A Presidency Fit for a King
It is said that on the final day of deliberation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a female passerby asked an exiting Ben...
United States
Obama Signs On To UN Homosexual Rights
Obama’s administration notified the French sponsors of the United Nations declaration that calls for...
A Call to Secure Mexican Border’s Southward Traffic
During a March 17 combined hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and...
From Riches to Rags: Inflation & Poverty in Zimbabwe
Economists have long used 1920s Germany as the classic example of what can happen...
Revolutionary Virtue
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people," John Adams famously...
Musings on St. Patrick’s Day
When did we Irish begin migrating to America? Well, when were the Irish not...
Globalization Driven by New, Apocalyptic Horsemen
Over the past several months, a steady drumbeat in elite media circles has been...
Roland Burris Goes From the Frying Pan into the Fire
Just when it looked like things couldn't get any worse for Illinois Sen. Roland...
Trying to Turn CO2 Into Au
ITEM: U.S. News & World Report for February 20, 2009 interviewed Rep. Henry Waxman...
The Flap Over Rush Limbaugh
More than a decade ago, when Rush Limbaugh was ascending to his version of...
Will the Stewart/Cramer Battle Be the Death of CNBC?
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart has struck again, this time perhaps landing a mortal blow...
Earmarks and the Federal Budget
When President Barack Obama discussed earmark reform last week, he favorably cited the recently...
Obama & Sanford Spar Over Stimulus Funds
Governor Mark Sanford (R) of South Carolina has repeatedly made national headlines by being...
Japan & China: Following Obama’s Lead on Spending?
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s remark that he was “worried” about the $1 trillion in...
Tenth Amendment Movement: Taking On the Feds
We Americans are expected to play by the rules — to obey traffic regulations,...
Gov. Mark Sanford on Stimulus, Economy
Governor Mark Sanford (R) of South Carolina has been a vocal critic of President...
Obama’s Budget: Where’s the Peace Dividend?
Candidate Barack Obama pledged to get the United States out of Iraq, one of...
Obama Plans to Renew Public Education
On March 10, President Barack Obama spoke in generalities about his plan to improve...
Ban Humans to Lower Carbon Emissions?
According to California Congressman Tom McClintock, the world’s six billion humans breathe out 2.4...
Republicans Open to More Stimulus
"Second verse, same as the first," go the lyrics to a '60s Herman's Hermits...