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Growing Proof of Obama's Imperial Presidency

President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is on a job-killing rampage. It’s claiming unprecedented powers far beyond what federal law allows. Taken with Obama’s other agencies, these executive actions paint a picture of what has become an imperial

Healthcare Lobby Hopes Debt Commission Fails

From Reuters: The powerful healthcare industry hopes a congressional “super committee” tasked with slashing America’s debt will fail and is lobbying instead for automatic spending cuts that will kick in if the panel deadlocks. Much of the health sector believes

The Cheat Sheet: Tuesday

You’ll want to read up on Media Matters for America (MMfA) editor, Erick Boehlert’s blunder this morning. Everyone knew he’d be big – and they were Right. Now, Boehlert has been left looking like the biggest dummy on the Internet

Special Interest Racial Incitement at Its Peak

If you thought the class warfare tactic was being used successfully by the Progressive Left to instigate strife between the upper and lower classes in the United States you need to re-examine what you think you are seeing. With declarations

Another Insult to Ronald Reagan and His Memory

Of all the political figures in history, Ronald Reagan is the target of the most contempt by people on the left. Reagan, through his personality, vision and actions is the one person who has done more to undermine the flimsy

Time to Repeal The Lacey Act

By now, you’ve probably heard a bit about the Obama DOJ’s two raids on iconic American manufacturer Gibson Guitars. The story has made headlines around the world as another shocking example of how far the current administration is willing to

Green Keynesianism

As world financial markets are whipsawed with each new piece of news, pundits from all stripes are declaring the economic “recovery” has been bogus all along. Yet rather than recognizing that the enormous Keynesian “stimulus” of the last three years

R2P? 50,000 Libyans Never Got The Memo

Rebel commander: “Six months of fighting has left some 50,000 dead” Let’s all remember Obama facilitated this revolution, introducing a novel doctrine with no legal standing, Responsibility To Protect. Then, to avoid Congress, he used NATO to implement it while

Big Labor vs. Taxpayers

Co-authored with Trey Kovacs Until recently, union bosses–not elected representatives–have been in control of the government employee compensation process. Using taxpayer dollars they obtain through mandatory dues, they elect the management they later negotiate with. However, across the country in

Patent Reform Act Threatens 'Engine' of Prosperity

Editor’s Note: Paul R. Hollrah is a senior fellow at the Lincoln Heritage Institute and a contributing editor for Family Security Matters and a number of online publications, including mine, BobMcCarty.com. Today, I published a piece by Paul that deserves

Obama's HUD Violated ACORN Funding Ban

Time after time, we have found that this administration cares not one whit about following basic laws. What does it mean for Congress to pass and the president to sign a law banning a corrupt organization and its affiliates from