Mitt Romney has withstood every challenge to date, remaining the only constant in the Republican nomination race. There are legitimate reasons for his consistency. Romney is photogenic, has proven business skills, can manage a budget, and heads a campaign flush with cash. The sum total of these assets is the demise of everyone, thus far, [...]
Air Force One sparkled beneath the brilliant Arizona sun as President Obama and Governor Jan Brewer met one fine day on the tarmac. Then, for no reason, Brewer spat on Obama’s foot. Oh, she didn’t? Then she asked him for a shoeshine. No? Did her dog mark Air Force One’s tires? Wrong again? So what [...]
No serious person can perceive Iran as anything but an enemy. From the Iran Hostage Crisis to the Ayatollahs’ vision of a world without America, Iran habitually provokes the United States. Recent events aren’t likely to warm the relationship. In fact, the Persian Gulf is simmering toward a boil. Naval exercises in the Persian Gulf, [...]
Can we say 2012 is a golden opportunity for the Republican Party? What case can the Democrat incumbent present for reelection? The economy is anemic and job growth remains sluggish despite announced declines in unemployment rates. Republicans have the momentum from 2010 and enjoy popular support for repealing Obama’s signature achievement: ObamaCare. Voters seem to [...]
From the minute the Affordable Care Act was signed into law it was destined for the Supreme Court. Lower courts are split on the issue, with some contending ObamaCare oversteps federal authority while others accept it as the central government’s legitimate function. The stakes will be high when the Supreme Court hears arguments next summer. [...]
Bank of America (BAC) has rescinded its plan to charge customers a $5 monthly debit card fee. Shall we praise bank regulators for their swift action in preventing the exorbitant charge? Well, no. Then we’ll credit politicians for legislating against greedy, big bank profiteering, right? Wrong again. The free market drove BAC to drop the [...]
Government spending and national defense are among the key topics whenever Ronald Reagan’s legacy is discussed. Reagan is credited with rebuilding the military into a force capable of projecting America’s presence anywhere in the world. He is also criticized for increasing the national debt even though federal revenues increased during his administration, which is an [...]
Opposition to crony capitalism, we’re told, is motivating Occupy Wall Street. The protesters, we’re told, are simply fed up with a business cycle wherein politicians push legislation to benefit large corporations, receiving campaign cash and other perks in return. In this the age of TARP bailouts, stimulus packages, and quantitative easing the complaint sounds reasonable, [...]
No one likes high bank fees, especially in an era of bailouts, Wall Street occupations, and Washington deciding which banks survive. So a $5 monthly debit card fee creates an ideal situation for a manipulative politician, and Sen. Dick Durbin is ready to reap the populist hay. Bank of America initiated the $5 debit card [...]
Anwar al-Awlaki’s death has stirred an interesting debate. Can we celebrate his departure as one less al-Qaeda operative? Or, should we lament the killing of an American citizen abroad as another step on the slippery slope toward domestic tyranny? The slippery slope argument doesn’t lack precedent. Governments are notorious for targeting their own citizens. Nazi [...]
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