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When serious military historians ponder Barack Obama’s record as commander-in-chief, there’s little likelihood of heated debate. Let’s just say they’re not likely to award him… Read More
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A Gallup poll released Friday shows that 60 percent of Americans believe that the federal government has too much power. Where once distrust of government power was… Read More
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A politician being cynical is not exactly a “man bites dog” story, as seven years of President Barack Obama has taught us. But when the… Read More
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The American people’s trust in government is the lowest it has been in the last 10 years, according to three Gallup polls released recently. The… Read More
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Pope Francis t-shirts, bobbleheads, happy hour specials … the head of the Catholic Church is visiting the United States this week, and Washington, New York,… Read More
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Maybe we shouldn’t expect anything much from a president who gave Queen Elizabeth an iPod filled with his own speeches, and who gave former British… Read More
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President Obama announced Sunday he is issuing an executive order to rename Mount McKinley, reinstating its original native Alaskan name, Denali. The White House said the… Read More
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Nile Gardiner wrote earlier this week on the president’s comments: Just back from his annual summer vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, President Barack Obama has returned… Read More
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The State Department has quietly issued a new policy that some insiders view as designed to keep employees from freely speaking to Congress or the… Read More
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President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act exactly 57 years ago today, in 1958. This legislation created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration… Read More
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In the wake of 32-year-old Kate Steinle’s murder by an illegal immigrant in San Francisco, the Obama administration has remained silent, Fox News host Megyn… Read More
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Former President George W. Bush turned 69 years old today. Here are 11 quotes from the 43rd president in honor of his birthday. 1. “We… Read More
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CHICAGO—While serving as a fellow for the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics this month, I had an opportunity to sit down with former White… Read More
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While doing a fellowship at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, I sat down for a chat with Ray LaHood, a former Republican congressman… Read More
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Here’s some advice to the White House: it might be time for President Obama to cancel the rest of his economic “mission accomplished” tour and… Read More
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When it comes to assimilating immigrants, the Obama administration appears to have drawn a line under the day the president first took office and forgotten… Read More
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The Obama administration’s lawyer, Benjamin Mizer, the acting assistant attorney general of the Civil Division at the Justice Department, did not have an easy time… Read More
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Sometimes the left unwittingly throws gems our way. These come in rare moments of exasperation, rather than the usual poise the left displays. The transformation… Read More
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The Obama administration announced Tuesday its plans to commit the U.S. to greenhouse gas emissions of 26-28 percent (from 2005 levels) by 2025 as part… Read More
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President Obama signed Thursday an executive order to require executive agencies to improve energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions. One has to hope the… Read More
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For the past decade, the U.S. Justice Department has engaged in the dubious practice of giving away the public’s money when it settles a case,… Read More
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You may not own a dog-eared, underlined copy of Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” but if you’ve been watching Netflix’s political drama “House of Cards,” believe me… Read More
After its passage in both the House and the Senate, legislation authorizing construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline reached President Obama’s desk today. But,… Read More
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As expected, the U.S. Department of Justice filed an appeal today with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas v. U.S. This is the… Read More
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Could this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference shape the agenda for the 2016 Republican primary? The conference, which usually attracts around 10,000 people, is known… Read More
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As someone who has studied and written about Ronald Reagan for more than four decades, I thought I knew the 40th president pretty well. But… Read More
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From Heritage Action CEO Mike Needham’s column earlier this week: Allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to lapse or engage in the legislative… Read More
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Among so many of President Obama’s flaws, near the top of the list is that he has never understood the art of the deal. Every… Read More
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Let’s be grateful to President Barack Obama. In his State of the Union address, he dropped the pretense of bipartisanship and, by siding with the… Read More
