Yup, courtesy Pat Buchanan, here is the direct quote from His Highness. “I’ve got a pen,” said President Obama early this week. “I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions that move the ball forward.” Obama also is quoted as saying, “When I can act on my own without Congress, […]
Read about Public School 106 in Far Rockaway, Queens
How does Principal Marcella Stills have a job and why do Americans continue to allow public sector unions? These unions must be de-certified. Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has made charter schools the name of the game. I know a Louisiana charter schoolteacher, and she tells me the system is awesome and that the kids […]
The Truth About Benghazi: Newly Declassified Information
From Fred Rustmann at Special Ops OPSEC: Dear Friend: Friend – The truth is coming out…and it’s not good for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Hillary’s unbelievable “What difference does it make?!” has become infamous now that it makes every difference for herself and Barack Obama. CONFIRMED: U.S. African Commander General Carter Ham testified […]
$1 million Gold-Plated Bus Stop
In his testimony last week before the House Oversight Committee my Cato friend and tax policy expert Chris Edwards shed some light on the wasteful spending on aid-to-state programs by the federal government. Chris points out that the federal government spent $560 billion on aid to the states in 2013—the third largest federal budget item […]
Cost $1,300 Per American
Wisconsin Club for Growth’s Eric O’Keefe Strikes Back
Wisconsin prosecutors Francis Schmitz and Bruce Landgraf have wrongly attempted to strip First Amendment rights from my Cato-associated friend Eric O’Keefe. The prosecutors have bitten off more then they can chew and may now have to publicly exonerate Mr. O’Keefe. Here the Wall Street Journal provides a complete update. The Wall Street Journal’s Review & […]
Hong Kong’s Version of Unemployment Reform
Unemployment reform that benefits getting back to work makes sense to me. Hong Kong is taking that approach. It’s not a perfect solution that’s being offered by leftist Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. But it’s better than what we’ve got in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal Asia Review and Outlook writes: Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying […]
Ben Sasse for the Senate in the Cornhusker State
Dr. Sasse is roving Nebraska in his RV, Chevy Chase/Family Vacation style. Ben is raising big money along the way and seems to have caught the eye of conservative money guys. His Senate candidacy is already well on track and the battle has only just begun. I like the odds of Ben Sasse grabbing a […]
Who Is the Highest-Paid Politician in the World?
One survey says the answer is my favored candidate for mayor in the upcoming Paris race, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet. Perhaps so. No matter the correct answer, the conservative 40 year old is aggressive and immensely successful, a good recipe for success in a tough mayoral race against a socialist. The French politician has an estimated net […]
Hong Kong #1
Once again Hong Kong proves it is an economic powerhouse with a #1 ranking in the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom. The index, released by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal shows the U.S. has dropped out of the top ten. Where’s the outrage? Terry Miller of Heritage writes in the WSJ: It’s […]