***UPDATE: Once again the outstanding BH community embarrasses me with their insight. Stewart being bummed with Obama deferring to the legislative process is very revealing, and I missed it completely. Good catch. Please go on about your business of being
A dear friend, courageous Senator, brilliant defense thinker, and one of the few politicians that always spoke in declarative sentences, left us this September 14th at his beautiful ranch home in Wyoming. Wallop: the independent cowboy spirit Malcolm Wallop, US
[youtube _lOO_Sx6VWE] Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) came to Washington as the a tea-party conservative with the goal of fixing the economy, addressing the debt crisis and curbing the growth of the federal government. It’s an uphill battle for the youngest
The upheavals of the sixties had political and cultural contexts – the war in Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement. There is a great debate about the relationship between culture and politics; a which-came-first conundrum similar to the vexed “chicken
When Ronald Reagan proclaimed in his first inaugural “We are a nation that has a government–not the other way around,” he was not taking off on some libertarian tangent or making an obscure philosophical point. He was following in the
America, once the leader in missile defense, has been lagging in recent years. As the military seeks to replace the 30-year old Patriot system, it keeps encountering budgetary and political roadblocks which prevent the adoption of a new alternative. President
It should come as no surprise that the radical left is rallying behind former Ohio Attorney general Richard Cordray to head to powerful Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – a newly created government agency designed to regulate the American economy
From The Hill: Senior administration officials met with Senate Democrats for an hour and a half on Thursday to answer their complaints about President Obama’s jobs bill. Democratic lawmakers voiced objections to several of the president’s proposals to pay for
This was a victorious week for Republicans, as Republican candidate Bob Turner defeated the Democrat, David Weprin. The vacant seat of “tweet this” Anthony Weiner was up for grabs. The 9th district of New York which typically votes Democrat spoke
Here we go again, Ohio. After being swept out of every statewide office, and losing the Ohio House last November, Ohio Democrats don’t think that that election has any consequences. First, of course, they and their union allies spent over
Yesterday, President Obama declared that we had “national emergency” related to the jobs situation in America. Today, in response, Senate majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took action by bringing up a bike paths bill.
According to my calculations, it’s only a matter of time before tea partiers are called reptilian aliens from outer space. I would say zombies, but sadly that was already done by some charming people and their little video game, “Tea
Senator Jim Webb of Virginia started the discussion a few months back when he pointed out that our military is increasingly “top heavy”: we have lots of admirals and generals. They call is “star creep”–the fact that we have an
Michael Barone in The Washington Examiner: This result is a rebuke to Barack Obama, but it is a rebuke as well–a stinging one, perhaps more stinging–to Senator Charles Schumer. He represented much of this district for 18 years. The now-disgraced
To the public, Senator Wallop was a tall imposing man, quick to point out inherent errors in liberal thinking, but quicker still to share his love of country and his conservative ideas. He served in the Senate from 1977 to
On September 12, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) wrote to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Craig Becker, asking him what role he had in drafting a Service Employee International Union (SEIU) manual instructing union organizers how to intimidate business into
Obama may be in the house for now, but if this were to keep up, he and his party won’t remain in the White House, or a House of Congress for too long: It sounded improbable on the surface that
“The first rule of Project Mayhem: You do not ask questions.” -Tyler Durden, Fight Club On November 8, Ohioans vote on Issue 2 – which determines the fate of SB 5, signed in March by Gov. John Kasich. The bill
We’ve all seen the staggeringly horrific sales figures for the Chevy Volt. In any other market for any other consumer good, this hunk of junk would’ve been left in the dustbin of historic manufacturing failures, like the Apple II. Just
I have a deathly fear of water. I’ve always been kinda shy around it – even as a kid. But this turned into a full-blown fright fest when I was working at my first newspaper as an obituary clerk. In
If you need evidence of the turmoil created by Barack Obama’s socialist health care overhaul, you could certainly look at the myriad of legal challenges currently working their way through the courts. (A date with the Supreme Court is a
Another poll has the Republican up over the Democrat by 6 in the race to fill Anthony Weiner’s former seat. As upsets go, to invoke V.P. Joe Biden, this would be a big f***ing deal. Stay tuned. A newly released
When Texas Governor Rick Perry in the Republican debate at the President Reagan Library described Social Security as a “Ponzi Scheme”; Perry hoped the media would hyper-ventilate and scream that his political career was over. Back in 1982, Democratic Speaker
It is not uncommon to hear of lawsuits being filed against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Citizens and states might sue the EPA for overregulation of an industry that could lead to lost jobs and revenues. Green groups might sue
Much to the chagrin of President Barak Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and yes, even Big Sis, the “Fast and Furious” saga continues. Over a month after ATF supervisors William G. McMahon and William Newell were shuffled away from their
