By Rick Manning Intimidation. It is an ugly word bringing to mind mobsters threatening to burn down a shop owners store if he doesn’t buy fire insurance, or a loan shark enforcers breaking legs to send a message to someone who bet the wrong horse. It is […]

By Rick Manning Yakov Smirnoff, the Russian ex-patriot, has a comedy routine where many of the punch lines ended with the signature line, “Whatta country!” I couldn’t agree with him more.  Americans truly are blessed to have been born in the first nation that was conceived with […]

By Tom Toth Barack Obama’s presidential legacy will forever be tied to his administration’s keynote legislation, the Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare.” Since before he was elected, Obama sold his healthcare overhaul scheme to the American people with grand promises. Time and time again, two […]

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By Rick Manning The Virginia Governor’s race may be decided by how many votes Robert Sarvis, who is listed as the Libertarian candidate, attracts. In a state that does not have political party registration, candidates have a lot flexibility on issues, and many of Sarvis’ views might […]

By Robert Romano Even if Healthcare.gov is fixed, the federal exchanges available on it may yet prove to be the law’s Achilles heel. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is allowing a case to move forward that could gut Obamacare insurance subsidies in 34 states that opted not to implement state-run exchanges. If the plaintiffs prevail, the American people will […]

By Rick Manning As originally published at TheHill.com. Ted Cruz won. Senate Democrats are scrambling to delay the implementation of the very individual mandate they fought to keep in place by choosing to shut down the government. Now, they apparently have seen the light, no longer bamboozled by Obama’s promises that the […]

By Marta H. Mossburg Instinctively I always agreed with William F. Buckley Jr. that, “I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of […]

By Rick Manning Common wisdom amongst those who live in the Beltway is that the fight to end Obamacare was not worth it, and those who stood up to the bullying of Obama and his cronies were political losers. Senator Ted Cruz went home to Texas last […]

By Robert Romano It is ironic that Senate Democrats who just two weeks ago were dead-set opposed to delaying any aspect of Obamacare are now suddenly jumping on board. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who on Sept. 30 voted to table House-offered legislation that would have instituted one-year delay of the health care law’s individual mandate , is suddenly all about it. He’s working on a bill that would do just that . Throw in Sen. Mark Begich […]