Big Government

Former Governor, Attorney General, and “Client #9” Eliot Spitzer may have had more to hide than the illicit sex that cost him the top job in New York State. That would seem to be the only reason Spitzer’s successor as

Five people have been charged with the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.  The Department of Justice is offering a $1 million reward for any information that leads to the arrest of four of them. Agent Terry was shot

In a stunning blow to the Senatorial hopes of Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), the House Ethics Committee today unanimously voted to open an investigative subcommittee into conflict of interest charges stemming from her alleged attempts to direct cash toward the kidney

Benjamin Jealous, the race-baiting head of the NAACP, tried to follow the Obama administration’s lead and cry racism at every opportunity at the NAACP convention, comparing the NAACP’s “fight” against voter ID laws that have been passed in several states to the

The Washington Monument, which has been closed to visitors since the August 23, 2011 5.8 earthquake centered 38 mi northwest of Richmond, Virginia, will require huge scaffolding around it during repairs and may be closed until 2014. The earthquake was the largest to have

The media, frustrated with Obama’s struggles in the polls, have recently tried to spin, against most real evidence, that the Romney campaign is “in trouble” and in desperate need of a “staff shake-up.” Never mind that Romney, who has been

Another day, another Obama campaign e-mail. Today, they’re pushing the meme that Republicans want to destroy the economy. The e-mail, titled “We crunched the numbers, and …” details the fundraising problems of the Obama campaign. Then it tells the public

I’m not a big fan of government conspiracy theories, largely because the people in Washington are too bloody incompetent to do anything effectively. Heck, sometimes they can’t even waste money properly even though they have lots of practice. But it recently crossed my

It may go down as the biggest banking scandal in history, and yet many Americans have not even heard about it. The LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) scandal is a big deal, and so far no one knows just how

This morning, USA Today/Gallup released their latest survey of 12 battleground states. The poll, conducted at the end of June, found Obama and Romney essentially tied in the swing states, with Obama pulling 47% to 45% for Romney. Nationally, Obama

With the economy threatening to fall into another recession and job growth plummeting, Obama came before the American people today demanding taxes be raised on those making over $250,000 a year, including what he admitted would include 3% of small

A poll by CNN/ORC International found that 53% of Americans approve of the contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder. Last month, the House voted to hold Mr. Holder in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents pertaining to

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ “yes” vote on Obamacare came as a complete shock to most court observers.  And perennial swing voter Justice Kennedy’s spirited opposition to Obamacare raised more than a few eyebrows. But Justice Elena Kagan provided

The week after Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberal justices and upheld Obamacare in the Supreme Court, Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced that his state would not comply with the ruling. Said Scott: “We care about having a health

According to a CNN/ORC poll, 53 percent of adults surveyed approve of the House of Representatives vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in civil and criminal contempt of Congress. Holder refused to turn over documents associated with the Fast

Back in the heady days of 2011, while the GOP seemed mired in a multi-candidate primary campaign, the Obama campaign boasted that it was on track to raise over $1 billion for the 2012 election. Reuters breathless reported at the

Many citizens in the cities of Baltimore and Denver might be surprised to learn that they provided a “testing ground” for the Obama administration’s dangerous (and unlawful) policy of suspending the deportations of illegal aliens last year. But that’s exactly

A reader at Professor William Jacobson’s Legal Insurrection blog has offered convincing evidence that Elizabeth Warren’s husband, Bruce Mann, also contributed a plagiarized recipe to the infamous Pow Wow Chow cookbook. Subtitled A Collection of Recipes from Families of the

Controversial Reverend Jeremiah Wright was in Washington DC Sunday morning to deliver a sermon for the 100th Anniversary of the Florida Avenue Baptist Church.  Breitbart News was in attendance. Reverend Wright, Obama’s former spiritual advisor, gained notoriety in 2008 when

(AP) Conservatives make it rough for businessBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONConservative Republicans have roughed up the business community this year _ and it’s not over yet. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and major companies like Boeing

(AP) Can IRS police both taxes and health care law?By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONCan the Internal Revenue Service police President Barack Obama’s health care mandate while simultaneously collecting all the taxes for running the federal government? The question is being renewed

(AP) Baldwin looks to end Dems’ Wis. losing streakBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressFRIENDSHIP, Wis.Rep. Tammy Baldwin stood in the Friendship Cafe, giving voters a populist pitch for why she should be elected to keep Wisconsin’s open Senate seat in Democratic hands,

President Obama is obviously panicked. Last month Obama and his supporters spent a lot more than Mitt Romney, but even with that cash advantage and the media on their side, the polls haven’t budged. Moreover, the President and his campaign

The Romney campaign today released data, including the spending chart above, showing that the Obama campaign has spent nearly $50 million on television ads, most of them negative, since Mitt Romney became the Republican nominee in April–outspending Romney three to