By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
The political travails of the Affordable Care Act - aka Obamacare - continue, as witnessed by the furor surrounding Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ attempts to solicit funds to pay for its implementation. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro and T. Michael Andrews
Ever since Barack Obama was nominated in 2008 as the Democratic candidate for the president of the United States, his staunchest critics have implied that he had the makings of a dictator. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Robert Knight - The Washington Times
Barack Obama says he is angry about the Internal Revenue Service singling out conservative and Tea Party groups for rough treatment, even though it may or may not have something to do with an anti-Muslim video. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
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The Vietnam War and the “war on poverty” are probably the best-remembered elements of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s legacy, but that’s only part of it. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
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The deficit is shrinking, but it’s too soon to celebrate a return to sanity. America is still sinking more into debt by the minute and is still on a path to ruin. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
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Socialism has finally hit the fan in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela, though he checked out just in time to miss it. He left millions of Venezuelans struggling to clean up the mess. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Tom Harris and Tim Ball
Ideological environmentalism has killed many of our most important natural-resources companies. Millions of jobs and billions of dollars have been lost. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By James A. Lyons
President Obama’s policy of “change” for America was never defined, but it was implemented in a very sophisticated manner. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Will Coggin
There’s a new dish that’s been crafted in several Hill offices: the Congressional Omelet. It’s a fairly simple recipe — scramble a bunch of eggs and mix them with a hefty helping of bureaucratic molasses. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Dan Stein
The Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, S. 744, now wending its way through the Judiciary Committee, has been sold as a “pathway to citizenship” for the estimated 11 million illegal aliens. It does a lot more damage than that, and the public needs to understand what’s in it. Published May 20, 2013 Comments
By Rand Paul
When I filibustered over domestic drone use, critics said that I was being ridiculous. They said that no American had been killed by a drone on American soil and that no one was likely to be anytime soon. President Obama responded that he hadn’t killed anyone yet and didn’t intend to — but he might. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times
In then-Sen. Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, he ran to the left of Hillary Rodham Clinton as a moral reformer. Mr. Obama promised to transcend the old politics and bring a new era of hope-and-change transparency to Washington. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
President Obama is facing a perfect storm of scandals, cover-ups and criminality that threatens to sweep him from power. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the first Watergate hearings. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
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If you’re a president under fire, it’s convenient to fire someone who’s about to leave anyway. The president on Wednesday threw acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller under the hot dog wagon, or whatever convenient cliche was waiting at the curb. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
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President Obama borrows a lot of his ideas from his friends in Europe. The continent’s Big Government welfare state is an inspiration for someone who thinks the cure for too much spending is more spending. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Emily Miller - The Washington Times
President Obama will travel to Austin Thursday to promote job creation, while profitable corporations are moving to Texas to escape his bad economic policies. Huge companies in the booming firearms industry are considering moving to the Lone Star State, where Gov. Rick Perry promises a welcoming business environment. Published May 9, 2013
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Tom Howell Jr.'s article, "Israeli airstrikes on Syria put Obama at the crossroads" (Web, May 5), quotes an Obama official as saying: "If he [Assad] drops sarin on his own people, what's that got to do with us?" I was shocked by this remark. Published May 9, 2013
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The immigration "reform" cooked up by the Gang of Eight is finally on the front burner in Congress. The Senate Judiciary Committee will mark up the comprehensive package Thursday, and already it appears the process is doomed to failure, and by design. Published May 9, 2013
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The Department of Agriculture is out to sign up the world for food stamps, and you don't even have to live in the United States. The watchdogs at Judicial Watch discovered documents that reveal how the Obama administration's close coordination with the Mexican government entices Mexicans to hop over the fence and on to the American dole. Published May 9, 2013
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Your May 2 editorial arguing against Food and Drug Administration regulation of cigars ignores or glosses over a number of important facts about cigar use in the United States ("Snuff out that cigar"). Published May 9, 2013
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A few friends of extraterrestrials got together the other day at the National Press Club, where there's usually a couple of guys at the bar eager for a good story, to hold a Citizen Hearing on Disclosure, a "mock congressional hearing" on human encounters with extraterrestrials. Published May 9, 2013
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On Sept. 10, 2001, I was on the Mexico-United States border at Naco Station near Tucson, Ariz. I saw miles and miles of unprotected border with the occasional lone agent driving by. What little fencing there was had major holes cut open, allowing illegal immigrants easy access. Published May 9, 2013
By Andrew P. Napolitano
It should come as no surprise that President Obama told Ohio State University students at a graduation ceremony last week that they should not question authority and they should reject the calls of those who do. Published May 9, 2013
By Reza Kahlili
Iran is teetering on the brink of political chaos in the wake of last week's news that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was arrested, questioned and warned to shut up by the heads of the Islamic regime's security forces before being released seven hours later. Published May 8, 2013
By Michael Taube
Republicans have been completely right in criticizing President Obama for his poor handling of the economy. That being said, it's completely wrong for the GOP to criticize him when he does something right. Published May 8, 2013
By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times
There has been a disturbing increase in America's suicide rate and our job-scarce economy may be one of the reasons why. Published May 8, 2013
By Jeff Birnbaum - The Washington Times
The deficit is falling, the deficit is falling! Chicken Little isn't the one saying so. The claim is actually true. Published May 8, 2013
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When our high school freshman recently began tackling Homer's "The Odyssey," something struck me about the Senate's "Gang of Eight" amnesty legislation. Published May 8, 2013
Two of my former students recently found themselves caught in a drive-by shooting in Kensington, a neighborhood in North Philadelphia. Published May 8, 2013
By William G. Shipman
While pundits, politicians and economists are distracted by marginal tax rates and a possible Internet sales tax, President Obama may be preparing for the biggest of all trophies: a wealth tax. Published May 8, 2013
By Marlin Stutzman
On a cold December night in 1975, a 17-year-old girl sobbed on the bedroom floor of a neighbor's house. Her own home had just burned to the ground, destroying everything she had. But that wasn't the only weight she carried that night. Published May 8, 2013
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Alex and Anna Nikolayev of Sacramento, Calif., want only the best for their five-month-old son, Sammy. They're particularly sensitive to the infant's health because he has a heart murmur and will likely need surgery. Published May 8, 2013
By Matthew R.J. Brodsky
The international media have focused on the recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria and what it means to the region. What and whom did Israel target? Was there an imminent threat to Israel? Does the strike portend a widening conflict? There are several reasons for Israel's timing. Published May 8, 2013
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Senate hearings, even confirmation hearings, don't always live up to their billing (except in the movies). Not every committee can deliver Watergate-era theatrics, either from the panel of senators or in a retort from the witness table, as in Joseph Welch's famous question to Joe McCarthy: "Have you no sense of decency?" Published May 8, 2013
By Muriel Dobbin - Special to The Washington Times
It reads more like "The Heart of Darkness," this searing account of life at the top of the television jungle. Published May 8, 2013
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