Derek Hunter Remember the Terminator movies and the evil electronic overlords of Skynet – the computer system that became self-aware and launched the war against humans? We aren’t there…yet. But we are fast approaching the point where people simply aren’t necessary to conduct a significant amount of business and life. There won’t be a single […] Read More → 
Susan Calloway Knowles, Governor Jerry Brown: Abortion ‘Champion’ California Gov. Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr., has been busy lately continuing to champion the cause for abortion rights in California. Brown recently signed a bill into law that would require all insurance companies to provide abortions under their policies. The result would require all employers, even […] Read More → 
If Republicans capture control of both houses of Congress in November, they will have a golden opportunity to lay the groundwork for a market-based health-care overhaul — a goal that can only be achieved after the next presidential election. Repeal of Obamacare, and replacement of it with a complete set of conservative reforms, should remain […] Read More → 
Taxes? Who wants to think about taxes around Labor Day? But if you count on your tax refund and you’re one of the millions getting tax credits to help pay health insurance premiums under President Barack Obama’s law, it’s not too early. Here’s why: If your income for 2014 is going to be higher than […] Read More → 
Yesterday the news was that Republicans have cut back (albeit certainly not eliminated) their Affordable Care Act-based advertising; today Greg Sargent reports that Senator Mark Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat, actually claims credit for provisions of that legislation in a new TV ad. Pryor doesn’t say that he helped pass “Obamacare,” or even that he helped […] Read More → 
Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation’s health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is being undermined by new barriers from insurers. The insurance industry responds that critics are confusing legitimate cost-control with bias. Some state regulators, however, say there’s reason to be concerned about policies […] Read More → 
Wayne Allyn Root Obama and the Democrats are facing a disaster at the voting booth in November. His ratings have hit all-time lows. 70 percent of the public believes America is headed in the wrong direction. In fact, right now, polls are ranking Obama the worst president since WWII— lower than even Nixon or Carter. […] Read More → 
Is Obamacare failing? We all know that it is so far, both in the bill’s intended goals and as a government program in general. Here are 10 reasons why the Affordable Care Act is failing, and why it will continue to do so. 1. Strong Public Opposition One thing is abundantly clear about Obamacare: it […] Read More → 
Alarmed by mounting cyber threats around the world and across industries, a growing number of security experts see aggressive government action as the best hope for averting disaster. Even though some experts are outraged by the extent of U.S. Internet spying exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, they are even more concerned about technologically […] Read More → 
More than seven million Americans have gained health coverage through government programs including Medicaid since enrollment in Obamacare health insurance was launched October 1, the U.S. administration said on Friday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said 7.2 million new participants in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program by June brought […] Read More → 
A new congressional report has estimated that more than 25 million Americans without health insurance will not be made to pay a penalty in 2016 due to an exploding number of ObamaCare exemptions. The Wall Street Journal, citing an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation, reported that the number […] Read More → 
Here’s the Government Accountability Office announcement and study on whether there’s a too-big-to-fail subsidy for big banks. The answer is no-ish but it’s complicated. It’s complicated in part by the fact that the GAO ran 42 different regression models, and they all got different answers: All 42 models found that larger bank holding companies had […] Read More → 
Once again, President Obama is looking to use his executive powers to modify ObamaCare, going around Congress. This time, it’s a proposed rule that would expand insurance through the Affordable Care Act to temporary and seasonal government workers. Read More → 
Representative Paul Ryan’s new anti-poverty plan, released yesterday, is more ambitious than I had expected. I didn’t expect him to tackle criminal-justice reform, for example, but his plan calls for softening mandatory-minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders. I didn’t expect the plan to include higher-education reform, but it has several worthy ideas, from reforming the […] Read More →