Education Secretary Makes Case for Abolishing His Department
Rarely does a government official call for himself — and his entire department — to be canned. But that is, in effect, what Secretary of Education Arne Duncan did...
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The Federal Bureau of Instigation
Many observers have long detected a fishy odor about the domestic terrorism plots the Federal Bureau of Investigation has busted, often to great fanfare, over the last decade. Frequently...
Obama Administration Gives Taxpayers 112 Million Reasons to Grouse About Wasteful Spending
For all its posturing about cutting spending, the Obama administration seems to have little difficulty finding cash to reward its friends in the environmental movement. Solar energy, despite its...
U.S., Afghanistan Close to Deal Keeping U.S. Forces There Through 2024
Although the Obama administration has made much of the fact that U.S. forces are scheduled to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, it clearly has no intention of...
Obama Administration Subsidizes Solar Energy Via Loans to India
Despite its less-than-stellar record of picking winning solar energy companies — subsidizing, for instance, Solyndra of California and Evergreen Solar of Massachusetts — the Obama administration is determined to...
Is Obama Planning to Keep Fannie and Freddie Alive?
Is President Barack Obama working on a proposal to keep Uncle Sam deeply involved in the mortgage business and taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars in home...
Obama: Individual Mandate “Should Not Be Controversial”
Just three days after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the ObamaCare individual mandate unconstitutional, President Barack Obama insisted that the mandate “should not be controversial” —...
Federal Program Pays Airlines to Fly Empty Planes
Almost everyone is aware that the federal government pays farmers not to grow certain crops. But not many know that taxpayers are also being forced to pay airlines to...
11th Circuit Rules ObamaCare Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
On August 12 the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals delivered what the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel termed “a stinging blow to [President Barack] Obama’s signature achievement,” declaring the ObamaCare individual...
Obama Racks Up Over 10 Years Worth of Debt in Four Days
Observers note that President Barack Obama seems to enjoy comparing himself to former President Dwight Eisenhower, having repeatedly claimed that he was reducing federal spending to Eisenhower-era levels. Although...
GOP Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson
Announcing his entry into the 2012 presidential race, Gary Johnson rattled off a list of crises besetting the United States, from “record unemployment” to “loss of our nation’s industrial...
The Scoop on Illinois’ Crackdown on Artisan Ice Cream Makers
Residents of the Windy City may have to do without their favorite ice cream for a while, and possibly for good; and they have government to thank for it....
U.S. Special Forces Operating Secretly in 120 Countries
Most Americans are aware that U.S. forces are involved in missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. Those who pay closer attention to the news may know that American troops...
Armed Raid on Raw-Milk Seller Leads to Three Arrests
“3 arrested on raw-milk charges” read the headline. One could be forgiven for assuming the news source was the Soviet-era Pravda or the mouthpiece for some other tyrannical regime....
Paying Telephone Customers Forced to Buy Cellphones for Others
Undoubtedly it was just an oversight on Thomas Jefferson’s part when he wrote that man’s unalienable rights include “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” — but not free...