A Surprise to No One
The Super Committee Fails to come up with a deficit reduction plan The deficit-reduction supercommittee, stuck in a partisan deadlock, faces an almost certain collapse—raising the threat of disruptive military spending cuts and a resurgent public anger at Congress as … Continue reading
Obamacare: This is Not the Mandate You’re Looking For…Oh, wait. It is.
In yet another slight to rule of law, the Obama Administration has asked a federal court to put a press conference pronouncement above official regulation. Last week, the Department of Justice filed a legal response to one of numerous lawsuits currently … Continue reading
The Latest Greek Bailout & What it Could Mean
THEY barely dare say it, but the doctors are strangely confident: after a long illness, the euro may be recovering. This week’s all-night surgery by finance ministers to excise a festering lump of Greek debt went better than expected. “We … Continue reading
Obama on Obamacare: Please Forget I Ever Got This Passed
The health care overhaul that President Obama intended to be the signature achievement of his first term instead has become a significant problem in his bid for a second one, uniting Republicans in opposition and eroding his standing among independents. In … Continue reading
No Need to Ask Questions: Investigation Shows How Friendly the Press is to Obama
David Brock was smoking a cigarette on the roof of his Washington, D.C. office one day in the late fall of 2010 when his assistant and two bodyguards suddenly appeared and whisked him and his colleague Eric Burns down the … Continue reading
Greece: Tragedy or Self-Parody?
Rioters torched shops and offices, with banks and foreign businesses the main targets. Pensioners wearing gas masks joined a blockade of Parliament and squared off against some 4,000 police officers. The city’s best-known cinema was burned to the ground, along … Continue reading
