With its reign of terror over a large population and ability to self-finance on a staggering scale, the extremist group that beheaded American journalist James Foley resembles the Taliban with oil wells. The Islamic State, which now controls an area of Iraq and Syria larger than the U.K., may be raising more than $2 million […] Read More → 
A Roman Catholic diocese in Ohio is discouraging its 113 schools from participating in the ice bucket challenge to benefit the ALS Association, saying the group’s funding of embryonic stem cell research is “in direct conflict with Catholic teaching.” Jim Rigg, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, told the schools in a […] Read More → 
House Democrats sent out a plea to donors to pitch in more funds to defend President Obama from a seemingly-imminent impeachment In a bid to bring in more campaign cash, House Democrats sent out a plea to donors to pitch in more funds to defend President Obama from a seemingly-imminent impeachment. In an email notice, […] Read More → 
Marianela Toldeo MIAMI — One solution to the illegal immigration crisis gripping the nation’s southern border may be as simple as stopping U.S. aid to Central American governments. “It’s cheaper to take care of them in their own country instead on the other side of the border, on the U.S. side, because they become a burden on […] Read More → 
Unlikely Conservative Matching Democratic Star Ahead of 2016 Nobody is talking about Ben Carson. Let me correct that: The media (conservative, establishment, mainstream, liberal or otherwise) is not talking about Ben Carson. Pollsters are ignoring him and he is rarely included in any listing of potential Republican candidates. His growing popularity among conservative grassroots activists […] Read More → 
Light from the Right – by Bob Adelmann Based on the number of convictions for violating federal corruption laws, Mississippi – a state with just 3 million citizens – ranks at the very top of the list of all states, according to a recent study. Two college professors published their report in the May/June issue of Public Administration Review. […] Read More → 
Donors to the campaign committees of the two major parties have forked over at least $625 million so far this election cycle and show no signs of slowing down. That heavy giving will allow the campaign committees to flood voters’ televisions with ads, mailboxes with fliers, and phones with calls promoting candidates for House and […] Read More → 
John Ransom As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn’t rich. Seventy times seventy millions can’t make him rich, as long as his poor heart is breaking for more. I am just about rich enough to buy the least valuable horse in your stable, perhaps, but I cannot sincerely and […] Read More → 
Humberto Fontova “Over four decades ago, Americans from all walks of life came together to tackle a shared challenge,” declared President Obama in his Earth Day address. “The first Earth Day was a call to action for every citizen, every family, and every public official. It gave voice to the conservation movement.” In fact, well […] Read More → 
The House Republican campaign committee raised almost $10 million in March and has $31.2 million banked to defend the party’s majority, according to financial reports filed Sunday. The National Republican Congressional Committee’s $21.2 million fundraising haul in January, February and March gave the group its best first-quarter showing since 2003. It also puts the committee […] Read More → 
The finance chairman of the Republican national committee, Ray Washburne, travelled to Chicago last Wednesday to solicit money from two big funders who had reached their donation limit for this election cycle. While he was on the plane, the supreme court ruled that there would no longer be any limits. Washburne told the New York Times that […] Read More → 
Betsy McCaughey Democrats are hyperventilating over a U. S. Supreme Court ruling on April 2, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi claims the ruling will turn politics into a “money war.” Sorry, that happened a long time ago. For the past two decades, unions have poured massive amounts into super PACs […] Read More → 
Campaign consultant Keith Jackson operated largely outside the spotlight for years as a political power broker in San Francisco. Now, authorities have cast him as a player in a cash-for-guns political corruption investigation that led to charges against him and state Sen. Leland Yee. Jackson was released from jail Thursday evening after a magistrate judge […] Read More → 
The Supreme Court ruling Wednesday erasing a long-standing limit on campaign donations will allow a small number of very wealthy donors to give even more than is currently the case, according to students of the complex campaign finance system, and could strengthen the establishment in both parties. While Republicans cheered the ruling on philosophical grounds […] Read More →