05.04.2015
By Bill Wilson In the May 1 edition of the Washington Post, an opinion article by overly-credentialed professor of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton Danielle Allen, “Why the dispossessed riot,” calls for “sloughing off” the current understanding of what freedom means and embracing a new, more enlightened “democratic one.” […]
04.30.2015
By Robert Romano Once again, the U.S. Senate has ceded power to the executive branch, this time with only 39 Senators, all Republican, voting that the president’s pending agreement with Iran over its nuclear program is a treaty subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. This despite the fact that Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states, “[The president] shall have Power, by […]
04.28.2015
By Rick Manning “I wanted to give space to those who wished to destroy.” That is how Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake described her policy which effectively told police to stand down as hoodlums smashed store windows, looted 7-11s, and forced attendees at a Baltimore Oriole-Boston Red Sox baseball game to […]
04.27.2015
By Robert Romano Why do we even need an Export-Import Bank? In 2014, the U.S. economy exported $2.344 trillion of goods and services , a 2.8 percent increase over 2013. In 2013, the U.S. economy exported $2.271 trillion of goods and services, a $60.8 billion or 2.7 percent increase over 2012. In 2012, exports totaled $2.21 trillion, a $97.76 […]
04.24.2015
By Robert Romano Since passage of the Trade Act of 1974, every trade agreement the U.S. has entered into under trade promotion authority has not been considered a treaty under U.S. law. This includes the currently-being-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership between the U.S. and Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, […]
04.24.2015
By Don Todd In the 1930s, the theme song of the Democratic Party was “Happy Days Are Here Again.” What a change that is from the current unofficial theme song of the left which seems to be “Nobody Knows the Troubles I’ve Seen.” The left is in […]
