Jennifer Harper
Articles by Jennifer Harper
Inside the Beltway
The big rally is done, and Glenn Beck is manning the Fox News microphones and testing the reach of theblaze.com, his new website. Published August 31, 2010
Oval Office gets a makeover
If President Obama's visitors ever grow bored, they can always read the mottoes woven into the border of the Oval Office's new rug. Published August 31, 2010
Inside the Beltway
So he had to wear a bulletproof vest. Fox News host Glenn Beck himself revealed Monday that he was wearing serious protection beneath his light blue shirt at the "Restoring America" rally on Saturday, at the request of his wife, Tania. Published August 30, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Political correctness got some plainspoken comeuppance during the "Restoring Honor" rally on Saturday. Published August 29, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Electric, patriotic, historic, maybe a little psychic, too: There's a certain spiritual charge in the air around Washington this weekend as thousands arrive for Glenn Beck's rally on Saturday. Published August 26, 2010
Glenn Beck rally planned at King site
The Fox News host insists his three-hour "Restoring Honor" event Saturday will not be a political rally, a "tea party" celebration or even a vehicle for personal aggrandizement. But defining what it is has proved to be an irresistible challenge for supporters and skeptics alike. Published August 26, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Five of her people won. Indeed, Sarah Palin must relish the outcome of Tuesday's primaries, a fitting comeback to critics who claimed the power of her political endorsements had waned, and her Mama Grizzly claws had grown dull. Published August 25, 2010
Inside the Beltway
It is the stuff of reality TV. Maybe the Bravo Network. We're talking about public auctions of seized and forfeited assets by the U.S. Treasury, that is. Published August 24, 2010
Inside the Beltway
The "ground zero mosque" outcry continues, and this time the outcry is over the outcry - with some rambunctious libertarian underpinnings. Published August 23, 2010
Study: Tea brewed at home healthiest
Pity all those earnest folks who guzzle down a pricey bottle of fancy tea, hoping for a healthy dose of cancer-fighting "antioxidants" and "flavonoids." Published August 23, 2010
Inside the Beltway
It has become a parlor game among pundits and press: Who supports the "ground zero mosque" and who doesn't? Published August 22, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Is the political hubbub over the "ground zero mosque" just a White House ruse to distract Americans from bad news about the economy? Partisan posturings have conveniently thrown the press into predatory mode; shrill coverage is now front-page fare, replacing serious examination of unemployment, skittish voters and old campaign promises Published August 19, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Yes, the contentious, national discourse on race and religion continues. But the contentious national discourse on gay conservatism is also under way with a flourish, and much political theater. Published August 18, 2010
School shopping no spree in slow economy
Big prices and small budgets have turned the once pleasant annual purchasing party into an allegory of a flagging economy, producing parental angst and industry cheerleaders who urge the moms and dads to at least "buy American." Published August 17, 2010
Inside the Beltway
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is happy with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann for criticizing the use of the phrase "ground-zero mosque" in the press and elsewhere, deeming the term a "misnomer" and saying that the project is neither a "training ground for terrorists" nor an insult to Sept. 11 families. Published August 17, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Details emerge after hundreds of "tea party" members converged in a desolate spot along the Arizona/Mexico border some 70 miles east of Nogales, to support Gov. Jan Brewer's immigration law and quest for citizen security. Published August 16, 2010
Poll: Women today treated with less chivalry
Feminists may insist that life for women has gotten better since the days when raucous female activists marched in the streets for equality and questioned traditional social mores about men, marriage and career. Pollsters say otherwise. Published August 16, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Americans are taking it personally. Public rumbling has commenced over President Obama's public defense of the $100 million "ground zero mosque" project, despite the president's efforts to backpedal or control the political trajectory of his opinions. Published August 15, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Oh, the Republican Party is in disarray. Oh, the Republicans have no leadership. Published August 12, 2010
Researchers propose statin with fast food
As a public service, British researchers are proposing that fast-food eateries dole out complimentary cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to offset the hazardous glories of their fatty cuisines. Published August 12, 2010
