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Congress Looks to Extend Government Overreach Into Cyberspace
Tweet Share on Facebook March 30, 2012 CommentIs the U.S. House of Representatives getting ready to apply the heavy hand of government regulation to cyberspace? That's the concern in some quarters over reports that a handful of Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee are getting ready to join with their Democratic colleagues in pushing for a new government program to protect so-called critical infrastructure that is similar to a much-maligned cybersecurity bill currently under debate in the U.S. Senate.
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Blood Lust Won't Bring Justice in the Trayvon Martin Case
Tweet Share on Facebook March 29, 2012 Comment (17)Nothing defines the phrase "race to judgment" like the tragic death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman. Many prominent people have chosen sides before all the facts are in as though Martin and Zimmerman are teams to root for rather than human beings.
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Bob McDonnell on Healthcare: Let Governors Lead the Way
Tweet Share on Facebook March 28, 2012 Comment (1)Should the U.S. Supreme Court determine that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 is unconstitutional, in total or in part, then Congress and the president have to go back to the drawing board. After the millions of dollars and millions of man hours spent designing and developing and beginning to implement what has come to be known as "Obamacare," it is going to be something of a challenge to come up with a replacement.
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Would Dick Cheney Get a Heart Under Obamacare?
Tweet Share on Facebook March 27, 2012 Comment (15)Dick Cheney got a new heart this weekend.
A longtime heart patient—he had his first of five heart attacks at age 38—he apparently came through the surgery well and is likely to make a full recovery though, doctors said, it would be some time before he was out of the woods.
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Study: Obama Has Upper Hand With Women Voters--For Now
Tweet Share on Facebook March 23, 2012 Comment (8)Resurgent Republic, the public opinion survey group organized by former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, recently sponsored four focus groups seeking to find out what suburban women who voted for Obama in 2008 but are undecided about how they are going to vote in 2012 are thinking.
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Illinois Victory Puts Mitt Romney in the Driver's Seat
Tweet Share on Facebook March 21, 2012 Comment (2)Republican voters in President Barack Obama's home state said Tuesday that they wanted former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to be the party's standard-bearer in November.
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Paul Ryan Leads the GOP with 'Path to Prosperity'
Tweet Share on Facebook March 20, 2012 Comment (6)House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan unveiled Tuesday a budget for the federal government that puts America back on a "Path to Prosperity."
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Michael Bloomberg's New York Nannystate Bans Food Donations
Tweet Share on Facebook March 20, 2012 Comment (13)America is rapidly becoming a "Nannystate." In the name of protecting us from ourselves, the government at all levels is taking an active interest in what we eat, where we live, and in all kinds of decisions that seem to be best left to personal choice.
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Cheap PR Stunts Can't Hide Obamacare's Huge Problems
Tweet Share on Facebook March 16, 2012 Comment (4)The U.S. Supreme Court is soon to hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama's signature achievement, the reform of the nation's healthcare financing system. In conjunction with that, the White House and the president's allies are planning a public relations blitz designed to reacquaint the nation with the need for the law.
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Obama Administration's Texas Decision Invites Voter Fraud
Tweet Share on Facebook March 15, 2012 Comment (11)There are few rights that are valued as dearly as the right to the universal franchise. Wars have been fought to secure it and wars have been fought to protect it. People have died defending it and they have died trying to make sure it was extended to others.
Peter Roff
Peter Roff is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. Formerly a senior political writer for United Press International, he’s now affiliated with several public policy organizations including Let Freedom Ring, and Frontiers of Freedom. His writing has appeared in National Review, Fox News’ opinion section, The Daily Caller, Politico and elsewhere. Follow him on Twitter @PeterRoff.
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