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The Four Biggest Delusions of Obama’s West Point Speech
President Obama’s speech last week to graduates of West Point was supposed to highlight the success of the administration’s foreign policy and lay out a vision of American engagement for the remainder of the president’s time in office. Success at this proved hard to come by. As Heritage’s Nile Gardiner, wrote, the speech “reinforced the […]
Not Satire: Despite Waiting Lines, Some VA Employees Got Bonuses
(Photo: John Moore/Getty Images) The Veterans Affairs Department health care scandal has deepened, with new revelations of incompetent management and misplaced spending priorities, including millions of dollars paid out in bonuses at the very hospitals where services were the worst. Recently, now-resigned VA secretary Eric Shinseki tried to bring closure to the scandal by firing […]
Michael Bloomberg’s Surprise Warning to Liberals at Harvard Commencement
Billionaire media mogul and former mayor Michael Bloomberg has infuriated conservatives with his attacks on gun rights and nanny-state policies in New York City. But on a spring day at Harvard University’s commencement, his critique was directed at liberals. “Today, on many college campuses, it is liberals trying to repress conservative ideas—even as conservative faculty […]
In Book, Hillary Clinton Defends Susan Rice on Benghazi, Blames Those ‘Who Exploit This Tragedy’
(Photo: Olivier Douliery/ABACAUSA.COM/Newscom) Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming memoir about her time at the State Department may have a different title than Mitt Romney’s 2011 book, “No Apology,” but excerpts from her chapter on the Benghazi terrorist attacks showcase an attitude more abrasive than apologetic about her role in the scandal. “Those who exploit this tragedy over […]
How Smarter Policies Can Transform the States, Renew the Nation
‘Change direction’: Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) His state doesn’t have pass-through taxes, so owners of small businesses don’t pay taxes on profits as part of their individual tax returns. In little over three years, his state cut income, sales and property taxes; consolidated agencies; and ended legally mandated teacher tenure. Gov. […]
‘In Our Interest’: On Overseas Trip, Cruz Lends Support to Israel, Ukraine
Cruz: ‘Concern in Israel’ (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) He walked Independence Square in Kiev, the site of months of turmoil, and spoke with leaders of the protest movement, many of them college-aged. He visited a hospital in Tzfat, Israel, where he saw Israeli doctors provide free medical care to Syrians gravely wounded in the civil […]
The Obama Administration’s Absurd Battle Over School Meal Programs
(Photo: Stephen McGee/Detroit Free Press/MCT) “Well, who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?” This Marx Brothers quote from “Duck Soup” is effectively the mantra of the Obama Administration when it comes to the USDA’s new School Lunch and Breakfast Program requirements implementing the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 — requirements that likely […]
One Man’s Tireless Fight to Make Congress Live Under Obamacare
Sen. David Vitter, R-La. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom) Sen. David Vitter, an ardent opponent of Obamacare, readily concedes that his proposal to end health care subsidies to members of Congress and their staffs isn’t popular on Capitol Hill. But the Louisiana Republican won’t give up anytime soon, he vows. “I won’t let my amendment fall […]
Jeb Hensarling’s Non-Shermanesque Reply on Seeking the Speakership
For a guy who isn’t eyeing House Speaker John Boehner’s job, the gentleman from Texas sure took his time saying so. And he used the word “Shermanesque” three times in a minute and a half. House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling fielded three questions from the audience after his speech on the Export-Import Bank yesterday […]
