Obama is already incredibly late turning in his budget for FY 2014. In fact, the President is required BY LAW to turn in a budget by the first Monday of February–a deadline that has come and gone with no sign of an Obama budget. But yet, he has found time to submit his March Madness bracket to ESPN in a televised special . […]

By Jim Wiegand — In 1984 the California Energy Commission said “many institutional, engineering, environmental and economic issues must be resolved before the industry is secure and its growth can be assured.”  Though it was not clearly stated, the primary environmental issue alluded to was […]

By Robert Romano — We are all Cypriots now. The parliament of Cyprus has — for now — overwhelmingly rejected a €5.8 billion ($7.5 billion) tax on savings deposits that was being imposed by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail out banks that bet badly on Greek debt. The decision leaves the bailout in doubt and if no other resolution can be found, could compel Cyprus to […]

Sen. Harry Reid has abandoned Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s assualt weapons ban amendment to a gun control bill moving through the Senate. The reason? Reid could not find many people that supported it . Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday he will not include a renewal of the federal assault weapons ban in […]

By Adam Bitely — The Ryan Budget was released March 13 to the typical fanfare it has received over the past several years. Republicans hold it aloft as a bold contrast to the Obama agenda as a blueprint for limited government and attempt to make […]

By Rick Manning — Corporate cronyism takes on many forms in Washington, D.C.You have the standard “contributor gets government grant or tax break” cronyism that describe Solyndra and many of the other so-called “green” grants in the Obama Administration. You have the General Motors bailout where union […]

By Nathan Mehrens — Given the current federal budget situation, sequester, and everything that goes with it, now is a great opportunity to take a very hard look at the spending practices of federal agencies.  There is no shortage of areas where cuts could be […]

By Ron Arnold — Pathetic and desperate. There’s no other way to describe the new “we hate-industry” movie, Greedy Lying Bastards. Producers spent nearly $2 million to complain about climate skeptic money, in yet another Big Green attack on anyone who disagrees with the climate […]

By Marta H. Mossburg — Kentucky Senator Rand Paul last week filibustered the confirmation of John Brennan for Central Intelligence Agency director over the fine points of drone use on American citizens. He stood before the Senate for 13 hours to protest the fact that […]

By Adam Bitely–Sen. John McCain caused a stir on the day following the filibuster led by Rand Paul against Obama’s CIA nominee John Brennan over whether the President could use drones to kill U.S. citizens on American soil, when he called the people involved in […]