Party leaders trample their grass roots in Tampa

(Washington Examiner – Timothy P. Carney) *Lead Story*

Audit the fed? Gold standard? Five new things in GOP platform

(Christian Science Monitor – Linda Feldmann)

2012 GOP Platform Ties VAT Tax to Income Tax Repeal

(CNS News – Matt Cover) *Must Read*

U.S. sees signs Israel could use nuclear EMP attack against Iran

(Washington Free Beacon – Bill Gertz)

Former Marine Detained for ‘Ominous’ Facebook Posts Speaks Out for the First Time: ‘It Made Me Scared for My Country’

(The Blaze – Jason Howerton)

AP Protects Obama While Attacking Conservative Film

(Accuracy in Media – Cliff Kincaid)

Lundy Khoy Barely Escaped Pol Pot’s Purge; Now the U.S. Is Threatening to Deport Her for a Decade-Old Drug Charge

(Reason – Mike Riggs)

The MSM’s Hyper-Racial RNC Coverage

(Townhall – Guy Benson) *Must Read*

Making the U.S. military submit to Shariah

(Washington Times – Frank J. Gaffney Jr.)

New York Times fact checkers: Bed rest is work!

(Human Events – Ann Coulter)

Steer Clear of the Cliff

(Wall Street Journal – Pete Du Pont)

Cannabis smoking ‘permanently lowers IQ’

(Daily Telegraph UK – Stephen Adams)

The First Gold Commission Scared the Dickens Out of the Fed

(Forbes – Brian Domitrovic)

Anarchist Soldiers Involved in Plot to Kill the President

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

A good night for real contrast

(San Francisco Chronicle – Debra J. Saunders)

Everything is Fake Now

(Canada Free Press – Daniel Greenfield)

2,000 Days Since American Bob Levinson Went Missing in Iran

(PJ Media – Bridget Johnson)

In the Battle of Austerity vs. Easing, the Middle Class Loses

(Money News – Andrew Packer)

Akin’s messianic ego is all too typical of the political class.

(National Review – Michael Tanner)

Rand Paul unloads on Obama in Tampa

(WND – Speech Text) *Must Read*