Recently, lots of members of Congress voted against increasing the national debt. But many of those same politicians had voted last August to borrow almost $2 ½ -trillion more. President Obama made an official request to borrow and spend the money; he did not get the chance to vote both…

Despite attacks from radical environmentalists, America’s oil and gas industry survives and boosts our economy.   In his State of the Union speech, President Obama claimed credit for the success of an industry he keeps trying to kill. Now he’s bragging because production is up.   But that’s thanks to…

The gap between rich and poor has always been with us; it didn’t suddenly appear in 21st Century America. Jesus told us we’ll always have rich and poor. Today’s political talk about income inequality is a blatant attempt to distract us from how Washington is killing jobs when it should…

U.S. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland fielded questions Jan. 20, over the embattled nation of Syria. In recent weeks, at least 16 people were killed by security forces in Damascus. More than 5,400 people who have died since mid-March, when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began the crackdown on anti-government protesters,…

Newt shocked the establishment on Saturday night crushing Mitt Romney in a landslide victory in the South Carolina Primary.  By referring to President Obama as the “Food Stamp President” as often as he could – and characterizing the poor, and in particular minorities, as lazy – Newt proved that race…

The latest bad idea comes from several liberal Congressmen. They want government to decide what are “reasonable profits” for oil and natural gas products. Anything more would be taxen away with a special new tax. Who would decide what’s reasonable? The President would appoint three people to set profit limits,…

Just when you thought Mitt Romney had the nomination in the bag, Newt Gingrich’s surprising win in Saturday’s South Carolina primary showed a nice change of pace. The former Speaker took the state with 41 percent of the vote, while Romney claimed second with 27 percent. It was a shocking…

From The Heritage Foundation, I’m Ernest Istook. Every year The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal compile the Index of Economic Freedom. 179 nations are ranked on how they protect the economic liberties that enable people to live, work, produce, consume and invest to give their lives meaning and…

Although Washington may be closed for business today, political news continues unhinged. Fox News reported last night that Jon Huntsman, the candidate notorious for being viewed as more moderate than Mitt Romney, has dropped out of the Republican primary race. Overall, Huntsman’s poll numbers have been dismal—he received 1 percent…

NEW YORK, NY, -Surprise, surprise. In a relatively liberal region where the luckiest Republicans are the moderates, Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary with 39 percent of the vote While the Iowa caucus was a heated battle between Romney and Rick Santorum, with Romney winning by a mere eight…