“We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the tea party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a good fight. And you know […]
Sorry We Can’t Pay Your Pension
Public sector employees are at risk of hearing these words due to state government mismanagement and union irresponsibility. Blue states like Rhode Island are leading the way over the cliff. Rhode Island has a $14 billion unfunded pension and health-care benefits liability to state and municipal employees and retirees. To pay off the liability, it […]
The Power of Ron Paul’s Message
Ron Paul’s message of liberty is concisely outlined in Liberty Defined, in which he writes, “We must strive for truth and the preservation of those values that we are convinced have benefited mankind. We could be successful and preserve the American Republic as it was intended, giving up the militarism of the American Empire.”
The Shameful Legacy of Barack Obama
In recent months, you have been bombarded with editorials from the left and the right on the dire status of Uncle Sam’s finances and the prospects for an outright U.S. default. Much of what you have been exposed to is nothing more than posturing by politicians seeking to anger as few voters as possible and to maintain credibility for the 2012 election season. Rarely is what is best for America first on a politician’s mind. And now we have a first-in-history downgrade of America’s credit rating.
The Radical Mr. Liu: Overrunning America’s Constitution
Governor Jerry Brown has nominated Berkeley Law professor Goodwin Liu for a position on the California Supreme Court. Republican senators led a successful filibuster of Liu’s appointment to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals back in May. As CNN reported, “Liu was the first of President Barack Obama’s judicial picks to be successfully filibustered.” The […]
For The First Time in My Life
It is a tragedy that until 2011 Americans have not had the slightest chance to return to the federal republic form of government espoused by our Founders. Peter S. Onuf, writing in The Origins Of The Federal Republic, explains, “There was little disagreement in theory about what Congress should do. John Adam’s prescription was typical. […]
Easily the Best Candidate in America
“I think President Obama is the most radical president this nation’s ever seen… I think he is a true believer in government control of the economy and of our everyday lives… In my judgment, we are facing what I consider to be the epic battle of our generation, quite literally the battle over whether we […]
Killer Drones Strike Libya
The Obama administration has sent Predator drones to Libya, where they have struck targets on the ground. The Wall Street Journal reports that “The drones, which can fly lower and stay in an area longer, are needed to hit targets that are close to civilians or inside dense urban areas.” The air-to-ground use of the […]
President Obama’s Five Year Plan
In January 2010, during the State of the Union address, President Obama announced a centralized industrial policy in true Marxist fashion. He told Americans, “Tonight, we set a new goal: We will double our exports over the next five years.” Just as the Chinese targeted increased exports in their Seventh Five Year Plan, so too […]
The Money Shuffle—Seven Essential Reforms
The budget proposal recently unveiled by Congressman Paul Ryan is a decent first step. But the proposal does not even begin to address the dysfunction in Washington D.C. Mr. Ryan’s budget continues the federal government healthcare funding shell-game: take money from taxpayers, allocate it to the states, let the states decide how to give it […]