How Iraq views America’s Leadership
by Guy Taylor Iraq’s ambassador to Washington says the Obama administration doesn’t fully grasp the consequences of failing to more aggressively combat a surging al Qaeda threat inside his country,…
Women comprise biggest opposition to ObamaCare
Remember Julia? That cute little cartoon the Obama folks created to illustrate how the president’s policies would provide “health and economic security” for women at all of life’s stages? The…
The high price of Obama’s Mideast peace push
by John Bolton The breaking news that al Qaeda has captured Fallujah and Ramadi raises the question whether America’s sacrifices in Iraq were made in vain. It also highlights the…
Despots Love a Vacuum
by Peter Roff It wasn’t that long ago that Barack Obama took America to the brink of armed conflict in Syria over its use of chemical weapons against rebels trying…
If you like your light bulb, you can’t keep your light bulb
by Marita Noon Americans will be feeling a new and unexpected pain of government overregulation before they vote in November. Yet, more than two-thirds of the public is currently unaware…
Jihadist militancy is on the rise across the globe
In a landmark speech that recalibrated a central tenet of US foreign policy, President Barack Obama in May (2103) declared the global war on terror over. What seemed optimistic then…
How China Is Behind the Nuclear Program of Iran—and Every Other Rogue State
Beijing proved masterful at enabling Pyongyang to expand its program, and did the same for Pakistan. Now it’s Tehran’s turn. In November, immediately after the announcement that Iran had reached…
Congress was Right to Ring in the New Year by Ending Wind Subsidies
January 5, 2014 George Landrith, President of Frontiers of Freedom, commended Congress for allowing the decades-old practice of wasting billions of taxpayer dollars subsidizing the wind industry to expire with…
Feds list 141 new regulations in only three days
It’s a new year and you know what that means — new regulations. The Obama administration has wasted no time in writing them. The website Regulations.gov lists 141 regulations that…
How Obama’s Syria Policy Fell Apart
by Michael Weiss It’s hard to pinpoint just when, exactly, Barack Obama’s Syria policy fell apart. Was it in December, when Islamists humiliated U.S.-backed rebels by seizing what limited supplies…
ObamaCare Confusion Reigns: Patients Leave Hospitals without Treatment
Hospital staff in Northern Virginia are turning away sick people on a frigid Thursday morning because they can’t determine whether their Obamacare insurance plans are in effect. Patients in a…
If you like your President …
President Obama’s second inaugural conveyed a hunger to lead. “We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect,” he said. “We must act, knowing that today’s victories will be…
More insurance cancellations than ObamaCare enrollments
Obamacare may have promised health insurance for the masses. But on its first day, it’s left more Americans without coverage than before the law was passed. More than 4.7 million…
Global Warming Researcher Gets Stuck in Ice
A funny thing happened during Australian climate change professor Chris Turney’s venture to retrace a 1912 research expedition in Antarctica and gauge how climate change has affected the continent: Two…
Higher Premiums Hit Hard at the Middle Class and Economic Growth
Higher premiums could really kneecap the economic recovery. by Jacqueline Leo ObamaCare has delivered another sucker punch to the middle class. This time it’s sticker shock. Now that most people…