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On Monday, the Supreme Court closed out a term in which it took the Constitution seriously and struck down laws that couldn’t stand up under careful scrutiny of the facts. The result? An unusually good year for individual rights. Since President Obama’s novel attempt in 2012 to make “recess appointments” …

Imagine you’re about to sit down for supper when suddenly 760 folks show up on your front porch wanting fried catfish and hushpuppies. You’d be fit to be tied as they say in Tennessee. And Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam is fit to be tied. The Obama administration recently released 760 …

George W. Bush never claimed to be prescient, but here he is in 2007, warning us what would happen if the United States prematurely pulled its troops out of Iraq before Iraqi forces were sufficiently trained, equipped and motivated to defend the country we gave back to them after the …

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 be lower than expected, seemingly backing the president’s narrative that …

Jon Stewart … So glad you saw the real story on the way the press covers some political candidates! Certain political candidates – and even television news hosts – get portrayed in a not exactly fair way. Thanks for asking if Senator Marco Rubio’s four traffic tickets is front page …

Libya’s Transitional National Council reports that Muammar Qaddafi is dead. That’s great and welcome news. Finally. And it’s especially great if, and we’re still sorting this out, it was the Libyans who ended the notorious strongman’s life not the United States of America or NATO. The Libyans, and their new …

When Speaker Kevin McCarthy called for an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden’s various corrupt actions, several reporters called me. Every one of them began their questions with the assumption that there was no evidence of Biden wrong-doing, and the inquiry was a purely partisan exercise. None of them seemed …

According to several doctors, I’m supposed to be dead … if it hadn’t been for being (partially)fairly fit when the incident happened. The incident was getting blown up by a bomber years ago while serving as a CIA officer in a war zone. The day of the attack, I had …

If the 2012 election is about too much spending in Washington D.C., President Obama is in real trouble. Obama, Reid and Pelosi began their reign in 2009 when they launched a spending spree that included stimulus spending, bank bailouts, union bailouts, a trillion dollar hike in domestic discretionary spending and …

President Obama made it clear during his we-need-to-tighten-our-collective-belts speech on Wednesday that he intends to ask for $480 billion cut from Medicare and Medicaid by 2023 with an approach that is sure to hamstring doctors and frustrate patients by extending government control and restrictions (aka rationing). According to the president’s …