White House Speeds Toward Fiscal Cliff, Declining House Republicans’ Request...
Late Monday afternoon, the House Republican leadership lofted its latest offering to address the fiscal cliff. The kindest conservative response possible to this proposal is that it was “a dud.” It was...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Obama Wants Power to Raise Debt Limit By Himself, Anytime
President Obama wants to do away with Congress when it comes to raising the country’s legal debt limit. Instead of getting permission from the people’s elected representatives to borrow and spend more...
View ArticleSyrian Crisis Escalates Amid Renewed Concern over Chemical Weapons
On Monday, President Obama warned the beleaguered Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad not to use chemical weapons against its own people. “Today I want to make it absolutely clear to Assad and...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Unions Losing in Their Last Stronghold
This is the week that Michigan’s workers will finally be freed from forced unionization. After decades of United Auto Workers control over the struggling American auto industry, the Michigan...
View ArticleTax Increases Won’t Solve Washington’s Spending Problem
“We make some tough spending cuts on things that we don’t need; and then we ask the wealthiest Americans to pay a slightly higher tax rate. And that’s a principle I won’t compromise on.” At yesterday’s...
View ArticleMorning Bell: What Will the Fiscal Cliff Deal Look Like?
This week, President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) have been trading secret offers on the fiscal cliff. Last night, they met for nearly an hour, and emerged with zipped lips about what...
View ArticleDebt Limit: What Does It Mean to Raise It? (VIDEO)
Raising the debt limit when you are already in debt and have no serious plan to cut spending isn’t good sense—for individuals or for governments. The federal government is borrowing more and more...
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Top 10 Heritage Images of 2012
Instagram sold for $1 billion in April, remarkable news for a company that wasn’t even around two years earlier. Meanwhile, sites like Pinterest and Tumblr blossomed. What do they have in common?...
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Morning Bell: Taxes to Rise on Most American Workers
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called it “a happy start to a new year.” That probably tells you all you need to know about the fiscal cliff deal that passed the House last night. The bill—which...
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Morning Bell: Will the Senate Minority Be Silenced?
Life is good when you’re in the majority—and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) seems to believe he’ll be there forever. Reid has already effectively shut down the opportunity for minority...
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Morning Bell: 13 Tax Increases in 2013
New Year’s Day was tough for taxpayers. Thirteen tax increases kicked in. The deal that Congress and President Obama struck that finally—but only partially—avoided the fiscal cliff resulted in seven...
View ArticleThe Giglio Smear: When Faith Is Called Bigotry
Pastor Louie Giglio, whose Passion Movement has raised millions of dollars toward ending sex trafficking, removed himself from offering the benediction at President Obama’s second inauguration after...
View ArticleMorning Bell: “Default” Is a Red Herring in Debt Ceiling Debate
Yesterday, President Obama accused his opposition in Congress of threatening to “default” on America’s loans in order to make a political point. I am not going to have a monthly or every three months...
View ArticleSandy Relief: Final Vote on Pork Package Set to Go
Despite all the handwringing, it appears that President Barack Obama will get what he wanted in his excessive $60.4 billion request related to Hurricane Sandy. Shortly after his request was sent to...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Obama’s Second Inaugural Address, Translated
Members of Congress—who are about to debate raising the debt ceiling tomorrow—should have paid attention yesterday. The President was very clear that he sees no urgency about reducing the debt and...
View ArticleMorning Bell: The Urgent Danger in the Senate
Think your state has equal representation in the Senate? Well, that could be eliminated soon. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid—a Democrat from Nevada—is trying to ensure that he personally has the...
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Presidential Speeches Quiz: Who Said It?
Barack Obama has compared himself to many Presidents. First he ran as Abraham Lincoln reincarnated. He even appealed to the spirit of Ronald Reagan. Then he tried to govern like Franklin D. Roosevelt...
View ArticleFilibuster Deal Harms Senate Minority
On Thursday, the Senate approved two resolutions making both temporary and permanent procedural changes—to the detriment of the rights of the minority party as well as individual Senators on both sides...
View ArticleSentimental Journey: Obama, Clinton and “60 Minutes”
There is no other way to say it: “60 Minutes” blew it. Steve Kroft’s interview with President Obama and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, broadcast Sunday night, was mushy, sentimental, and...
View ArticleNew Zealand: A Renewed Commitment to Freedom
Many Americans would recognize New Zealand’s dramatic landscape from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, and more recently, The Hobbit – especially the idyllic free country known as The Shire, a...
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