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06.29.2016

Why are government employees still getting paid on official time to do union work?

By Nathan Mehrens Will Rogers is reported to have once said, “be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.” While there are certainly many areas where we’re not getting what we pay for, one area where the problem is particularly acute is […]

06.29.2016

Bob McDonnell not out of the woods yet

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell

By Natalia Castro Former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell has escaped the law, but it may only be for the time being. The 8-0 result at the Supreme Court of McDonnell v. United States did nullify the prior guilty verdict he had received and clarifies the […]

06.28.2016

Seeds of Brexit, Euro chaos planted in Iceland

By Natalia Castro and Robert Romano The European Union (EU) thrives on the economic and cultural legitimacy its members reinforce, but since 2008 the seeds of rebellion have been sown and the “Brexit” was just the tipping point. Following the economic turmoil of 2008 Iceland was the […]

06.28.2016

Cartoon: Making Great Britain Great Again

06.27.2016

The agony of the punditry

By Don Todd Liberal bias in the legacy media is certainly nothing new or unremarked upon. What is new is the hysterical tenor the media has taken on regarding Donald J. Trump. The subtle shiv that used to be ideological weapon of choice has been replace the […]

06.27.2016

Senate one vote away from warrantless searches by FBI of Internet browsing history

By Natalia Castro The Senate is one vote away from voting away the Fourth Amendment. In a 58 to 38 vote , a Senate amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 failed which would have allowed the FBI to conduct warrantless surveillance searches on individual’s Internet […]

06.24.2016

Supreme Court blocks executive amnesty—for now

By Robert Romano In a 4 to 4 tie , the Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings that enjoin the Obama administration from moving forward with executive amnesty for 4.5 million illegal immigrants with U.S.-born children. The ruling upheld a preliminary injunction put in place by the U.S. District Court of Southern […]

06.24.2016

Now’s the time for Ryan to act like a Speaker

By Rick Manning As originally published at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/284646-nows-the-time-for-ryan-to-act-like-a-speaker In the waiting area to see Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) or his staff, there is a banner that draws from University of Notre Dame football, saying, “Speaker like a Champion.” The House Democrats’ sit-in tests whether the Wisconsin Republican will live up […]

06.23.2016

Murder screams the headline

  By Rick Manning The headline screams: “Police: 13 dead, 43 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings,” yet no one nationally hears them. The Chicago media reads like a Walter Cronkite report from Vietnam, laden with body and casualty counts for a war that no one understands. That is the state of violence in the second city, […]

06.22.2016

Pennsylvania could hold key to Trump victory in November

By Natalia Castro This is not 2012 or even 2008. Donald Trump has dramatically changed not just the Republican Party, but the entire political process. By gathering support from Rust Belt states fed up with bad trade deals and outsourced jobs, Trump may be edging […]

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