Rob Portman: Romney’s VP Pick?
What the Ohio senator lacks in star-power he may make up in expertise and swing state sway.
What the Ohio senator lacks in star-power he may make up in expertise and swing state sway.
Paul Ryan’s latest fiscal plan draws the battle lines for the 2012 elections.
The vast history of the Left rigging the system to benefit different players.
New budget shows the 2012 election campaign will feature an assault on entrepreneurs, investors and small business people.
Why the president has abandoned the centrist approach.
Conservatives frequently make unfavorable comparisons between Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter, but it’s a rarer occurrence to see leftists do the same. So when a lefty zealot like Eric Alterman does precisely that in his latest Daily Beast article, it’s bound to raise eyebrows, though it shouldn’t—where The One reminds right-wingers of Carter through his international and economic ineptness, Alterman sees Obama aping some very different traits from his predecessor.
If Paul Ryan’s budget is so unpopular, why aren’t people confronting congressmen on Easter break the way they did over Obamacare during the August 2009 recess?
The central indictment for the catastrophe that ended American prosperity and world dominance.
Imagine an argument for the abolition of slavery based not upon natural law and fundamental human rights, but whether slavery is an effective means of production. Such an abolitionist might say, “Slaves cannot be relied upon to produce all that the country requires.” The subsequent debate would then center around the efficiency of slavery, rather than its morality.
Yes, we the people have a moral obligation to lend a hand to our young, our sick, and our downtrodden, but the role of our federal government is to protect our individual rights so we don’t have to watch our backs all the time, so we can focus on other pursuits, such as bettering ourselves and the world around us.