By Arnold Ahlert (Archive) · Tuesday, May 1, 2012 There is an economic paradox that few people understand, much less wish to acknowledge, because to do so would reveal the level of societal deterioration that has caused it. In simple terms, there are two schools of economic thought: one posits that massive amounts of government [...]

By Cal Thomas (Archive) · Tuesday, May 1, 2012 In the 1993 movie “Dave” the faux president (played by Kevin Kline) calls in his best friend (played by Charles Grodin) and they stay up all night balancing the federal budget, not by raising taxes, but by cutting unnecessary and wasteful spending. If only it were [...]

By David Limbaugh (Archive) · Tuesday, May 1, 2012 You have to hand it to President Obama and his cabal of re-election strategists; they are masters of illusion. Their newly released Web video and its accompanying campaign slogan, “Forward,” are science fiction-level fantastical. We’re all familiar with Obama’s penchant for deflecting responsibility and blaming his [...]

Apr 30, 2012 Nanny State: The Obama administration’s Secretary of Meddling continues his senseless war against cellphone use in cars. Don’t the busybodies in Washington ever tire of coming up with solutions in search of a problem? Ray LaHood, who is actually Transportation secretary and a one-time a Republican congressman, wants to ban talking and [...]

Apr 30, 2012 Politics: The Obama camp can’t stop clucking about how he saved GM and the car industry. But if the GM bailout is such a success story, why can’t it pay back its debt to taxpayers? The president’s new campaign video narrated by actor Tom Hanks claims GM has “repaid” its loans. But [...]

Government leviathan on wheels is no way to go By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Monday, April 30, 2012 Americans love their cars, and federal employ- ees are no different. Bureaucrats espe- cially love when those wheels are paid for and maintained at taxpayer expense. With gas prices sky-high, ordinary citizens have had to [...]

By Peter Morici Published April 30, 2012 FoxNews.com Young people face a cruel irony. Most can’t land a decent job without a college education, yet many graduates are locked into poorly paying positions that don’t permit repayment of student loans. For two generations, college price tags have risen much faster than inflation and families’ ability [...]

By Mike Dorning – Apr 30, 2012 5:30 PM PT Barack Obama campaigned four years ago assailing President George W. Bush for wage losses suffered by the middle class. More than three years into Obama’s own presidency, those declines have only deepened. The rebound from the worst recession since the 1930s has generated relatively few [...]

By RICHARD ESPOSITO April 30, 2012 Envelopes containing suspicious powder were sent through the mail to at least seven locations in Manhattan, primarily Wells Fargo banks, police officials said. “This is a reminder that you are not in control,” said a message that arrived with the envelopes. “Just in case you needed some incentive to [...]

Apr 30, 2012 – Star Parker Media personality Tavis Smiley and Princeton philosophy professor Cornell West have just published their latest contribution to American poverty propaganda, “The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto.” The book should have a second subtitle: “How to keep the poor poor and blacks enslaved to government.” To [...]