Do We Want Obama to “Reorganize the Federal Government”?

Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com

As Egyptians half a world away ponder what kind of government they want to live under,Americans must also ask themselves the same question in the wake of Barack Obama’s latest State of the Union Address. Although his salmon joke got a few (undeserved) laughs,few commented that it [...]

“Investing”in Socialism

Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com

The news from Egypt has thrust President Obama’s State of the Union off the front pages. While that news is critical,so is further analysis of the State of the Union,especially from an economic perspective. My previous column focused on the political dimensions of the State [...]

Barack Obama:Plagiarist?

Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com

Not everyone who criticized the State of the Union address did so because Obama attempted to lock in mammoth government in perpetuity. Alvin Felzenberg,a presidential scholar and former presidential speechwriter,has accused Obama of plagiarizing much of the speech,as well. Alex Fitzsimmons at NewsBusters writes:

“President Obama’s [...]

Obama Erases Christianity from the American Founding

Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com

In the State of the Union Address,Obama said:“We are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea – the idea that each of us deserves the chance to shape our own destiny. That is why centuries of pioneers and immigrants have risked everything [...]

Cartoon of the Day:Words vs. Actions

Meet the New Obama,Same as the Old Obama

Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com

The 2012 presidential campaign has begun. Not being a political junkie,it gives me no pleasure to report this phenomenon. And no further proof of this assertion is needed than Barack Obama’s tactical shift.

You may recall,during the first two years of his presidency,Obama’s statements [...]

71 Minutes of Platitudes and Nonsense

Michael Reagan,FloydReports.com

President Obama’s State of the Union address said more about the state of his approach to governing than it did with the present condition of this nation under his governance.

It was an uninterrupted march of platitude upon platitude,with nary a solution offered to any of the problems [...]

Cartoon of the Day:“We Do Big Things”

State of the Union:Mammoth Government is the New Normal

Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com

In his 2011 State of the Union Address,Barack Obama gave himself five more years of trillion-dollar deficit spending,a $678 billion income tax hike,a Social Security tax increase,and the permanent extension of ObamaCare – and he gave Republicans medical malpractice reform and a joke about a [...]

Obama’s State of the Union Echoed Michelle’s Bitterness

Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com

In his State of the Union speech,Barack Obama paid homage to “proud men and women who feel like the rules have changed in the middle of the game. They’re right.” That turn of phrase reminded me of Michelle Obama’s bitter indictment of her own country on the campaign [...]