This week, President Barack Obama changed his tune on the numerous scandals besetting his administration. Speaking in Illinois, Obama said, “With an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony…
by Seth Mandel One of the key selling points for ObamaCare was President Obama’s repeated promise that if you like your current health insurance plan, you can keep it. This…
The fundamental transformation of Detroit is complete, as socialism’s theme park succumbs to government run amok, a reminder that government isn’t the solution to our problems but their cause. The…
A veteran IRS worker testified on Thursday that officials from a Washington office led by a political appointee intervened in the screening of Tea Party applications, saying publicly for the…
by Andrew Klavan The Democratic Party is a machine for inciting grievances in order to consolidate its power. The Republican Party is also just such a machine, but poorly run.…
We’re starting to understand why Lois Lerner took the Fifth about her role in the IRS targeting of conservative groups. The testimony of at least three more employees in the…
A third federal appeals court ruled that President Obama’s recess appointments of three National Labor Relations Board members was unconstitutional. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals joined federal appeals…
by Timothy P. Carney President Obama’s signature legislative achievement was simply a bad bit of legislating. The administration’s decision to postpone the employer health insurance mandate is just the latest…
by John Nolte Left-wing media critic Jeff Cohen has been all over cable news as a contributor, but for a time he worked as a senior producer for MSNBC. Monday,…
by George Landrith In 1963, John F. Kennedy delivered his famous “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Twenty-four years later, at the same spot,…
by Michael Barone Many people on the political left don’t much like the First Amendment. That seems odd to someone of my generation. In past times people who suppressed what…
by Stephen F. Hayes It’s been one year since the Supreme Court decision that allowed Obama administration officials to begin implementing the Affordable Care Act, and the frequency and volume…
by Marita Noon For months President Obama has been in the uncomfortable position of straddling a barbed-wire fence—does he appease his ardent environmental supporters or advocate for economic growth that…
Apologists in the media and elsewhere falsely claim the scandal was just a bungle. by Peggy Noonan “Documents Show Liberals in I.R.S. Dragnet,” read the New York Times headline. “Dem:…
According to the Obama administration and some members of Congress, the National Security Administration’s (NSA) data mining operations have been critical to the disruption of numerous terror plots. The publicly…