Well, I Guess Obama Hasn’t Healed the Planet
When Barack Obama won his party’s presidential nomination in 2008, he proclaimed that “generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell… Read More
The ‘Cure’ for Climate Change Is Far Worse than the Disease
Manmade greenhouse gas emissions already are causing gloom and doom and adversely affecting our way of life. That’s the conclusion of the National Climate Assessment… Read More
Education News
George Will Demolishes Arguments for Common Core in Under Two Minutes
Conservative pundit George Will delivered a fierce attack on Common Core last night, characterizing the educational standards as a way for progressives to further promote… Read More
Health CareNews
D.C. Gets a New Obamacare Tax
The District of Columbia’s legislative body voted today to give its health exchange the power to tax any health-related insurance product sold in the city…. Read More
Upstart Airline Creates Turbulence for Big U.S. Carriers, Union Leaders
An upstart transcontinental airline says it’s making headway with lower costs for passengers and higher pay for workers, but its business model put it on… Read More
Education News
Indiana Faces Consequences From Federal Government For Exiting Common Core
On Friday, the U. S. Department of Education sent a letter to Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz, threatening to revoke the state’s waiver… Read More
Energy News
Fact Checking the White House’s Bogus Climate Assessment
When he was President Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel made this disturbingly honest quote, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” The… Read More
Gowdy Blasts Administration’s ‘Systematic Effort’ To Withhold Benghazi Documents From Congress
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., tapped to lead the Benghazi select committee, blasted the Obama administration’s “systematic effort” to deny Congress documents pertaining to the Benghazi… Read More
What Your Congressman Isn’t Reading Could Be Costing You Money
How much does it cost to run the Senate hair salon? Lawmakers say they want to know. Or do they? Since its earliest days, Congress… Read More
Al-Qaeda and Other Terrorist Groups Increasing in Africa
Terrorism is on the rise across Africa as global terror groups, including al-Qaeda affiliates, continue to overtake local insurgent organizations and transform them into regional… Read More
Do Politicians Understand What Drives Efficiency?
In a Forbes magazine op-ed last week, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, touted his Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act as a way to promote energy… Read More
Ted Cruz Wants Answers to These 4 Questions on Benghazi
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is frustrated by the Obama administration’s “stonewalling” on the Benghazi investigation – and he wants answers about the 2012 terrorist attack…. Read More
Does a Benghazi Select Committee Matter?
House Republicans are moving to set up a select committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks. The House could vote this week on establishing the panel,… Read More
It’s Time For the Government to Stop Favoring Senior Citizens
If budgets are about priorities, the U.S. Congress favors the elderly. About two-thirds of federal spending goes to transfer payments, and of that amount, more… Read More
State ‘Model’ for Obamacare Says $180M Website Too Broken to Fix
Massachusetts is the latest state to walk away from its online health insurance exchange. Officials announced today that Massachusetts Health Connector — the agency in… Read More
Why the Supreme Court Is Right to Allow Prayers Before Local Government Meetings
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the legislative prayer practice of Greece, New York. Officials in Greece, a predominately Christian city, had… Read More
Self-Sufficiency, Not Cell Phones, for Poor Americans Should be Government’s Goal
Poor Americans may be “better off” today than before the government’s War on Poverty began in the 1960s, as a New York Time article published… Read More
‘What Did I Do Wrong?’: (Another) Floridian Arrested for Exercising First Amendment Right to Film Police in Public
Lazaro Estrada was confused. He claims he didn’t interfere with police. He claims he did what he was told. There’s video evidence to support his… Read More
Sharyl Attkisson: Former Obama Officials Trying to ‘Controversialize’ Benghazi
Former CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson suggested today that those in the White House orbit were involved in a “well-orchestrated strategy to controversialize” the… Read More
Mike Lee: What Everybody Ought to Know About the Tax Code in 15-Seconds [VIDEO]
During a recent speech at The Heritage Foundation, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) talked about how the tax code is a prime example of how the… Read More
News
Pelosi Calls for Immigration Reform In Honor of Cinco de Mayo
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called for immigration reform as a way to honor Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holiday that celebrates the Mexican army’s… Read More
Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week and Thank Your Favorite Teacher
When Eleanor Roosevelt received a letter from Mattye Whyte Woodridge, an Arkansas teacher, requesting an official day to honor educators across the nation, she convinced… Read More
Health CareNews
9 Obamacare Predictions That Have Come True
It directly affects the personal life of every American, and it controls or regulates a complex sector of the American economy that is slightly larger… Read More
Economy News
Follow Your Tax Dollars Across This Map to Unfriendly Nations
What’s worse than using taxpayer money for special interests and cronyism? Maybe sending taxpayer money to nations that aren’t the best friends of the United… Read More
Obama Mocks Obamacare Rollout at Press Dinner: ‘That Could Have Gone Better’
At the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last night, President Obama made a number of jokes about the rough ride of Obamacare and HealthCare.gov in… Read More
Apprenticeships: ‘The Germans Make Good Stuff’
Remember the “sham-wow” guy, famous for the 30-second bits in the middle of late night TV? One of his many one-liners was, “you know the… Read More
5 Years of Obama: The Real Story
Considering the country’s weak economic growth of just 0.1 percent last quarter, it is worth reflecting on the recovery effort that President Obama and his… Read More
Let’s Simplify the Drug Approval Process—and Save Lives
Recently, news outlets have reported on the story of Josh Hardy, a seven-year-old cancer patient in desperate need of an antiviral drug called Brincidofovir. Manufactured… Read More
SocietyNews
6 Environmental Truths the Left Conveniently Ignores
According to a March Gallup poll, 50 percent of respondents thought the quality of the environment in the U.S., as a whole, is getting worse…. Read More
Media Matters: Do as We Say, Not as We Do
Media Matters rejects the “myth” that “unions reduce business competitiveness.” Unions “can increase individual firms’ productivity,” in fact, they say – apparently so long as that firm… Read More
