Lisa De Pasquale

The Foundry has an excellent post about one family’s experience with their health care insurance premium going up after the implementation of ObamaCare.  Their original plan of $389 per month for a family of four went up to $499 per month in

Today on The Heritage Foundation’s blog, The Foundry, Chris Jacobs makes the case for why ObamaCare hurts everyone, whether you get insurance from your employer, it’s subsidized, you buy it on your own or you’re a senior on Medicare.  As

I read this story last month and had to share it on Halloween.  Reposted with permission from CoolHandSchlute. Lightning streaks across the sky and a clap of thunder offers its signature “Boom!” as we see a monolithic castle rising from

Fellow conservatives, I beg you: Stop focusing on the fact that HealthCare.gov sucks.  It takes the narrative off of the fact that it’s ObamaCare that sucks.  Proof that the Left wants us talking about the website is that the White House,

This job opening caught my eye this morning.  Planned Parenthood is seeking an “ACA Outreach Deputy Campaign Director.”  Among the duties are getting women signed up for ObamaCare and registering them to vote.  Emphasis added in job description below. Planned Parenthood

In response to HHS Sec: Obama Had No Idea of Healthcare.gov Malfunction Until After Launch: The White House (and media) are now embracing the website’s failures because it distracts from the fact that the program is also a failure.  In a

This past week Ann Coulter’s 10th book, Never Trust a Liberal Over Three-Especially a Republican, was released.  In her first interview with Sean Hannity after the book came out he said that he always reads the book and tries to

This morning the Smithsonian’s National Zoo sent out a “Happy Holidays” email.  Shop And Save Species Our animals can’t speak human. But if they could, they would thank you. You visit them in person and on our webcams. You get

The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson talked with Anita Elbrese, Harvard Professor and author of Blockbusters about why Hollywood gravitates toward sequels and blockbusters despite complaints for professional and armchair critics.  From the interview: THOMPSON: Would I be oversimplifying your thesis if

If you’ve seen a NFL game this month, you know that it’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While raising awareness and money for research is admirable and important, October is prime time for the media’s continued campaign of scare tactics

I’ve been following my fellow Convo writers’ posts on the “Breaking Bad” series finale.  Since I had never seen the show and figured there were too many seasons to catch up on, I watched the last 30 minutes of the

Honor Flight has been in the news this week, so I just wanted to take this opportunity to tell people about volunteer opportunities.  I’ve been volunteering as a greeter at Reagan National Airport (DCA) for about a year now.  Though

I had to share this bedtime rhyme from blogger Dusty Schluterman at CoolHandSchlute.  Given the Left’s reaction to Senator Cruz reading Dr. Seuss to his adorable girls during his 21 hour speech from the floor, they probably won’t appreciate this literary

In response to The cult of government: After the devastating loss for conservatives and Republicans in 2012 and lack of focus on 2014, many in the movement seem to be in a post-electoral mindset. As one friend who has been

Blogger Dustin/CoolHandSchlute (@CoolHandSchlute) had a very interesting chat with “Kenneth” on Healthcare.gov’s new Live Chat service.  Read the entire thing here.  Dustin began the chat by talking about the previous night’s new South Park episode.  [11:55:39 pm]: Dustin Before we

I love this story about a New York Post reporter’s blog, 300sandwiches.com.  Stephanie Smith started the writing project when her boyfriend playfully said, “Honey, you’re 300 sandwiches away from an engagement ring!” She’s keeping track of each sandwich (she’s up to 177)

Last month I suggested that conservatives take it easy on the snark and reach out to Americans hurting in Obama’s economy. I’d call it “compassionate conservatism,” but explaining that it doesn’t mean what you think it means is like explaining

Is there any way to offer advice to millenials without sounding like an old fart?  Probably not, but they still need to hear it.  I’ve been working in politics in the D.C. area for almost 15 years, so I’ve seen

In response to Not Just in the Movies: I have several friends who live in New York and always sing its praises (though not always as eloquently as Jedediah).  They’re not all native New Yorkers either, so it’s not just

I’m pretty excited that Ann Coulter has a new book coming out on October 14.  Never Trust a Liberal Over Three-Especially a Republican is a classic Coulter title (and the striking cover pose is also classic Coulter).  A few years ago

In response to Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Slides to Bottom of the Popularity Poll: Interesting and unsurprising numbers on whether people think the federal government should be involved in school lunch standards.  What’s missing is whether people identify that policy

The first political books I ever read were by Rush Limbaugh, so I may have let out a little *squee* when I heard today that he has a new book coming out.  I read his books at 15, but given how

Your feel-good story of the day from The Blaze: The Republican congressman, Markwayne Mullin, adopted the pair of twins, Ivy and Lynette, who were reportedly born into a “bad situation” and had been living apart since they were 3-months-old, after repeated

Cam Edwards, host of Cam and Company, has an interesting post over at Rare on “5 rock songs that are actually conservative rock anthems.”  He writes: Welcome back to 2003… an imperial president looks to take a bad situation in the Middle