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 […]

By David Bozeman Columnist Kathleen Parker, who inexplicably passes for conservative, has penned yet another hit piece on Ted Cruz, this time stating that he is a “mirage, an idea conjured in a fantasy that can’t be realized in reality.”  She continues, “if Cruz’s voice drowns out the so-called established voices, Republicans may as well start investing in camels.  The desert awaits.”  […]

By Rick Manning President Obama owes Ted Cruz and Mike Lee along with House Republicans an apology.  He owes the tea party an apology.  In fact, he owes all of America an apology. For weeks, Obama and his minions refused offer after offer that would have delayed […]

By Robert Romano U.S. lending to foreign governments through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached $35.6 billion, representing more than 25 percent of the agency’s $141.8 billion of outstanding loans . Well above its 17.7 percent quota, the U.S. is therefore funding a disproportionate share of IMF loans. Astonishingly, 68 percent of IMF […]

By Tom Toth It’s been well-documented that the Obamacare enrollment site Healthcare.gov has been a massive technological failure following its October 1 launch. The site has quickly become the brunt-end of joking and scorn amongst political pundits and tech savvy webmasters. Many commentators have alluded […]

By Robert Romano While President Barack Obama attempts to put a happy face on the cluster rollout of Healthcare.gov and other state exchanges, where only a half million people are said to have applied for government-subsidized insurance , it may be time to start asking if this was not all a part of the plan in the first place. Consider […]

By Rick Manning Tax reform is likely to be one of the hot button topics in the months ahead as politicians on both sides of the aisle grapple with how to make the federal income tax system, flatter, fairer and less complicated. The tax code itself has […]

By Tom Toth Over the course of the 16-day government shutdown, the National Park Service went out of its way to make life as difficult as possible for as many Americans as they could. War veterans were locked out of their own memorials , sightseeing locations in front of Mount Rushmore […]