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First Cyprus, Next the U.S. If Out of Control Spending Continues
Tweet Share on Facebook March 20, 2013 CommentThe Cypriot Parliament rejected Tuesday a plan that would impose a one-time "tax" on savings, putting some minds at rest but failing to ease the crisis. The news was greeted with cheers by the crowds who had gathered outside the national legislature in anticipation of the vote but, with the banks still closed, what will happen next is anybody's guess.
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Ted Cruz Is Becoming the GOP's Top Salesman
Tweet Share on Facebook March 15, 2013 CommentSpeaking Wednesday at the Weyrich Awards dinner, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz confirmed the opinion held by many that he is among the GOP's brightest rising stars.
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Media's Paul Ryan Budget Bashing Is Misplaced
Tweet Share on Facebook March 14, 2013 CommentThough Congress and the president have still not finalized this year's federal spending plan,they are nonetheless moving ahead with next year's.
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Bloomberg Soda Ban Fail a Victory for Personal Freedom
Tweet Share on Facebook March 12, 2013 CommentIt's getting a lot of attention all right—but not for the reason it should.
Earlier this week Judge Milton Tingling struck down New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on the sale of sodas larger than 16 ounces, calling it "arbitrary and capricious." Moreover, Tingling found that the New York Department of Health lacked the authority to impose such a ban, even if they could find a way to do it that did not violate the rights of the city's businesses and consumers. The soda ban, like Generalissimo Francisco Franco, is dead.
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With His Filibuster, Rand Paul Won By Losing
Tweet Share on Facebook March 8, 2013 CommentRepublican Sen. Rand Paul vaulted into the ranks of bona fide national conservative leaders Thursday by taking on the president in a 13-hour filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Congress Must Preserve Work Requirements for Welfare Programs
Tweet Share on Facebook March 7, 2013 CommentIn the heat of the 2012 presidential campaign, the Obama administration announced it would ease up on the work requirements that made the 1996 reform of the nation's welfare law such a success.
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The Bible’s TV Success Is a Sign for Hollywood
Tweet Share on Facebook March 6, 2013 CommentIt must be a considerable challenge to try to bring the greatest story ever told to life. Yet this is what producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey have done, faithfully, with The Bible, which had its first showing Sunday night on The History Channel.
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Senate Must Stop McCarthy to EPA for Answers on Jackson E-Mails
Tweet Share on Facebook March 5, 2013 CommentThe president is moving quickly to get a team in place for his second term. Some of his appointments, like Jack Lew as secretary of the treasury, seem sound enough. Others, like sending former Nebraska Republican senator Chuck Hagel to the Pentagon, are questionable at best.
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Abortion Takes Center Stage in Race for Virginia Governor
Tweet Share on Facebook March 1, 2013 CommentIf anyone thought abortion would not be an issue in the upcoming Virginia gubernatorial election, they can forget it. The news that the prolife Susan B. Anthony List will back GOP Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's effort to occupy the governor's mansion to the tune of $1.5 million brought a quick response from the Democratic Party of Virginia, which pulled no punches.
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On Sequestration, Obama Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It, Too
Tweet Share on Facebook February 27, 2013 CommentThough someone is almost certain to do so, no one has yet figured out how much President Barack Obama's all-star antisequester traveling road show is costing U.S. taxpayers. The amount is probably considerable, which should make for interesting optics at a time when the automatic budget cuts that originated in White House are almost to take effect.
