Government of The One: Recess Appointments Violate Constitution
20-Feb-2012 | By Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)
On January 4th, President Obama chose to exercise unprecedented power by making four federal appointments when the Senate was not in recess and had not given its consent. No other president had ever taken this kind of action because each of them understood that this unilateral power did not belong to the executive branch of the federal government. This president, on the other hand, decided to ignore nearly 100 years of Senate procedure and the Constitution itself.
The Telescope: ObamaCare "Expert-for-Hire" now says Law Will Increase Premiums20-Feb-2012 | By Bob Beauprez, Editor-in-Chief
It isn't the first time on Capitol Hill that a paid hack starts singing a different tune once the money dries up, but this might be one for the record books given the magnitude of the case. | New Jersey's Institutional Pathology: A Cautionary Tale20-Feb-2012 | By William Moloney, Contributing Editor
New Jersey is in thrall to an absolute "Perfect Storm" of political incompetence and corruption, union greed and obstructionism, nepotism, over the top judicial activism, educational dysfunction, and financial chaos. |
Healthcare's Dirty Little Secret20-Feb-2012 | By Kelly Victory, M.D., Contributing Editor
What most people don't understand about healthcare, is that it is the only industry where there is essentially no connection between the amount charged and the true cost of goods and services; it's largely a fabricated cost structure that relies on the insured and private payers to cover the cost of the un- or under-insured. | This Budget Guts Defense19-Feb-2012 | By Peter Brookes, Contributing Editor
Tuesday's Associated Press report that President Obama is considering large cuts in our strategic arsenal is just the latest of this week's grim news about the president's national-defense plans. |
Born in the U.S.A. - to a Foreign Tourist19-Feb-2012 | By James R. Edwards, Contributing Editor
The Fourteenth Amendment has become the gateway to easy U.S. citizenship for those from other nations who are willing to lie, cheat, and steal American citizenship for their U.S.-born children. |


