Morning Bell: So, You Think You’re Free?
So you think you’re free? Thanks to big government spending and exploding debt, the United States — and indeed the world — is less economically… Read More
Articles by Mike Brownfield
Morning Bell: Guantanamo Ten Years Later
His plan was to rip apart nightclubs with explosives, unleash a wave of destruction on bridges, and open fire on police officers–all in sunny Florida…. Read More
Twinkies, Kodak, Bailouts, and the Free Market
Are you a fan of Twinkies, the cream-stuffed yellow cake confection packed with sugary goodness, wrapped in a thin layer of cellophane? If so, here’s… Read More
Morning Bell: Can America Defend Itself?
The Iranian threat yet again finds itself on the front page of America’s newspapers this morning, this time with news that the rogue regime has… Read More
What Liberals Don’t Understand About Business and Profit
How’s this for a nicely polished gem of irony? Liberal blogger Matthew Yglesias today authored a piece poking fun at Barnes & Noble for attempting to diversify… Read More
America Safer Under Obama? Not a Chance.
Yesterday at the Pentagon, President Obama offered up his revisionist view of the past three years of history in order to make the claim that… Read More
Morning Bell: Beneath Growth, a Sea of Poison
Today’s jobs report from the Department of Labor was encouraging news for the U.S. economy. It shows that 200,000 jobs were created and the unemployment… Read More
GM Recalling Volts, White House Headed to Detroit to Celebrate?
There’s more bad news in the continuing saga of the Chevy Volt. The Associated Press is reporting today that General Motors will recall 8,000 Volts… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Tyrannical Abuse of Power
Standing behind a podium on a stage just outside Cleveland, President Barack Obama delivered a speech yesterday that will reverberate throughout history. No, its lasting… Read More
Members of Congress React to Obama’s Abuse of Power
The White House announced today that President Barack Obama plans to attempt a “recess appointment” of Richard Cordray to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in… Read More
Morning Bell: Voter ID Prevents Election Fraud
Last night’s nail-biter in Iowa marked the beginning of election year 2012. And with Americans heading to the polls — next in New Hampshire, then… Read More
Oil Prices Up, but Keystone Still in Limbo
Americans started the week with a rude awakening — crude oil prices are up $3.80, or 3.8 percent, to $102.63 per barrel in New York… Read More
Morning Bell: What Will America Decide in 2012?
Voters in Iowa will caucus today to select their choice for the 2012 presidential nominees. As the rest of the nation watches, Iowa’s choice could… Read More
Morning Bell: War Games, An Energy Crisis, and the Iranian Threat
The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, providing passage for some 15.5 million barrels of crude oil per day, amounting… Read More
Morning Bell: A Bad Year for Obama’s Green Dream
For President Barack Obama, 2011 began with a bang — a bold pronouncement that his green dream for America would bring forth a jobs explosion… Read More
Infographic: Our Military’s Dangerous Course
The U.S. military is on a dangerous course. Under the projected defense spending caps brought on by the Budget Control Act of 2011, funding for modernizing… Read More
How Would Americans Help Economy? Less Government.
Throughout his presidency — and especially over the last year — Barack Obama has turned toward a bigger federal government as the answer for fixing… Read More
Obama’s Green Jobs Program “Infused with Politics at Every Level”
In a damning report, The Washington Post details its investigation of President Barack Obama’s much-hyped green jobs program. Its findings? Politics, not policy, underpinned the… Read More
A Marine’s Christmas Song
Marine Master Sgt. Robert Allen sings a song he wrote for his wife for Christmas. Allen is deployed in Afghanistan, and we’re proud to share… Read More
VIDEO: Season of Giving at Occupy DC? Not Quite.
Amid all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, the Occupy Wall Street movement continues in Washington, DC’s Freedom Plaza encampment. Since it’s the… Read More
Seventy Percent of Americans Agree It’s Time for Voter ID
Think that you ought to be required to show photo identification before being able to vote? If so, count yourself among the majority of Americans… Read More
Morning Bell: Senators, Do Your Job and Get to Work
On the front page of the White House’s website, a clock slowly ticks away, second by second, counting down to the day, hour, minute, and… Read More
“Lie of the Year” – Democrats’ Claims about Medicare Reform
Politics is home to some pretty exaggerated accusations, and this year was no exception, particularly in the area of health care. Case in point: Democrats’… Read More
Morning Bell: Biden Says Taliban Is Not Our Enemy
On a Saturday in late October in Kabul, Afghanistan, a car carrying explosives rammed into an armored U.S. military bus, killing 13 Americans, including five… Read More
Morning Bell: An 11th-Hour Spending Deal That Comes Up Short
With Christmas just a week away and the new year nearly upon us, Congress came within a whisper of yet another potential government shutdown and… Read More
Morning Bell: It’s Time to Kiss the Tax Code Goodbye
Ready for a new year and another bout with the Internal Revenue Service, deductions, exemptions, pens and pencils, calculators, receipts, 1040s, W-2s, accountants, Quicken, TurboTax,… Read More
Constitution, Anyone? Obama Promises to Rule… Without Congress
Well, we can’t say he didn’t warn us. After the November 2010 elections when the President’s party lost control of the U.S. House, Barack Obama told… Read More
Three Things to Know about Obama’s Mountain of Red Tape
President Barack Obama loves to talk about “teaching moments” (so much so that a member of his own party in Congress has criticized him for… Read More
Washington Tackles America’s Biggest Problem: Loud TV Commercials?
America’s $15 trillion debt is soaring. Some 13.3 million Americans are unemployed. The economy is stagnant. Regulations are weighing down job creation. But hey, Congress… Read More
Obama’s Keystone XL Indecision Already Costing Jobs
It didn’t take long for President Obama’s delaying of the Keystone XL pipeline to start having disastrous economic consequences. Fox 16 reports from Little Rock,… Read More
