In 1854, the Democrats in control of the 33rd Congress were moving toward passage of their Kansas-Nebraska Act, allowing slavery to expand into the western territories. Championing the bill was Stephen Douglas, the senator who would be the Democratic Party’s
The original $23 billion in public education stimulus spending has been whittled down to $10 billion and cynically stuffed in a bill to continue funding the war effort in Afghanistan. While Democrats can hardly be accused of coming up with
As many thrills as he sends up Chris Matthews’ leg and despite his ability to walk on water, Barack Obama like all legislators cannot create jobs. All any politician can do is take resources from the private sector and allocate
For the record, the actual quote from Angle: “if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying, ‘My goodness what can we do to turn this country around? And
In case you’re wondering who this is, his name is Col. Allen West, and he’s a candidate for Congress in Florida. Col. West is running against Ron Klein in the 22nd district, which includes Broward and Palm Beach counties in
Almost all Muslim countries have underground Islamic groups hell-bent on enforcing Sharia, Islamic Law, to the fullest. A committed Muslim must live Sharia and claim it as a religious right. Some in the West buy this claim even though Sharia
Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal: What followed was a list of grievances that made the case for separation from the mother country, and this part was fiery. Jefferson was a cold man who wrote with great feeling. He
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which
From the 1972 film: Adams, Jefferson and Franklin wait while the Congress reads the Declaration of Independence for the first time. What will our national bird be, a dove, a turkey or an eagle?
Once again, this weekend, Americans will gather with their families to “celebrate” the 4th of July. What are we celebrating? What stirs us on this day? How much time will be spent reflecting upon its relevance to our way of
[UPDATE (7/2/2010): Pelosi plan worked 239-182] Pelosi is using important money for armed services fighting a war as an opportunity to reward Big Labor with another federal power grab: From National Right To Work President Mark Mix: I don’t know
Today, in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing our ties with Great Britain. That is important, but we are more interested in the fact that the first Wal-Mart opened today, in 1962. Both events have had a profound
You probably don’t recognize the name J. Christian Adams Mr. Adams name, but you will very soon. Adams recently resigned from his position as Attorney in the Voter Rights Division of the Department of Justice to protest the racism, perjury,
For years, liberals in Washington have tirelessly thwarted America from tapping its domestic sources of energy, while hypocritically lamenting our “addiction to foreign oil.” They have forsworn abundant energy supplies just off our coasts and erected boundaries against drilling and
If President Obama’s Oval Office speech made one thing clear, it is that his administration and the activists who back it view the Gulf oil spill as simply an opportunity to advance their pre-existing agenda–which has nothing to do with
The life-long Democrat endorsed Joel Pollak (R), for U.S. Congress in the 9th district of Illinois against long-time, liberal incumbent Jan Schakowsky (D).
As the saying goes, this would be funny, if it was not so serious. As each day of the Obama Administration wears on, the disconnect between reality and the Administration, between America and Washington, just keeps growing. Consider these examples
The imperial presidency is back and bigger than ever. Over the past few months, President Obama has moved to expand his executive power over the United States; he has gone around the people, the Congress, and the Judiciary to increase
Allan Meltzer dissects Obama’s economic policy in today’s Wall Street Journal: The administration’s stimulus program has failed. Growth is slow and unemployment remains high. The president, his friends and advisers talk endlessly about the circumstances they inherited as a way
Senator Tom Coburn asks what seemed to be a simple question.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg might want to retool some of his immigration reform initiatives within his new national coalition, the Partnership for a New American Economy, and team up with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to tell the Federal
Late last week, at the 11th hour, the Senate removed an amendment that would have required the inspector general of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to investigate the corrupt ShoreBank bailout, as well as every other bailout since January 2009.
While Free Press pitches a (staged?) hissy fit about one with AT&T, Verizon – and Google and Skype Chairman Julius Genachowski and his Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have been for quite some time seeking to drastically increase their regulatory control
Republicans should welcome a comparison of the history of the GOP with that of the Democratic Party – the party of slavery and socialism, Big Government and the Ku Klux Klan. To quote from chapter one of Back to Basics
[youtube Zfawsfnsxc8] Actor Jimmy Smits, Obama’s Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, and co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America union and Democratic Socialists of America member Dolores Huerta have recorded Public Service Announcements (PSAs) for the U.S. Department of
