The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released its “State of the Climate in 2012” report, which states that “worldwide, 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record.” But…
A civil libertarian reflects on the dangers of the surveillance state. by Peggy Noonan What is privacy? Why should we want to hold onto it? Why is it important, necessary,…
by Charles Krauthammer As a reaction to the crack epidemic of the 1980s, many federal drug laws carry strict mandatory sentences. This has stirred unease in Congress and sparked a…
Charles Krauthammer on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell saying “I hope there are no climate change deniers in the Department of Interior.” Charles Krauthammer: [I]t is shockingly arrogant and anti-scientific. The…
In the NSA math, two additions plus one abuse equals a defensive president. by Major Garrett Edward Snowden has put words in President Obama’s mouth. Words like transparency, reform, openness,…
by George F. Will President Obama’s increasingly grandiose claims for presidential power are inversely proportional to his shriveling presidency. Desperation fuels arrogance as, barely 200 days into the 1,462 days…
by Barton Gellman The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in…
It takes preternatural naivete to accept claims that nobody in the Obama White House knew about the illegal targeting conducted by the IRS during the 2010 and 2012 campaigns, namely…
by Ed Morrissey Three weeks ago, Barack Obama launched a cross-country speaking tour to boost his economic policies, a campaign that included an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.…
NBC News contacted around 20 small businesses and other entities for this report and found that employee hours are being cut to 29 hours because of Obamacare, despite the delay…
by Richard M. Salsman The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (aka, “ObamaCare,” enacted in March 2010) is so “affordable” that more than 1200 companies (half the number) and unions…
by Thomas Sowell Two recent events — one on the east coast and one on the west coast — raise painful questions about whether we are really serious when we…
Not even with Democrats by Ed Morrissey After an avalanche of scandals hit the White House this spring, the Obama administration adopted the public-relations strategy of calling IRS political targeting,…
Investors Business Daily: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid admitted last week that ObamaCare was just a first move toward a fully government-run single-payer system. This should not be a surprise.…
by Conor Friedersdorf Last Friday, President Obama spoke to us about surveillance as though we were precocious children. He proceeded as if widespread objections to his policies can be dispatched like…