The Administration’s Poor Record on Poverty
by Frank Donatelli President Obama’s State of the Union address will focus on “income inequality.” One can understand why he wants to change the subject from the very real problems…
Is Barack Obama an imperial president?
President Obama’s use of executive action to get around congressional gridlock is unparalleled in modern times, some scholars say. But to liberal activists, he’s not going far enough. by Linda…
Fact Free Policy Debates: Part IV
by Thomas Sowell One of the things that attracted me to the political left, as a young man, was a belief that leftists were for “the people.” Fortunately, I was…
The Number of ObamaCare Losers Grows
by Jonathan S. Tobin The decision by the Target Corporation to join Trader Joe’s, Home Depot, and other retailers and end health-insurance coverage for part-time employees brings both good news…
Fact Free Policy Debates: Part III
by Thomas Sowell Since this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the “war on poverty,” we can expect many comments and commemorations of this landmark legislation in the development…
Fact Free Policy Debates: Part II
by Thomas Sowell Words seem to carry far more weight than facts among those liberals who argue as if rent control laws actually control rents and gun control laws actually…
Moody’s slashes outlook on insurers, cites Obamacare ‘uncertainty’
by Philip Klein Credit ratings firm Moody’s Investors Service on Thursday lowered its outlook for health insurers to “negative” from “stable,” citing “uncertainty” swirling around the rollout of President Obama’s health…
The IRS is now targeting conservatives in Hollywood
by Michael Cieply and Nicholas Confessore • New York Times In a famously left-leaning Hollywood, where Democratic fund-raisers fill the social calendar, Friends of Abe stands out as a conservative…
Government needs trust to effectively govern, but trust is at historic lows
From the IRS to the NSA, Americans have sound and reasonable reasons not to trust the Obama Administration. by Glenn Harlan Reynolds At a tax symposium at Pepperdine Law School…
Fact free policy debates
by Thomas Sowell Someone summarized Barack Obama in three words — “educated,” “smart” and “ignorant.” Unfortunately, those same three words would describe all too many of the people who come…
White House Warned Journalist to back off Benghazi
by Kerry Picket Fox News Channel’s Greta Van Susteren claims someone in the Obama administration told her to direct colleague Jennifer Griffin to stop investigating and reporting on the deadly…
Wall Street Advisor: Aactual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years
by Paul Bedard Don’t believe the happy talk coming out of the White House, Federal Reserve and Treasury Department when it comes to the real unemployment rate and the true…
To save lives, reform the FDA
by Peter Roff America has the best health care system in the world. The same freedoms we all enjoy that produce innovations and advancement in technology, in manufacturing, in finance,…
USAToday: Obama NSA ‘reforms’ fall short
Five months ago, after leaks revealed that the government is engaged in a vast and disturbing array of intrusive surveillance programs, President Obama vowed to find ways to strike the…
It’s time to investigate the bogus IRS ‘investigation’
by Jay Sekulow The Obama administration has apparently decided it’s time to bury the IRS targeting scandal. No more fake repentance. No more expressions of concern for systematically violating the…