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We are all veterans now

05/20/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The national scandal and disgrace at the VA (Department of Veterans Affairs) is the perfect example of the disaster that awaits America with ObamaCare. We’re about to find out what it’s like to receive health care from the government. ;…

Health care’s hidden tax on Main Street

05/09/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
It was recently announced, and indeed celebrated, that over 8 million Americans signed up for coverage through ObamaCare. As the administration completed their victory lap, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) quickly released a promising projection that health insurance premiums would…

Where Is The Party Of “Yes?”: Healthcare And The Midterm Elections

05/08/2014 Published on Forbes.com
The Republicans just don’t want to be anything but the party of “no.” They continue to oppose Obama’s legislative and policy agenda in areas both warranted and unwarranted. Democrats in Congress and in the administration point to this as evidence…

Divided GOP only thing Obama, Democrats have going for them before 2014 midterms

04/30/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
April 29, 2014: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, joined by Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., talks to reporters following a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.AP Tuesday’s Washington Post/ABC News poll will not be welcome news to a…

Obama is right to grant drug offenders clemency

04/24/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
President Barack Obama. (AP) Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that the Obama administration will welcome applications for clemency from non-violent drug offenders – users or, perhaps, distributors – who have served at least 10 years in jail and…

Obama’s drone warfare: A legal way to kill?

Published on Foxnews.com
When President Obama decided sometime during his first term that he wanted to be able to use unmanned aerial drones in foreign lands to kill people — including Americans — he instructed Attorney General Eric Holder to find a way…

NSA spying: What if secrecy trumps the Constitution?

04/03/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The United States Constitution. (ARCHIVES.GOV) What if the National Security Agency (NSA) knows it is violating the Constitution by spying on all Americans without showing a judge probable cause of wrongdoing or identifying the persons it wishes to spy upon,…

NSA still wants to collect records without probable cause

03/27/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Except for the definition and mechanism of proving treason, no area of the Constitution addressing the rights of all persons when the government is pursuing them is more specific than the Fourth Amendment. The linchpin of that specificity is the…

Federal prosecutors balk at Holder push to reduce drug sentences

03/21/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Federal prosecutors are at odds with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder over whether mandatory minimum sentences — a key part of the government’s so-called war on drugs — should be rolled back. ; Congress approved many of those harsh penalties…

Freedom for me, but not for thee — Dianne Feinstein, the CIA and you

03/20/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Initially, I was gratified to learn that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was unafraid to take on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over the issue of domestic spying. The CIA is limited by its…