The President’s Approval Ratings Continue to Drop
The consistency among the polls is quite remarkable: In every one, the president's approval rating is dropping, in some precipitously. It's likely to be a long, hot, and dry...
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Uphill Battle for Republican Challenger in New Jersey Senate Race
Republican Steve Lonegan may not win in October, but he can certainly do some damage by exposing Booker as just another corrupt politician on the take. ...
Another ObamaCare Delay Admitted by the White House
The delays in implementing ObamaCare continue to give voice to those opposed to the vast government-run healthcare system. Â ...
Judge Rules New York City’s “Stop and Frisk” Policy Unconstitutional
On its surface, the ruling against New York City's "stop and frisk" policy is encouraging. Digging deeper, however, reveals that little will change. New Yorkers will continue to suffer...
University of California Study: National Debt Is Really $70 Trillion
A University of California professor has estimated that the real national debt is vastly, almost inconceivably, larger than the one about to trigger the debt ceiling conversation after Labor...
Federal Court Rules That the Bitcoin Is Money
The federal court ruling that bitcoins are money is just one more step toward full and wide acceptance of the digital currency as an alternative to Federal Reserve Notes...
First Detroit, Now Chicago?
Chicago is the big sister of Detroit, suffering from the same malaise: a shrinking population, politicians unwilling to face reality, and dreadfully underfunded pensions. ...
Declines in Trust, Revenues Force Sales and Spinoffs of Newspapers
Back-to-back sales of prominent newspapers this week continues a trend at least a decade old as their readers increasingly get their news from more trusted sources on the Internet....
Costs, Frustrations Mount as Fort Hood Shooter Trial Opens
After nearly four years of delays, the military trial of Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused Fort Hood shooter, begins today with Hasan representing himself against charges of 13 counts...
Jobs Reports: U.S. Turning Into a Part-time Worker Economy
The gradual conversion of the American economy into one of part-time workers continues apace. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirms it. ...
Backpacks, Pressure Cookers, and the Truth
Although Michele Catalano's concerns about the surveillance state are legitimate, the people seeing her Internet searches for backpacks and pressure cookers were a lot closer to home. ...
Home Ownership Rates Continue to Fall; New Plans to Reflate Bubble
In the face of evidence that home ownership rates continue to fall, bureaucrats are trying to soften rules that were written to keep another real estate bubble from forming....
Another School District Arms Its Teachers
Little Clarksville, Arkansas, is indicative of the sea change in attitude toward arming teachers that is moving across the country. ...
CFR Steps Up Attack on the Second Amendment Using Discredited Statistics
Using a veil of falsehoods, misstatements, and glittering generalities, the author of the CFR's latest screed on Americans' Second Amendment rights reveals the CFR's real agenda: gun confiscation. ...
George Mitchell, the Father of Fracking, Dead at 94
The supreme irony is that George Mitchell's discovery of "fracking" (horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from shale) that unleashed the energy boom has completely disproved...
Senator Wyden Warns Against the Surveillance State
On most issues, Oregon Senate Democrat Ron Wyden is predictably progressive. But not when it comes to the dangers of the surveillance state. In a remarkable speech he ripped...
Obama Speaks on Economy to Distract from Scandals, Falling Poll Numbers
With falling approval ratings and an escalating unhappiness over various and sundry scandals, it was time for the president and his obedient media to get out of town. ...
Blurring the Line between Police and Military
Radley Balko's book Rise of the Warrior Cop could have been titled The Emergence of SWAT Teams and their Takeover of Local Law Enforcement. ...
McCain Wants “Stand Your Ground” Laws Reviewed, Just Like Obama and Holder
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) spent the weekend echoing the president and the attorney general in stating that "stand your ground" laws ought to be reconsidered in light of the...
Trayvon Martin Was No Innocent
What the judge in the Zimmerman trial ruled as not relevant was certainly available to the president when he said that Trayvon Martin "could have been my son." But...