State Dinner for President Hu of China
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host President Hu of China at a State Dinner at the White House.
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host President Hu of China at a State Dinner at the White House.
A few months ago a Big Government stringer confronted Rep. Sanford Bishop on Capitol Hill before the House voted to fund Pigford II – adding another $1.25 billion to the Pigford pot. We asked if Rep. Bishop, a longtime advocate
Note: In an email last week to the board of directors of the American Conservative Union (the group that runs CPAC), Frank Gaffney laid out the extensive case against Suhail Khan, a member of that group’s board. In it, he
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets011911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh to discus the impact of Steve Jobs’ leave at Apple, Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington and Pej’s
I’m not a big fan of the Internal Revenue Service, but I try not to demonize the bureaucrats because politicians actually deserve most of the blame for America’s complex, unfair, and corrupt tax system. The IRS generally is in the
The 112th Congress of The United States should have one mission above all others as it begins its walk through the pages of history…to protect the full faith and credit of The United States of America. These are perilous times
The word that conservatives most associate with President Barack Obama is “socialism.” But moving up quickly should be “appeasement.” This description of the Obama Administration’s plans for China President Hu’s visit from the AP says it all: “Chinese leader Hu
From Reuters: President Barack Obama issued an executive order on Friday loosening more restrictions on U.S. travel and money remittances to Cuba, a further step in his efforts to reach out to the people of the communist-ruled country. The latest
Correction: Mediaite reports that the slogan “Rocking the Vote” did not appear on the “Together We Thrive” t-shirts. While the author of this article cautiously noted in the text that we had not verified the claim made at the Canada
All rally around the Civility Pole. The latest example of supposed civility is nothing more than a “made for TV” battle cry that the media will love. Mark Udal of Colorado proposed that Congress sit in no particular political side
Although the act was symbolic, President Obama’s decision to remove Winston Churchill’s bust from the White House revealed a great deal about his personal sentiment. Based on the background of his Kenyan father and antipathy to British colonialism, this act
For the past two years the Establishment Media, the White House, the Democratic party, countless pundits, and entertainers have tried to cast the entire tea party as a group of gun-toting, Constitution-thumping, white supremacists. So it should come as no
What exactly is the position of the Obama Administration and the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on the Pentagon budget? Are they going to cut? By how much? No one seems to really know. Foreign Policy has a nice summation
In 1995, the internet was still trying to get its sea legs; it was nowhere near the force it has become today in getting information to the public. On April 19th of that year, 168 people were killed in Oklahoma
Don’t ever let a horrible slaughter at a supermarket go to waste. A rescue helicopter lifts off as first responders evacuate victims from a “Congress on Your Corner” event in Tucson, Arizona, where U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) among others
Don’t ever let a horrible slaughter at a supermarket go to waste. A rescue helicopter lifts off as first responders evacuate victims from a “Congress on Your Corner” event in Tucson, Arizona, where U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) among others
Well, one thing is now clear. Barack Obama very much wants to be re-elected, and he is willing to do whatever it takes. As I have already pointed out in anticipatory posts – first here, then here – he could
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NBC News and Politico are reporting that Bill Daley, brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, former Commerce Secretary under Bill Clinton and long-time executive at Wall Street’s JP Morgan Chase will join the Obama Administration as White House Chief of
Poor Robert Gibbs. In what are his apparently final days in the White House, you’d think he’d like to take some last wistful walks around the place and maybe stop by a going away party or two. Instead, it looks
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So this White House does actually hear us when Republicans speak out and are outraged. Via the NYT: The Obama administration, reversing course, will revise a Medicare regulation to delete references to end-of-life planning as part of the annual physical
Good on the New York Post’s Michael Goodwin for batting away the warnings of “Islamaphobia” in the wake of the 911 mosque: Hate crimes are up 14 percent across the state, but those against Muslims are a tiny fraction. Of
There have been reports – here, here, and here– that Barack Obama has approached William M. Daley about becoming the White House Chief of Staff. If true, these reports are very interesting, indeed. You see: Bill Daley has a history.
At the very start of the “Reagan revolution,” David Stockman exposed the myth that Ronald Reagan and the modern Republican Party are dedicated to small government. In 1981, the 35-year-old Stockman gave up his Michigan seat in Congress to become
