Dear Friend, In this video commentary, I explain my take on the swing vote on the court for the Wisconsin Reforms. On Tuesday, April 5, Supreme Court Judge Dave Prosser — the swing vote on the court — is up for re-election in Wisconsin. If he loses, the Walker reforms on collective bargaining and education [...]

Published on TheHill.com on March 29, 2011 As the CR talks between the House Republicans and the administration and Senate Democrats near their deadline, the House negotiators should put America’s foreign aid budget on the table. With the Democrats reportedly willing to cut about half of the $61 billion the GOP has sought, much of [...]

With each of his policies, Obama takes a gamble.  If they work, he’s OK.  If they don’t, he’s on the hook for the outcome.  Consider the extent of his exposure: * His involvement in Libya makes him responsible if Gaddafi stays in power and slaughters his own people and/or renews his connections with international terrorism. [...]

Dear Friend, In this video commentary, I explain my take on fighting the 2 percent charge added by banks and credit card companies to every debit card purchase. To access the video – Go here! Below are the Senators who are “undecided” on whether you should pay an unnecessary charge of 2 pct more on [...]

If President Barack Obama submits his intervention in Libya to Congress for its approval and he was still Senator Barack Obama, he would vote against his own use of force resolution. Obama has taken the first step into quicksand and will find it impossible to extricate himself. He has been lured by center-right governments in [...]

General Colin Powell’s enduring contribution to American foreign policy is the Powell Doctrine, defining when and how American military power should be used. The Doctrine has three main precepts: Avoid mission creep, clearly define our goals, and plan an exit strategy before you go in. Obama’s Libya intervention flunks on all three counts. Avoid mission [...]

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the three kinds of lies are lies, damn lies, and government statistics. Governments lie, particularly about economic stats in the middle of a recession and the Obama Bureau of Labor Statistics has refined misrepresenting our economic situation to a high art form. In a previous column, we reported that Rasmussen’s index [...]

Where is Barack Obama? Is he still in office? As he jets off with his family for a taxpayer-paid vacation in Rio, does he realize the world is falling apart around him? Does he realize that the radical unrest and disturbances in the Middle East are driving oil and gasoline prices so high that a [...]