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08.20.2015

Open government in China vs. U.S.

By Nathan Mehrens For a demonstration on how words can sound great, but have no effect without action, read the platitudes given by President Obama regarding government transparency and the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The FOIA is designed to give citizens a window […]

08.20.2015

Sen. Bob Corker moans about Iran deal his bill authorized

By Robert Romano “Sen. Bob Corker: Congress should reject the bad Iran deal.” That was the rather unbelievable headline of a Washington Post opinion piece by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), where he warned fellow colleagues that “rather than end Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, over time this deal industrializes the program of the […]

08.19.2015

Did NTIA notify Congress it unilaterally changed the IANA functions contract?

By Robert Romano On August 4, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) quietly modified its ongoing contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) governing that organization’s administration of the Internet’s domain name system. We say quietly because the change was not publicly announced by the agency via any press release, blog post, or otherwise , […]

08.18.2015

Cartoon: O-wellian

08.18.2015

Why the establishment fears Trump

By Robert Romano Critics of a Donald Trump presidential candidacy have made two separate, contradictory claims regarding his electability in the 2016 general election. First, that if he is nominated by the Republican Party, he would repel too many Independents, and lose handily in a general election. […]

08.17.2015

More problems at the IRS

By Nathan Mehrens While tax law certainly isn’t what most would consider an engaging subject, under the Obama Administration it has become something that absolutely must be watched. Even after all the scrutiny, public hearings, and outrage over how the IRS has treated taxpayers, they’ve […]

08.14.2015

EPA’s Gina McCarthy should be fired for Western waterway mess

By Rick Manning Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy’s career of administrative neglect, malfeasance and outright incompetence has been capped by her Agency unleashing one of the worst environmental disasters of the 21st century. EPA clean-up crews breached a waste storage dam that produced a torrent […]

08.14.2015

Will the great Obama Internet giveaway happen this year?

By Robert Romano Will the great Obama Internet giveaway happen this year? Congressional committees could be informed as soon as Sunday, August 16 by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) whether the Commerce Department will be relinquishing oversight of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to […]

08.13.2015

Chuck Schumer deserves no credit for opposing Iran deal

By Robert Romano Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) recently made headlines on August 6 when he announced his opposition to President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran that critics say will help Tehran acquire nuclear weapons. “I believe Iran will not change, and under this agreement it will […]

08.11.2015

Donald Trump, Megyn Kelly & what you missed at the circus

By Rick Manning While everyone has focused on a Trump tweet and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly in post-Kardashian America, here are a few things that you might have missed. The Environmental Protection Agency just unleashed the greatest environmental disaster since the BP oil spill as their “cleanup” […]

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