Bled Dry by the New Class
Bureaucrats push pencils at the expense of real workers by Glenn Harlan Reynolds Life is hard. It’s harder still when an entire class of people with their hands out stands…
‘Cost of Government Day’ Is Here!
The government is making you work longer and longer to cover its hefty costs. It took Americans 186 days of work to pay for their massive government. by Peter Roff Just…
Independence Day: Happy Birthday America
John Adams’ letters from Philadelphia celebrate a nation conceived in liberty. by Peter Roff On the morning of July 3, 1776 John Adams, delegate to the Second Continental Congress from…
July 4, 1776 – Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve…
The Politicization of Morality and the Amorality of Politics
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi Nothing can be more fatal to a nation’s well-being than an attempt at autocratic transformation of society by incompetent politicians. Lack of competence engenders fear…
Selling Obamacare
The weird, misleading propaganda behind the federal health care law by Mark Hemingway It might seem odd that Joanna Coles, editor in chief of Cosmopolitan, was invited to the White…
Another federal judge tells IRS to explain itself on lost emails
by Mark Tapscott IRS attorneys will be even busier than normal next week, because another federal judge has told them to show up in court July 11 to defend the…
Megyn Kelly’s Critique of Obama’s Presidency
Is Barack Obama’s presidency imploding? Al Qaeda is resurging. Iraq is disintegrating. And now we may look to Iran to help us stop it. Iran – a terrorist regime responsible…
Lois Lerner And Fellow IRS Official Announced Targeting At 2010 Conference Before Both Of Their Emails Went Missing
by Patrick Howley Ex-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official Lois Lerner spoke at a 2010 government conference where Lerner’s underling Nikole Flax announced the new IRS program scrutinizing groups applying for…
5 Major Takeaways From The Hobby Lobby Decision
by Sean Davis The Supreme Court this morning issued its ruling in the Hobby Lobby case. At issue was whether closely held companies like Hobby Lobby could be forced by…
A Recovery Stymied by Redistribution
Public policy intended to make layoffs less painful actually made layoffs cheaper and more common. by Casey B. Mulligan Why has the labor market contracted so much and why does…
Obama is leaving America weaker on the world stage than Carter did
by James Kirchick It’s now official: On foreign policy, Barack Obama is worse than Jimmy Carter. For decades, Carter’s presidency was synonymous with weakness on the world stage. The late…
Struggling to Show Anti-Koch Amendment Is “Reasonable”
A proposed Constitutional amendment would give Congress authority to regulate every dollar… by Byron York While much of Washington grapples with international crises, chronic economic troubles, and upcoming midterm elections,…
Liberals Champion Freedom of Speech — Except in Politics
by Michael Barone I’m old enough to remember when American liberals cherished the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. They celebrated especially the freedom accorded those with unpopular…
No One Believes the IRS’ Story
by James Taranto A new Fox News survey asks the following question: “The Internal Revenue Service says that two years of emails from IRS employees about targeting conservative and tea…