The Retributionist Case for Limited Government
Power corrupts, regardless of party.
Obama Administration
White House Pushing For Congress To Give Obama Trade Promotion Authority
Administration working on negotiating trade deals with the European Union as well as Latin American and Asian countries
Bob Gates Is Tired of War
Gates marched in Washington to protest the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. Under the former defense secretary's hawkish exterior, the antiwar impulse has never gone away.
"Dirty Wars" Receives Oscar Nomination
Author and filmmaker Jeremy Scahill on America's covert wars
Obamacare's Threats to Religious Freedom
If the government can tax you for fidelity to long held religious beliefs, then the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment is meaningless.
Newtown: The Moral Panic That Wasn't
A year later, Newtown's legislative legacy is far less dramatic than it might have been.
Obama Administration to Recognize Utah Gay Marriages
Those performed before the stay on the court ruling striking down ban
FBI Finally Contacts Tea Party Groups Targeted by IRS
New concerns over the leader of the investigation donating to the Obama campaign
Obamacare Questions the White House Won't Answer
The administration has evaded questions about the health law instead of answering them.
White House Reportedly Bracing for Staff Exodus
A number of aides expected to leave in coming months
Former Obama Adviser Encourages Keystone Pipeline Approval
Served president in his first term
Feds Urge End to School 'Zero Tolerance' Policies
Argues they help create "school-to-prison pipelines"
US Foreign Policy is a Shambles
We leave nations corrupted, authoritarian, and full of violence.
Obamacare Adviser Says 7 Million Sign-Ups Was Never Their Target
Says that number came from the CBO
US Condemns Suicide Bombing in Russia
No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing at the railway station in Volgograd
Glamour and the Art of Persuasion
What Barack Obama has in common with a cellophane candy wrapper
Conservatives: US is Losing Its Global Influence
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says "The world sees the United States as weakening"
Obama Formally Nominates Baucus as Ambassador to China
Had been revealed earlier in the week
The NSA Recommendations: Preventing Turnkey Totalitarianism
The White House panel's recommendations for NSA reform are a start, but more needs to be done-and soon.
Government's Eternal Excuses For Abuses of Power
Snowden should have known the Washington rule: Abuse power, and you'll be protected by those with power. Expose abuse, and you're on your own.
Federal Judge Finally Acknowledges NSA is "Almost Orwellian"
This is the first meaningful judicial review of the agency
David Brooks' Paean to Presidential Power Is Year's Worst Op-Ed
You'd think it's nearly April Fools' Day, not Christmas.
Office Pool 2014
Predicting the next Senate, the fate of several dictators, President Obama's next push, and more
The Death of Obama's "Noble Lie"
The disastrous ObamaCare rollout unmasks liberalism's paternalistic dishonesty.
Obama Top Afghan Specialists Can't Answer Simple Questions Like How Many Troops Dead in 2013, How Much US Spending in Afghanistan
Stumped at a congressional hearing
