Who caused the Shutdown?
by Charles Krauthammer The Obamacare/shutdown battle has spawned myriad myths. The most egregious concern the substance of the fight, the identity of the perpetrators and the origins of the current…
Obama: Ducking a leader’s duty
A vast scholarly literature spanning more than six decades exists on the subject of leadership. The characteristics of effective leaders have been pored over, cataloged and debated. Among them, one…
IRS targeted Ben Carson after he questioned Obama
IRS Abuse: It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to know that the IRS audit of Dr. Ben Carson can’t be a mere coincidence. In any powerful syndicate, the capos know who…
Shutting down World War II Memorial: A Symbol of Malice
The mainstream media is in the midst of one of its regular exercises in completely missing a wave of groundswell conservative anger — this time over the closing of the…
ObamaCare exchanges accidentally sent 2,400 social security records to insurance broker
Minnesota insurance broker Jim Koester was looking for information about assisting with Obamacare implementation; instead, what landed in his inbox was a document filled with the names, Social Security numbers…
They Are Shutting Down Only Thirteen Percent of the Government (At Most)
Eight cents out of every federal non-defense dollar represents a transfer from taxpayer to recipient. Entitlement transfers do not require annual Congressional approval. They can be changed only by entitlement…
The Shutdown: The Work of Charlatans, Clowns, and Despots
How those accusing others of strapping bombs to their chest are corrupting the public discourse, debasing our political institutions, and violating the law. by George Landrith Several days before the…
“We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can.”
“We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting,” an angry Park Service ranger said. “It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation.” That’s an…
It’s the Law and Most Americans Oppose It
More than three and a half years after the Democrats passed Obamacare into law, the overhaul’s exchanges — its East German–like government marketplaces — finally, sort of, open for business.…
Monuments and memorials remained open during previous shutdown
Although President Obama claims that he can’t avoid shutting down public sites and monuments, war memorials were in fact kept open during the 1995/1996 government shutdowns. The administration’s decision to…
Obama shuts down out door monuments, but his golf course remains open
Grocery stores on Army bases in the U.S. are closed. The golf course at Andrews Air Force base is open. All 128 employees of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.…
Corruption and Damaged Government Brand
Come 2014, the government’s damaged brand will reflect poorly on the President and his party. So last week, while most of the country was talking about football or fears of…
ObamaCare: Worse is the new normal
Mid-20th-century assumptions of generational progress no longer obtain. A few years ago, after the publication of my book America Alone, an exasperated reader wrote to advise me to lighten up,…
Update: NSA Analysts spied on love interests
The National Security Agency has admitted that analysts have abused their authority to spy on love interests on several occasions. In response to a letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),…
Why President Obama and Democrats Want a Government Shutdown
by Peter Roff The short narrative, compiled by people with even shorter memories, is that the United States government got to the brink of a shutdown because the unreasonable House…