Wind power has failed to deliver what it promised
The wind-power industry is expensive, passes costs on to the consumer and does not create many jobs in return. The claims of the green lobby that wind farms will generate abundant…
What 157 IRS Visits to the White House Means
by George Landrith Official White House records show that the embattled former IRS Commissioner, Douglas Shulman, visited the Obama White House at least 157 times. Most of those visits, interestingly…
Gas engine stands the test of time
by Mark J. Perry The automobile stands as an enduring symbol of mobility and opportunity in America — and of innovation that’s at the core of our nation’s economic strength…
Ronald Reagan, “You’re out there on the frontier of freedom.”
Ronald Reagan said to conservatives, “You’re the troops. You’re out there on the frontier of freedom.” A young soldier stands guard in the cold, looking out over no-man’s-land through to…
Ronald Reagan on the 50th Anniversary of D-Day, Omaha Beach
“We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.” by Scott L. Vanatter In one of his last public…
Ronald Reagan on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day, Pointe du Hoc
“These are the Boys of Pointe du Hoc” by Scott L. Vanatter Forty years after the Allied forces landed at Normandy, President Reagan spoke commemorating those who stormed the beaches.…
Ronald Reagan on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day, Omaha Beach
“They came not as Conquerors, but as Liberators” by Scott L. Vanatter After speaking at Pointe du Hoc earlier in the day (June 6, 1984), President Reagan also spoke at…
Taxpayers should fear Cape Wind project
by George Landrith Lurking off the coast of Massachusetts like a shark out of a Steven Spielberg movie is a green energy project that is being rushed through the permitting…
IRS Chief’s White House Visits Must Be Explained
Scandal: One IRS commissioner visited Obama’s White House 118 times in 2010 and 2011. His successor also dropped in often. But under George W. Bush, the tax chief visited once…
The unconstitutional war on journalism
by Nick Gillespie The press-punishing, speech-chilling, and unabashedly overreaching actions by the Obama administration against the Associated Press and Fox News Channel’s James Rosen lay bare the essential dynamic between…
A history of targeting conservatives …
Both President Barack Obama and IRS official Lois Lerner have a history of targeting conservatives … Kimberley Strassel, writing for the Wall Street Journal: In 2008, Obama began targeting conservative…
Abridging freedom of the press
by Major Garrett Unconstitutional. Sweeping. Secretive. Abusive. Harassing. Gary Pruitt, the president and CEO of the Associated Press, used those words on CBS’s Face the Nation to describe the Justice…
Be careful what you say …
“It is eerily ironic that only days after Obama told students to reject the voices that warn of government abuses and overreaching, it turns out that the Obama Administration has been systematically abusing…
The “idiot” defense
by Jonah Goldberg Although there’s still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the…