The following story by Pat Buchanan is so grizzly that you may want to cry. These are the only words satisfactory to introduce the disgraceful scenario that unfolds here. At the Cold War’s end, the GOP reached a fork in the road. The determination of Middle Americans to preserve the country they grew up in, […]
Rubbing America’s Face in Ideological BS
In today’s WSJ, Peggy Noonan laments the emotional and tangible distance between Washington and the rest of America, between the federal government and the people. Washington has become an alien and hostile power. The IRS is going to be investigated, not by the FBI, but by a department lawyer who is a campaign contributor to the […]
P.J. O’Rourke: The Funniest Man in America
P.J. O’Rourke is a regular at Cato Institute gatherings, lacing the proceedings with brilliant comedy.
Beretta’s Hittin’ the Road
Beretta has announced plans to build a factory in Tennessee and not in Maryland where it has been for 35 years. The new facility will create 300 jobs. Maryland’s Governor Martin O’Malley (D) and his anti-Second Amendment Firearm Safety Act of 2013 are to blame for the departure. Our Liberty and Freedom map shows you […]
Up in Arms and Impeach?
Charles Krauthammer draws attention to Obama’s ongoing failure to uphold the law. Charles also outlines what might happen were Republicans to act in a similar fashion. “You can have executive orders that implement already existing laws, but what Obama has done in the DREAM Act . . . is unbelievably unconstitutional,” Charles Krauthammer said on Special Report tonight.
Unions Turn on O’Care
The Wall Street Journal’s Notable & Quotable: From a Jan. 27 letter to Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi from Terry O’Sullivan, general president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, and D. Taylor, general president of the Unite Here labor union: Once we realized the [Affordable Care Act] would not let us keep the health […]
Proclamations from HRM Obama
I did not post yesterday on that delusional Obama state of the union address, as I did not watch the spectacle. I certainly had no intention of ruining what had been a wonderful Key West day, which ended with fresh pan-seared local Rose fish and Adelsheim Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. OK then, when was this fellow […]
State of the Union Memes
Reactions to this year’s address and the state of the Obama presidency courtesy of NRO.com. [SlideDeck2 id=18920 iframe=1]
Bring Back the Big “O”
Last year Boston sports radio station WEEI fired legendary afternoon host Glenn Ordway. The show hasn’t been the same since. It’s time to bring back the Big Show with the Big O. And it may just happen. The Boston Herald reports: WEEI, in a battle for survival with rival 98.5 The Sports Hub, may be headed for […]
An Imperial Presidency Threatens the Liberty of Every Citizen
“In the more than two centuries of our nation’s history, there is simply no precedent for the White House wantonly ignoring federal law and asking private companies to do the same,” writes Ted Cruz in the WSJ. Read here about the Obama administration’s blatant attempts to expand federal power and how Barack Obama unilaterally ignores, or worse yet, changes […]