Scandal-Tainted MF Global President Still Serving as EPA Financial Adviser
Before he became president of MF Global, the bankrupt brokerage firm that lost $1.2 billion in client money, Bradley Abelow spent time as New Jersey’s treasurer… Read More
2011 in Review: Who’s Been Naughty, Who’s Been Nice?
Americans are blessed to have inherited a constitutional republic. If we are to keep it, we must vigilantly preserve the Constitution upon which it stands…. Read More
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Family Fact of the Week: Oh Come, All Ye Faithful
Despite the increasing effort to strike “Christmas” from our common vocabulary, 91 percent of Americans say that they personally celebrate the holiday, according to a… Read More
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2011 Victories and Challenges for Religious Liberty
As the year draws to a close, we take a look back at a few of the victories and challenges for religious liberty during the… Read More
Revisiting the Supreme Court’s Rebuttal of Voter ID Detractors
The Justice Department’s lawsuit against South Carolina has rekindled political war over state voter identification laws. While the merits of the suit will surely be hashed… Read More
Toyota Selling Cars to South Korea–From the United States
Toyota recently announced it will begin exporting U.S.-built Camry cars and Sienna minivans to South Korea from plants located in Kentucky and Indiana. The cars… Read More
Top 10 Worst Federal Rules of 2011
Hindsight is supposed to be 20/20, but looking back on the past 12 months, it’s tough to see any sense in many of the Administration’s… Read More
South Carolina and Voter ID: When Politics Drives Law Enforcement
Attorney General Eric Holder put a lump of coal in South Carolina’s Christmas stocking on Dec. 23 when he objected to the state’s new voter… Read More
Marriage: Looking Back, Moving Forward
How does marriage fare as the nation heads into the new year? Unfortunately, the most recent government data indicate that U.S. marriage rates are at… 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
Saving Millions of Lives: Time to Prepare for an EMP Now
Berman’s piece is a welcome contribution to the debate about the U.S. vulnerability to EMP. This ongoing debate has recently received increased attention following the… 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
The Justice Department Condones Perjury … Again
A career employee in the Voting Section of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has confessed to committing perjury, sources say. The employee, Stephanie Celandine Gyamfi, reportedly… Read More
North vs. South: How Economic Freedom Impacts Korea
Real life can never give social scientists the kind of laboratory-quality tests that natural scientists can create, but sometimes it comes close. Since the two… Read More
Chart of the Week: Medicare Spending Is the Largest Driver of Future Deficits
Medicare is in dire need of reform. This week’s chart illustrates why the entitlement program is the largest driver of long-term runaway deficits. With the… Read More
PODCAST: The History of Christmas in America
Be sure to listen to Matt Spalding discuss the history and importance of Christmas in America. Tune in here! How did early Americans celebrate Christmas?… Read More
The Reagans at Christmas
Let us turn one more time to Ronald Reagan, in his centennial year, for some Christmas cheer. President Reagan loved America, his shining city on… Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Parents’ Greatest Present Is Their Presence
As Christmas approaches, malls and big-box stores are packed with parents seeking that special gift that will bring a smile to their children’s faces. Yet… 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
Cuban and Chinese Bloggers Speak on Havel’s Greatness, Kim’s Tyranny
The reaction of bloggers in two remaining communist dictatorships to the recent deaths of pro-freedom crusader Vaclav Havel and his polar opposite, North Korean tyrant… Read More
Iraq Plunges into Chaos as Obama Administration Celebrates End of U.S. Military Presence
The Obama Administration’s risky decision to seek the quickest possible exit from Iraq has contributed to a mushrooming political crisis there that is rapidly unraveling… Read More
No Surprise this Christmas: Washington’s Wasteful Spending Continues
Oregon cheese, IHOP pancakes, and a Hawaiian chocolate festival. Your mouth may be watering right now, but watch out—there’s a bitter aftertaste. These foodstuffs are… Read More
The Senate Takes a (Payroll Tax) Holiday
The political battle over extending the payroll tax holiday is understandably confusing for many Americans, so it is worthwhile to step back and see how… 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
Hugo Chavez: Between the “Devil” and the “Clown”
In an infamous and vulgar U.N. speech delivered in September 2006, Venezuela’s populist authoritarian President Hugo Chavez likened President George W. Bush to “the devil.”… Read More
Obama’s Not-So-Great Fairness Society
Barack Obama ran for President claiming the mantle of Abraham Lincoln. Then he took office and recast himself as the second coming of FDR. He… Read More
Census Bureau Says Half of Americans Are Poor? Think Again.
Last week, the Associated Press reported that, based on the Census Bureau’s new poverty measure, half of America is now poor or low-income. Forget about… Read More
EPA’s “Sustainability” Agenda: Vast Power Grab
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is on a mission to further unilaterally expand its already vast regulatory powers in the name of “sustainable development.” Congress… Read More
EPA’s New Mercury Rule? Environmental Hocus Pocus
The EPA’s analysis of the new mercury rule (the Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology, or Utility MACT) is yet another example of regulatory bait-and-switch. The… Read More
Gas Prices at All-Time Christmas High
Americans hitting the road this week are likely to encounter the highest-ever price for gas at Christmas in history. According to figures from AAA, the… Read More
