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Five reasons Americans already love ObamaCare — plus one reason why they’re gonna love it even more, soon

There’s a reason Republicans have been rushing to try and defund the Affordable Care Act before October 1, when major sections of the law take effect. ; ; Republicans know what polls show — ;that most Americans don’t know what’s…

Intellectual Property Rights Matter

While the American public’s and the media’s attention has been focused on the seemingly endless cycle of political dramas that unfold every day–the impending fight over the debt ceiling, the potential government shutdown, the debate over the budget deficit and…

A culture of meanness and political opportunism, on both sides, is poisoning Washington

On Monday, as the tragic shooting in the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard was still in the process of unfolding, President Obama gave a partisan speech observing the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis. Despite the fact that the shooting had…

Lowry on move to defund ObamaCare:‘We’re going to end up in the same place’

National Review editor Rich Lowry told viewers Thursday that despite the latest move by House Speaker John Boehner to go along with more conservative Republicans, the budget bill will pass without defunding ObamaCare. “Ironically enough, I think we’re going to…

No minds changed by Syria speech but Obama’s message is loud and clear

Bottom line: I don’t think the president changed any minds Tuesday night. And I don’t think he intended to. President Obama didn’t make the case Tuesday night that a military strike would have any consequential impact on degrading the chemical…

How To Reform The NSA

“It’s not enough for me to have confidence in these programs. The American people need to have confidence in them as well.” Those were President Obama’s words at his August 9th press conference in which he laid out his plans…

Obama declares a War on Coal

So much for the denials. An administration that throughout its 2012 election campaign denied it was waging a War on Coal has now come out and publicly declared its intention to shut down coal-fired power plants – putting hundreds of…

What small business owners want you to know

During National Small Business Week, politicians and bureaucrats give a lot of lip service to small business. But you might wonder what the small-business community itself might say if they themselves had the podium this week. Here’s what I think…

Obama administration is in a crisis with no answers

It seems that President Obama just can’t catch a break. He has most certainly had a difficult start to his second term. The debt ceiling and sequestration battle with House Republicans, attempts to broker a peace deal in Syria and…

Is your retirement account safe from our government?

Is the same federal government that has Social Security headed for bankruptcy looking to mess with your 401(k) or IRA? Yes, according to a recent interview with Richard Cordray, the director of the so-called Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Cordray…