05.22.2014

By David Bozeman Congress recently approved — by an overwhelming margin — a commission to study the creation of a National Women’s History Museum on the National Mall. Supporters say it’s about time. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann doesn’t think so, stating that numerous museums and galleries […]
05.21.2014

By Tom Toth “I first learned about it from the same news reports that I think most people learned about this.” -President Barack Obama Barack Obama’s lack of operational awareness of what’s happening within his own federal bureaucracies has reached legendary proportion. The most recent institutional crisis […]
05.21.2014

A version of this article was originally published on TheHill.com. By Rick Manning Beating incumbents is difficult. That is real lesson that can be taken from the Republican Senate primary election in Kentucky pitting Minority Leader Mitch McConnell against businessman Matt Bevins. There is a reason why incumbents who choose to run for reelection overwhelmingly get reelected. […]
05.20.2014

A version of this article was originally published on TheHill.com. By Rick Manning The Department of Transportation is fining General Motors (GM) $35 million for waiting too long to recall 2.6 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches. Automotive News reports that the ignition switch failures have been linked to 35 crashes and 13 deaths. This announcement comes on […]
05.19.2014

By Rick Manning As originally published at the Washington Examiner. A recent Gallup poll of registered voters shows that voter enthusiasm is at a 20-year low-point based upon responses to a question that has been asked and tracked since the Contract with America election in 1994. The question is simply, “Compared to previous elections, […]
05.19.2014

By Tom Toth Barack Obama is a dreamer, but he’s not the only one. The supporters of Common Core standards, Obamacare, and socialist economic policies seem to have fallen hopelessly in love with the ideas behind these policies. Because the left can’t quite seem to wrap their […]
05.16.2014

By Rick Manning As originally published at Breitbart.com. Government run health care has come under increased scrutiny as America has learned of the bureaucratic decisions to let patients die rather than receive treatment. No, this story isn’t about Obamacare, although it does provide a pretty bleak look into the future as the […]
05.15.2014

By Tom Toth If you’ve ever contributed financially to a Conservative non-profit organization, your odds of being audited by the IRS have jumped significantly. Congressional investigators have found that, from the donor lists the IRS was able to illegally procure from conservative groups seeking tax-exemption, […]