Do Politicians Understand What Drives Efficiency?
In a Forbes magazine op-ed last week, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, touted his Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act as a way to promote energy… Read More
Ted Cruz Wants Answers to These 4 Questions on Benghazi
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is frustrated by the Obama administration’s “stonewalling” on the Benghazi investigation – and he wants answers about the 2012 terrorist attack…. Read More
Does a Benghazi Select Committee Matter?
House Republicans are moving to set up a select committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks. The House could vote this week on establishing the panel,… Read More
It’s Time For the Government to Stop Favoring Senior Citizens
If budgets are about priorities, the U.S. Congress favors the elderly. About two-thirds of federal spending goes to transfer payments, and of that amount, more… Read More
State ‘Model’ for Obamacare Says $180M Website Too Broken to Fix
Massachusetts is the latest state to walk away from its online health insurance exchange. Officials announced today that Massachusetts Health Connector — the agency in… Read More
Why the Supreme Court Is Right to Allow Prayers Before Local Government Meetings
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the legislative prayer practice of Greece, New York. Officials in Greece, a predominately Christian city, had… Read More
Self-Sufficiency, Not Cell Phones, for Poor Americans Should be Government’s Goal
Poor Americans may be “better off” today than before the government’s War on Poverty began in the 1960s, as a New York Time article published… Read More
‘What Did I Do Wrong?’: (Another) Floridian Arrested for Exercising First Amendment Right to Film Police in Public
Lazaro Estrada was confused. He claims he didn’t interfere with police. He claims he did what he was told. There’s video evidence to support his… Read More
Sharyl Attkisson: Former Obama Officials Trying to ‘Controversialize’ Benghazi
Former CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson suggested today that those in the White House orbit were involved in a “well-orchestrated strategy to controversialize” the… Read More
Mike Lee: What Everybody Ought to Know About the Tax Code in 15-Seconds [VIDEO]
During a recent speech at The Heritage Foundation, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) talked about how the tax code is a prime example of how the… Read More
