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Dianne Feinstein Introduces Gun Confiscation Bill

After Elliot Roger’s murder spree in Santa Barbara, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill allowing for “firearms restraining orders.” The bill would prevent an individual from purchasing new guns and give law enforcement the right to confiscate existing guns if the individual is determined to be a threat. It might sound good on the […]

Obama’s Amateurish Trade Could Harm Americans

Let’s clear out the idiocy of the Bowe Bergdahl debates and then get to what’s really important: this decision’s legacy.Idiocy: Liberals such as Jonathon Alter and others at MSNBC, Mother Jones, etc. who pretend the U.S. has a policy of prisoner exchanges because Israel has had prisoner exchanges with Arabs. Really. They’re saying that. If […]

Senate Still Obsessed with Tax Hikes

President Obama campaigned in 2008 and again in 2012 on tax hikes for the rich. The rich, he told us constantly, weren’t paying their fair share. But to assure us he meant nothing radical, he also frequently clarified he favored “going back to the tax rates that existed under Bill Clinton.” Yet less than two […]

It’s Time to Say Thank You to Those that Saved the World

Here in this little French village of Sainte Mere Eglise they remember D-Day.Sainte Mere Eglise, as students of history and World War II movies know, became the first town to be liberated from Hitler’s armies when hundreds of American paratroopers fell from the sky early on the morning of June 6, 1944. The people of […]

Indian State Minister Says “Sometimes, Rape is Right”

After two young girls, age 12 and 14, were gang-raped and murdered in India last week, an Indian state minister responded by saying sometimes rape is okay. There’s a special place in hell for anyone who responds this way to such a horrific crime. A lawmaker from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party has […]

Top Dem Donor Calls DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz an “Irritant”

A top Democratic donor says party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is an “irritant” who is “despised.” No offense, but Republicans figured this out a long time ago! Major Democratic donor John Morgan blasted the national party’s chair, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, as an “irritant” who is becoming “irrelevant” after she voiced concerns about a […]

Obama Has Typical Solution For Student Loans

Another week, another Obama avoidance of the VA scandal. He has yet to truly address it during a Weekly Address, despite the terrible care so many veterans are receiving. This week, he decides he wants to patronize students who took out loans that left them with crushing debt. At least he wasn’t chewing gum (video […]

Marine Jailed in Mexico as US Welcomes Illegal Immigrants

Since: March 31, 25-year-old Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi has been jailed in Mexico after making a wrong turn and inadvertently crossing the international border. Tahmooressi’s vehicle carried several guns and the ammunition for them which led Mexico to charge him with possession of unregistered (in Mexico) firearms.:  Americans are outraged that a U.S. Marine spent Memorial […]

Pollution and the English Language

You wouldn’t know it from all the perpetual doom and gloom in our media and culture, but we have nearly eradicated pollution in the United States. So much so that most Americans are blissfully unaware of how severely polluted the world was for all of human history up to the time of our grandparents.:  The […]

The President’s Very Real Military Problem

The president of the United States is the commander in chief over all branches of the military. It is a historic time, given that no military member goes public to speak negatively about the ultimate commander. But now, with the scandal in full bloom, after the administration’s smokescreen about what triggered the deadly attack on […]

Make Them Bake Cake!

The Colorado Civil Rights Commission has ordered a suburban Denver baker named Jack Phillips to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding that his religious objections do not supersede the state’s anti-discrimination statutes. Because if the Constitution should be subordinate to anything, it’s the local thought police, hurt feelings and nuptial pastries. Raju Jaram, one […]

Snow Job

Economists, investment analysts, and politicians have spent much of 2014 bemoaning the terrible economic effects of the winter of 2014. The cold and snow have been continuously blamed for the lackluster job market, disappointing retail sales, tepid business investment and, most notably, much slower than expected GDP growth. Given how optimistic many of these forecasters […]