By Tom Toth Mao, Lenin, Stalin, Kim Il-Sung, Brezhnev, and beyond. The history of Communism — a bloody tale of forced collectivism, religious persecution, and mass-murdered dissenters — predictably spirals from a heroic idea for the impoverished worker into human rights atrocities and failed economics that eventually […]

By Rick Manning A version of this article appeared at TheHill.com. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) issued a call to action today for Congress to stop the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of President Obama’s political opponents. Jindal noted that the targeting is couched under the soft but deadly cloak of disclosure of names of social […]

Take action to stop IRS intimidation now. By Governor Bobby Jindal They’re baaa-aack… Less than a year after the Internal Revenue Service was caught red-handed engaged in a political witch-hunt against Tea Party groups, your friendly IRS is at it again.  This time it’s proposing that non-profit groups disclose their member lists […]

By Marita Noon The State of The Union Address (SOTU) reminded me of the idiom, “on one hand, on the other hand.” On one hand, President Obama extolled efforts to increase fuel efficiency to “help America wean itself off foreign oil.” He touted the new […]

By Rick Manning   California is in a severe drought as the rainy season never came this year.  With seventeen towns in the state in such dire straits that they may run out of water within two months, emergency measures are being taken to avoid drought ghost […]

Americans for Limited Government President Nathan Mehrens today praised Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) for  directing the investigation of the IRS targeting of the tea party and other 501(c)(4) organizations toward a November 2013 proposed rulemaking by the Treasury Department that will severely restrict the political speech of all 501(c)(4)s : “House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp’s request for all documents related to the IRS rulemaking is a step in the […]

By Rick Manning And it begins. Obamacare’s predicted destruction of the medical safety net for children and seniors is beginning to be felt.  Really sick kids are being denied care.  Fortunately Seattle Children’s Hospital is still treating those who were denied their spokesman, Dr. Sandy Melzer told […]

By Rick Manning The aftermath of the State of the Union usually leaves a lull in the action in D.C., but in keeping with the 24 hour news cycle created by CNN and exacerbated by I-Phones and Androids, the nation’s capitol has become a city that never […]

By Marta H. Mossburg The meaning of words still matter beyond how they sound. It’s easy to forget that listening to President Barack Obama sometimes, like during the State of the Union Tuesday. While watching it I kept thinking of friends’ language poetry class in […]

Henry Waxman, powerhouse democrat representative from California’s 33rd Congressional District, announced his retirement on January 30th, marking the end to his service in the U.S. House of Representatives after 20 consecutive terms. His retirement has set off a flurry of speculation as to who may replace […]