U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts is, according to some, the darling of the leftmost “progressives” and a hoped for successor to Barack Obama as President. Apparently, to some in his party, Obama has not been expansionist enough in his … Continue reading
Category: Politics & Government
Immigrants Come to the USA for a Reason
Republicans and Democrats continue to fight over immigration. It has little to do with principle, and plenty to do with posturing and camera preening for the sake of their victims — or rather, their constituents. Here’s a question rarely considered, … Continue reading
Bring the First Amendment Back to Life
In order to establish a dictatorship, a government needs two things. One, the moral sanction of a people (and their intellectuals) to permit it; and two, the practical tools to implement it. We’re not quite there with the moral sanction. … Continue reading
The Hobby Lobby Decision: Sister, You Asked for It
This past week, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in the highly-publicized case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. The Court sided with Hobby Lobby (a family-owned business and employer) in a narrow 5-4 ruling, which declared family-owned corporations are … Continue reading
End Corporate Welfare? Yes, But …
Senator Rand Paul has preached the political peril of being too close to financiers as he gears up for a likely 2016 presidential bid. “We cannot be the party of fat cats, rich people, and Wall Street,” the Kentucky Republican … Continue reading
Days Off With Pay: What Could Be Wrong With That?
“There awwta be a law requiring … businesses to provide family leave with pay.” That’s the latest proposal to hamper the private economy and individual / private property rights in favor of a political leader’s need for applause and to … Continue reading
The Sad Psychology of Obama
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. He wrote a fascinating article entitled, “Obama isn’t an Introvert, He’s a Narcissist.” [Published at FrontPageMag.com 6/21/14] Greenfield writes: That undertone … Continue reading
Iraq the Sequel: Bush’s Fault?
As Iraq predictably falls apart, Obama and his supporters quickly blame the problem on, you guessed it, former President George W. Bush. Their premise is that if Bush had never started the war to overthrow Saddam Hussein in the first … Continue reading
James Madison, Meet Lois Lerner
James Madison, a major architect of the U.S. Constitution and fourth U.S. President, said it best, all those years ago: If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls … Continue reading
Immigration and Economic Growth
Vice President Joseph Biden said that the United States needs a “constant, unrelenting stream” of new immigrants, “not dribbling [but] significant flows,” to strengthen the economy, The Hill reported. In remarks to the National Association of Manufacturers in Washington, Biden … Continue reading
Hillary Clinton: The Queen of Unaccountability
On September 11, 2012, the U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi was attacked by a heavily armed group of 125-150 gunmen, whose trucks bore the logo of Ansar al-Sharia, a group of Islamist militants working with the local government to manage … Continue reading
If Obama is Right About Self-Sacrifice, Why Not a Military Draft?
It is that fundamental belief – I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper – that makes this country work. — Barack Obama “What if we reinstated the draft?” wonders David Fazekas, writing at yahoo.com on 6/5/14. What … Continue reading