Tag: Ben Shapiro

On Tuesday, President Obama triumphantly announced that, with the power of the mainstream media, Hollywood, and the threat of the IRS, the mission had been accomplished: 7.1 million Americans had selected an Obamacare plan.  Obama’s tone was nothing short of

As the Obamacare enrollment period draws to a tentative close – and you never know when the period will close, given President Obama’s apparent willingness to manipulate the calendar repeatedly – horror stories about the Affordable Care Act mount. Senate

Tuesday night, the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) considered a resolution calling for the university to divest from businesses that supposedly “profit from the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.” Braving hundreds of anti-Israel speakers and protesters,

UPDATE: On Wednesday evening, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) deliberately misread Arizona SB 1062 — and, out of a misguided sense of political correctness, proceeded to veto it. “My agenda is to sign into law legislation that advances Arizona,” Brewer

On Friday, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Office of Vital Statistics released a report titled “Summary of Vital Statistics 2012 The City of New York, Pregnancy Outcomes.” As expected, the report showed an exceedingly high number

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809. Neither was born on February 17. Yet today, many of us are staying home from work because of the federally declared Presidents Day, established formally

Planned Parenthood Federation of America has announced that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will receive its Margaret Sanger Award, the organization’s highest honor, at its annual gala event in Washington, D.C., on March 27th. According to a press release, Planned

According to Americans for Tax Reform, President Obama will push a tax hike on American businesses in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday. ATR reports that “according to reports, the ‘offer’ President Obama is making is to raise

On Wednesday night, workers at Amazon in Delaware rejected the company’s first labor union. The union would have been formed under the umbrella of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which has been controversially ensnared in brutal negotiations

The budget deal proposed by Democrats on Republicans on Tuesday includes restoration of cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency under sequestration. House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) had fought to remove EPA rules regulating carbon emissions, but failed in his

On Thursday, the Obama administration came out in strong opposition to a proposed House bill that would require weekly updates on Obamacare enrollments and technical problems. The administration opposed the transparency requirements: The Administration opposes House passage of HR 3811

According to documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal, a senior staffer for Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) sent an email to a Port Authority official that seems to direct the official to jack up traffic in an area run by

Thanks to persistent unemployment and low availability of low-skill jobs, Shenandoah Family Farms’ ice cream plant in Hagerstown, Maryland has received over 1,600 applicants for a grand total of 36 jobs. Many of those applicants are former workers at the

Thanks to continuing glitches on the federal Obamacare exchange website, over 100,000 Americans who signed up for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) remain uninsured. According to the Washington Post, the Obama administration is personally calling attempted enrollees

Just in time for Christmas, President Obama signed an executive order on Monday giving a 1 percent pay raise for federal employees. The raise follows a four year hiatus from salary increases for federal workers, although most federal employees have