Monthly Archives: November 2014

Immigration amnesty will hurt Obama’s most loyal supporters: African-Americans

President Obama officially unveiled his new Executive Order giving amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants Thursday evening. ; What’s so amazing about this stunning news, coming less than three weeks after a historic Republican landslide and repudiation of Obama’s policies,…

President Obama To Move Ahead With Immigration Reform By Executive Order

Public opinion be damned. Tomorrow night in a prime time speech, the President will unveil his plan to shield up to five million illegal immigrants from deportation. By expanding the Dreamers program to adults –a move that the President said…

ObamaCare’s whopping Cadillac tax under fire

Of all the taxes in ObamaCare, none is more onerous than the whopping 40 percent Cadillac tax on the more generous employer-provided health care plans, which often are union plans. The now-famous former outside adviser on ObamaCare, Jonathan Gruber of…

JetBlue to charge for checked bags in new airfare fare class

JetBlue announced Wednesday that it will begin charging for checked bags for its lowest priced tickets. (AP) Say it ain’t so, JetBlue! In order to appease investors, JetBlue announced Wednesday that it will begin charging for checked bags for its…

Monasterio grabs lead at Champions Q School

Winter Garden, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Cesar Monasterio fired a 6-under 66 on Wednesday to take a two-stroke lead after two rounds at the Champions Tour Q School. Monasterio, who owns eight professional wins in his native Argentina, finished 36 holes…

University of Rhode Island removes Gruber video after it goes viral

Economist Jonathan Gruber speaks at a conference of the Workers Compensation Research Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, March 12, 2014. Dr. Gruber is a professor at MIT and the architect of the healthcare reform laws in Massachusetts and the American Affordable…

Michael Brown case: Media hype trumps appeal for calm in Ferguson

Ferguson, Mo., is sadly back in the news. The city and an eager media anticipate a grand jury decision in the possible indictment of Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of an African-American teenager. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a…

Oregon woman lives nightmare behind bars in East Timor

Stacey Addison’s was in and out of prison in East Timor for nearly six months as she attempted to retrieve her passport after she was caught in a drug bust. When Stacey Addison left Portland, Ore., in September for a…

Russian Forces Moving Into Ukraine

Earlier this week, I relayed an account from a colleague about the situation in Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in Western Ukraine that is now feeling the effects of the violence between Ukrainians and pro-Russian separatists that had, until recently, been largely…

An Opportunity For More Clarity On Healthcare — And Better Policy

The Democrats were ready for defeat last Tuesday, no matter what their fundraising emails said. But they weren’t prepared for the wipeout they suffered not only in the Senate, but also on the state level. Republicans took three statehouses on…