African Americans say that their lives are worse off during President Barack Obama’s second term than during his first four years in the White House, a new Gallup Poll released Thursday says. In a “well-being” poll conducted by Gallup and … Continue reading
“Ben [Carson] wants to knock out Medicare,” said Donald Trump. “I heard that over the weekend. He wants to abolish Medicare. Abolishing Medicare, I don’t think you’ll get away with that one. It’s actually a program that’s worked. It’s a … Continue reading
The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government. (economist Milton Friedman)
We’ve all heard the phrase, “blaming the victim.” Normally, this expression applies when one party blames another — the actual victim — for something he or she did not cause. Things have become so backwards and upside down in our … Continue reading
“The budget pact, in concert with a must-pass increase in the federal borrowing limit, would solve the thorniest issues awaiting Ryan, R-Wis., who is set to be elected speaker on Thursday. It would also take budget showdowns and government shutdown … Continue reading
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. –Mark Twain
The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it had found no basis for a criminal prosecution over the Internal Revenue Service’s mishandling several years ago of requests for tax-exempt status by political groups aligned with the Tea Party. In 2013, … Continue reading
As we propose building border walls and nationalizing what remains of the private economy, banning guns and raising taxes, the one thing that could save America, and the world, is completely bypassed and ignored: authentic capitalism. A reader of my … Continue reading
Says Joe Biden, when announcing he will not run for President but dislikes the partisan tone in Washington: “I still have a lot of Republican friends, I don’t think my chief enemy is the Republican party, this is a matter … Continue reading
What does it mean to compromise? When is it right, and when is it wrong? Consider the dysfunction in Washington DC right now. The dysfunction in the Republican Party is widely publicized and well known. Although Republicans control the U.S. … Continue reading
The Secret Service will give agent protection to Ben Carson and Donald Trump while heavily upgrading Hillary Clinton’s existing detail, a Washington source close to the agency’s plans confirmed to Newsmax. The deployment of agents around Republican candidates Trump and … Continue reading
Several weeks ago, Jeb Bush (of all people) managed to hit a nerve with the campaigning Hillary Clinton. Was it about emails or Benghazi? No. It was about the Achilles’ heel of the whole socialist paradigm of her party: The … Continue reading