July 9, 2016

Four ways academia, elected officials, and activist judges protected the abortion industry in June

Pro-life advocates were reminded throughout the month of June of just how tough our fight is to save the unborn.  Two of the nation's most respected academic journals, Democrats in Congress and the White House, and activist judges made it cl...

December 10, 2014

Does Twitter have an anti-conservative bias?

In the world of Twitter, pretty much anything goes.  "Keyboard warriors" are incredibly brave when they can use 140 characters to attack your character, sexuality, personality, career choices, etc. In light of how nasty things can g...

November 11, 2014

Even the Wonk Blog is worried about the debt

Recently, the Wonk Blog's Lori Montgomery wrote that "[n]o one is worried about the U.S. debt anymore. Not even Moody's, one of the nation's top ratings agencies." This sounds like great news!  And if you stopped reading...

August 1, 2014

Sign #4,682 that the Senate and Obama aren't serious about entitlement reform

In July, the Congressional Budget Office put out yet another report showing that the U.S. federal debt is growing unsustainably.  The biggest reason for the growth, which has already slowed the U.S. economy and will continue to do so in the fore...

March 12, 2013

Mr. President: Instead of harming the troops, cut here instead

In the political battle over sequestration, President Obama is jumping full-tilt into a scorched-earth tactic: eliminating tuition assistance for the Marines and Army.  Instead of using the troops for dishonorable political ends, the president s...

September 22, 2012

Where's the Leadership on Social Security?

In 2010, the Social Security Trustees Report said Social Security would be able to fulfill all current obligations until 2036.  In 2011, that estimate was bumped to 2035, and this year it was changed to 2033.  Clearly, the program must be r...

August 23, 2012

LA Times column prioritizes talking points over basic math

This past Friday, a Los Angeles Times column by David Lauter took the novel approach of ignoring basic mathematics in favor of liberal talking points.  Rather than take any kind of fact-based look at the Medicare plan of the Romney/Ryan campaign...

August 14, 2012

Objective Fact-Checkers Still Can't Get the Facts Straight on Romney's Taxes

The Obama campaign is running an ad claiming that Mitt Romney pays a lower tax rate than that of the average American.  Following the ad's release, PolitiFact published an article rating it as "Half-True."  From the article: There are two ...

July 26, 2012

New York Times: Delusional on the Debt Ceiling

In a recent New York Times op-ed, Bill Keller laid out a strategy for how President Obama can regain momentum when it comes to the fiscal cliff America faces on January 1, 2013. According to Keller: President Obama should declare now that unless Con...

July 24, 2012

Refuting Global Warming

In the last few months, two large studies have been published that warn about the dangers of global warming related to coastal flooding in the United States.  Unfortunately, the media outreach by one study's authors and the national media's repo...

May 17, 2012

Senator Tom Coburn versus Everyone Else in Washington

In The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan To Stop Washington From Bankrupting America, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) explains how Washington's career politicians, staffers, and lobbyists have set the nation up for fiscal failure.  Pulling few punches, Coburn ta...

April 21, 2012

Is ObamaCare constitutional? Democrats don't seem to know...

In an op-ed in Thursday's Chicago Tribune, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) targeted alleged hypocrisy on the part of Republicans as it relates to judicial review. Pelosi, of course, infamously sneered at a question about the constitutionali...