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NSA still wants to collect records without probable cause

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…

Kerry Kennedy drugged-driving trial opens in New York

Nov. 21, 2013: In this file photo, Kerry Kennedy speaks during a presentation of the RFK Human Rights Award on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Kerry Kennedy swerved her Lexus into a truck and kept driving…

Change of heart? Obama pushes executive action strategy despite ’08 Bush criticism

President Obama, speaking to a crowd of House Democrats at a party retreat in Maryland, touted his executive order powers on Friday – repeating a theme he’s hit regularly since his State of the Union address. While saying he’s willing…

Why we march in the March for Life

The issue of life is front and center this week, as several hundred thousand brave souls come to Washington to march from the White House to the Supreme Court in defense of it. A recent column by Peggy Noonan put…

The Failure Of ObamaCare And What It Means For The Democratic Party

New internal government data revealed in the Wall Street Journal yesterday shows that the Obama administration hasn’t just fallen short of their goal to enroll 500,000 Americans in private plans in October, they’re not even in the ballpark. Fewer than…

You call this a deal? Congress, Obama set to kick the can … again

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that he was hopeful it would be a “bright day.” Republican leader Mitch McConnell seconded Reid’s optimism, “we’ve had a good day,” he commented on Monday. Indeed, we are on the precipice of a…

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…

Why Larry Summers’ Withdrawal Is So Important

President Obama failed quietly over the weekend, and it’s important to understand why. His failure had both everything, and nothing, to do with Syria. The withdrawal of Larry Summers as a prospective candidate to head the Fed is indicative of…

Men — the new second class citizens

In November of last year, I wrote an article for Fox News called The War on Men (which I subsequently expanded to an eBook). To keep it pithy, in the piece I focused on one effect of this war: the…