Economy
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Forget the debate over raising the $16.9 trillion debt ceiling: U.S. debt is 7 times that amount
President Obama and the Treasury Department are demanding that Congress raise the $16.9 trillion (and counting) debt ceiling so that the government…
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Magazine calls for Obama’s mother-in-law to be evicted from the White House
“Maybe it would be asking too much…” In what may be a prime example of turnabout being fair play, one…
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Obama administration unnecessarily closes many private businesses in government shutdown
PJ Media’s Bryan Preston reported Wednesday that the “White House” is “ordering hundreds of privately run, private funded parks to…
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Feds spend $14.5 billion annually on animal testing
If you’re not yet outraged over Barack Obama’s decision to shut down the known universe as a way of punishing profligate House…
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WH wants you to share your government shutdown sob story
When Barack Obama is not busy staging a campaign-style event to excoriate the Republican-led House as “blackmailers” and “anarchists” (his actual words),…
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Strange but true in the Far East
Now and then, it’s good to check in with the other side of the world. U.S. cabinet secretaries John Kerry…
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Who’s whose hostage? (Update)
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid demonstrated his party’s intransigence in the war with Republicans over solutions to the partial government shutdown…
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Obama: ‘I’ve bent over backwards to work with GOP’
Not only that, but he’s also maintained a civil tone in his rhetoric. In fact the president has been a…
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On the job but not getting paid?
I’m very glad Congress and the president decided to make sure the uniformed military will get paid during the government…
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Proposed food stamp cuts are modest and long overdue
The GOP-controlled House of Representatives recently voted to cut the “food stamp program by $39 billion over the next 10…
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Unfunded liabilities on the debt clock of deceit, decline, and doom
The United States as we know it today will cease to exist in the next few decades. Unfortunately, this is…
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Up all night: The deeper meaning of Ted Cruz’s non-filibuster
It’s not a filibuster in the true sense of the word, critics harrumph. Even commentators on the right acknowledge that…
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Congressional records from 2006 on the debt ceiling
They were not in the Tea Party, but they sure sounded like they were when they talked about raising the…
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Obama keeps promise to damage economy by killing coal industry
Fasten your seat belts, America, because energy costs, which are already skyrocketing under this administration, are about to go higher.…
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National Park Service produces videos praising Islam’s contributions to women’s rights
Come again? There are two elements in the title of this post that don’t compute. One is the phrase “Islam’s…
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As gas costs rise, Obama’s signature could cut prices by $1 a gallon
“The reality is that expensive gas is here to stay…” In the almost six years of the Obama Administration, a…
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Syria: Update on maritime matters
In a destabilizing region, the hits will come from all sides. Egyptian authorities are confirming reports that terrorists with RPGs…
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Obama, self-anointed savior of the middle class, slashes pay raise for military to meager 1%
Despite the U.S. Congress sending to the White House a pay raise for the Uniformed Services in keeping with the…
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Billboard adorned with photo of porn star seeks college girls with ‘strong oral skills’
Barack Obama has repeatedly stated that one of his chief goals is increasing the number of recipients of college degrees…
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Rock, hard place, Syria
Through his latest action, calling for a vote of Congress on a strike against the Assad regime – but not…
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Detroit taking bids on new $140M light rail project to be built on federal taxpayers’ dime
Detroit may be on the verge of financial ruin, but that hasn’t stopped the city from moving full-speed ahead on…
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Survey of corporate economists' message to Obama: Fix the deficit!
An organization for corporate economists, the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), published its bi-annual survey this morning, and the…
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Now trending on Twitter: Obama bus tour names
The 2012 election is over, and in the view of many, the best man lost. You’d never know that the…
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Portland city commissioner wants speeding tickets based on income
How far can the loony left obsession with equality go? A story from Red Alert Politics hints at an answer: Take a…
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Sequester has now killed adorable bunny rabbits
No, really — it has. And it’s all Congress’s fault. (Well, not all of Congress. Just Republicans, who want to “hurt…
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