Year: 2013

Recently, Senator Dianne Feinstein asked the Department of Homeland Security to stop deporting illegal farm workers. Feinstein said that she wants the White House’s executive order not deport illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children expanded to include farm workers. In Feinstein’s letter to DHS, she wrote that many California farmers and […]

It’s no secret that the right is going through what some call a healthy debate and what others see as an identity crisis. For some, the solution to what ails conservatism requires a sudden philosophical shift leftward to win back the last Rockefeller Republicans, presumably hanging on in nursing homes like stranded Japanese fighters who […]

Blunder after blunder. That’s been the story of President Barack Obama’s policy toward Syria. In April 2011, Obama said dictator Bashir al-Assad “had to go.” But he did little or nothing to speed him on his way. At an Aug. 20, 2012, press conference, in campaign season, he was asked about Syria’s chemical weapons and […]

Syria has taken over the top of the agenda, but very soon Congress will necessarily return to high stakes fiscal negotiations, not just over the continuing resolution to fund the government, but also over the federal debt ceiling. Speaker John Boehner is committed to the principle that has so effectively constrained discretionary spending since the […]

In recent months economic commentators and financial markets have focused almost excessively on the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing (“QE”) policy as the market’s main driver. However, last month two senior economists at the Federal Reserve published a report entitled ‘How Stimulating Are Large-Scale Asset Purchases’ which calls this devotion into question. The: report estimated that the […]

On: Tuesday, September 11, individuals and families across America will recall the unforgettable day,September 11, 2001, when tragedy struck as terrorists commandeered three jetliners and used them as deadly weapons against our nation. Trinity Broadcasting Network will join in that observance,: September 9 through 11, as it airs a series of special programs to memorialize the tragedy […]

Next week, “never forget” will resound across America as citizens mark a dozen years since the 9/11 terrorist attack and one year since the bloody disaster in Benghazi. But who will remember the American heroes who came under siege at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan on 9/14/12? Two heroic U.S. Marines — Lt. Col. Christopher Raible […]

“The genius of you Americans,” the Arab-nationalist and one-time president of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, once explained, “is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them which we are missing.” I’ve long taken patriotic pride in such statements […]

When it comes to President Obama’s prowess as commander in chief, “leading from behind,” at this point, would be a step up. Some believe that the United States should engage in military action in foreign countries when America’s national interests or those of our allies are at stake. Some believe we should rarely do so, […]

President Obama’s request for express congressional authorization for a limited aerial invasion of Syria raises profound legal and constitutional questions. For starters, there is simply no legal basis in international law to support an American invasion of Syria. Yet, notwithstanding that, federal law permits the president to commit U.S. military forces anywhere he wants for […]

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an enabler as “one who enables another to persist in self-destructive behavior.” They do so “by providing excuses or by making it possible to avoid the consequences of such behavior.” In popular culture, the term is often associated with a family covering for a drunk or drug addict. Their motives for […]