IRS and White House officials that shared confidential taxpayer info had 155 meetings
Embattled IRS official Sarah Hall Ingram made 155 visits to the White House to meet with a top Obama White House official with whom she exchanged confidential taxpayer information over…
A Crisis of the President’s Own Making
Unless Mr. Obama is willing to make a serious deal on spending, he will spend the next three years fighting the same budget wars over and over. For months now,…
Only Obama & Jack Lew Can Cause a Default
One remarkable aspect of the shutdown/debt limit battle is the irresponsibility (on the part of the Obama administration) and incompetence (on the part of the news media) concerning the claim…
Harry Reid wants Americans to Suffer from Shutdown
Word came this week that the National Institutes of Health has suspended therapy-dog visits to sick children at its clinical center because of a 25% reduction in staff, even though…
UN: Pay No Attention to the Bad Data
Behind the curtain at the IPCC. Thought experiment: Imagine you are a national security reporter, covering the release of a massive, 2,000-page report on domestic intelligence gathering activities and future…
The 100 Year Anniversary of the Income Tax
Many unhappy returns began a hundred years ago, in October 1913. by John Fund Amid all the attention paid to the government shutdown — more of a “slimdown,” as 83…
Move over Jimmy Carter, Obama is worst president — Ever
Editor’s Note: The author of this article, Michael Goodwin, voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and had high hopes that he would be an effective leader. America has had some great…
White House and IRS exchanged confidential taxpayer information
Editor’s Note: Virtually everything Pres. Obama and his Administration has said about the IRS scandal has proven to be false. That trend sadly continues and the scandal has reached the…
Debt v. Spending
by Gordon S. Jones Since getting the boot from the United States Senate, Bob Bennett has been writing a weekly column in the Deseret News, one of Utah’s two daily…
Obama: It is either my way or my way. Period.
It has been said that politics is the art of compromise. Try as they may, Washington leaders hardly ever get absolutely everything they want. Polls show Americans are worried about…
Redskins: Is the team name really offensive?
Poll: A recent poll reveals that 90% of Native American are not offended by the name of the Washington Redskins NFL franchise. by Rick Reilly I guess this is where I’m…
White House should end absurd theatrics and open parks and monuments
National parks and monuments from coast to coast have been shuttered since Tuesday, but not because of the federal government shutdown. No, most of these tourist attractions and community recreation…
The Government slow-down: A case study in bad faith politics and failed leadership
The Obama administration continues to play politics and operate in perpetual campaign mode, rather than lead or govern. Obama has shutdown portions of the government and even private property owned…
Governing with Malice and in Bad Faith
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell sent out a memo instructing agency heads not to consider whether the cost of shutting down a government website is…
Who caused the Shutdown?
by Charles Krauthammer The Obamacare/shutdown battle has spawned myriad myths. The most egregious concern the substance of the fight, the identity of the perpetrators and the origins of the current…