December 15, 2013

Ryan budget saves Republicans from themselves

The Ryan-Murray budget compromise that no one on our side seems to like may be the best outcome on the fiscal battlefield -- not only for Republicans, but also for the conservative cause. Democrats are desperately seeking any distraction from the c...

April 26, 2013

Immigration reform, one step at a time

The incessant media barrage over the "gang of eight" immigration reform is reminiscent of the lead-up to Obamacare, in the attempt to jam through the current massive, 844-page backroom bill at any cost. Obamacare's 2,700 pages and Dodd-Frank's 2,30...

April 3, 2013

2014's unhappy couple: Democrats and Obamacare

"The Obamacare fight is not a cynical exercise.  It is a life and death issue.  Voters care deeply." Columnist Ralph Benko writing in Forbes: "The main battleground in the fight to break the prevailing political stalemate will be the figh...

February 4, 2013

NRA's LaPierre: You cannot trust the White House on gun control

The NRA's Wayne LaPierre said on Fox News Sunday that "the public should not trust the White House to pursue limited changes to gun-control laws," as The Hill reports. Reminding viewers for comparison that ObamaCare "wasn't a tax until they needed ...

December 12, 2012

Retooling ObamaCare

Like the rest of President Obama's economic policies, the Affordable Care Act is a throwback to the 1930s, an unworkable clunker from a time when President Roosevelt's Depression-era experiments prolonged the misery for eight long years before World ...

June 10, 2012

Catholic Bishops declare a 'Fortnight for Freedom'

In response to the federal threats to religious freedom, pastors in Catholic churches across the country this Sunday are announcing the "Fortnight for Freedom," a program of public action and special events to "highlight the importance of defending o...

June 8, 2012

Democrats feeling the heat from ObamaCare taxes

Thirty-seven House Democrats have voted with House Republicans to repeal the 2.3 percent ObamaCare medical device tax, which goes into effect next January if not repealed or struck down with the rest of the bill by the Supreme Court. The Hill reports...

November 5, 2011

MF Global's campaign fallout

It will not be easy for President Obama to distance himself from his close political ally, former New Jersey Democratic Governor Jon Corzine, and Corzine's MF Global bankruptcy, and there is plenty of photo evidence of that to go around. Mr. Corzine ...

August 22, 2011

Archbishop warns against 'unofficial state atheism'

Amid the relentless drive to eliminate the word "God" from the public discourse, and against a background of Catholic politicians voting to fund abortion, one Catholic Church official has taken a welcome stand. The Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia...

July 3, 2011

'Rabid dogs' at the EPA

Even New York City, run by nanny-state Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is crossing swords with Obama's EPA. New York City's Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Caswell Holloway has sent a 15 page letter to federal EPA head Lisa Jackson criti...

June 15, 2011

Big brother gets bigger

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January 15, 2011

Musical Chairs for the State of the Union speech

Our elected Senators and Representatives will now hold hands and sing Kumbaya during the State of the Union address.Well, not exactly, but a so-called bi-partisan effort is underway to depart from the traditional divided seating for this year's addre...

September 23, 2010

You can keep your plan ... or maybe not

The President's pledge that no one will lose their health care plan may be among the first casualties in the drip-drip rollout of the new health care order.Over the past year and a half the President's teleprompter said over and over again:Let me be ...

August 28, 2010

EPA caves: Rejects petition to ban lead in ammo

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August 27, 2010

More regulatory overreach at the EPA

In yet another case of regulatory overreach, perfectly timed to further annoy the electorate, the EPA is considering a petition to completely ban lead hunting and target-shooting ammunition, under the Toxic Substances Control Act.Congress "expli...

August 22, 2010

Congressional glass house exposed in Roger Clemens case

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May 8, 2010

Net Neutrality War Heats Up

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March 12, 2010

A glimpse into our Kafkaesque future under Obamacare

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January 28, 2010

FCC's war against over-the-air TV

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December 13, 2009

EPA carbon regs may derail cap and trade

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December 10, 2009

Climategate gaining traction - even in New Jersey

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November 4, 2009

Radicals on the Run?

How many more Maoists and Van Jones-style radicals are in the Obama administration?   Some White House aides are concerned about the radicals in the House, and wonder if it's not too late to show them the side door at midnight.  Accord...

January 11, 2009

Citi's leash

Congress has started pulling the strings at a bailed out bank. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that:A Senate bill aimed at giving strapped homeowners more leverage in renegotiating their mortgages cleared a hurdle Thursday when Citigr...