Jay Nordlinger, senior editor for National Review and music critic for The New Criterion, writes Impromptu columns for NRO. Jay recently attended the Oslo Freedom Forum, an annual human rights gathering in Norway. In Oslo, Part V, Jay talks about his observations in the Norwegian capital. A visit to Norway will make you think a […]
November 4—Outcomes Matter
With midterm elections just days away and some predictions pointing to a strong showing by Republican candidates, what would a Republican-controlled Congress actually mean? Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner warns that we should not expect big changes should Republicans make major gains. ObamaCare is not going to be repealed, and there will be no big entitlement […]
A Life and Death Menace
Monica Crowley in the Washington Times asks an important question: Why are the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommending mandatory quarantine for personnel returning from Ebola-struck regions in Africa, yet the Obama administration calls three weeks in quarantine “overreach”? Maybe we need hazmat suits to protect us from our leaders. The president has two primary jobs: […]
Cato Event on ObamaCare
Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon explains here why ObamaCare supporters are showing signs that the Halbig cases could actually succeed. On October 30 the Cato Institute will host a half-day conference on the Halbig cases. Featured will be two of the plaintiffs: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller. Go here for […]
“You Can’t Say that ObamaCare Has no Winners.”
From the archives. Originally posted January 24, 2014. Are you aware that under ObamaCare more than $1 trillion of taxpayer funds go to insurance companies? For what? Why subsidies for insurance companies to help people sign up to buy their products—products that by law citizens and companies are required to purchase. Here Cato Institute’s Michael […]
Scott Brown—Immigration and National Security Hawk
National Review’s Joel Gehrke explains Scott Brown’s foreign policy positions here. Against all expectations, Scott Brown has made the New Hampshire Senate race competitive — and done it with hawkish stands on immigration and national security. Brown’s victory in the 2010 special election to replace the late senator Ted Kennedy in the liberal stronghold of […]
Anybody Home?
Ferguson, ISIS, Ebola, VA scandal, IRS misconduct, Texas border crisis, ObamaCare malfunctioning, White House intrusions? Is it any surprise that, according to a recent poll, 64% of voters think America is on the wrong track? The very theme of the Obama presidency has been that government can do great things; that we need to hand […]
Wastebook—Read It and Weep
Better yet, read it and wake up. Senator Tom Coburn, unfortunately leaving the Senate at the end of the year, wants you to know how taxpayer money is being spent in Washington. As Mr. Coburn points out, we shouldn’t worry that the current Congress is on track for being the least productive in 60 years. […]
$25 Billion in Federal Waste
Senator Tom Coburn has a pet project. It’s called Wastebook, Mr. Coburn is sadly retiring at the end of this year (read The Doctor is Out), and the 239-page Wastebook he is releasing this week will be his final as senator. Leading this year’s edition is $19 million in salaries that the government paid to workers who […]
Government Maleficence
“I also wish that during the years I was in public office, I had had this firsthand experience about the difficulties business people face every day. That knowledge would have made me a better U.S. senator and a more understanding presidential contender.” George McGovern, writing in the WSJ, 1992 Netflix founder Marc Adreessen writes of […]
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