SE Cupp: Turning Opinion into Careers

Political commentator S.E. Cupp offered tips and tricks of the trade on turning opinion into a variety of public policy careers during the Institute's annual Conservative Leadership Seminar in Washington DC in June. Below is a video of her remarks:

UK Guardian: New Books 'Sure to be Rightwing Hits'

The UK Guardian cattily previews several new American books that no one should care about but that are 'sure to be rightwing hits', including:

Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama, by Ann Coulter
The story of the left's agenda to patronize blacks and lie to everyone else.

I Know You Are, But What Am I? by Jonah Goldberg
Goldberg challenges conventional wisdom from "Democrats are the party of civil rights" to "Nazi's were rightwing." 

PUNK'D!!! Conservative Arguments to Drive Liberals #@!**?@ Crazy!, by S. E. Cupp and Greg Gutfeld
"This book is sure to annoy the 'politically correct' brigade, whose opinions Cupp and Gutfeld certainly don't care about!"

Cupp: Muslim Uprising Not About A Movie

"We've got this all wrong," says S. E. Cupp.

Our public statements on the developments in Libya, Egypt and now Yemen, have bought wholesale into the false premise that the attacks on our embassies and assets were in retaliation for an amateur video some idiots made lampooning Islam.

The tawdry little film is the red herring. As was the Danish cartoon, and every other rationale Islamic terrorists have given for killing innocent people (including many Muslims). Even acknowledging the film in our official statements is giving credence to a lie. Waxing poetic about free speech and religious tolerance might make us feel like good and high-minded people, but it does nothing to alter the threat. Islamic extremists will not be intellectually bullied into sanity or respect for life. Our imposing strength, our military might and our readiness to use it is the only response that matters.

The UK Independent reports that the "U.S. State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert ..."

Elle Magazine: "The Best and the Rightest"

"A new generation of conservative women is stepping forward to dis feminists and cheer low taxes, guns, and motherhood," teases Elle magazine above Nina Burleigh's article. It's an interesting read. (Townhall.com's Katie Pavlich comments on the article here.)