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 […]

As originally published at Forbes.com. By Howard Rich–There’s nothing wrong with expanding renewable energy sources. The more choices available in this (or any) marketplace the better consumers will be served — both from a price and a quality standpoint. However serious problems are caused when government starts using taxpayer resources […]

by Michael Patrick Leahy Pat Caddell, the Fox News Contributor and Democrat pollster who engineered Jimmy Carter’s 1976 Presidential victory, blew the lid off CPAC on Thursday with a blistering attack on “racketeering” Republican consultants who play wealthy donors like “marks.” “I blame the donors who allow themselves to be played […]

By Brad Tidwell Rand Paul faced a revved-up crowd at CPAC 2013, where many of the members of the crowd stood for the full speech in honor of Rand’s filibuster speech. Rand followed a rousing speech by Marco Rubio, who is also considered a top […]

By Robert Romano — In an exclusive interview with nationally syndicated talk show host Sean Hannity , House Speaker John Boehner all but ruled out using the debt ceiling as leverage to pass the House Republican proposal to balance the budget within 10 years. “Do you want to risk the full faith and credit of the United States government […]