By Bill Wilson — In high-brow business seminars as well as casual conversations and in every form of discourse in between, there is a strong sense of foreboding; a nagging sensation that something is fundamentally wrong. There is, of course, no end to the partisan and ideological […]

By Bill Wilson — Only in Washington, D.C. can a proposed budget that increases spending and borrowing every single year be considered to somehow reduce the deficit. The latest Obama budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 — and how the Administration is spinning it — was no exception. According to Barack Obama himself , the proposal would somehow “reduce” the deficit […]

By Bill Wilson — Once again, the Obama Administration is proposing to borrow another $1.3 trillion to pay for unsustainable increases in government spending , which under the budget will not be cut on a net basis any year over the next decade. There are no real reforms proposed to prevent entitlement programs from dragging the Treasury into the Abyss of insolvency. Meanwhile, he […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column was originally published at The Washington Examiner . By Bill Wilson — In late December, Barack Obama announced that he believed the U.S. Senate was in recess and that he had the right to plant four people into sensitive governmental positions without Senate concurrence.  Coming […]

By Bill Wilson — Despite overwhelming objections to his regulation, Obama has announced he is moving forward with his regulation forcing religious-affiliated employers like hospitals, schools, and charities to provide contraception in their plans without modification, giving them one year to figure out how to implement it. […]

By Bill Wilson — Barack Obama has once again reminded the American people that he has no reservation at all about dictating to his subjects what they must do and when they must do it. Take his most recent power grab. Whether one agrees with the use […]

By Bill Wilson — Whether one agrees with the use of contraception or not, forcing religious institutions to pay for a practice that violates their doctrines is a gross misuse of government power and a violation of the First Amendment. This policy was not even a part […]

By Bill Wilson — Firing a broad shot at Iran, Barack Obama on Feb. 6 issued an executive order freezing Iranian assets in the United States, including those of its central bank, enforcing provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).  The move comes atop a third carrier group being sent to the Persian Gulf after Iran threatened to blockade the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. […]

By Bill Wilson — It’s time for Obama to put up or shut up on unemployment benefits extensions up to 99 weeks. He wants to claim that the apparent drop in the jobless rate means the economy is turning a corner. If he really believes that the […]

By Bill Wilson — How is it that a hard Greek default — a tiny country that comprises less than two percent of Europe’s Gross Domestic Product — poses such a systemic risk to the European and, indeed, the global financial system? The American Enterprise Institute’s Alex Pollock has the answer , citing a little-understood danger created by the weakening of capital requirements after the financial crisis by the Bank […]