Year: 2015

Germany’s political stability and economic sway have until recently earned Chancellor Angela Merkel unprecedented global influence and power. Postwar Germany has become the financial powerhouse of Europe and a model nation. Give credit to German hard work and competency for the country’s continuing economic miracle. Less appreciated is how Germany also brilliantly exploited the lucrative […]

The narrative following Hillary’s testimony at Congress’ recent Benghazi hearing is clear: Hillary won. She (for the most part) calmly answered all the questions. She nodded approvingly when the Democrats on the committee accused Republicans of engaging in a partisan witch-hunt. We’ve come a long way since bipartisan investigations like the Watergate committee that investigated […]

Shortly after signing a bill allowing assisted suicide in California, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed another measure that forces pregnancy crisis centers to “offer information about affordable contraception, abortion and prenatal care.” The information is to be displayed in the form of a sign tacked to the crisis center’s door and must include a phone […]

On the Rachel Maddow Show, Hillary Clinton said that it was the threat of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage that led Bill Clinton to sign the Defense of Marriage Act.   This statement is totally untrue. I was there and there was never any discussion of a constitutional amendment on the subject. The president […]

Lacking only dancing girls and elephant tricks, Hillary Clinton’s testimony before the House Congressional Committee on Benghazi proved to be quite a show. From the sidelines, we gawked as Representative Jim Jordan displayed Madam Secretary’s email sent just moments after the Benghazi attack. In writing, she specifically asserted the savage murder of four Americans was […]

When both liberals and conservatives like a government program, it usually means that it is expensive and expands the scope of government without delivering on its promises. The bipartisan support of the earned income tax credit is no exception. The EITC is best described as an anti-poverty program that encourages people to work. In a […]

The Middle East is admittedly a mess. It has been a mess for a while. There has been some sort of war going on over there for decades. However, at least for the time being, the advance of ISIS, or the Islamic State, appears to have been halted. Yet still, thousands more “refugees” arrive in […]