The US job market is dead in the water and not getting better
How do you know the August jobs report was pretty bad? When the best thing you can say is that it might have met Wall Street expectations if not…
The ObamaCare bomb
The scheme is about to blow up the incentive to work A mere three weeks remain before the Obamacare exchanges open for business. The likely result will be the closing…
“Leading” From Behind … Russia
by Peter Roff With grim resolve President Barack Obama spoke to the nation Tuesday night, making the case for a U.S. military strike against the Syrian government. He was convincing.…
Benghazi: One Year Later
Nearly one year after the Benghazi terror attack, questions remain unanswered and the investigation incomplete, says Virginia Republican Rep. Frank Wolf. Even with six different committees looking into aspects of…
On Indian Gaming, Walker Has it Right
The Wisconsin governor has issued a set of principles that should be viewed as a model for the nation by Peter Roff Originally designed as a way to compensate Indian…
Worse than Carter
The “labor force participation rate” hit a record low hit at 63.2 percent. This represents the percentage of Americans over the age of 16 who have jobs (even if it is part-time or…
Reality proves “climate deniers” were right
Editor’s Note: Al Gore and other climate hustlers have taken to comparing those who dispute their facts and challenge their views to vile holocaust deniers, calling them climate deniers. Others…
Why Obama Will Lose the Syria Vote in the House
by Gordon S. Jones He may not. But if he doesn’t it will most likely be because there is no vote. Getting a resolution authorizing military action on Syria through the Senate…
The Unserious Commander-in-Chief
Senator Bob Corker: “What is it you’re seeking?” General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: “I can’t answer that, what we’re seeking.” — Senate hearing on the…
IRS scandal: Stop the stonewalling – America needs the truth
America can handle the truth. Even if that truth could include a coverup at the powerful IRS. The IRS mission statement pledges to “enforce the law with integrity and fairness…
What is the Goal in Syria? What is the plan?
Why are we even talking about taking military action in Syria? What is that military action supposed to accomplish? And what is the probability that it will in fact accomplish…
Syria vote is an avoidable political trap
Do congressional Republicans face an impossible choice between being politically used or undermining U.S. prestige in the Mideast? The corner that President Obama has trapped them in is just an…
Obamanomics in decline
Falling income and employment is becoming the new normal Fewer Americans will be returning to the work force after the traditional Labor Day holiday. Labor force participation is at the…
Seeking an accomplice or political cover for Syria action
Because Syria’s convulsion has become as serious as Barack Obama has been careless in speaking about it, he is suddenly and uncharacteristically insisting that Congress participate in governance. Regarding institutional…
We should accelerate energy production boom
Government should speed oil infrastructure improvements, a key piece in America’s manufacturing resurgence. A bright spot in the U.S.’s sluggish economic recovery has been historic growth in North American energy…