By Frank McCaffrey — ALG’s John Vinci runs Obamacarewatcher.org. He gives his take on the health care law’s visit to the Supreme Court.
What do Hallmark and Hoovervilles have in common?
By Rebekah Rast — During the Great Depression it was not uncommon to see tent cities going up around the nation. People could no longer afford their homes and didn’t have jobs so they banded together and lived in tents, often moving around in an attempt to find work. These tent cities took their name from President Herbert Hoover, who […]
EuroTARP: Much ado about nothing?
By Robert Romano — The embattled creditors of Greece, Portugal, Ireland, and other troubled sovereigns breathed a collective sigh of relief as Germany has overwhelmingly approved those creditors’ next round of bailouts. But not so fast. It’s not over yet. “It is not at all excluded that the retrofitted European Financial Stability Facility, which is incomparably more dangerous than the […]
Must Reads for September 29
To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here! Good Thursday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely: Tyranny with a whisper Obama style democracy: Bureaucrats know best Report: Hugo Chavez hospitalized for kidney failure Even after the 2010 elections, it’s business as usual in Congress Obama pick for deputy Commerce job to withdraw… Is the GOP field a […]
Calls to suspend elections has us calling for an impeachment
By Frank McCaffrey — North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue says we should suspend elections for two years and former Obama Administration Official Peter Orszag is suggesting we be less democratic. Here’s our reponse to this.
Did anything change in Congress?
By Adam Bitely — Can anyone remember a time when Congress had a decent approval rating? Didn’t think so. Every couple of election cycles or so, a wave of frustration at Congress sweeps the nation and voters change the partisan makeup of the House and Senate. Within a relatively short time, the electorate becomes frustrated again with the “partisan grid-lock” […]
Tyranny with a whisper
By Bill Wilson — Most Americans think that tyranny comes with the stomping of boots, secret police and a bloody takeover by brutish thugs. It is the vision of the Cold War, of the Nazi and of countless tin-horn dictators over the last fifty years. And while it is sadly true that this type of sudden move to an authoritarian […]
Liberal extremities
By David Bozeman — The prevailing notion — and conservatives fall for it, too — is that on one side of the ideological spectrum, you’ll find liberalism, on the direct opposite, conservatism, and directly in the middle is the mainstream of American thought. On the contrary, there is but one extreme in American thought, and that is liberalism. Recently, a […]
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue floats trial balloon for tyranny
By Bill Wilson — The North Carolina legislature should impeach Governor Beverly Perdue, who has called for the suspension of the U.S. Constitutional requirement for federal elections. This is all a part of a disturbing trend on the hard left, showing their antipathy toward the people’s right to choose the direction of their country rather than the elites who think […]
Must Reads for September 28
To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here! Good Wednesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely: Obamacare regs grind on as courts debate Despite Obamacare, costs continue to soar N.C. Governor Bev Purdue suggests suspending 2012 elections… Former White House OMB Director: We need less democracy Cartoon: “Cripple America” Unions: The cause of Michigan’s malaise Every job […]
