Category: Constitutional and Political Freedom

by Michael Barone     •     RealClearPolitics Some time ago I contrasted the reaction a conservative would get if he were in the same room with the two…

New York Post Editorial Board Some 15 months after Americans learned about the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups, we still have no clue how such an abuse was allowed to…

by Seth Lipsky     •     New York Post There are three ways something can become what the US Constitution calls the “supreme law of the land.” It…

by Seth Mandel     •     Commentary  If the latest revelations about the IRS are correct, then its officials have approached the abuse-of-power scandal with a clear strategy,…

by Dr. Miklós K. Radványi Politics, with its ambition for boundless expansion into the lives of individuals and societies, is a human activity that overwhelmingly attracts narcissists of all types…

by Peter Ferrara   •    Forbes One of the biggest drags on economic growth under President Obama has been Obamacare, enacted on a strictly partisan basis in 2010. That…

by Chuck Vinch    •    Army Times The Defense Department broke the law when it transferred five Taliban detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Qatar in exchange…

by Megan McArdle    •    Bloomberg Last Monday, Jed Graham of Investor’s Business Daily reported that insurers say Affordable Care Act enrollment is shrinking, and it is expected to…

by Las Vegas Review-Journal President Barack Obama says it’s “not fair” and “not right” for U.S. companies to set up overseas to avoid taxes. Except when it benefits him politically.…

by CJ Ciaramella     •     Free Beacon  A government watchdog group announced Monday that it is suing a dozen federal agencies for improperly delaying Freedom of Information…

by Patrick Howley     •     Daily Caller U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan Thursday ordered the Internal Revenue Service to come up with new answers after IRS employees…

by Jillian Kay Melchior     •     National Review Online As news breaks about the Department of Health and Human Services’ missing HealthCare.gov e-mails, it’s pertinent to note…

by Kerri Toloczko     •      Investor’s Business Daily In a fit of political pique and campaign considerations, President Obama’s Department of Education is proposing higher education regulations…

by Thomas Sowell     •      RealClearPolitics Some have said that we are living in a post-industrial era, while others have said that we are living in a…

by Joel Gehrke     •     National Review Online The revelation that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Marilynn Tavenner did not retain her e-mails means that…