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The GOP’s legacy underdog - “We’ve had enough Bushes”

Debra J. Saunders, Barbara Bush was right when she pooh-poohed son Jeb’s interest in running for the White House in 2016. Forget political dynasties — Bushes, Kennedys and, yes, Clintons — the former first lady told NBC last year. “We’ve had enough Bushes.” She also said: “There are a lot of great families, and it’s […] Continue reading →

Democrat Rep. Believes Our Constitution is 400 Years Old

Michael Schaus The Republicans introduced (and passed) a bill that would require the President of the United States to enforce laws as they are written. Republican Trey Gowdy summarized the sentiment behind the bill nicely when he explained that Congress passes laws… Not suggestions. The bill is in response to the President’s most recent unilateral […] Continue reading →

Impeachment More Than Appropriate: An Open Letter To Congress

Michael Anthony Peroutka, Leading up to the January 28th State of the Union Speech, Barack Obama and his spokesmen made statements to the effect that he plans to use his pen to sign executive orders to enact law on his own authority. He says he will do this because, in his view, Congress has not, […] Continue reading →

Judge Slaps Down Eric Holder’s Request For Fast and Furious Lawsuit to be Dismissed

Late Monday night, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied a Department of Justice request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the House Oversight Committee last summer over Operation Fast and Furious documents. “In the Court’s view endorsing the proposition that the executive may assert an unreviewable right to withhold materials from the legislature […] Continue reading →

Judge Slaps Down Eric Holder's Request For Fast and Furious Lawsuit to be Dismissed

Late Monday night, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied a Department of Justice request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the House Oversight Committee last summer over Operation Fast and Furious documents. “In the Court’s view endorsing the proposition that the executive may assert an unreviewable right to withhold materials from the legislature […] Continue reading →

Pentagon: Yeah, Hagel pulled that �Russian chem weapons

Smart power, my friends. Smart power. We’re in the very best of hands, as a foreign policy dream team of Barack Obama, John Kerry, and Chuck Hagel steps up to bat for America. Continue reading →

Does GOP Need Solutions for Black Voters?

This week, I heard a conservative commentator “admitting” that Republicans don’t do enough for black voters. “Why don’t conservatives offer solutions?” asked this person. It bothers me that otherwise-sound conservative thinkers fall into this trap — unwittingly ceding the turf of the debate to their liberal counterparts. The assumption is that unless we offer liberal […] Continue reading →

Why American Racism Is Impossible To Defeat

Despite all of the genuine hopes, by millions of people, of every tribe and tongue from every corner of this planet, an excruciatingly sad reality is being made perfectly clear. The issue of race-and more specifically America’s brand of racism-will never be defeated. As the father of a multi-racial family, this reality strikes at […] Continue reading →