Politics
Obama the Lawgiver?
Although President Barack Obama correctly understood that his party had taken a "shellacking" in the November elections, he seems not to have drawn...
Congressional Pushback
Now that the 112th Congress has been sworn in and subjected to the reading of the Constitution and its 27 amendments, the direction...
Read moreNYC Councilwoman Asks Colleagues to Support Absolving Convicted Terrorist
A member of the New York City Council is calling upon her colleagues to support absolving a convicted terrorist. Councilwoman Melissa Mark Viverito,...
Read morePentagon, White House in Tug-of-war Over Spending
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is scheduled to brief members of Congress on Thursday, January 6, on his drive to find $100 billion...
Read moreNavy Commander Fired Over Objectionable Videos
A U.S. Navy captain who produced and showed videos containing profanity, sexual innuendo, and slurs against homosexuals to personnel aboard the nuclear aircraft...
Read moreBypassing Congress with Regulatory Decrees
When the New York Times reported on December 26 that the "advance care planning" benefit, deleted from last year's health care reform legislation,...
Read moreGov. Jerry Brown: Last Straw for California
California is blessed with one of the best climates on earth, enough to cause millions to flock to the state simply for the...
Read moreIncoming Tea Party Politicians Vow to Change Washington
Incoming Tea Party-elected officials continue to vow to target deficit spending. Fox News writes, “Republicans elected to Congress with the help of Tea...
Read moreFeds’ Financial Statements Impossible to Audit, Says GAO
According to the federal government’s 2010 financial statements, released in late December, the 2010 deficit was $1.29 trillion, a slight decrease from the...
Read moreAustan Goolsbee’s Petulance
During Sunday’s interview on ABC’s This Week with the Obama administration’s chief economics advisor, Austan Goolsbee, he warned opponents not to treat the...
Read moreSen. Graham Wants U.S. in Afghanistan Permanently
Liberal Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, known in conservative anti-immigration circles as Sen. Grahamnesty, says the United States must maintain a permanent...
Read moreU.S. Hostage to China for Rare Earth Minerals
President Obama and his fellow enthusiasts for "green technology" have stumbled into a thicket of their own making. Most of the their pet...
Read moreShocker: Medicare Costs More Than What We “Invest” In It
When Medicare was first introduced in 1965, skeptics such as Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan bemoaned the implementation of socialized medicine and the...
Read moreSoviet Refugees Flock to the Republican Party
In one of the most remarkable and unexpected political demographic developments, the 700,000+ Russian-American refugees who came to the United States in the...
Read moreMSNBC’s Matthews Calls on Obama to Release Birth Certificate
The Obama administration cannot be happy that two of its most strident supporters, MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews and new Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie,...
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