The First Amendment marks out three areas in which the federal
government is limited: no “prohibiting the free exercise” of
religion, no “abridging the freedom of speech or of press,” no
impeding the “right of the people peaceably to assemble, a...
Writing a column on the recent IRS abuses is a hazardous
undertaking. The scandal is expanding so quickly that it’s hard to
get a paragraph on paper without having to revise it with new,
shocking details. As I write this, an unctuous-looking former IRS...
The IRS scandal provides Republicans and conservatives with the
opportunity to repeal and replace Obamacare now. The House
Republican majority should refuse to fund the expansion of the IRS
necessary to manage Obamacare. Without that funding, and hiring
t...
Few Americans dread anything more than receiving a letter from
the IRS. But imagine a full field audit, with intrusive questions
about your activities and spending habits. From suspicious agents
convinced that you’ve violated the law. That’s essential...
The United States Senate will likely soon consider ratification
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD), which fell six votes short of the 67 needed
last December. The CPRD’s stated purpose is “to promote, prote...
Kermit Gosnell is not an outlier and his “house of horrors” is
not an isolated case. The abortion industry’s problems run much
deeper than that.
There is no need to dwell on the grotesque murders of the many
living babies by Philadelphia abortionist...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — E.W. Jackson played every card in
the deck to win Virginia’s Republican lieutenant governor
nomination Saturday night in Richmond — a rousing
speech, a dedicated base, and charismatic appeal to undecided
conservative...
Earlier today, when House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) allowed IRS scoundrel Lois
Lerner to stop testifying after she “took the Fifth,” I said that
Issa had made a mistake.
He should have made her stay...
I first found out about today’s terrorist attack in London via
Ross’ post.
My first thought is that this isn’t the first act of Islamic
terrorism in Britain and it won’t be the last.
It has been widely reported that the man...
For the University of Mobile’s Center for Leadership, I put the
current media-chilling narrative in
broader perspective.
But now it’s not just freedom of the press that
seems threatened by a government that some people fe...
Members of both parties expressed a strong interest in
protecting constitutional rights while prosecuting the war on
terror at a House
Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.
The sparsely attended event touched on fundamental issues of
liberty and security...
A key development today in the evolving story of America’s
overseas targeted killing program. The White House has officially
acknowledged the killing of four of its own citizens with unmanned
aerial systems, popularly known as drones. The New Y...
