William E. Been,FloydReports.com While watching the debt ceiling increase by $2.4 trillion just to cover spending until the next presidential election,the scam perpetrated on the American people could not have been any more obvious. While the Republican-controlled House of Representatives negotiated with itself for weeks in an attempt to propose something that [...] Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson On July 11,The Center for Vision &Values posted my article decrying the insulting name-calling directed toward Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke. The very next day,Bernanke made me question my forbearance by telling Congress that a third round of “quantitative easing,” or “QE3,” could be a near-term [...] Terrence P. Jeffrey,CNSNews.com The percentage of Americans saying they approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing tied its all-time low of 42 percent in the week of Aug. 1-7,while the percentage of Americans saying they disapprove of the job Obama is doing tied its all-time high of 50 percent,according [...] Tom Purcell,FloydReports.com A week ago,Los Angeles Times editors asked readers if New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has the look of a president. “Is America ready for a president who,frankly,doesn’t look healthy?”they asked. Sheesh! You’d think corpulent Americans might catch a break in these sensitive times. The editors explained that [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch Obama scored another historical first on Friday,becoming the first president to see the U.S. credit rating downgraded by Standard &Poor’s,from AAA to AA+. While we hope his presidential reign lasts no longer than January 2013,Americans may have to live with the consequences of Obamanomics [...] As the economy slips into unprecedented territory,Barack Obama’s refusal to take responsibility for his actions have warn Americans’patience beyond the breaking point. After S&P downgraded the nation’s credit rating Friday evening. a small businesswoman sent the president an unmistakable message:quit blaming everyone else and apologize to the American people for your abject [...] Ben Johnson,The White House Watch President Obama’s luck got so bad during the debate over raising the debt ceiling that even his chief of staff said he could be impeached. On July 27,the Cato Institute‘s director of health policy studies Michael F. Cannon heard Bill Daley admit,in not so many words,[...] Daniel Hanson,FloydReports.com The Obama administration has drafted a new,little-noticed executive order that would plainly stifle free speech. The “Disclosure of Political Spending by Government Contractors” order is still a draft,but if the administration has its way,the order will be in full force soon. Premised on the idea that sunlight disinfects,[...] Michael Reagan,FloydReports.com Like everybody else,presidents have birthdays and have a right to celebrate them and invite others to join them in the festivities. But taking advantage of the occasion to bash the rich and then charge some of them a whopping $40,000 to be able to sit near him as he observes [...] | |