Elbert Guillory: Why I switched parties …
by Elbert Guillory Hello, my name is Elbert Lee Guillory, and I’m the senator for the twenty-fourth district right here in beautiful Louisiana. Recently I made what many are referring…
Cash the biggest crop in this farm bill
We find remarkable that the Senate approved Monday a so-called “farm bill” that calls for nearly $1 trillion in questionable spending and hardly a discouraging word has been heard on…
Wind power has failed to deliver what it promised
The wind-power industry is expensive, passes costs on to the consumer and does not create many jobs in return. The claims of the green lobby that wind farms will generate abundant…
Gas engine stands the test of time
by Mark J. Perry The automobile stands as an enduring symbol of mobility and opportunity in America — and of innovation that’s at the core of our nation’s economic strength…
Taxpayers should fear Cape Wind project
by George Landrith Lurking off the coast of Massachusetts like a shark out of a Steven Spielberg movie is a green energy project that is being rushed through the permitting…
IRS Chief’s White House Visits Must Be Explained
Scandal: One IRS commissioner visited Obama’s White House 118 times in 2010 and 2011. His successor also dropped in often. But under George W. Bush, the tax chief visited once…
The unconstitutional war on journalism
by Nick Gillespie The press-punishing, speech-chilling, and unabashedly overreaching actions by the Obama administration against the Associated Press and Fox News Channel’s James Rosen lay bare the essential dynamic between…
A history of targeting conservatives …
Both President Barack Obama and IRS official Lois Lerner have a history of targeting conservatives … Kimberley Strassel, writing for the Wall Street Journal: In 2008, Obama began targeting conservative…
Abridging freedom of the press
by Major Garrett Unconstitutional. Sweeping. Secretive. Abusive. Harassing. Gary Pruitt, the president and CEO of the Associated Press, used those words on CBS’s Face the Nation to describe the Justice…
Be careful what you say …
“It is eerily ironic that only days after Obama told students to reject the voices that warn of government abuses and overreaching, it turns out that the Obama Administration has been systematically abusing…
The “idiot” defense
by Jonah Goldberg Although there’s still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the…
The Islamic Republic of Iran in Perspective
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi Historically, Iran is an ancient civilization but a relatively young Muslim country. The seventh century Arab-Islamic conquest of Persia was and is still viewed…
Obama Administration knew and IRS deliberately hid the targeting scandal until after presidential election
The New York Times reports: “The Treasury Department’s inspector general told senior Treasury officials in June 2012 he was auditing the Internal Revenue Service’s screening of politically active organizations seeking…
H.R. 1919 – The Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act
The Honorable Fred Upton U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Re: H.R. 1919 – The Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act Dear Chairmen Upton, Frontiers of Freedom and our more than…