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 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
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Waking up to the morning newspaper and a cup of hot coffee is one of life's great pleasures, but it may soon be only a fondly remembered blast from the past. The newspaper is not going anywhere, but the nannies and the nancy men of the federal government want to take away our caffeine. Published May 8, 2013
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Finally, a report has been issued stating that President Obama and the Department of State set up the conditions that led to the loss of American lives in Benghazi ("Obama, Clinton blew Benghazi response: Republican report," Web, April 23). Published May 7, 2013
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When the Tsarnaev brothers were on the loose, 1 million Bostonians were told to "shelter in place and not to open their door to anyone but a policeman." Everyone praised the success of this plan, but would the monsters have actually knocked on a door seeking shelter? Or would they kicked in the door or shot their way into a home seeking hostages or worse? Published May 7, 2013
By Corinna Lothar
Surrenders, like modern wars, are not what they used to be. Tuesday marks the 68th anniversary of the surrender of the German armies that ended the European half of World War II. The last explosions of the war were the popping of champagne corks at 3 o'clock in the morning in the city of Reims in northern France. Published May 7, 2013
By Wes Vernon - Special to The Washington Times
There are reasons why this is probably the most heavily promoted and advertised book in the television age, perhaps beyond that: Rare is the volume in recent times that deals so clearly with a subject — "Obamacare" — that will have such a profound effect on the lives of so many, prompted bitter debates from the halls of Congress to dinner tables across America, and yet about which there is still so much confusion. Published May 7, 2013
By Emily Miller - The Washington Times
While President Obama keeps pounding away to get votes to pass gun restrictions in the Senate, pro-Second Amendment supporters are pushing the upper chamber in the opposite direction. Sen. Tom Coburn introduced two amendments to strengthen the rights of gun owners and keep the federal government in check. Published May 7, 2013
By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times
The dam seems to be breaking on the nearly eight-month-long cover-up concerning the deadly jihadist attack on Americans and their facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Published May 7, 2013
By Chuck Bentley
Have you heard about a nation so in debt, it is seizing assets from the bank accounts of private citizens? On the other side of the world, a modern-day Greek tragedy is taking place now on the island of Cyprus that has implication here at home. Published May 7, 2013
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It is unfathomable why a big influential company felt the need to issue an apology for Chris Broussard's honest and respectful response to a question that he was asked ("ESPN apologizes for Chris Broussard's conservative Christian views of homosexuality," Web, April 30). It is almost comical how fearful America has become of people who dare speak honestly and who stand up for their faith. Published May 7, 2013
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Not everything that comes out of the deep-blue left coast is bad. A state that gave Barack Obama a 15-point margin should expect taxes to go up because Big Government liberalism is all about "soaking the rich" and redistributing the result. Published May 7, 2013
By Richard Rahn - The Washington Times
There is considerable evidence that drinking one glass of red wine per day for most middle-aged men has more health benefits than costs. There is also considerable evidence that drinking three or more glasses of wine per day causes more health problems than benefits. Published May 7, 2013
By Ed Feulner - The Washington Times
"Do as I say, not as I do," goes an ironic saying worthy of Mark Twain. It's a phrase that is well suited to the political field. Published May 7, 2013
By Ellen R. Wald
The United States aspires to achieve energy independence — a goal whose worth is compounded by the freedom that reliance on solely North American sources of energy would bring from the quagmire of Middle East politics and oil. Published May 7, 2013
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Nobody likes paying a telephone bill, landline, cell or otherwise. The long-term contracts, early termination fees and the bewildering array of fees and limits make comparison shopping a drudge. This isn't so, however, for nearly 1 every 10 Maryland residents who get their telephone free from the Lifeline subsidy program. Published May 7, 2013
By Pete Hegseth and Tom Cotton and Josh Mandel
Kaitlyn Samuels is not a household name. More people should be aware of her story, though, because she represents a growing number of military families that are being left in the cold by the Department of Defense and its military health insurance provider, Tricare. Published May 7, 2013
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Americans may finally learn the facts about the terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi. These facts arrive eight months late because the Obama administration devoted its full attention to re-weaving the narrative of the killing of an American ambassador and three other diplomats on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 catastrophe at the World Trade Center. Published May 7, 2013
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A fundamental problem with Russ Gerber's "Is drug addiction a disease?" (Web, April 29) is the title of the piece. The question is not whether addiction is a disease or a choice, but rather why we are still asking this question. Published May 6, 2013
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I applaud the Rev. Frank Pavone's work ("The merciless mind of the abortionist," Commentary, May 2). His exploration of the mind of the abortionist rings true — especially with regard to the abortionist's stifling of conscience. Published May 6, 2013
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