Don’t Nap Yet: Tea Party Caucus Members Request $1 Billion in Earmarks
The December 2 National Journal reported this head-shaker: Tea Party Caucus members requested earmarks. Of the 52 members, only 16 did not request...
Politics
Energy and Land Bills Fall by Wayside
As Congress appears to be approaching a compromise on the Bush tax cuts, other major issues with which they need to contend are...
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Ethanol Subsidies May be Extended
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus proposed a “tax extenders package” on December 2 that pertains to a slew of energy issues, including an...
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Obama and Lawmakers Not Serious about Fiscal Conservatism
Americans have heard politicians talking a great deal about cutting spending, reducing the deficit, and employing a mentality of fiscal conservatism. But just...
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House Passes School Nutrition Bill That Is No Treat
Remember that clause in the Constitution that gives the federal government the authority to regulate school bake sales? Even if you don’t, Congress...
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American Austerity and the End of Wars of Choice
Foreign Affairs, the mouthpiece of the Council on Foreign Relations, is like a 500-pound canary: When it speaks, people listen. Gary North referred...
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Ron Paul’s Big Day
Will Tuesday be Ron Paul’s big day? Robert Wenzel of EconomicPolicyJournal.com thinks so, as does Paul confidant Lew Rockwell. On December 7 the...
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WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. & EU Climate Bullying, Bribery, Espionage
A series of secret U.S. diplomatic cables released in recent days by the whistle-blower group WikiLeaks shows the American and European governments used...
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The New York Times and Journalistic Ethics
The New York Times has long maintained a pseudo-aristocratic attitude toward American society. Its nicely manicured contents, which seem to ooze respectability, hide...
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Compromise in the Works for Bush Tax Cuts
The GOP opposition to extending the Bush era tax cuts solely to the middle class has been adamant, and may lead to a...
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WikiLeaks: Whistleblowing or Treason?
The Obama administration used bribes of up to $30 billion in foreign aid and spying by the CIA to force underdeveloped nations to...
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Food Safety Bill DOA
While Democratic Senators touted the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act as an "accomplishment," conservatives and constitutionalists begged to differ. It appears,...
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Charles Rangel Censured for Ethics Charges
On Thursday, Democrat Charles Rangel became the 23rd member of Congress to be censured for violating House ethics rules after the House voted...
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Pretty Public Parks Thanks to Private Efforts
n a December 2 editorial in The Atlasphere, John Stossel opined that once again, privatization answers a public woe. In his report about...
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Deficit Commission Report: Dead On Arrival
Now that the President's Deficit Commission has failed to reach critical mass (14 favorable votes of the panel's 18 members were required for...
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