If the House Republicans come away from the shutdown exercise with only one accomplishment — the end to the taxpayer subsidy of health plans for Congress, its staff and federal appointed officials — it will be a very, very big win which will resonate throughout the land. Voters who right now hold the government shutdown […]

Note to congressional Democrats: You can change your mind on Obamacare. It’s allowed. Really. You can. We won’t tell. If MSNBC’s anti-gun lefties like Ed Schultz can do a 180 on a hot-button issue like guns, then Democrats can change their minds about President Obama’s signature Obamacare. More on this later. President Barack Obama promised […]

The media have proclaimed the end of civilization for the third time this year. Sure, the mail will still run on time. Sure, the police will still fight crime. Sure, you’ll still receive your Social Security check and your Medicare and your food stamps. But by golly, if we don’t get this horrific government shutdown […]

Democrats are happy because they believe Republicans are destroying themselves by shutting down the government over Obamacare. They are right. But the problem is that so are the Democrats & so is President Obama. House Republicans need to stop the bleeding over their government shutdown. By letting things get to this pass, they are prejudicing […]

When you write a column, you hear from people who think they have a clever magic-wand solution to intractable political issues. Washington has run up $17 trillion of debt? Pass term limits. Throw the bums out. Take away their pensions. Sure, these ideas sound as if they might help, and it must feel good to […]

Welcome to ObamaWreck! Americans nationwide spent: Tuesday: struggling with the much-hyped “Affordable Care Act” health insurance exchanges. Server meltdowns, error messages and security glitches plagued the federal and state government websites as open enrollment began. But when taxpayers discover exactly who will be navigating them through the bureaucratic maze, they may be glad they didn’t get through. […]

People say public schools are “one of the best parts of America”. I believed that. Then I started reporting on them. Now I know that public school — (START ITAL) government school (END ITAL) is a better name — is one of the (START ITAL) worst (END ITAL) parts of America. It’s a stultified government […]

The House Republicans are not presenting their case well to the public. They engage in Washington-speak and talk about the “individual mandate.” But most people don’t get that under the Republican plan to end the shutdown, the Obamacare exchanges will remain open and will invite all who wish to come in and sign up. It […]

PARIS — Boy, was that ever painful, watching Russian President Vladimir Putin attempting to pry U.S. President Barack Obama’s fingers off the Tomahawk missile trigger and convince him not to go ahead with an attack that Obama most likely didn’t want to launch in the first place. America won, and so did Russia. I realize […]

Every time there’s a shooting tragedy, there are more calls for gun control. Let’s examine a few historical facts. By 1910, the National Rifle Association had succeeded in establishing 73 NRA-affiliated high-school rifle clubs. The 1911 second edition of the Boy Scout Handbook made qualification in NRA’s junior marksmanship program a prerequisite for obtaining a […]

Michelle Obama wants you to drink more water, at least one more glass a day. Frankly, I think it’s great. Sure, the science behind some of her claims is somewhere between iffy and debatable. If you’re not dehydrated, drinking more water won’t give you more energy or cure your headaches, as her office vaguely claims. […]