by_nanny_bloomberg 09bea262-3556-4a7c-a900-39b1248517a2 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:47:00 GMT The Bureau of Labor Statistics agrees that reforms put in place by Gov. Scott Walker (R) and the Wisconsin legislature have resulted in a net gain of 23,000 jobs. This comes after Democratic candidate Mayor Tom Barrett... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/06/01/bls_confirms_wisconsin_positive_jobs_numbers_major_blow_to_left_meme 2bb9ebc1-d603-4521-8d0e-69fe84cc3794 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT The start to the Americans For Prosperity "A Better Wisconsin" bus tour gathered an enthusiastic crowd just outside of Milwaukee, WI, where volunteers and attendees made over 1000 calls in just over 20 minutes to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/05/31/1000_calls_in_20_minutes_wisconsin_is_gearing_up_for_the_recall 141a1bb5-77e6-489b-8efe-c2ad294785c8 Thu, 31 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT Proving wrong the leaders of the Progressive movement and the MSM, the Tea Party has rocked the political establishment by driving Republican Richard Mourdock to a primary victory in Indiana over 36 year incumbent... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/05/11/tea_party_speaks_lugar_out_in_indiana 8abf6ca3-1779-465f-a44b-eab2fa4f7ed6 Fri, 11 May 2012 17:10:00 GMT The President and Google co-Founder Sergey Brin are at odds. While Brin argues that unnecessary regulations inhibit entrepreneurship and innovation, Obama takes the position that government - and regulatory schemes -... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/04/18/google_at_odds_with_president_obama e9122668-7316-4438-8e66-8fddea73fa89 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:28:00 GMT The President's latest tactic, taking on the Supreme Court's power of judicial review with a preemptive striking against justices who might contemplate an unfavorable ruling on ObamaCare, following on the heels of last... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/04/04/obama_is_making_the_case_for_his_own_impeachment acac969a-1527-4ac6-9aea-32574c5cf6e6 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:39:00 GMT Obamacare's run through the Supreme Court has been a disaster. It has been described as a "train wreck." Justice Antonin Scalia asked if it means that the Federal Government can order people to eat broccoli. Even... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/03/30/obamacare_exposes_left_on_left_violence 2ee6c88d-1ba5-4032-979e-23fcc1343e6e Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:59:00 GMT Presidential candidate Mitt Romney won big in the Illinois primary, taking 47% of the vote and picking up 38 delegates, giving him 554 total. After winning the majority of states on Super Tuesday, and amassing more... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/03/22/is_romney_unstoppable b1593d53-2b72-4515-98de-3c622aae7991 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:47:00 GMT Mitt Romney missed a chance to wrap up the GOP nomination last night, placing a disappointing third in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries. The delegate count is still in his favor, but the bigger story here is that... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/03/15/its_official_we_need_another_debate de298de2-ab18-49a1-aff7-55429d9a17b0 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:35:00 GMT While Mitt Romney is isn't making any special effort to attract Tea Party voters, Rick Santorum is trying to convince them that social conservatism is integral to Tea Party values. But Newt Gingrich is floating a new... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/03/12/gingrich_dangles_perry_to_get_tea_party_vote e84d75bf-4230-4cf3-bbf1-99fd767e05d0 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:00:00 GMT In partial fulfillment of Andrew Breitbart's promise to "vet" the President this time, the Breitbart.com team posted a video of President Barack Obama as a law student at Harvard. It also ran on Hannity tonight. The... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/03/08/vetting_obama_leftists_take_steps_to_prevent_you_from_learning_anything e758f7a4-a293-4200-a9ee-e7611abddf34 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:15:00 GMT The biggest lie ever told is that there is something more important than winning in politics. For the rest of us, the concepts of valor, honesty and morals have clear cut lines and distinctions. Certainly, on a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/02/28/let_the_democrats_vote_for_santorum fa6d80b5-5703-4c14-978a-10447dc222b7 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:05:00 GMT Ann Coulter is wrong about Newt Gingrich. She is wrong about Mitt Romney. She is wrong about President Obama. Since the election race began, Ann Coulter has been wrong about near everything having to do with the GOP... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/01/24/i_love_ann_coulter_even_when_she_is_wrong fc880471-9c68-4d67-af95-a3bb30aec0cc Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT Much of what people find objectionable about presidential candidate Ron Paul isn’t his policies or principles; it’s his followers. You can agree or disagree with his views on the economy (abolish the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/01/13/ron_pauls_problem_is_the_ron_paul_supporter 7d39382a-d95f-4899-b49c-1f220f358a72 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT According the latest numbers from Public Policy Polling, Rep. Ron Paul is still edging out former Governor Mitt Romney for the lead in the polls leading up to the Iowa Caucus on January 3rd. According to the final Des... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2012/01/02/the_latest_from_the_iowa_caucusno_one_can_pick_a_winner 3945fe39-3d82-48a6-898a-4c9ffec296a4 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:06:00 GMT As reported by USA Today, via The Transom, all types of federal employees - from scientists to custodial staff - have had huge increases in pay over the past five years. As expected, this has made working for the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/12/28/government_pays_big_because_you_deserve_it 96378758-f093-4c36-8b63-97be1c49cb9d Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:53:00 GMT UPDATE Last night, Rabbi Hammerman decided to take down his article from both his personal blog, and The Jewish Week. On his personal site, he posted this "retraction:" - The piece has been taken... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/12/15/is_tim_tebow_increasing_hatred_in_america 94d8ae7a-7062-4ec2-be31-c03ccca67ce6 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:01:00 GMT As reported by the LA Times, the remains of Occupy LA were hauled off to the city dump, by the city, at the taxpayers’ expense. The amount of trash? Approximately 30 tons: Sanitation officials said... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/12/01/30_tons_of_occupied_social_justice 897773e8-1e76-46b4-b314-f12f62685d01 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:06:00 GMT In the Nevada Development Authority's latest ad on Fox News, entertainer Clint Holmes, broadcasting from McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, extols the airport's frequent-flier-friendliness and the virtues of living and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/11/23/pro-business_states_target_anti-business_california 9d97a45f-916d-4961-916a-38fac9b2724a Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:52:00 GMT The American Left has been railing about Justice Clarence Thomas. His wife, Ginni Thomas, is a Tea Party supporter, and the CEO of LibertyCentral.org - a 501(c)(4) that focuses on the value of liberty with "insistence... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/11/16/justice_kagan_must_recuse_herself a06f194d-7ee7-45aa-9fda-c0e84398b7f5 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:18:00 GMT Steve Annear has an article on Metro.US about the new safety team circulating the Tent City Square, a.k.a. Occupy Boston, a satellite of the original Occupy Wall Street. According to Annear, a team of eight... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/10/25/tea_party_and_ows_--_no_comparison 1c0a3a56-821e-4681-9eed-af4ef5731935 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT The anti-war protests of the 60's, which gave birth to the hippie movement, taught future generations of protesters the concept of the enemy as "The Man." The Man, in general, is the person, group of people or entity... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/10/11/occupy_wall_street_gets_man_love c540d08d-7d7e-4005-9ae2-3ebc0ad02cc1 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:25:00 GMT On Saturday, a group of 700 protestors clogged traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge to, according to an Associated Press article "...[demonstrate] against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/10/04/everything_thats_wrong_with_the_occupy_wall_street_movement 37db82f5-04f0-479b-af37-3694dc72d4a8 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:09:00 GMT Recently, scientists at the CERN labratory stumbled upon something so simply remarkable that they had to test, double check, and retest themselves. When they realized it was happening, they opened up their findings to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/09/30/two_alberts_can_be_wrong 9caf7d2e-8b64-475b-a88c-883b7b0f538d Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT Over the weekend, businessman and presidential candidate Herman Cain won the Florida Straw Poll with a very convincing 37 percent of the vote. He more than doubled his nearest challenger, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TonyKatz/2011/09/28/the_rush_to_race_is_ridiculous a57a8f7e-a1cc-401f-b0c6-99d474aa8abc Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT