03.08.2013

McCain goes whacko bird

By Rick Manning — Senator John McCain went all whacko bird to the Huffington Post attacking fellow Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.  His fellow Republican Senators crime was to have had the audacity to actually stand up to power and force the Obama Administration to […]

03.08.2013

Has the House abdicated?

By Rick Manning — Just as I was going to write on how the crisis/government shut down threatened federal budgeting by continuing resolution has actually reduced government outlays significantly; the House of Representatives passed legislation without allowing substantive amendments, that continues funding of all of the programs congressional Republicans […]

03.08.2013

Marissa Mayer is a hero not a villain

By Marta H. Mossburg — Lost in the self-righteous clamor to demonize Marissa Mayer for making employees at Yahoo! work in the office is a sense of perspective. Everyone from feminist icon Gloria Steinem to Sir Richard Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, have […]

03.07.2013

Senator Paul and the American people did deserve an answer

By Robert Romano — Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) historic filibuster against the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan has succeeded in its principal aim, which was not to defeat his nomination, but to answer a very specific question. In a Feb. 20 letter to Brennan , Paul had asked, “Do […]

03.07.2013

Obama administration shifts position on domestic drone use

You can thank Sen. Rand Paul for forcing the issue. Attorney General Eric Holder has written a letter to Sen. Paul that changes the position of the Obama administration on using drones to kill U.S. citizens on U.S. soil: The U.S. does not have the authority to use a drone attack against a U.S. citizen not […]

03.07.2013

New York’s ‘Sustainability’ Plan: aka ‘Agenda 21’

By Mary Kay Barton — “Agenda 21” was first introduced to the world at the 1992 UN-sponsored “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro. It addresses virtually every facet of human life and describes in great detail how the concept of “sustainable development” should be implemented at […]

03.07.2013

So much for the Pledge to America

By Robert Romano — When Republicans won the House of Representatives in 2010, largely thanks to the inspired efforts of grassroots conservatives and tea party activists, they made a so-called “Pledge to America” that this time would be different. That this would not be the same majority that had lost […]

03.06.2013

Our real manmade climate crisis

By Paul Driessen — In his first address as Secretary of State, John Kerry said we must safeguard “the most sacred trust” we owe to our children and grandchildren: “an environment not ravaged by rising seas, deadly superstorms, devastating droughts, and the other hallmarks of […]

03.06.2013

Rand Paul filibusters Obama’s pick for CIA Director

UPDATE: Rand Paul’s filibuster concluded after nearly 13 hours . The filibuster has brought much needed light to the Federal government’s drone program that Attorney General Eric Holder said could be used to constitutionally kill U.S. citizens on U.S. soil… Scary stuff. Rand did the right thing and shed much needed light on […]

03.06.2013

The EPA’s McCarthyism

By Bill Wilson — Barack Obama has nominated Gina McCarthy to replace Lisa Jackson as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). And unless Senate Republicans mount a filibuster, she will undoubtedly be confirmed. McCarthy is really not an exceptional nominee. Not very different from prior EPA […]

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