NSA employees spy on lovers and former spouses
by Harriet Alexander Staff working at America’s National Security Agency – the eavesdropping unit that was revealed to have spied on millions of people – have used the technology to spy…
How the White House is flouting ObamaCare
Democrats strong-armed Obamacare into law three years ago. Now they’re busy flouting it. The mandate that employers provide insurance next year or pay a penalty, as the law requires? Delayed…
The Obama Administration Has Been Using the IRS to Target Political Foes for Years
by Peter Roff The alleged abuse by the Obama Administration of the United States Internal Revenue Service goes back much farther than the current inquiry into whether conservative political groups…
Abusing the Patriot Act
by Jim Sensenbrenner On Aug. 9, the Obama administration released a previously secret legal interpretation of the Patriot Act that it used to justify the bulk collection of every American’s…
It is Time for Answers from the NSA
by John Fund It’s time to ask tough questions about the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities — even for conservatives who have given the NSA the benefit of every doubt…
Revelations hint at NSA ducking oversight
The agency’s approach to collecting data is too easily abused. Since news broke in June that the government has been seizing millions of Americans’ phone and Internet records, the Obama…
When welfare pays better than work
by Michael Turner Here’s an offer for you: $38,004 per year, tax free. No work required. Apply at your local welfare office. The federal government funds 126 separate programs targeted…
Battle of the Sexes
by John Stossel Women make only 77 cents per each dollar made by males. Outrageous! Sex discrimination! So say advocates of government-enforced “equality.” But they are wrong. Women today are…
What We Lose if We Give Up Privacy
A civil libertarian reflects on the dangers of the surveillance state. by Peggy Noonan What is privacy? Why should we want to hold onto it? Why is it important, necessary,…
Can the President write his own laws?
by Charles Krauthammer As a reaction to the crack epidemic of the 1980s, many federal drug laws carry strict mandatory sentences. This has stirred unease in Congress and sparked a…
The Debate Obama Never Wanted
In the NSA math, two additions plus one abuse equals a defensive president. by Major Garrett Edward Snowden has put words in President Obama’s mouth. Words like transparency, reform, openness,…
Obama’s Unconstitutional Steps Worse than Nixon’s
by George F. Will President Obama’s increasingly grandiose claims for presidential power are inversely proportional to his shriveling presidency. Desperation fuels arrogance as, barely 200 days into the 1,462 days…
NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times every year
by Barton Gellman The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in…
The ‘Great Divider’ likes political speech only when it likes him
It takes preternatural naivete to accept claims that nobody in the Obama White House knew about the illegal targeting conducted by the IRS during the 2010 and 2012 campaigns, namely…
Obamacare Will Foster a Part-Time Job Economy
by Richard M. Salsman The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (aka, “ObamaCare,” enacted in March 2010) is so “affordable” that more than 1200 companies (half the number) and unions…