Jake Lambert

Obama Plans to Spend $150 Million for Green Energy Projects (Because It’s Worked So Well Before)

Posted on March 25, 2013March 25, 2013 by Jake Lambert | 1 Comment

Rainer Jensen/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom Just what America needs: More taxpayer-funded green energy projects. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service released plans to re-allocate more than $150 million in remaining manufacturing tax credits for “green” energy projects originally authorized by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus bill), according to Recovery.gov. […]

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Marriage: Children, Freedom, and a Crucial Debate

Posted on March 24, 2013March 25, 2013 by Jake Lambert | No Comments

Those pressing the Supreme Court to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 essentially argue that marriage as we’ve always known it is not constitutional. But redefining marriage would make marriage about the desires of adults rather than the well-being of children. That was the takeaway from a media briefing […]

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The Best Plan for Farmers and Ranchers: Free Trade

Posted on March 24, 2013March 24, 2013 by Jake Lambert | 1 Comment

Newscom Congress is currently fighting over the future of U.S. farm programs. In 2011, taxpayers subsidized farmers to the tune of $10.4 billion in government payments. Imagine if the government had a way to increase payments to farmers while reducing taxpayer subsidies to zero. Such a policy exists. It’s called free trade. From 2004 to […]

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Obamacare at Three Years: Increasing Cost Estimates

Posted on March 23, 2013March 23, 2013 by Jake Lambert | 1 Comment

Newscom Today marks three years since Obamacare was signed into law, and taxpayers probably aren’t celebrating. Over the last three years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has revised its cost estimates for Obamacare’s new entitlements—the Medicaid expansion and exchange subsidies—many times, and they have more than doubled since 2010. The first estimate in 2010 pegged […]

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Israelis Experience Obama’s Charm Offensive

Posted on March 23, 2013March 23, 2013 by Jake Lambert | No Comments

KOBI GIDEON/G.P.O./SIPA/Newscom President Obama wowed his youthful audience in Israel on Thursday. Having arrived on Wednesday with a mere 10 percent approval rating, Obama clearly hoped to win Israeli hearts and minds with his almost hour-long speech. He went straight to the Israeli people with his pitch, eschewing a more traditional and formal address toIsrael’s […]

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The Arms Trade Treaty, Day Four: As a New Draft Arrives, China Speaks and the EU Begs

Posted on March 22, 2013March 22, 2013 by Jake Lambert | No Comments

Arms Trade Treaty conference session (Photo by Ted Bromund) The fireworks at the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference in New York started late on Wednesday. By Thursday afternoon, the atmosphere, which had in previous days been calm, felt like last July, when the last negotiating conference collapsed into failure. The fun began with an […]

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Academy of Pediatrics Endorses Same-Sex Marriage, but Science Not So Sure

Posted on March 22, 2013March 22, 2013 by Jake Lambert | No Comments

Newscom The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a policy statement yesterday indicating its support for same-sex marriage. Based on “extensive research,” this statement from a scientific organization may seem authoritative. In reality, however, the AAP’s position is based on ideology, not science. The AAP claims that children “receive similar parenting whether they are raised […]

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Five Media Spins to Watch for During Obama Visit

Posted on March 21, 2013March 21, 2013 by Jake Lambert | No Comments

March 20, 2013 17:40 by Alex Margolin With President Barack Obama touching down in Jerusalem for his first official visit to Israel, the Middle East is once again the top story in the international press. While most media reports ahead of the visit noted the Obama administration’s desire to “reboot” relations between the US and […]

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President Obama’s Middle East Trip Underscores Need for Economic Freedom

Posted on March 21, 2013March 22, 2013 by Jake Lambert | 1 Comment

Newscom President Obama is in the Middle East this week, two years and three months after Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi unleashed the Arab Spring by protesting against his lack of economic freedom. Mohamed’s father died when he was three years old. When his stepfather became ill, Mohamed quit school to support his family by […]

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North Korea Ups the Ante with Cyber Attack

Posted on March 21, 2013March 21, 2013 by Jake Lambert | No Comments

Korean Central News Agency via Korean News Service On Tuesday, several South Korean banks and television broadcasters were taken offline due to a “pretty massive” cyber attack. For the most part these attacks were just a nuisance, temporarily cutting off online access to bank accounts and freezing TV station computers, though not interfering with any […]

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