The political exhibitionism of the State of the Union
by George F. Will As undignified as it is unedifying and unnecessary, the vulgar State of the Union circus is again at our throats. The document that the Constitutional Convention…
The Administration’s Poor Record on Poverty
by Frank Donatelli President Obama’s State of the Union address will focus on “income inequality.” One can understand why he wants to change the subject from the very real problems…
Is Barack Obama an imperial president?
President Obama’s use of executive action to get around congressional gridlock is unparalleled in modern times, some scholars say. But to liberal activists, he’s not going far enough. by Linda…
Fact Free Policy Debates: Part IV
by Thomas Sowell One of the things that attracted me to the political left, as a young man, was a belief that leftists were for “the people.” Fortunately, I was…
The Number of ObamaCare Losers Grows
by Jonathan S. Tobin The decision by the Target Corporation to join Trader Joe’s, Home Depot, and other retailers and end health-insurance coverage for part-time employees brings both good news…
Fact Free Policy Debates: Part III
by Thomas Sowell Since this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the “war on poverty,” we can expect many comments and commemorations of this landmark legislation in the development…
Fact Free Policy Debates: Part II
by Thomas Sowell Words seem to carry far more weight than facts among those liberals who argue as if rent control laws actually control rents and gun control laws actually…
A Black Box in Your Car: Safety Feature or Privacy Violation?
What if it was possible to prevent up to 80 percent of those crashes simply by incorporating a few new pieces of technology into automobiles? Driver assisted vehicles boast both…
Moody’s slashes outlook on insurers, cites Obamacare ‘uncertainty’
by Philip Klein Credit ratings firm Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday lowered its outlook for health insurers to “negative” from “stable,” citing “uncertainty” swirling around the rollout of President Obama’s health…
The IRS is now targeting conservatives in Hollywood
by Michael Cieply and Nicholas Confessore • New York Times In a famously left-leaning Hollywood, where Democratic fund-raisers fill the social calendar, Friends of Abe stands out as a conservative…
Government needs trust to effectively govern, but trust is at historic lows
From the IRS to the NSA, Americans have sound and reasonable reasons not to trust the Obama Administration. by Glenn Harlan Reynolds At a tax symposium at Pepperdine Law School…
Fact free policy debates
by Thomas Sowell Someone summarized Barack Obama in three words — “educated,” “smart” and “ignorant.” Unfortunately, those same three words would describe all too many of the people who come…
White House Warned Journalist to back off Benghazi
by Kerry Picket Fox News Channel’s Greta Van Susteren claims someone in the Obama administration told her to direct colleague Jennifer Griffin to stop investigating and reporting on the deadly…
Wall Street Advisor: Aactual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years
by Paul Bedard Don’t believe the happy talk coming out of the White House, Federal Reserve and Treasury Department when it comes to the real unemployment rate and the true…
Netanyahu: Nuclear deal with Iran does not stop the bomb
by Herb Keinon The Iranian interim agreement that went into effect Monday does not prevent Iran from implementing its intentions to create nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Netanyahu said in the…