Obama’s NSA Proposals Fall Far Short of Real Change
The White House’s tepid plan aims to calm the public, not curtail the government’s surveillance programs. by James Oliphant The White House promised Friday that it was ending the NSA’s…
Iran’s Rouhani: ‘World Powers Surrendered to Iranian Nation’s Will’
by Daniel Halper Iranian president Hassan Rouhani is taking to Twitter to gloat about the nuclear deal his country struck with the U.S. and other Western countries. “Our relationship w/…
Spending bill bans IRS targeting, preserves incandescent light bulbs
by Stephen Dinan Congressional negotiators reached a deal late Monday on a massive spending bill to fund the government for the rest of 2014, agreeing to undo last year’s cut…
A Victory for an Unfettered Internet
After another court loss, the FCC should abandon its ‘net neutrality’ regulation goal. by Robert McDowell A federal appeals court in Washington slapped the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday for…
How Big Government Policies Kill Jobs and Opportunity
To reduce unemployment, we need a free market in labor. by Richard A. Epstein The latest government labor report indicates that job growth has slowed once again. It is now at a…
Affordable Care Act Hurts Twice As Many As It Helps
by Betsy McCaughey In 2014, 25 million to 30 million Americans who have employer-provided health insurance are likely to lose it, thanks to ObamaCare’s requirement that all plans cover what…
Feckless Attacks on Income Inequality
by Michael Barone As Barack Obama scrambles to eviscerate key sections of his own signature health care law, he and other Democrats are trying to shift voters’ focus to another issue…
Sierra Club Pressed EPA to Create Impossible Coal Standards
Environmentalist suggested EPA head was lying when she told reporters coal would remain viable under new standards by CJ Ciaramella Emails between the Sierra Club and the EPA produced through a…
Weak Economy: For every new job, five have given up
The recent job report was disappointing on several different levels. The new jobs number was appalling. The number of new jobs, 74,000 doesn’t even keep up with population growth. In…
Saudi Prince: Obama has made a mess of the Mideast
A Saudi prince sent a harsh message to President Obama and his administration, saying White House waffling and indecision has compromised the ability of the United States to nail down…
Raise minimum wage?
“It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another — it’s one damn thing over and over.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay by George F. Will Liberals’ love…
The global warming scam that will not die
We were all supposed to be dead by now, fried to a toasty potatolike chip. Or doomed to die with the polar bears. It was to be a soggy end…
What does the future hold for the People’s Republic of China?
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi In China, history is always viewed through the prism of a peculiarly inverse political logic. The fact that tyranny in the form of a communist…
National Data Shows No Benefit to Red Light Cameras
Peer-reviewed statistical analysis finds insurance industry data actually proves no benefit to red light camera use. In science, the results of a properly conducted study or experiment can always be…
Freed Guantánamo Detainee Involved in Benghazi Attack
by Frances Martel U.S. officials told the Washington Post that Abu Sufian bin Qumu, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee and leader of a paramilitary group with al-Qaeda ties, had a…