New trends in virtue signalling July 3, 2025C.S. Boddie
Democrats have demonstrated over the last five years that they do not stand for Americans and they do not care about American families.
Congress Surrenders to Trump July 2, 2025Douglas Schwartz
Trump, as did Augustus and other epochal leaders before him, is cobbling together a principate, retaining the outward constitutional forms, but consolidating power into a single individual.
No Victory Laps July 1, 2025J. Robert Smith
Next year, the challenge for Trump and the GOP is to turn out base voters and enough of the casual and new voters that gave Trump the edge in swing states in 2024.
Abolish the CBO June 6, 2025Pete Colan
The CBO seems to cherry-pick results either to create headlines or to justify its existence with elaborate reports that make them appear credible. But they aren’t.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Tax Code May 28, 2025Thomas Kolbe
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” isn’t just about tweaking the tax code. It’s a dramatic attempt to reverse the creeping Europeanization of the U.S.
Donald Trump’s Lost Honeymoon May 6, 2025Vince Coyner
Trump’s momentum is fading, and there’s still work ahead to get America back to a constitutional path. Congress isn’t helping, but neither is his team.
Mr. Schumer — You Make No Sense! April 4, 2025Richard Blakley
The house of the United States is on fire with debt, but efforts to balance the budget and scaleback spending are apparently enough to discombobulate the aging senator.
The mauling of NPR April 3, 2025James Zumwalt
NPR’s bias is so evident that anyone listening to it has to wonder if it is an arm of the Democrat Party.
Somebody ‘splain this to me, please March 5, 2025Stu Tarlowe
I’d like to know just what sort of people think that killing a police officer is somehow not deserving of being put to death... and why are they in Congress?
GOP Congress: Let’s protect women’s ‘Gaines’ in sports March 4, 2025John M. Grondelski
Democrats wear white to presidential speeches to show “support for women,” but vote against women’s interests. Let’s show them how it’s really done tonight, and dress up for Riley Gaines when President Trump addresses Congress.
There is no Execulative Branch February 10, 2025John M. Grondelski
A lot of anti-Musk rhetoric depends on a truncated vision of separation of powers that envisions an “Execulative” branch – a executive branch agency managed by Congressional fiat. There’s no such thing, in pure or mutated form.
WaPo wants Congress to get a pay raise January 3, 2025Jack Hellner
It is pathetic when people posing as journalists advocate for pay raises for spoiled politicians who have caused so much damage to ordinary Americans.
Christmas Pork Instead of the Christmas Goose December 18, 2024John M. Grondelski
There should be no reason to bring back a Congress containing defeated or retiring members after a general election when that new Congress could just as easily be seated.
Pete Hegseth's Stand December 6, 2024Rajan Laad
Since President Trump nominated Pete Hegseth as the next U.S. Defense Secretary, the knives have been out for him.
May the Force Be With Us November 16, 2024Clarice Feldman
Trump and his cabinet nominess will move the country from an administrative state to the sort of republic the Founders envisioned.
Suddenly, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is against 'blacklists' April 1, 2019Monica Showalter
Ever the smart one, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argues for a new way to mess with the Democrats' money and annoy the Democratic Party's leadership. She was against party blacklists before she was for them...
Democrat steals from charity, then pleads for mercy November 18, 2017Monica Showalter
Seeking to escape responsibility for her corruption conviction, former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) pleaded with a court for mercy. Any questions about why the public holds Congress in such contempt?
If I Were Running For Congress May 1, 2016Richard F. Miniter
Watching a campaign ad on TV for a Republican candidate for Congress in a district close to mine I think: “what sort of idiots does he take us for?”
No Replacement, No Vote February 11, 2014J. Robert Smith
House and Senate Republicans need fresh leadership comprised of no-apologies conservatives. Otherwise, 2015 could become the Year of GOP Capitulations rather than a buildup toward 2016.
The Final Constitutional Option February 9, 2014Robert Berry
Having been dormant for centuries, a potent section in the U.S. Constitution is now in the minds and on the lips of a new generation of reformers who are determined to keep the nation out of an abyss.
Can We Talk About Impeachment? December 20, 2013J.T. Hatter
This president has behaved lawlessly -- and has encouraged lawless behavior in his administration since he first set foot into the Oval Office in January 2009.
Public Sector Unions are a Shadow Political Party November 10, 2013Michael Bargo, Jr.
Public sector unions are best understood as a nationwide political organization, within government, that operates clandestinely and with powers often granted only to Congress by the Constitution.
It's Time to End ENDA November 6, 2013Janice Shaw Crouse
Although promoted as a civil liberties bill, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act is actually an incremental step in achieving a redefinition of marriage.
Obamacare Live: Sebelius delivers SNL-like testimony October 31, 2013Ethel C. Fenig
CNN, of all networks, captured the perfect representation of the total failure of the (Un)Affordable Care Act from concept, to content, to execution, to implementation in one powerful split screen graphic.
A Purposeful Assault on Order October 10, 2013Jeffrey T. Brown
The president came to power professing his belief in the restoration of equality and fairness, knowing full well that neither were fundamentally missing from our society.
The Budget and Debt-Limit Endgames October 7, 2013Mike Razar
How to the table on the Democrats while setting the stage for a full frontal attack on funding for Obamacare next year without the threat of a partial shutdown of the rest of the government.
Failure of Appropriations Process Led to Shutdown October 6, 2013William R. Hawkins
The fact that the Democrat-controlled Senate did not pass a single one of the appropriations bills which were sent to it by the House, is, of course, being overlooked by the liberal media
A Figurehead Speaker October 1, 2013J. Robert Smith
Boehner will be ever more marginalized as conservative House members look toward the 2014 midterm elections.
Obama's Missing Pressure Group September 4, 2013Ed Lasky
Barack Obama has enlisted various groups to pressure Congress to give him authority to take military action in Syria. But curiously, one particular group has remained off his list
Cracking the Czars August 7, 2013J.R. Dunn
Nobody is going to tell me that among several dozen handpicked Obama goofs, operating in complete secrecy and under Chicago rules, there is no mischief going on.
The GOP and the IRS June 5, 2013Steve McCann
The Republicans , by consistently agreeing to more complexities in the tax code and the need for stringent tax enforcement due to ever expanding government expenditures,have been complicit in the creation of a bureaucracy now out of control.
Protecting American Rights at the Local Level March 1, 2013Tom Trinko
While Americans can survive with smaller sodas at restaurants and without plastic bags, what is to prevent local and state governments from introducing far more intrusive limitations on the rights of their citizens?
Fights Worth Having February 2, 2013J. Robert Smith
Republicans need to better communicate. This isn't climbing Everest, either. It takes determination and some smarts.
Boehner's Boners December 12, 2012J.T. Hatter
George Wallace used to say, "There's not a dime's worth of difference between the Republicans and Democrats." Of course there's a difference between the Republicans and Democrats -- almost a dime's worth.
A Constitutional Credit Limit December 11, 2012Dexter Wright
If every time the government reaches the maximum on its national credit card, and Congress simply raises it, what good is a debt limit?
Who Cares What the Left Thinks? November 14, 2012Paul Revere
How should Republicans and conservatives deal with the debt? They should stop listening to the "smart" people who have been part of the problem in Washington for years and decades.
The Rising Fever of Despotism February 16, 2012Lee DeCovnick
The United States now suffers the fever of despotism, in great part because Congress has relentlessly abrogated its sworn constitutional duty.
A Forgotten Founder on the Tyranny of Legislative Authority July 15, 2011Lee Cary
James Wilson (1742-1798) of Pennsylvania was one of six persons who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He's also the only Justice of the Supreme Court to be jailed for indebtedness
