Nobody talks about the national debt any longer. Has the problem gone away? No, the debt is higher than ever before. The total federal debt of the U.S. government has now increased more than $7 trillion during the slightly more … Continue reading
“So sue me” is President Obama’s message to Congress. And on Wednesday the House of Representatives took up his taunt, authorizing a lawsuit to challenge the president’s failure to faithfully execute provisions of the Affordable Care Act … … Article … Continue reading
A federal judge on Saturday overturned Washington D.C.’s ban on carrying handguns outside the home, saying it was unconstitutional. “There is no longer any basis on which this Court can conclude that the District of Columbia’s total ban on the … Continue reading
We’ve heard a lot about the ineptitude of the federal government’s now infamous “healthcare.gov.” But have you checked out the page informing soon-to-be-legal immigrants of the freebies awaiting them upon citizenship? Click on: WelcometoUSA.gov and see for yourself. For those … Continue reading
CNN.com and others report that U.S. officials say they believe that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in the Ukraine, was brought down by a surface-to-air missile, probably a Russian one. President Barack Obama should go on national television and call Russian … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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